The Unopposed Motion of the American Investment Council for Leave to File a Brief as

Amicus Curiae in Support of Welsh Carson’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 107) is hereby GRANTED.

The Court GRANTS the American Investment Council amicus curiae status and GRANTS its request to file a brief in support of the motion to dismiss filed by Welsh Carson.

The Clerk is directed to accept the proposed brief, attached as Exhibit “A” to their motion for leave, as of the date of this Order.

Kenneth M. Hoyt United States District Judge

Case 4:23-cv-03560 Document 113 Filed on 12/28/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 1 United States District Court Southern District of Texas

Case 4:23-cv-03560 Document 112 Filed on 12/28/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 1 United States District Court Southern District of Texas

Case 4:23-cv-03560 Document 114 Filed on 12/28/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 1 United States District Court Southern District of Texas

Case 4:23-cv-03560 Document 115 Filed on 12/28/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 1 United States District Court Southern District of Texas

Case 4:23-cv-03560 Document 109 Filed on 11/30/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 2 United States District Court Southern District of Texas

The Court has considered Non-Party, Envision Healthcare Corporation’s opposed motion to Seal, [DE 74], and all related exhibits and briefs and FINDS that the public’s presumptive right of access to judicial records outweighs Envision’s interests in maintaining the document(s) UNDER SEAL or in redacting same.

the public has a strong interest in knowing the content of the FTC’s claims regarding the USAP/Envision market allocation; Envision, while not a party to the FTC’s litigation is the “counterpart to a market allocation agreement with USAF that the FTC alleges is unlawful; the proffers and arguments made by Envision concerning its motion to seal fails to demonstrate how the disclosure of the market allocation information will negatively impact Envision’s “competitive edge”, if any, or otherwise be harmed; the arguments and supporting data provided by Envision fail to establish how the descriptive language that the FTC concerning a decade old document will undercut Envision’s competitive edge; the FTC’s pleadings do not quote the language of Strategic Alliance Agreement, 1 / 2

Case 4:23-cv-03560 Document 109 Filed on 11/30/23 in TXSD Page 2 of 2 but instead uses language that characterizes certain of its terms; and, finally, Envision fails to show how disclosure could prove injurious to its reputation in an implemented but completed bankruptcy Plan.

Kenneth M. Hoyt United States District Judge