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V. PROTECTIVE ORDER1
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INC., BLUEHOST INC. D/B/A UNIFIED
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1 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
2 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary,
3 or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for
4 any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the
5 parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective
6 Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all
7 disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public
8 disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to
9 confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles.
10 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
11 This is an action for contributory trademark infringement, contributory false
12 designation of origin, and unfair competition. This action is likely to involve valuable
13 research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information for
14 which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than
15 prosecution of this action is warranted. The parties assert that the disclosure of this
16 information could give their competitors an edge in future contract negotiations. Good
17 cause therefore exists to maintain this information as confidential. See Encyclopedia Brown
18 Productions, Ltd. v. Home Box Office, Inc., 26 F. Supp. 2d 606, 614 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)
19 (sealing confidential and otherwise undisclosed business information that “may provide
20 valuable insights into a company’s current business practices that a competitor would seek
21 to exploit”).
22 Moreover, Plaintiffs may seek as part of their damages the disgorgement of
23 Defendant’s profits and Defendant is seeking commercially sensitive information such as
24 financial and sales details from Plaintiffs. As a result, the parties anticipate production of
25 financial information and trade secrets not otherwise publicly available, including sales and
26 profit margins. Further, to show the amount of corrective advertising Plaintiffs seek and
27 the damage to their brand, they may produce information concerning their past and current
28 market share or customer base as well as their financial information. Because the public
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1 disclosure of this and other information may harm the parties’ business interest and
2 competitive standing, good cause exists to maintain as confidential information falling
3 within these categories. See, e.g., Hodges v. Apple Inc., Case No. 13-cv-01128, 2013 WL
4 6070408 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 18, 2013) (“Given the nature of Exhibit 4—a spreadsheet that
5 contains financial information—the Court is persuaded that there are compelling reasons
6 to file it under seal.”); SMD Software, Inc. v. EMove, Inc., Case No. 5:08-CV-403-FL, 2013
7 WL 1091054, at *3 (E.D.N.C. Mar. 15, 2013) (“Defendants urge that these documents
8 contain confidential information such as . . . relative market share . . . the court agrees that
9 they too contain confidential information, the publication of which may harm the parties'
10 business interests and competitive standing. This risk of harm outweighs the public's
11 interest in accessing the documents.”). The examples, types, and categories of information
12 described in this Stipulation are intended as examples and are not intended to limit
13 discovery in this matter or to limit the type or categories of information that may be
14 produced.
15 Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution
16 of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information
17 the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted
18 reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to
19 address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective
20 order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that
21 information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be
22 so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential,
23 non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record
24 of this case.
25 C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL
26 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this
27 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under
28 seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the
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1 standards that will be applied when a Party seeks permission from the court to file material
2 under seal.
3 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial
4 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, good
5 cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of
6 Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp.,
7 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc.,
8 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good
9 cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper
10 evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material
11 that a Party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or
12 Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of competent
13 evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies
14 as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.
15 Further, if a Party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then
16 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief
17 sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See Pintos
18 v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of
19 information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in connection
20 with a dispositive motion or trial, the Party or Non-Party seeking protection must articulate
21 compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested
22 sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents
23 under seal must be provided by declaration.
24 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its
25 entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If
26 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the
27 confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed.
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1 Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should include an
2 explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
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2. DEFINITIONS
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2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit.
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2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of
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information or items under this Order.
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2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it
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is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under
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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement.
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2.5 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their
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support staff).
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2.6 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items
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that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as Protected Material, as defined
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2.7 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the
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medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other
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things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in
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disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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2.8 Expert(s): 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 an
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expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. No fewer than 10 days (or any other period
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specifically designated by the Court) prior to the initial disclosure to a proposed expert of
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any Protected Material, the Party proposing to use that expert shall submit in writing the
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name of the proposed expert and his or her educational and employment history to the
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Designating Party. If the Designating Party objects to the disclosure of the Protected
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Material to the proposed expert, it shall notify the Party proposing the expert of that
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objection and the grounds thereof prior to the initial disclosure and shall do so in a letter
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1 Designating Party shall promptly seek relief from the Court pursuant to Judge Standish’s
2 discovery dispute procedures. The Court will either enter a ruling or will direct the Parties
3 to engage in motion practice pursuant to L.R. 37-2 or L.R. 7-5 et seq., at its discretion. If
4 an objection has been raised, no Protected Material will be shared with the proposed expert
5 until the Court resolves the Parties’ dispute or until the Parties resolve it among themselves
6 informally.
