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 DEFENDANT CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

CASE NO. 5:17-CV-00072-BLF-SVK 

DUANE MORRIS LLP 

D. Stuart Bartow (CA SBN 233107) 

dsbartow@duanemorris.com 

Nicole E. Grigg (CA SBN 307733) 

negrigg@duanemorris.com 

2475 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1194 

Telephone: 650.847.4150 

Facsimile: 650.847.4151 

DUANE MORRIS LLP 

Joseph A. Powers (PA SBN 84590) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

japowers@duanemorris.com 

Jarrad M. Gunther (PA SBN 207038) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

jmgunther@duanemorris.com 

30 South 17th Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215.979.1000 

Facsimile: 215.979.1020 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 

DUANE MORRIS LLP 

L. Norwood Jameson (GA SBN 003970) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice

wjameson@duanemorris.com 

Matthew C. Gaudet (GA SBN 287789) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice

mcgaudet@duanemorris.com 

David C. Dotson (GA SBN 138040) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

dcdotson@duanemorris.com 

John R. Gibson (GA SBN 454507) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice

jrgibson@duanemorris.com 

Jennifer H. Forte (GA SBN 940650) 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice

jhforte@duanemorris.com 

1075 Peachtree NE, Suite 2000 

Atlanta, GA 30309 

Telephone: 404.253.6900 

Facsimile: 404.253.6901 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FINJAN, INC., a Delaware Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., a California 

Corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 5:17-cv-00072-BLF-SVK 

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

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DEFENDANT CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

CASE NO. 5:17-CV-00072-BLF-SVK 

I. INTRODUCTION 

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-11 and 79-5, this Court’s Standing Civil Order Re: Civil Cases, and 

the Parties Stipulated Protective Order (Dkt. 97), Defendant Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) hereby 

moves the Court for leave to file under seal, pursuant to Civil L.R. 79-5(d), the items identified in the 

table below: 

Dkt. No. Document Portion(s) to 

Seal Reason(s) for Sealing 

 Cisco’s Notice Re the 

Impact of the COVID19 Pandemic on the 

June 1 Trial Date 

Highlighted 

portions at: 

page 2 line 23-

page 3 line 2; 

page 3 line 16; 

page 3 line 18 – 

page 4 line 6; 

page 4 line 13 - 

24 

The highlighted information 

contains confidential personal 

information regarding Cisco’s 

employees as well as confidential 

internal Cisco information with 

respect to COVID-19 that should 

not be publicly available and 

would cause harm to Cisco and its 

employees if disclosed. 

 Declaration of Nicole 

E. Grigg in Support 

Cisco’s Notice Re the 

Impact of the COVID19 Pandemic on the 

June 1 Trial Date 

Highlighted 

portions at: 

page 1 line 10 – 

18; page 1 line 

27 – page 2 line 

4; page 2 line 7 - 

20 

The highlighted information 

contains confidential personal 

information regarding Cisco’s 

employees as well as confidential 

internal Cisco information with 

respect to COVID-19 that should 

not be publicly available and 

would cause harm to Cisco and its 

employees if disclosed. 

II. ARGUMENT 

There is a presumption of public access to judicial records and documents. Nixon v. Warner 

Commc'ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). However, records attached to non-dispositive filings, 

such is the case here, are not subject to the strong presumption of access. Finjan, Inc. v. Proofpoint, 

Inc, No. 13-CV-05808-HSG, 2015 WL 9023164, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2015) (internal citation 

omitted). Because the documents attached to non-dispositive filings “are often unrelated, or only 

tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action,” parties moving to seal must meet the lower 

“good cause” standard of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 26(c). Id. (internal quotation 

marks omitted). The “good cause” standard requires a “particularized showing” that “specific 

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prejudice or harm will result” if the information is disclosed. Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. 

Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks omitted); see Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 26(c). “Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by specific examples of articulated 

reasoning” will not suffice. Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int'l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992). 

Sealing is appropriate where the requesting party “establishes that the document, or portions thereof 

is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law.” N.D. 

Cal. Civ. L.R. 79–5(a). A party must “narrowly tailor” its request to sealable material only. Id. 

As noted in the table above, Cisco seeks to seal select portions of its Notice Re the Impact of 

the COVID-19 Pandemic on the June 1 Trial Date (“Cisco’s Notice”) and the Declaration of Nicole 

E. Grigg in support thereof at the pages listed in the table above because these portions reflect contains 

confidential personal information regarding Cisco’s employees as well as confidential internal Cisco 

information with respect to COVID-19 that should not be publicly available and would cause harm 

to Cisco and its employees if disclosed. See Declaration of Nicole E. Grigg in Support of 

Administrative Motion to File Documents Under Seal (“Grigg Declaration”), ¶¶ 2-5. Cisco’s 

administrative motion is narrowly tailored and only seeks to seal the select portions of Cisco’s Notice 

and the declaration that reference and/or include personal and/or confidential information of Cisco’s 

employees and its business. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, Cisco has filed publicly the relevant 

excerpts of information that are not confidential. Attached hereto are redacted and unredacted 

versions of Cisco’s Notice and the declaration in support thereof. 

III. CONCLUSION 

For these reasons, Cisco respectfully requests that the Court grant its Administrative Motion 

to Seal. 

Dated: April 28, 2020 DUANE MORRIS LLP 

/s/ Nicole E. Grigg 

Nicole E. Grigg 

D. Stuart Bartow 

L. Norwood Jameson (admitted pro hac vice) 

Matthew C. Gaudet (admitted pro hac vice) 

David C. Dotson (admitted pro hac vice) 

John R. Gibson (admitted pro hac vice) 

Jennifer H. Forte (admitted pro hac vice)

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CASE NO. 5:17-CV-00072-BLF-SVK 

Joseph A. Powers (admitted pro hac vice) 

Jarrad M. Gunther (admitted pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 

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