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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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3,&$¶6AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

Kate E. Manka (SBN 180651) 

PICA Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center 

Suite 500 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 835-1217 

Facsimile: (415) 433-5994 

Gregory H. Melick (pro hac vice) 

Luper Neidenthal & Logan 

1200 LeVeque Tower 

50 West Broad Street 

Columbus, OH 43215-3374 

Telephone: (614) 221-7663 

Facsimile: (866) 345-4948 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PICA Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MMCA GROUP LTD., a Virginia 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, a 

Delaware corporation, PICA 

CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation, 

Defendants. 

No. C-06-7067 MMC (EMC) 

AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION 

TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

FILED IN CONNECTION WITH PICA 

&25325$7,21¶6SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION 

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, PARTIAL SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT; PROPOSED ORDER 

 Date: November 20, 2009 

 Time: 9:00 a.m. 

 Place: Courtroom 7, 19th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

 

This motion amends PICA Corporation¶V$GPLQLVWUDWLYH0RWLRQWR)LOH'RFXPHQWVXQGHU

Seal, filed on October 30, 2009. 

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3,&$¶6AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

Pursuant to Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5, and the Modified Stipulated Protective Order, 

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following documents, or portions of documents: 

1. Exhibit A to the Declaration of Gregory Melick. Page 258 coQWDLQV3,&$¶V

confidential client information that is competitive DQGSURSULHWDU\3DJHFRQWDLQV3,&$¶V

confidential pricing information that is competitive and proprietary. Page 373 contains 

LQIRUPDWLRQUHODWLQJWRDSULYDWHLQGLYLGXDO¶Vpersonal finances. Pages 390-391 FRQWDLQ3,&$¶V

confidential pricing information that is competitive and proprietary. 

2. Exhibit B to the Declaration of Gregory Melick. Pages 55-57, 62-64, 67-76, 89, 

121, 122, 186, 338, 339, and 447-449 reference individuals in the investigation industry, not 

parties to this litigation, who may wish to keep their identities confidential (e.g., for security 

purposes). Pages 279-282 FRQWDLQ3,&$¶VFRQILGHQWLDOFOLHQWLQIRUPDWLRQWKDWLVFRPSHWLWLYHDQG

proprietary. Page 337 contains 3,&$¶VSULFLQJLQIRUPDWLRQWKDWLVFRPSHWLWLYHDQGSURSULHWDU\

3. Exhibit C to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by MMCA. 

4. Exhibit D to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by HP. 

5. ([KLELW(WRWKH'HFODUDWLRQRI*UHJRU\0HOLFNFRQWDLQV3,&$¶VFRPSHWLWLYHand 

proprietary billing rates, which are confidential. 

6. Exhibit F to the Declaration of Gregory Melick is a document which, on 

information and belief, has also been produced by HP in this case and designated Confidential. 

PICA does not itself request that this document be filed under seal. 

7. Exhibit G to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by HP. 

8. Exhibit H to the Declaration of GrHJRU\0HOLFNFRQWDLQV3,&$¶VFRPSHWLWLYHand 

proprietary pricing information, which is confidential. 

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9. Exhibit I to the Declaration of Gregory Melick, at page 511, references former 

'HIHQGDQW3LQNHUWRQ¶VEXVLQHVVPRGHOZKLFK Pinkerton may deem proprietary and competitive. 

10. ([KLELW-WRWKH'HFODUDWLRQRI*UHJRU\0HOLFNFRQWDLQV3,&$¶VFRPSHWLWLYHand 

proprietary pricing information, which is confidential. 

11. Exhibit L to the Declaration of Gregory Melick, on page 111, references a current 

or former associate of MMCA, which MMCA has stated is a trade secret. PICA does not itself 

request that this document be filed under seal. 

12. Exhibit O to the Declaration of Gregory Melick is the personal resume of an 

individual who is not a party to this action. 

13. Exhibit P to the Declaration of Gregory Melick, on information and belief, was 

prepared by MMCA and may be alleged to be a trade secret by MMCA. 

14. Exhibit Q to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by MMCA. 

15. Exhibit R to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by MMCA. 

16. Exhibit S to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential and/or 

AEO by MMCA. 

17. Exhibit T to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by MMCA. 

18. Exhibit V to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by MMCA. 

19. Exhibit W to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated AEO by MMCA. 

20. Exhibit X to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential or 

AEO by MMCA. 

21. Exhibit Y to the Declaration of Gregory Melick was designated Confidential 

and/or AEO by MMCA. 

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22. Paragraph 7 of the Supplemental Declaration of Vincent Volpi discusses PICA¶s 

confidential and proprietary pricing information. 

23. Paragraph 2 of the Declaration of Vaughn Volpi discusses the identity of PICA¶s 

clients, which is confidential and proprietary. 

24. 3RUWLRQVRI3,&$¶V6XSSOHPHQWDO%ULHIZKLFKUHIHUWRPDWHULDOGHVLJQDWHGDV

Confidential or AEO by other parties. 

Civil Local Rule 79-5 provides where a party seeks to submit to the Court a document that 

has been designated by another party as confidential pursuant to a protective order, that party 

must file an Administrative Motion for a sealing order. Thereafter, within five days, designating 

party must then file with the Court and serve a declaration establishing that the designated 

documents are sealable, and must lodge and serve a narrowly tailored proposed sealing order 

within five days of submission. Civ. L.R. 79-5(d). 

Based on the foregoing, Defendant PICA Corporation respectfully asks that the Court 

enter an order permitting PICA to tile the above referenced documents, and/or portions of 

documents, under seal. 

Dated: November 2, 2009 /s/Gregory Melick 

 By: Gregory Melick 

 Attorney for Defendant PICA 

Corporation 

 

DECLARATION OF GREGORY MELICK

I, Gregory Melick, declare as follows, with personal knowledge as to matters upon which 

I have such knowledge, and upon information and belief as to all other matters herein. 

1. I am an attorney at law duly admitted pro hac vice to practice in this Court in this 

case, and am one of the attorneys for PICA Corporation in the above matter. 

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2. All of the matters set forth herein, except as to those matters based upon my 

information and belief, are known to me personally, and if called as a witness, I could testify 

competently thereto. 

3. The above referenced documents, or portions of documents, should be filed under 

seal consistent with the AEO and Confidential designations accorded to the information by the 

designating party(ies). 

I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of Ohio that the aforementioned 

statements are true and correct and that this declaration was executed on November 2, 2009, in 

Columbus, Ohio. 

 By: /s/Gregory Melick 

 Gregory Melick 

Good cause appearing, the Court orders that the following documents shall be filed under seal: 

SO ORDERED. 

Date: November ___, 2009 _________________________________ 

 Hon. Maxine Chesney 

 United States District Court Judge 

identified above

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Dated: January 5, 2010

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