The opinion
ZAINAH ALFI (CA State Bar No. 227460)
2 (SBN 304164) scottcommerson@dwt.com
C. GENEVIEVE JENKINS ROCHELLE L. WILCOX
3 (SBN 271128) (CA State Bar No. 197790)
1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600 rochellewilcox@dwt.com
4 Los Angeles, CA 90017 VALERIE N. GALLO
Telephone: 213-340-0300 (CA State Bar No. 289882)
5 Fax: 213-340-0200 valeriegallo@dwt.com
zalfi@excelsislaw.com DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
6 865 South Figueroa Street, 24th Floor
Attorneys for Plaintiff and Los Angeles, California 90017-2566
7 Counter-Defendant Telephone: (213) 633-6800
RAQUEL MEIRA DAVIS Fax: (213) 633-6899
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Attorneys for Defendant and
9 Counter-Claimant
MACUHEALTH DISTRIBUTION,
10 INC. and
Defendant FREDERIC JOUHET
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12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
13 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
14 SACRAMENTO DIVISION
15 RAQUEL MEIRA DAVIS, an individual, Case No. 2:19-cv-01947-WBS-KJN
Assigned to the Hon. William B. Shubb
16 Plaintiff,
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
17 vs. ORDER
18 MACUHEALTH DISTRIBUTION, INC.;
FREDERIC JOUHET, an individual; and Action Filed: September 24, 2019
19 DOES 1-10, inclusive,
20 Defendants.
21
MACUHEALTH DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
22 a corporation,
23 Counter-Claimant
24 v.
25 RAQUEL MEIRA DAVIS, an individual,
and DOES 1-10, inclusive,
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Counterclaim Defendants
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I. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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A. Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
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4 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
5 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may
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be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
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8 enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this
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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
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12 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
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under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth
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in Section XIII(C), below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them
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16 to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
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party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal.
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20 II. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
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A. This action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists
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and other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or
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24 proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and
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from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such
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confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other
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28 things, confidential business or financial information, information regarding
confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, or
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commercial information (including information implicating privacy rights of third
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4 parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be
5 privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes,
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court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of
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8 information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of
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discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to
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keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses
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12 of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their
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handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order
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for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that
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16 information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that
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nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a
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confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part
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20 of the public record of this case.
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III. DEFINITIONS
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A. Action: This pending federal lawsuit and any consolidated or related
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24 actions.
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B. Challenging Party: A Party or Non-Party that challenges the
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designation of information or items under this Order.
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C. “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Information (regardless of
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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for
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4 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in
5 the Good Cause Statement.
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D. “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” means any information which belongs
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8 to a Designating Party who believes in good faith that the Disclosure of such
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information to another Party or non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious
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financial or other injury that cannot be avoided by less restrictive means.
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12 E. Designating Party: A Party or Non-Party that designates information
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or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”
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16 F. Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as
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their support staff).
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G. Disclosure or Discovery Material: All items or information, regardless
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20 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
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among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced
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or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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24 H. Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as
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an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
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I. House Counsel: Attorneys who are employees of a party to this
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Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other
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4 outside counsel.
5 J. Non-Party: Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
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or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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8 K. Outside Counsel of Record: Attorneys who are not employees of a
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party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and
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have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm
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12 which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
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L. Party: Any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their
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16 support staffs).
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M. Producing Party: A Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
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Discovery Material in this Action.
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20 N. Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation
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support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
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demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)
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24 and their employees and subcontractors.
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O. Protected Material: Any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”
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P. Receiving Party: A Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
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Material from a Producing Party.
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4 IV. SCOPE
5 A. The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
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8 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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12 B. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders
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of the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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V. DURATION
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16 A. Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality
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obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party
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agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition
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20 shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this
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Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the
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completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of
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24 this Action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for
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extension of time pursuant to applicable law.
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VI. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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28 A. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection
1. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for
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protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to
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4 specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The
5 Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material,
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documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that other
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8 portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which
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protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this
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Order.
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12 2. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited.
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Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made
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for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case
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16 development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on
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other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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3. If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or
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20 items that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that
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Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it is
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withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
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24 B. Manner and Timing of Designations
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, e.g., Section
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B(2)(b) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or
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Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be
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clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
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4 2. Designation in conformity with this Order requires the
5 following:
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a. For information in documentary form (e.g., paper or
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8 electronic documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other
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pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a
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minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY
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12 CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each
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page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of
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the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also
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16 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
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appropriate markings in the margins).
