`Case 1:17-cv-11279-IT Document 45 Filed 11/28/17 Page 1 of 2
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`UNITED STATES DIS'I‘RIC'I‘ COURT
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`DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
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`Civil Action No. ITI-cv-l l2?9-IT
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`November 28, 2017
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`REALTIME DATA LLC dibr’a ISO,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`ACRONIS, INC,
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`Defendant.
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`TALWANI, DJ.
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`The parties" proposed Protective Order [#30-3] is adopted by the court, excepting that
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`Paragraph 16 is stricken, and shall be replaced with the lbllowing paragraph:
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`No Party shall file any DESIGNATED MATERIAL with the Court until the Court
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`determines whether such material may be filed under seal or on the public docket. A Party
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`seeking to file such material shall first notify the Party who designated the material, and the
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`Party seeking to maintain the confidentiality of the material shall promptly file a Motion to
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`Impound Designated Material in accordance with District of Massachusetts Local Rule 7.2 and
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`ECF Administrative Procedures. The Motion to Impound shall reference this Order, describing
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`the general nature and purpose for submitting the paper (i.c., exhibit to declaration in support of
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`motion, etc.), and provide a factual demonstration of potential harm to support the request for
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`leave to file the document under seal.I Reference to a document’s designation as DESIGNATED
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`only the most
`' Because the public has a “presumptive” right of access tojudicial documents,
`compelling reasons canjustify non-disclosure ofj udicial records that come within the scope of
`the common-law right ol'acccss.’” United States v. Kravctz, 706 F.3d 47, 59 (lst Cir. 2013)
`(quoting In re Providence Journal C0,, 293 F.3d 1, 10 (lst Cir. 2002)). Accordingly, the burden
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`MATERIAL pursuant to the Protective Order, without more, will not suffice to Show a
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`particularized need for impoundment. Ifa Party obtains leave to tile DESIGNATED
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`MATERIAL under seal, the filing party shall be responsible for informing the Clerk of the Court
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`that the filing should be sealed and for placing the legend “FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT
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`TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” above the caption and conspicuously on each page of the filing.
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`Exhibits to a filing shall conform to the labeling requirements set forth in this Order. Ifa pretrial
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`pleading filed with the Court, or an exhibit thereto, discloses or relies on confidential documents,
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`information, or material, such confidential portions shall be redacted to the extent necessary and
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`the pleading or exhibit 1i led publicly with the Court.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Date: November 28, 2017
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`United States District Judge
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`the common-law right of access.”’ United States v. Kravetz, 706 F.3d 47, 59 (lst Cir. 2013)
`(quoting In re Providence Journal Co., 293 F.3d 1, 10 (lst Cir. 2002)). Accordingly, the burden
`is on the party seeking to maintain a document’s confidentiality to demonstrate that impounding
`the document will not violate the public’s presumptive right of access, including “‘a particular
`factual demonstration of potential harm, not .
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`. conclusory statements” as to why a document
`should be sealed. _I_Ci_. at 60 (quoting Fed. Trade Comm’n v. Standard Fin. Mgmt. Cong, 830 F.2d
`404, 412 (lst Cir. 1987)); see also Anderson v. Crvovac, Inc., 805 F.2d 1, 3’ (lst Cir. 1986) (“A
`finding of good cause must be based on a particular factual demonstration of potential harm, not
`on conclusory statements." (citations omitted».
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