7 2.9 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or
8 Items: shall mean extremely sensitive Confidential Information or Items, disclosure of
9 which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that
10 could not be avoided by less restrictive means.
11 2.10 House Counsel: attorneys in good standing of a state bar who are fulltime
12 employees of a corporate party to this Action. House Counsel does not include Outside
13 Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
14 2.11 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other
15 legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
16 2.12 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a Party to this
17 Action but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this Action and have appeared in
18 this Action on behalf of that Party, including support staff who directly support an attorney
19 who has appeared on behalf of a Party to this Action and that are directly employed by the
20 attorney’s law firm (i.e., not a contractor, contract attorney, affiliate, or the like).
21 2.13 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
22 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support
23 staffs).
24 2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery
25 Material in this Action.
26 2.15 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
27 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
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1 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and
2 their employees and subcontractors.
3 2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated
4 as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
5 2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from
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9 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected
10 Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from
11 Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected
12 Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel
13 that might reveal Protected Material.
14 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial
15 judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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17 4. DURATION
18 FINAL DISPOSITION of the action is defined as the conclusion of any appellate
19 proceedings, or, if no appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal has run. Except
20 as set forth below, the terms of this protective order apply through FINAL DISPOSITION
21 of the action. The parties may stipulate that they will be contractually bound by the terms
22 of this agreement beyond FINAL DISPOSITION, but will have to file a separate action for
23 enforcement of the agreement once all proceedings in this case are complete.
24 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as CONFIDENTIAL
25 or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or introduced as an exhibit at trial
26 becomes public and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including
27 the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed
28 otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at
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1 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in
2 discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of
3 court record). Accordingly, for such materials, the terms of this protective order do not
4 extend beyond the commencement of the trial.
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6 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
7 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each
8 Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order
9 must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the
10 appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts
11 of material, documents, items or oral or written communications that qualify so that other
12 portions of the material, documents, items or communications for which protection is not
13 warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
14 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are
15 shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to
16 unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses
17 and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
18 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
19 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
20 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
21 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this
22 Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or
23 ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order
24 must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
25 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
26 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but
27 excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the
28 Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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1 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (hereinafter
2 “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a
3 portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must
4 clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the
5 margins).
6 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection need
7 not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which
8 documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the
9 designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed
10 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party
11 has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
12 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
13 Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
14 “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion
15 of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly
16 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
17 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies the
18 Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition all
19 protected testimony.
20 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other
21 tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the
22 container or containers in which the information is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL”
23 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or
24 portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent
25 practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
26 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure
27 to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating
28 Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction
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1 of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the
2 material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
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4 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
5 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation
6 of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order.
7 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution
8 process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq.
9 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the
10 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to
11 harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
12 Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the
13 confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the
14 level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the
15 Court rules on the challenge.
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17 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
18 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
19 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action
20 only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material
21 may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in
22 this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the
23 provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
24 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location
25 and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under
26 this Order.
27 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise
28 ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party
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1 may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
2 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as
3 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to
4 disclose the information for this Action;
5 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the
6 Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
7 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure
8 is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
9 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
10 (d) the court and its personnel;
11 (e) court reporters and their staff;
12 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors
13 to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
14 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
15 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian
16 or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
17 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the Action
18 to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing Party requests that
19 the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will not be permitted
20 to keep any confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and
21 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or
22 ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions
23 that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not
24 be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
25 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually
26 agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions and who have signed
27 the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A).
