Court Grants Bright Data OK to File Complaint vs. Meta Under Seal

The Delaware Superior Court in New Castle County granted Bright Data leave to file its complaint against Meta and Instagram under seal, said its order Friday (docket N23C-01-065). Bright Data’s complaint, the nature of which wasn't disclosed, contains “confidential and sensitive business information, the disclosure of which may cause harm to certain parties or non-parties to this litigation,” said the company's motion earlier Friday. The filing specifically contains sensitive information “subject to contractual confidentiality provisions,” it said. The information is “so sensitive and valuable to the parties” that had the court denied the motion to seal, Bright Data would have asked the chief clerk to take no action to file the complaint on the court’s public docket, it said. It expects to file a redacted public version of the complaint within 30 days, it said.The sealed complaint was referred to Delaware's Complex Commercial Litigation Division, a docket entry shows. Israeli-based Bright Data bills itself as the world’s top web data platform. Sole practitioner David Wilks, in Wilmington, Delaware, is representing Bright Data in the complaint.