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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION

SECURITIES LITIGATION

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No. C 02-1486 CW

AMENDED ORDER

GRANTING IN PART

DEFENDANTS'

MOTION TO

MAINTAIN

CONFIDENTIALITY

OF DOCUMENTS AT

TRIAL AND MOTION

TO SEAL

[DOCKET NO. 1649]

Defendants JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU), Jozef Straus,

Anthony R. Muller, Charles Abbe and Kevin Kalkhoven have filed an

administrative motion to maintain the confidentiality of certain

documents at trial and to file those documents under seal. Lead

Plaintiff Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds opposes the

motion, arguing that there are no sufficiently compelling reasons

to seal the documents that outweighs the public right of access to

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them. See Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122,

1135 (9th Cir. 2003). Having considered the parties' positions and

good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby orders that:

(1) Defendants' motion is granted in part with respect to the

financial reports documenting non-parties' stock options received

and exercised, stock sold and proceeds from those sales. Although

third parties have an interest in keeping their financial

information and home addresses private, the records "can be

redacted easily to protect third-party privacy interests while

leaving other meaningful information." Id. at 1137. Plaintiffs

shall redact names, home addresses and any other identifying

information prior to publishing these records at trial. However,

if Plaintiffs intend to introduce testimony from a non-party

individual linking that individual's stock sale to knowledge of

material, non-public information, and there is evidence to link

that knowledge to any Individual Defendant, Plaintiffs may disclose

the name of the non-party individual.

(2) Defendants' motion is granted in part with respect to the

email containing Thomas Pitre's salary. Pitre's privacy interests

can be protected by redacting the amount of his salary, the amount

offered to him by the competitor and the salary increase offered by

JDSU. Plaintiffs may discuss the percentage of the salary

increases offered, but may not discuss the actual amount Pitre

earned or could have earned. 

(3) Defendants' motion is granted in part with respect to the

board minutes and discussion memorandum. Although their compelled

production of information deemed to be attorney work product does

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not constitute a waiver of that right, see Transam Computer Co.,

Inc. v. Int'l Bus. Machs. Corp., 573 F.2d 646, 651 (9th Cir. 1978),

Defendants assert that only two paragraphs were found to be

protected by Judge LaPorte. Therefore, only those paragraphs can

be kept out of the public record. However, the Court notes that

Defendants' counsel have referred to at least some of the allegedly

protected materials in open court. See, e.g., Transcript of

Pretrial Conference at 95 (referred to allegedly protected material

at JDSU 021486). Therefore, Plaintiffs may introduce these

materials, except the protected paragraph at JDSU 021483, to the

extent that the evidence is admissible. 

(4) Defendants' motion to seal is granted in part. 

Defendants shall redact the documents they seek to file under seal

in a manner consistent with this order and shall file those

documents in the public record. The unredacted versions shall be

filed under seal. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 10/24/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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