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b. A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents
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20 available for inspection need not designate them for protection until
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after the inspecting Party has indicated which documents it would like
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copied and produced. During the inspection and before the
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24 designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
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deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”
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After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied
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28 and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents,
or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then,
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before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must
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4 affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains
5 Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a
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page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly
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8 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings
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in the margins).
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c. For testimony given in depositions, that the Designating
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12 Party identify the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record,
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before the close of the deposition and all protected testimony.
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d. For information produced in form other than document
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16 and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a
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prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in which
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the information is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or
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20 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the
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information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent
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practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
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24 C. Inadvertent Failure to Designate
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1. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified
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information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s
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28 right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely
correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts
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to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this
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4 Order.
5 VII. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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A. Timing of Challenges
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8 1. Any party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of
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confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling
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Order.
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12 B. Meet and Confer
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1. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution
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process.
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16 C. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on
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the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper
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purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
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20 parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating
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Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall
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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is
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24 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the
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challenge.
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VIII. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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28 A. Basic Principles
1. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed
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or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
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4 Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action.
5 Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons
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and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been
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8 terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Section
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XIV below.
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2. Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a
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12 Receiving Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access
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is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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B. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY
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16 CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items
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1. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by
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the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or
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20 item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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a. The Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this
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Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to
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24 whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this
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Action;
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b. The officers, directors, and employees (including House
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Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably
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4 necessary for this Action;
5 c. Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party
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to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who
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8 have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A);
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d. The Court and its personnel;
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12 e. Court reporters and their staff;
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f. Professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and
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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or
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16 this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to be Bound” attached as Exhibit A hereto;
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g. The author or recipient of a document containing the
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20 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or
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knew the information;
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h. During their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for
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24 witnesses, in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary
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provided: (i) the deposing party requests that the witness sign the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound;” and (ii) they will not
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28 be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the
“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound,” unless otherwise
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agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the Court. Pages of
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4 transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal
5 Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and
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may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this
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8 Stipulated Protective Order; and
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i. Any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting
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personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in
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12 settlement discussions.
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2. Access to and/or Disclosure of HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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MATERIALS shall be permitted only to the following persons or entities:
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16 a. Trial Counsel for the Parties, their partners and associates,
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and staff and supporting personnel of such attorneys, such as paralegal
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assistants, secretarial, stenographic and clerical employees and
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20 contractors, and outside copying services, who are working on this
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Proceeding (or any further proceedings herein) under the direction of
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such attorneys and to whom it is necessary that the Highly Confidential
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24 Materials be Disclosed for purposes of this Proceeding. Such
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employees, assistants, contractors and agents to whom such access is
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permitted and/or Disclosure is made shall, prior to such access or
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28 Disclosure, be advised of, and become subject to, the provisions of this
Protective Order. “Trial Counsel,” for purposes of this Paragraph, shall
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mean outside retained counsel and shall not include in-house counsel
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4 to the undersigned Parties and the paralegal, clerical and secretarial
5 staff employed by such in-house counsel;
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b. outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the
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8 undersigned Parties or their counsel in connection with the Proceeding,
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whether or not retained to testify at any oral hearing; provided,
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however, that prior to the Disclosure of Highly Confidential Materials
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12 to any such expert or expert consultant, counsel for the Party making
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the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective
14
Order to such person, shall explain its terms to such person, and shall
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16 secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form attached
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hereto as Exhibit A prior to the Disclosure of Highly Confidential
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Materials. It shall be the obligation of Trial Counsel, upon learning of
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20 any breach or threatened breach of this Stipulation and Protective
21
Order by any such expert or expert consultant, to promptly notify Trial
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Counsel for the Designating Party of such breach or threatened breach;
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24 c. any person who authored, received, saw or was otherwise
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familiar with Documents, Testimony, or Information or thing
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designated “Highly Confidential,” including any person otherwise
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28 familiar with the Highly Confidential Information contained therein,
but only to the extent of that person’s prior familiarity with the Highly
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Confidential Information;
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4 d. court reporters in this Proceeding (whether at depositions,
5 hearings, or any other proceeding); and
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e. the Court.
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8 IX. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUPOENAED OR ORDERED
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PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
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A. If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other
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12 litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this
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Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” that Party
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must:
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16 1. Promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such
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notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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2. Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or
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20 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered
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by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification
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shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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24 3. Cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
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pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
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B. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party
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28 served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information
designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the Court from which the subpoena
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4 or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission.
5 The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in
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that court of its confidential and/or highly confidential material and nothing in these
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8 provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in
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this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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X. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
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12 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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A. The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
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Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “HIGHLY
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16 CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with
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this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.
