Epstein Secrets

ein's Fifth Amendment concerns are not unwarranted. In a federal companion case, Jane Doe No. 2 v. Epstein, Case No. 08- CIV-80119 MARRA/JOHNSON, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, United States Magistrate Judge Linnea R. Johnson found, "pin 2008, Epstein entered into a Non-Prosecution Agr

ction of the massage table and massage room, respectively, because the inspection could lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. See Welzel v. Bernstein, 233 F.R.D. 185, 186 (D.C. 2005) (noting that in cases in which a site inspection has been allowed, the rationale has been because the specific loc

), Michael Cernovich ("Cernovich"), and the Miami Herald Company (with reporter Julie Brown, jointly the "Herald") appeal from certain orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert W. Sweet, Judge) denying their respective motions to unseal filings in a defamation suit. We conclu

s factual findings for clear error, its legal determinations de novo, and its ultimate decision to seal or unseal for abuse of discretion."11 I I Bernstein v. Bernstein Dimwits Berger & Grossmann LLP, 814 F.3d 132, 139 (2c1Cir. 2016). B. The Summary Judgment Materials 121 131 I4IWith respect to the fi

, Intervenors-Appellants, EFTA00092308 V. VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant-Appellee: On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ARGUED: MARCH 6, 2019 DECIDED: JULY 3, 2019 Before: r —ABRANES, POOLER, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges. Interv

he-record findings that sealing is necessary to preserve higher values and only if the sealing order is narrowly tailored to achieve that aim."13 " Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, 814 F.3d 132, 139 (2d Cir. 2016). 12 Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 121 (2d Cir. 2

iled motion to intervene, for purposes of filing motion to unseal documents that were placed under seal and included in protective order. Holdings: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J., held that: m news media and journalist could intervene in action; 121 public did not have right

4 See United States v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 863 F.3d 125 (2d Cir. 2017) (noting discovery documents lie beyond the presumption of public access); Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann UP, 814 F.3d 132 (2d Cir. 2016) (weighing value of public disclosure of complaint against privacy interests