# Dr. Andrew Kerr v. Endologix, Inc.

> District Court, C.D. California · December 2, 2019

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## Case

- **Court:** District Court, C.D. California
- **Decided:** December 2, 2019
- **Opinion:** 100trialcourt
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## Opinion text

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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 DR. ANDREW KERR, CASE NO. 8:19-cv-01457-DOC-JDE

12 Plaintiff,
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
13 vs. ORDER

14 ENDOLOGIX, INC.,
TRIVASCULAR
15 TECHNOLOGIES, INC., and
TRIVASCULAR, INC.,
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Defendant.
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Pursuant to the Stipulation (Dkt. 36) between Dr. Andrew Kerr (“Plaintiff”)
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and Defendants Endologix, Inc., TriVascular, Inc., and TriVascular Technologies,
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Inc. (collectively “Endologix” or “Defendants”), and good cause appearing
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therefore, the Court makes the following findings and enters the following Order:
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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
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proprietary or private information for which special protection from public
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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than pursuing this litigation may be
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warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
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enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this
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1 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
2 discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
3 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
4 under the applicable legal principles.
5 2. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
6 This action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists and
7 other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or
8 proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and
9 from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such
10 confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other
11 things:
12 a) Information that is the subject of a non-disclosure or confidentiality
13 agreement or obligation with third parties;
14 b) The names, or other information tending to reveal the identity of a
15 party’s supplier/vendor, designer, distributor, or customer;
16 c) Agreements with third-parties;
17 d) Research and development information;
18 e) Proprietary engineering or technical information, including product
19 design, manufacturing techniques, processing information, drawings, memoranda
20 and reports;
21 f) Information related to budgets, sales, profits, costs, margins, product
22 pricing, or other internal financial/accounting information, including non-public
23 information related to financial condition or performance and income or other non-
24 public tax information;
25 g) Information related to internal operations including personnel
26 information;
27 h) Information related to past, current and future product development;
28 i) Information related to past, current and future market analyses and
1 business and marketing development, including plans, strategies, forecasts and
2 competition; and,
3 j) Trade secrets (as defined by the jurisdiction in which the information
4 is located).
5 Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt
6 resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately
7 protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the
8 parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for
9 and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and
10 serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this
11 matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as
12 confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good
13 faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and
14 there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.
15 3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF UNDER SEAL FILING PROCEDURE
16 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 14.3, below, that this
17 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information
18 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed
19 and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court
20 to file material under seal. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right
21 of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-
22 dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See
23 Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006),
24 Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-
25 Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even
26 stipulated protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of
27 good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal
28 justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to
1 file under seal. The parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material
2 as CONFIDENTIAL does not— without the submission of competent evidence by
3 declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as
4 confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.
5 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial,
6 then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and
7 the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be
8 protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir.
9 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed
10 or introduced under seal, the party seeking protection must articulate compelling
11 reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing
12 order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents
13 under seal must be provided by declaration.
14 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in
15 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be
16 redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public
17 viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable
18 portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file
19 documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why
20 redaction is not feasible.
21 4. DEFINITIONS
22 4.1 Action: Dr. Andrew Kerr v. Endologix, Inc. et al., Case No. 8:19-cv-
23 01457-DOC-JDE (C.D. Cal.).
24 4.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
25 designation of information or items under this Order.
26 4.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information
27 (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that
28 qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as
1 specified above in the Good Cause Statement.
2 4.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well
3 as their support staff).
4 4.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates
5 information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery
6 as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
7 4.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information,
8 regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or
9 maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible
10 things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery.
11 4.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a
12 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its
13 counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
14 4.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
15 Information or Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,”
16 disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial
17 risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.
18 4.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this
19 Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any
20 other outside counsel.
21 4.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation,
22 association or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
23 4.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a
24 party to this Action but are retained to represent a party to this Action and
25 have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law
26 firm that has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
27 4.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers,
28 directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of
1 Record (and their support staffs).
2 4.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
3 Discovery Material in this Action.
4 4.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation
5 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing
6 exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any
7 form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
8 4.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
9 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
10 4.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
11 Material from a Producing Party.
12 5. SCOPE
13 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
14 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
15 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
16 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
17 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
18 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
19 trial judge and other applicable authorities. This Order does not govern the use of
20 Protected Material at trial.
21 6. DURATION
22 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as
23 CONFIDENTIAL or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
24 ONLY” or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or introduced as an
25 exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all members
26 of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific
27 factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the
28 trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing
1 for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard
2 when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of
3 this protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial.
4 7. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5 7.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for
6 Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for
7 protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to
8 specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The
9 Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material,
10 documents, items or oral or written communications that qualify so that other
11 portions of the material, documents, items or communications for which
12 protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this
13 Order.
14 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
15 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
16 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to
