Workplace Technologies Research, Inc. v. Project Management Institute, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES Case No.: 18cv1927 JO (MSB)
RESEARCH, INC.,
ORDER ON MOTIONS TO SEAL
Plaintiff, 12 v.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE,
INC.,
15 Defendant.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE,
INC., Counter-Claimant, v. WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES
RESEARCH, INC.,
21 Counter-Defendant. 22 23 Plaintiff Workplace Technologies Research, Inc. (“WTRI”) and Defendant Project Management Institute, Inc. (“PMI”)’s filed a Joint Motion to Seal in connection with the Parties’ Motions in Limine and Daubert Motions. (Doc. No. 328). For the reasons set forth below, the Parties’ Joint Motion is GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN- PART. LEGAL STANDARD “[T]he courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.” Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). “Unless a particular court record is one ‘traditionally kept secret,’ a ‘strong…