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The name of the mystery foreign company at the center of a Mueller grand jury subpoena fight is still redacted in these newly unsealed opinions and orders: dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/file… These are from the original district court case, where the docket itself remains sealed 
Note that information is redacted by putting the word [REDACTED] into the text, as opposed to blacking out the redacted text — this makes it harder to see exactly how much remains sealed, or to try to game out how many characters the name of the company contains
These docs mostly tell us things we already know about the gist of the dispute — that the mystery company claimed immunity to a grand jury subpoena, and a judge ruled against the company and ordered it to comply. The case is currently before SCOTUS: buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
One interesting tidbit: Mueller's office had asked for a sanction of $10K/day for failing to comply, but acknowledged to the judge that might be too low. The judge set it at $50K/day
The judge was also acutely aware of all the speculation around the case before it was confirmed as a matter out of Mueller's office (see: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…). In January she ruled that neither side could comment publicly beyond what had been made public
The judge repeatedly rebuffed the mystery company's efforts at getting out of the sanction. From a Jan. 24 opinion: "[REDACTED] wants to stave off enforcement of any hypothetical judgment. Of course, [REDACTED] has an easier way out from under the threat of enforcement: comply."
