RVLock & Co, LLC v. MNDZ, LLC and Nicholas Menendez

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Utah grants in part and denies in part RVLock & Co., LLC’s motions to seal portions of its complaint and amended complaint, and denies the defendants’ motion to seal an employment contract. The court permits sealing of paragraphs 64 and 65, which concern product, supplier, and business-plan information, while directing that contract-related information and the separately sealed contract be unsealed.

Holdings

1. The court denied RVLock's motions to seal the portions of the complaint and first amended complaint discussing the employment contract and denied the defendants' motion to seal the contract because RVLock abandoned its request to protect that information and confidentiality alone was insufficient.
2. The court granted RVLock's motions to seal paragraphs 64 and 65 because those limited portions appeared to disclose proprietary information concerning RVLock's product, supplier, and business plans, and RVLock demonstrated an interest sufficient to justify sealing them.

Questions Presented

1. Whether portions of the complaint and first amended complaint discussing a confidential employment contract should remain sealed.
2. Whether paragraphs 64 and 65 of the complaint and first amended complaint, concerning RVLock's product, supplier, and business plans, should be sealed.
3. Whether the employment contract attached to the defendants' opposition should be filed under seal.

Disposition

other