DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to Local Rule 10-5(b) and the Amended Confidentiality and Protective Order in this case (ECF No. 308), AMG Services, Inc. and MNE Services, Inc. move this court for leave to file under seal the following documents: Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment on Count III ("Reply," ECF No. 512) and accompanying exhibits. motion, Defendants state as follows:

1. On January 11, 2013, this Court entered an amended protective order permitting parties to designate documents and testimony as confidential, and to submit such information to the Court under seal. (ECF No. 308, at 5 ("[F]or Confidential Information attached to or included in dispositive motions, the moving party(ies) must articulate compelling reasons supported by specific facts demonstrating that sealing the document outweighs the public's interest in disclosure. . . .").)

2. The Reply contains numerous references to the exhibits accompanying Defendants' Opposition to the FTC's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 493) and Defendants' Statement of Disputed Facts in Opposition to the FTC's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 494).

3. Many of the exhibits accompanying Defendants' Opposition to the FTC's Motion for Summary Judgment and Defendants' Statement of Disputed Facts in Opposition to the FTC's Motion for Summary Judgment contain consumer data or business information designated "confidential" by the FTC or defendants.

4. Defendants sought, and the Court granted, leave to file these documents under seal. (ECF No. 505.)

5. In an abundance of caution, defendants seek leave of Court to file both the Reply and its accompanying exhibits under seal.

Accordingly, Defendants respectfully ask the Court to grant their motion to file under seal Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment on Count III and accompanying exhibits.