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1. Order | Filed: July 10, 2026 | Entered: July 10, 2026 Guardian Flight LLC et al v. AETNA Life Insurance Company Inc et al

   Other Statutory Actions | Connecticut

   Order on Motion to Seal

   ORDER granting in part Aetna's 320 Motion to Seal exhibits submitted in connection with a discovery dispute. "A confidentiality order or protective order entered by the Court to govern discovery [does] not qualify as an order to seal documents[.]" D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 5(e)(3). Instead, motions to seal are subject to the familiar legal standards articulated in United States v. Amodeo ("Amodeo I"), 44 F.3d 141, 145 (2d Cir. 1995) and United States v. Amodeo ("Amodeo II"), 71 F.3d 1044, 1049 (2d Cir. 1995) and the procedural requirements of Local Rule 5(e). The Court recognizes that the presumption of public access to discovery materials attached to a discovery motion is "somewhat lower than the presumption applied to material introduced at trial, or in connection with dispositive motions." See Brown v. Maxwell, 929 F.3d 41, 50 (2d Cir. 2019). Nonetheless, an order sealing judicial documents still must be "supported by clear and compelling reasons and narrowly tailored to serve those reasons." L. Civ. R. 5(e).
   
   Plaintiffs--who designated all but one of the exhibits as confidential and bear the burden of demonstrating that sealing them is appropriate--have not filed any brief in support of sealing. On its own review, the Court finds good reason to seal the excerpts of deposition transcripts of Plaintiffs' personnel and consultant because they contain commercially sensitive information relating to business processes and operations that may cause competitive harm to Plaintiff if disclosed. See Amodeo II, 71 F.3d at 1051 ("Commercial competitors seeking an advantage over rivals need not be indulged in the name of monitoring the courts[.]"). For similar reasons, the deposition excerpt of Dr. Shapiro, designated as confidential by Aetna, is also appropriate for sealing. Accordingly, those documents shall remain sealed until further order of the Court and without prejudice to any party seeking unsealing at a later time. However, the Court sees no compelling basis to seal the motion to seal itself, Aetna's discovery brief, correspondence between counsel, Aetna's 30(b)(6) deposition notice, Plaintiffs' responses to requests for production, or Plaintiffs' privilege log. None of these materials reveal any commercially sensitive or privileged information.
   
   Accordingly, the clerk of the court is directed to unseal ECF 320, 320-1, 320-2, 320-3, 320-4, 320-9, 320-10, 320-11, and 320-13. So Ordered. Signed by Judge S. Dave Vatti on 7/10/2026. (JN)

2. Misc | Filed: July 09, 2026 | Entered: July 09, 2026 Air Evac EMS, Inc. et al v. Aetna Life Insurance Company et al

   Contract: Other | Connecticut

   Disclosure Statement

   Disclosure Statement by Air Evac EMS, Inc., Guardian Flight LLC, Med-Trans Corporation, REACH Air Medical Services, LLC identifying Corporate Parent Global Medical Response, Inc., Corporate Parent GMR Intermediate Corp., Corporate Parent Air Medical Group Holdings LLC, Corporate Parent GMR Solutions, Inc. for Air Evac EMS, Inc., Guardian Flight LLC, Med-Trans Corporation, REACH Air Medical Services, LLC. (Gonsoulin, Dewey)

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