Fawick Corp. v. Alfa Export Corp.

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• noting that party “must attempt to winnow out properly confidential information in order to justify sealing” (internal quotation omitted)
• rejecting defendant’s attempt to establish good cause by generally asserting that it would be “competitively disadvantaged” if the information in question was unsealed
• using the Illinois Trade Secrets Act definition of “trade secret” to evaluate whether certain parts of the record should be sealed
• granting lead plaintiffs motion to unseal the - district court record
• “good cause does not permit ‘stereotyped and conclusory statements’”

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