ORDER

LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge.

WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of Plaintiffs' Motion for Issuance of a Hague Convention Request for International Judicial Assistance to Take Testimony Overseas of Frank Cahill and supporting papers (Dkt. No. 1410);

WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of Plaintiffs' Motion for Issuance of a Hague Convention Request for International Judicial Assistance to Take Testimony Overseas of Niall O'Riordan and supporting papers (Dkt. No. 1413);

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of Plaintiffs' Motion for Issuance of a Hague Convention Request for International Judicial Assistance to Take Testimony Overseas of Richard Gibbons and supporting papers (Dkt. No. 1416). It is hereby

ORDERED that Plaintiffs' redaction and seal requests are GRANTED. The unredacted versions of these documents will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in Appendix A 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 Commc'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 documents in redacted form or under seal is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential business and sensitive personal information. It is further

ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall send to the Chambers Inbox a copy of the above-referenced Hague Convention Requests in Microsoft Word format by March 25, 2020.

APPENDIX A