17 impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
18 Designating Party to sanctions.
19 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
20 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
21 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
22 7.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise
23 provided in this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure of
24 Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be
25 clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
26 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
27 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or
28 electronic documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or
1 trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
2 “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”) or “HIGHLY
3 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (hereinafter “HIGHLY
4 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY legend”), to each page that
5 contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
6 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
7 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
8 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
9 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
10 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
11 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
12 deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the
13 inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the
14 Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for
15 protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the
16 Producing Party must affix the “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
17 EYES ONLY” legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a
18 portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also
19 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate
20 markings in the margins).
21 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party
22 identifies the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of
23 the deposition all protected testimony.
24 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary
25 and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent
26 place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is
27 stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
28 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information
1 warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify
2 the protected portion(s).
3 7.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
4 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive
5 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such
6 material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make
7 reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the
8 provisions of this Order.
9 8. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
10 8.1. Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
11 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
12 Scheduling Order.
13 8.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
14 resolution process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq.
15 8.3 Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a
16 joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2.
17 8.4 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be
18 on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an
19 improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens
20 on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the
21 Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all
22 parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection
23 to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court
24 rules on the challenge.
25 9. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
26 9.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that
27 is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection
28 with this Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this
1 Action. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of
2 persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has
3 been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section
4 15 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
5 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
6 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
7 authorized under this Order.
8 9.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
9 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating
10 Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
11 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
12 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this
13 Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is
14 reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
15 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House
16 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary
17 for this Action, where Dr. Kerr is the Receiving Party, Dr. Kerr and his
18 personal counsel, Charles Kerr, provided that Charles Kerr shall have signed
19 the“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) ;
20 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to
21 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed
22 the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
23 (d) the court and its personnel;
24 (e) court reporters and their staff;
25 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and
26 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this
27 Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
28 Bound” (Exhibit A) or, in the case of mock jurors, Exhibit B. Mock jurors
1 shall not be permitted to retain copies of any documents or items containing
2 CONFIDENTIAL Information;
3 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the
4 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew
5 the information;
6 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,
7 in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the
8 deposing party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A
9 hereto; and (2) they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information
10 unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit
11 A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court.
12 Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal
13 Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not
14 be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective
15 Order; and
16 (i) any mediators or settlement officers and their supporting
17 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement
18 discussions.
19 9.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
20 EYES ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or
21 permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose
22 any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:
24 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action,
25 as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is
26 reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation;
27 (b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is
28 reasonably necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the
1 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as to
2 whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been
3 followed;
4 (c) the court and its personnel;
5 (d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial
6 consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is
7 reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the
8 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) or, in the case of
9 mock jurors, Exhibit B. Mock jurors shall not be permitted to retain copies of
10 any documents or items containing HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
11 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Information; and
12 (e) the author or recipient of a document containing the
13 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew
14 the information.
15 9.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of
16 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information
17 or Items to Experts.
18 (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing
19 by the Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined
20 in this Order) any information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY
21 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph
22 9.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1)
23 identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
24 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that the Receiving Party seeks
25 permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert
26 and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the
27 Expert’s current resume, (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5)
28 identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received
1 compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom
2 the expert has provided professional services, including in connection with a
3 litigation, at any time during the preceding five years,1 and (6) identifies (by
4 name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation
5 in connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including
6 through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the
7 preceding five years.
8 (b) On the eighth day after making such a request and providing
9 the information specified in the preceding respective paragraphs, a Party may
10 disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Designated House
11 Counsel or Expert unless, within 7 days of delivering the request, the Party
12 receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection
13 must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based.
14 (c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and
15 confer with the Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to
16 try to resolve the matter by agreement within seven days of the written
17 objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure
18 to the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civ. L.R. 7 seeking permission
19 from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances
20 with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the Expert
21 is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would
22 entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that risk.
23 In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent
24 declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement
25 (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting
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27 1 If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a third-
party, then the Expert should provide whatever information the Expert believes can be disclosed
28 without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert
1 forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve
2 the disclosure.
3 In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the
4 Expert shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure
