The following excerpt is from United States v. Biotronik, Inc., No. 2:10-CV-1273 KJM EFB (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Biotronik has provided some evidence of harm from the earlier publicity, but after balancing the public interest against its reasons for secrecy, the court finds Biotronik has not established good cause for sealing. Biotronik argues the court should be guided by United States v. Mathur, which said sealing is appropriate when disclosure might result in a third party's embarrassment. No. 2:11-cr-00312-MMD-PAL, 2012 WL 3135548, at *2 (D. Nev. June 8, 2012), recommendation adopted 2012 WL 3135532. That case is of little assistance, however, as it refers only generally to salacious details about third parties. Here the information about the doctors does not rise to that level.
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