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he parties. . . . In order for settlement talks to be effective, parties must feel uninhibited in their communications." Id. at 980. More recently, the Second Circuit has held that the transcript of a settlement conference was properly sealed, despite the "common law presumptive right of access to judicial documen

tus conference, State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.l Hood, 266 F.R.D. 135 (S.D. Miss. 2010) ("State Farm I"), is consistent with these Rules and cases. In State Farm I, members of the press sought to intervene "to challenge the confidentiality of the settlement agreement, not to litigate the merits of the underly

he parties. . . . In order for settlement talks to be effective, parties must feel uninhibited in their communications." Id. at 980. More recently, the Second Circuit has held that the transcript of a settlement conference was properly sealed, despite the "common law presumptive right of access to judicial docume

te Farm Fire and Cas. Co.. Hood, 266 F.R.D. 135 (S.D. Miss. 2010) ("State Farm I"), is consistent with 7 EFTA00211519 these Rules and cases. In State Farm I, members of the press sought to intervene "to challenge the confidentiality of the settlement agreement, not to litigate the merits of the underly

t 1313. Hoffenberg suggests that United States v. Leonard, 50 F.3d 1152, 1158 (2d Cir.I995), suggests a high- er standard of proof. In Leonard, the Second Circuit instructed that "the district court should consider any evidence with a significant degree of probative value, and should rest its finding on evid

imitations and guideposts as set forth in BMW of North America v. Gore, 116 S.Ct 1589 (1996)• Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 127 S.Ct. 1057 (2007)• State Farm v. Campbell, 123 S.Ct 1513 (2003); Engle v. Ligget Group, Inc., 945 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 2006). The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of th

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