Zesty Paws LLC and Health and Happiness (H&H) US International Incorporated v. Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. and Nutramax Laboratories Veterinary Sciences, Inc.

Summary

The court denies Defendants’ unopposed motion to seal portions of their reply in support of summary judgment and an exhibit containing deposition testimony designated as confidential. The court holds that the parties failed to establish good cause under the applicable local rule and Eleventh Circuit access-to-court-records standards, and orders Defendants to file unredacted versions publicly within fifteen days.

Holdings

1. A party seeking to seal judicial records connected to a motion for summary judgment must adequately demonstrate good cause and address the governing sealing requirements; merely designating materials as confidential is insufficient.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendants established good cause under Local Rule 1.11 and the Eleventh Circuit's common-law public-access standard to seal portions of a summary-judgment reply and an exhibit containing allegedly confidential business information.

Disposition

other