Hydrafacial LLC v. Aesthetic Management Partners, LLC and Aesthetic Management Partners Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee denied as moot Hydrafacial LLC’s motion for leave to file a memorandum under seal. Because the underlying hearing transcript had been unsealed, the court ordered the memorandum unsealed in accordance with the policy favoring public access to court records.

Holdings

1. The motion for leave to file the memorandum under seal was moot because the underlying transcript that the memorandum quoted had been unsealed.
2. The court ordered Hydrafacial's memorandum unsealed, citing the strong public policy favoring open court records.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Hydrafacial's motion for leave to file its memorandum under seal remained justiciable after the underlying hearing transcript was unsealed.
2. Whether the memorandum should be unsealed in light of the public policy favoring open court records.

Disposition

other