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Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from
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20 seeking additional protections.
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B. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
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produce a Non-Party’s confidential and/or highly confidential information in its
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24 possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to
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produce the Non-Party’s confidential and/or highly confidential information, then
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the Party shall:
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1. Promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
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Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a
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4 confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
5 2. Promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
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Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a
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8 reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
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3. Make the information requested available for inspection by the
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Non-Party, if requested.
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12 C. If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within
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14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party
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may produce the Non-Party’s confidential and/or highly confidential information
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16 responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective
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order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or
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control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
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20 determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
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shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected
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Material.
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24 XI. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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A. If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has
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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
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28 under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (1)
notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (2) use its
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best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (3) inform
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4 the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
5 of this Order, and (4) request such person or persons to execute the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit
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XII. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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PROTECTED MATERIAL
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12 A. When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other
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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal
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16 Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify
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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for
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production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
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20 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure
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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work
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product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the Stipulated
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24 Protective Order submitted to the Court.
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XIII. MISCELLANEOUS
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A. Right to Further Relief
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1. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its
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modification by the Court in the future.
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4 B. Right to Assert Other Objections
5 1. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order, no Party
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waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing
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8 any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated
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Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
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ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
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12 Order.
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C. Filing Protected Material
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1. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must
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16 comply with Civil Local Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed
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under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific
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Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material
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20 under seal is denied by the Court, then the Receiving Party may file the
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information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the Court.
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XIV. FINAL DISPOSITION
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24 A. After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in Section V,
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within sixty (60) days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving
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Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such
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28 material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies,
abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing
2
any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled
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4 to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and
5 hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits,
6
expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even
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8 if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain
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or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth
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in Section V.
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12 B. Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate
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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
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sanctions.
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I T IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
3 Dated: January 30, 2020 /s/ Zainah Alfi
4 EXCELSIS LAW, PC
ZAINAH ALFI
5 C. GENEVIEVE JENKINS
6 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-
Defendant
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Dated: January 30, 2020 /s/ Scott Commerson
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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE, LLP
10 Scott D. Commerson
Rochelle L. Wilcox
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Valerie N. Gallo
12 Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-
Claimant
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ATTESTATION
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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), I hereby certify that the content of
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this document is acceptable to Zainah Alfi, counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
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and that I have obtained their authorization to affix their electronic signatures to this
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document.
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DATED: February 4, 2020 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE, LLP
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21 By: /s/Scott Commerson
Scott R. Commerson
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1 ORDER
2 The Court has reviewed the parties’ stipulated protective order, which comports with the
relevant authorities and the Court’s applicable local rule. See L.R. 141.1(c);! see also Phillips ex
Al) rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210 (9th Cir. 2002) (““Generally, the
5|| public can gain access to litigation documents and information produced during discovery unless
the party opposing disclosure shows ‘good cause’ why a protective order is necessary.”)
Therefore, the Court GRANTS the request subject to the following clarification.
8 It is unclear as to the parties’ intent concerning the duration of the Court’s jurisdiction
over this protective order. (See, e.g., 9 9 of the stipulation, supra.) This Court’s Local Rules
indicate that once this action is closed, “unless otherwise ordered, the Court will not retain
jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms of any protective order filed in that action.” L.R.
141.1(f). Courts in the district generally do not agree to retain jurisdiction after closure of the
13]) case, and the Court will not do so here. See, e.g., MD Helicopters, Inc. v. Aerometals, Inc., 2017
WL 495778 (E.D. Cal., February 03, 2017). Based on this rationale, the Court will not retain
15}| jurisdiction over this protective order once the action is closed.
Dated: February 4, 2020
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AO
18 KENDALL J.NE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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20 ' The Court’s Local Rules instruct the parties, when requesting a protective order, to
include in their submission:
79 (1) A description of the types of information eligible for protection under the
order, with the description provided in general terms sufficient to reveal the
23 nature of the information (e.g., customer list, formula for soda, diary of a
troubled child);
24 (2) A showing of particularized need for protection as to each category of
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
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EXHIBIT A
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, [print or type full name], of
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[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have
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8 read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued
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by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on
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_____[DATE] in the case of Davis v. Macuhealth Distribution, Inc. Case No. 2:19-
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12 cv-01947-WBS-KJN. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of
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this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so
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comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I
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16 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that
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is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict
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19 compliance with the provisions of this Order.
20 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
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for the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
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23 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
24 termination of this action. I hereby appoint [print or
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type full name] of [print or type full address and
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this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective
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