28 7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
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1 Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the
2 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
3 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:
4 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, provided that,
5 if any such Outside Counsel of Record withdraws from this action, he or she shall return
6 to the Designating Party any Protected Material designated as
7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” without providing that
8 material to his or her client, and he or she shall provide a written certification that all copies
9 of that material have been destroyed;
10 (b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure
11 is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
12 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
13 (c) the court and its personnel;
14 (d) court reporters and their staff;
15 (e) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors
16 to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
17 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
18 (f) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian
19 or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and
20 (g) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually
21 agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions and who have signed
22 the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A).
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24 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
25 OTHER LITIGATION
26 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that
27 compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
28 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,”
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1 that Party must:
2 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
3 include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
4 (b) promptly notify in writing the Party who caused the subpoena or order to issue
5 in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is
6 subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated
7 Protective Order; and
8 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by
9 the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
10 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the
11 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as
12 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
13 before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the
14 Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear
15 the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and
16 nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving
17 Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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19 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN
20 THIS LITIGATION
21 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party
22 in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–
23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection
24 with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing
25 in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional
26 protections.
27 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce
28 a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an
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1 agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information,
2 then the Party shall:
3 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that
4 some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement
5 with a Non-Party;
6 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
7 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
8 specific description of the information requested; and
9 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-
10 Party, if requested.
11 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14 days
12 of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce
13 the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-
14 Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any
15 information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with
16 the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the
17 Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its
18 Protected Material.
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20 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
21 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
22 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
23 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the
24 Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all
25 unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom
26 unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such
27 person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is
28 attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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2 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
3 PROTECTED MATERIAL
4 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently
5 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of
6 the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).
7 This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-
8 discovery order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to
9 Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the
10 effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client
11 privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the
12 stipulated protective order submitted to the court.
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14 12. EXCEPTION FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION
15 Nothing in this Stipulation shall be deemed in any way to restrict the use of
16 documents or information which are lawfully obtained or publicly available to a Party
17 independent of discovery in this Action, whether or not the same material has been obtained
18 during the course of discovery in the Action and whether or not such documents or
19 information have been designated hereunder. Prior to the disclosure of any produced
20 material, the party seeking to disclose the material shall provide the other Party adequate
21 notice to permit court intervention to prevent such use or disclosure. A Party claiming that
22 produced material was either lawfully obtained or publicly available shall bear the burden
23 of proving independent acquisition prior to any disclosure.
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25 13. MISCELLANEOUS
26 13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person
27 to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
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1 13.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective
2 Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or
3 producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated
4 Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in
5 evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
6 13.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected
7 Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed
8 under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected
9 Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the
10 court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless
11 otherwise instructed by the court.
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13 14. FINAL DISPOSITION
14 Within 60 days after the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4,
15 each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy
16 such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies,
17 abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of
18 the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the
19 Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the
20 same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies
21 (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed
22 and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
23 compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
24 Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of
25 all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,
26 correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and
27 consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any
28 such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this
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1 || Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
3|)15. MIOQLATION
4 || Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures including, without
5 || limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
7\lIT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
9||DATED: June 8, 2022 Tucker Ellis LLP
10 By: _ /s/Steven FE. Lauridsen
il David J. Steele
Howard A. Kroll
12 Steven E. Lauridsen
B Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Coachella Music Festival, LLC
14 And Goldenvoice, LLC
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16 || DATED: June 8, 2022 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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By: _ /s/Kollin J. Zimmermann
18 Christoper T. Varas
Larry W. McFarland
19 Kollin J. Zimmermann
20 Attorneys for Defendant
51 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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6 HON-’GAIL J. STANDISH
United States Magistrate Judge
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1 EXHIBIT A
2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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4 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of
5 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I
6 have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by
7 the United States District Court for the Central District of California on [date] in the case
8 of Coachella Music Festival, LLC, et al. v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al., No.
9 2:17-cv-09631-RGK-GJSx. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this
10 Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply
11 could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise
12 that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this
13 Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the
14 provisions of this Order.
15 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the
16 Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order,
17 even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I hereby
18 appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of
19 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone
20 number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any
21 proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.
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Date: ______________________________________
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24 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
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Printed name: _______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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