By John Cheves, includes “… In their motion to Shepherd, investment firms KKR & Co., Prisma Capital Partners, The Blackstone Group and Pacific Alternative Asset Management said they need confidentiality for any material produced in the case that might reveal financial, business or technical information about themselves or 'trade secrets' that could give their competitors an advantage. … The defendants include billionaires who made a fortune off Kentucky taxpayers, attorney Ann Oldfather of Louisville wrote in her own motion requesting open proceedings.”