Shane Grp., Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mich.
825 F.3d 299 (6th Cir. 2016) Cited 791 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that the district court erroneously approved class counsel's request for $10 million in fees, and observing that "class counsel provided no backup whatsoever—no time records, no descriptions of work done—in support of their hours spent working on this case . . . class counsel [instead] provided the district court with a single page of documentation for each firm, listing only the employee names, titles, rates, hours, and—by multiplying the rates and hours—the total lodestar for that firm"
Baxter Intern., Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories
297 F.3d 544 (7th Cir. 2002) Cited 828 timesHolding that competitive business information constitutes a trade secret where its "economic value depends on its secrecy"
Rudd Equip. Co. v. John Deere Constr. & Forestry Co.
834 F.3d 589 (6th Cir. 2016) Cited 251 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that "only the most compelling reasons can justify non-disclosure of judicial records" and that trial court was justified in lifting seal where it had failed to make findings or legal conclusions in support of initial nondisclosure to the public
Beauchamp v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp.
658 F. App'x 202 (6th Cir. 2016) Cited 89 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that it was error for the district court to allow parties to seal summary judgment exhibits without first requiring them to demonstrate compelling reasons to seal the exhibits and that the non-disclosure was narrowly tailored to serve those reasons