She warned, however, that she "may revisit this decision" should she determine later on that information currently being shielded is "subject to a heightened presumption of access." Nathan agreed that these redactions balanced Gawker's right to protect its own personal and business information with the public right of access to court documents. "We have not asked that any substantive information be sealed, on any subject," he added. In an email, Gawker's lawyer Mark Batten, a partner at Proskauer, emphasized: "The only information that Gawker asked to be redacted are personal (non-Gawker) email addresses, almost all of them belonging to third parties, and passwords." ![]() Gawker joined its interns in trying to redact names, usernames, passwords, online handles, email addresses, telephone numbers, bank account data and the company's internal websites from the docket. On Monday, a federal judge gave preliminary approval to an order redacting their confidential information - but she warned that the right to public access might outweigh their privacy concerns later.Įx-Gawker interns Aulistar Mark and Andrew Hudson sued their former employer for unfair labor practices two years ago in Manhattan Federal Court.Ī little more than a year ago, Judge Alison Nathan approved a social-media campaign for former Gawker interns to join the class action, and the lawsuit has proceeded through the discovery phase since that time. ![]() MANHATTAN (CN) - Gawker's media empire has ginned up First Amendment battles around publishing celebrity sex tapes and outing private figures as gay, but it's now fighting to keep its own secrets from hitting the public docket.
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