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- ‘[T]he decision as to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
JOHN NYPL, et al., :
Plaintiffs, :
: 15 Civ. 9300 (LGS)
-against- :
: ORDER
JP MORGAN CHASE & CoO., et al., :
Defendants. :
LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge:
WHEREAS, on September 4, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of a joint
letter (Dkt. No. 638). On September 11, 2020, Defendants filed a letter in support (Dkt. No. 646).
It is hereby
ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ motion to seal is GRANTED. The unredacted version of the
joint letter will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in the attached
appendix will have access. Although “[t]he common law right of public access to judicial
documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute, and courts “must
balance competing considerations against” the presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of
Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also
Nixon v. Warner Commce’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) (‘[T]he decision as to access is one
best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the
relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced document in
redacted form is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential business
information.
Dated: September 15, 2020
New York, New York
LORNA G. SCHOFIEL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Joseph M. Alioto Lingel H. Winters
Thomas P. Pier Law Offices of Lingel H. Winters
Jamie L. Miller 388 Market Street, Suite 1300
Alioto Law Firm San Francisco, California 94111
One Sansome Street, Suite 3500 Tel: (415) 398-2941
San Francisco, CA 94104 Fax: (415) 393-9887
Telephone: (415) 434-8900 Email: sawmill2@aol.com
Facsimile: (415) 434-9200
Email: jmalioto@aliotolaw.com
Email: jmiller@aliotolaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Christopher A Nedeau Lawrence Papale
Nedeau Law Firm Law Offices of Lawrence G. Papale
154 Baker Street 1308 Main Street, Suite 117
San Francisco, CA 94117-2111 St. Helena, CA 94574
415-516-4010 707-963-1704
Email: cnedeau@nedeaulaw.net Email: lgpapale@papalelaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Adam Selim Hakki
Jeffrey Jason Resetarits
Richard Franklin Schwed
Stephen D. Hibbard
Shearman & Sterling LLP (NY)
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Email: ahakki@shearman.com
Email: jeffrey.resetarits@shearman.com
Email: rschwed@shearman.com
Email: stephen.hibbard@shearman.com
Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A., Bank of
America Corporation
James Matthew Goodin Regina Jill McClendon
Julia C Webb Locke Lord LLP
Locke Lord LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 4100
111 S Wacker Dr San Francisco, CA 94104
Chicago, IL 60606 Email: rmcclendon@lockelord.com
Email: jmgoodin@lockelord.com
Email: jwebb@lockelord.com
Attorneys for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC Attorney for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC
North American Holdings Inc. North American Holdings Inc.
L3 oWckoer lLd oFridn aLnLcPia (l NCYenCt)e r, 20th Floor L22o0c0k eR Loossrd A LvLenPu e
New York, NY 10001 Suite 2200
Email: gcasamento@lockelord.com Dallas, TX 75201
Email: rcowie@lockelord.com
Attorney for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC Attorney for HSBC Bank (USA), N.A., HSBC
North American Holdings Inc. North American Holdings Inc.
Micah G. Block Neal Alan Potischman
Davis Polk & Wardwell (Menlo Park) Paul Steel Mishkin
1600 El Camino Real Adam Gabor Mehes
Menlo Park, CA 94025 John Michael Briggs
Email: micah.block@davispolk.com Maude Paquin
Alyssa Beaver Gomez
Lewis Charles Shioleno
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (NYC)
Attorney for Royal Bank of Scotland, plc 450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Email: Neal.Potischman@dpw.com
Email: paul.mishkin@dpw.com
Email: adam.mehes@davispolk.com
Email: john.briggs@davispolk.com
Email: maude.paquin@davispolk.com
Email: alyssa.gomez@davispolk.com
Email: shioleno@gmail.com (Inactive)
Attorneys for Royal Bank of Scotland, plc
Gretchen Wolf Harry Peter Koulos
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP Tansy Woan
155 North Wacker Drive Boris Bershteyn
Suite 2700 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Chicago, IL 60606-1720 One Manhattan West
Email: gretchen.wolf@skadden.com New York, NY 10001-8602
Email: harry.koulos@skadden.com
Email: tansy.woan@skadden.com
Email: boris.bershteyn@skadden.com
Attorney for JP Morgan Chase & Co., Attorneys for JP Morgan Chase & Co.,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
AConvdirnegwt oDn. &L aBzuerroliwng , L.L.P. (DC) 6C2o0v iEniggthotnh &A vBeunrulien g LLP(NYC)
One City Center, 850 10th Street NW New York, NY 10018-1405
Washington, DC 20001 Email: aruffino@cov.com
Email: awiseman@cov.com
Email: alazerow@cov.com
Attorneys for Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp, Attorney for Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp,
Citibank, N.A. Citibank, N.A.
Tammy Albarran David Jarrett Arp
Covington and Burling LLP Melanie Leigh Katsur
One Front Street 35th Floor Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP (DC)
San Francisco, CA 94111 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Email: talbarran@cov.com Washington, DC 20036
Email: jarp@gibsondunn.com
Email: mkatsur@gibsondunn.com
Attorney for Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp,
Citibank, N.A. Attorneys for UBS AG
Eric Jonathan Stock Adam Seth Paris
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP (NY) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Los Angeles)
200 Park Avenue 1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100
New York, NY 10166 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Email: estock@gibsondunn.com Email: parisa@sullcrom.com
Attorney for UBS AG Attorney for Barclays PLC, Barclays Capital,
Inc.
David Harold Braff Jeffrey T. Scott
Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC) Kathleen Suzanne McArthur
125 Broad Street Maeghan Owen Mikorski
New York, NY 10004 Matthew Alain Peller
Email: braffd@sullcrom.com Matthew Alexander Schwartz
Yvonne Susan Quinn
Attorney for Barclays PLC, Barclays Capital, Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP(NYC)
Inc. 125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Email: scottj@sullcrom.com
Email: mcarthurk@sullcrom.com
Email: mikorskim@sullcrom.com
Email: pellerm@sullcrom.com
Email: schwartzmatthew@sullcrom.com
Email: quinny@sullcrom.com
Attorneys for Barclays PLC, Barclays
Capital, Inc.