Sweeney et al v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
RYAN SWEENEY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action 2:20-cv-1569
Chief Judge Sarah D. Morrison
Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Redact Public Version and File
Under Seal Unredacted Version of Transcript of Oral Argument Proceedings (ECF No. 263).
Therein, Defendants represent that the transcript of the November 10, 2025 oral argument
proceedings contains non-public, confidential, and proprietary trade secret information in the
form of information related to rates on insurance products offered by Nationwide Life Insurance
Company, the public disclosure of which would be harmful to Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company and Nationwide Life Insurance Company, and of which the Court has allowed sealing
on multiple prior occasions. (Id.) (citing ECF Nos. 33, 89, 138, 152, 191, 196, 203, 207, 216,
242, 252).
Based on these representations, the Court concludes that the transcript contains
confidential information that should be shielded from public access. Accordingly, Defendants’
Motion (ECF No. 263) is GRANTED. The transcript of the November 10, 2025 oral argument
proceedings (ECF No. 257) shall remain UNDER PERMANENT SEAL. The Clerk is
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DIRECTED to file on the public docket the redacted version of the transcript, attached to
Defendants’ Motion as Exhibit A (ECF No. 263-1).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Chelsey M. Vascura
CHELSEY M. VASCURA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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