5 would entail (under the safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s
6 need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert.
7 9.5 Prosecution Bar
8 Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who
9 receives access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
10 ONLY information shall not be involved in the prosecution of patents or
11 patent applications relating to stent/graft technology, including without
12 limitation the patents asserted in this action and any patent or application
13 claiming priority to or otherwise related to the patents asserted in this action,
14 before any foreign or domestic agency, including the United States Patent and
15 Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). . For purposes of this paragraph,
16 “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting, amending, providing
17 advice regarding, or otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance of patent
18 claims. To avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as used in this paragraph does not
19 include representing a party challenging or defending a patent before a
20 domestic or foreign agency or from participating in reexamination, inter partes
21 review, or other review proceedings. This Prosecution Bar shall begin when
22 technical information designated HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY is first received by the affected person and shall
24 end two (2) years after final termination of this Action.
25 10. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
26 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
27 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other
28 litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this
1 Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
2 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” that Party must:
3 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such
4 notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
5 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena
6 or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered
7 by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification
8 shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
9 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
10 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If
11 the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the
12 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this
13 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
14 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from
15 which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the
16 Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden
17 and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and
18 nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging
19 a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another
20 court.
21 11. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO
22 BE PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
23 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced
24 by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
25 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such
26 information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is
27 protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these
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1 provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking
2 additional protections.
3 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery
4 request, to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession,
5 and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the
6 Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:
7 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
8 Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a
9 confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
10 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
11 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a
12 reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
13 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
14 Non-Party, if requested.
15 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court
16 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the
17 Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information
18 responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective
19 order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession
20 or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party
21 before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the
22 Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court
23 of its Protected Material.
24 12. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED
25 MATERIAL
26 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has
27 disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
28 under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)
1 notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its
2 best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform
3 the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
4 of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
5 “Acknowledgment an Agreement to Be Bound” attached hereto as Exhibit A.
6 13. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR
7 OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL
8 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
9 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other
10 protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in
11 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to
12 modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that
13 provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal
14 Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on
15 the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the
16 attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may
17 incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the
18 court.
19 14. MISCELLANEOUS
20 14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of
21 any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
22 14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
23 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object
24 to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not
25 addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any
26 right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered
27 by this Protective Order.
28 14.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
1 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected
2 Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the
3 sealing of the specific Protected Material. If a Party’s request to file Protected
4 Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file
5 the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
6 15. FINAL DISPOSITION
7 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 6,
8 within 60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving
9 Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such
10 material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all
11 copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing
12 or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is
13 returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification
14 to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the
15 Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category,
16 where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed
17 and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
18 compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of
19 the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to
20 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and
21 hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial
22 exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert
23 work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such
24 archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to
25 this Protective Order as set forth in Section 6 (DURATION).
26 16. VIOLATION
27 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures
28 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
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3 Based on the parties’ Stipulation (Dkt. 36), and for good cause shown,
4 || ITIS SO ORDERED.
6 DATED: December 02, 2019
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9 JOHN D. EARLY
10 ited States Magistrate Judge
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2 I, __________________________________ hereby certify that I have read
3 and am fully familiar with the terms of the Protective Order entered in Dr. Andrew
4 Kerr v. Endologix, Inc. et al., Case No. 8:19-cv-01457-DOC-JDE (C.D. Cal.) and
5 hereby agree to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of said
6 Order unless and until modified by further Order of this Court.
7 I acknowledge that I am about to receive Confidential Information and/or
8 Highly Confidential Attorneys’ Eyes Only Information in said action and certify
9 my understanding that such Information is being provided to me pursuant to the
10 terms and restrictions of the Protective Order. I understand that such Information,
11 and any copies I make of any documentary material containing Confidential
12 Information and/or Highly Confidential Attorneys’ Eyes Only Information, or any
13 notes or other records that may be made regarding any such information, shall not
14 be disclosed to others, except other persons that are identified in and have agreed
15 to comply with and be bound by the terms of the Protective Order. I hereby
16 consent to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Order.
17 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of
18 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and
19 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with
20 this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective
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22 Dated this ____ day of _________________, 201__.
23 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
24 Printed name: _______________________________
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3 juror in the case entitled: Dr. Andrew Kerr v. Endologix, Inc. et al., Case No. 8:19-
4 cv-01457-DOC-JDE (C.D. Cal.) (the “Case”).
5 I understand that I am about to receive Confidential Information regarding
6 the case and that Court has ordered this information to remain Confidential. I
7 agree that I am subject to this order and will not retain copies of documents or
8 items containing Confidential Information after my services as a mock juror and
9 that I will only use any Confidential Information in connection with my services as
10 a mock juror in this case, and for no other purpose.
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13 City and State: _________________________________
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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10036262. Public record. Not legal advice.