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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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WESTERN DIVISION
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Line One Laboratories Inc. (USA), a Case No.: 2:22-CV-02401-FMO-E
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California corporation Hon. Fernando M. Olguin
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Plaintiff,
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
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16 Wingpow International Limited, etc. et al.
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Defendants.
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20 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.
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1 1. INTRODUCTION
2 1.1. Purposes and Limitations. Discovery in this action is likely to involve
3 the production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special
4 protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than
5 prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby
6 stipulate to, and petition the Court to enter, the following Stipulated Protective Order
7 (“Order”). The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket
8 protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it
9 affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or
10 items that are entitled to confidential treatment under applicable legal principles.
11 1.2. Good Cause Statement. During the course of this litigation, the parties
12 will most likely provide informally for purposes of settlement discussion or otherwise
13 or produce during discovery trade secrets, customer and pricing lists and other
14 valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical, and/or proprietary
15 information that warrants special protection from public disclosures and from use for
16 any purpose other than the litigation or settlement of this action. Such confidential and
17 proprietary materials and information include, among other things, confidential
18 business or financial information, information regarding confidential business
19 practices of the parties or third parties, or other confidential research, development, or
20 commercial information (including information implicating the privacy rights of third
21 parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be
22 privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court
23 rules, case decisions, or common law. The parties stipulate that disclosure of this
24 information would cause competitive harm to the parties. For example, the parties
25 believe that competitors will gain an unfair advantage if they learn the parties’
26 Protected Material, such as financial information, accounting information, customer
27 lists, vendor lists, costs or profit structure, sales information, product lines, business
28 and marketing strategy or information about operations. Accordingly, to expedite the
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1 flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality
2 of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to
3 keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonably necessary uses of
4 such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at
5 the end of litigation, and to serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such
6 information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information
7 will not be designated as Protected Material for tactical reasons and that nothing will
8 be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a
9 confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of
10 the public record of this case.
11 2. DEFINITIONS
12 2.1. Action: the above-captioned action, Line One Laboratories Inc. (USA),
13 etc. et al., v. Wingpow International Limited, etc. et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-02401-
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15 2.2. Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation
16 of information or items under this Order.
17 2.3. “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
18 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection
19 as specified above in the Good Cause Statement.
20 2.4. “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or
21 Items: Such information shall be limited to (i) documents, things, or information that
22 the Designating Party in good faith believes comprise or reflect trade secrets (as
23 defined in California Civil Code § 3426.1(d)), and (ii) extremely sensitive
24 confidential and proprietary research, development, technical, business or
25 commercial information, the disclosure of which to a Receiving Party would create a
26 substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means,
27 and may include the following types of information:
28 a. highly sensitive technical information, including technical
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1 analyses concerning present products, anticipated products, or products in
2 development or technical comparisons of competitors’ products or services
3 that would tend to permit the Receiving Party to gain an unfair competitive
4 advantage over the Producing Party;
5 b. highly sensitive business information, including non-public
6 financial and marketing strategies, analyses, and strategic product/service
7 expansion plans that would tend to permit the Receiving Party to gain an
8 unfair competitive advantage over the Producing Party; and
9 c. highly sensitive business and confidential information of Non-
10 Parties and unredacted personally identifiable information (“PII”), except for
11 the last four digits, of all Parties such as birth dates, social security, and
12 driver’s license numbers, and financial account numbers protected from
13 disclosure under all applicable data privacy laws.
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15 For the avoidance of doubt, any materials or information that were or would
16 have been available to the Receiving Party in the ordinary course of the Parties’ prior
17 business relationship, until the termination of that relationship, shall not be marked
18 as “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
19 2.5. Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record (as well as their support staff).
20 2.6. Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or
21 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
22 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
23 2.7. Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of
24 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
25 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or
26 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this Action.
27 2.8. Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
28 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an
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1 expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
2 2.9. House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party to this Action.
3 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
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5 2.10. Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a Party
6 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this Action and have
7 appeared in this Action on behalf of that Party or are employed with a law firm that
8 has appeared on behalf of that Party, including support staff of all of the foregoing.
9 2.11. Party: any party named in this Action, including all of its officers,
10 directors, employees, and/or consultants.
11 2.12. Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
12 other legal entity not named as a Party to this Action.
13 2.13. Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
14 Discovery Material in this Action.
15 2.14. Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
16 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
17 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, reviewing, or retrieving data in any form or
18 medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
19 2.15. Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
20 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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22 2.16. Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
23 from a Producing Party.
24 3. SCOPE
25 3.1 Derivative Information. The protections conferred by this Order cover
26 not only Protected Material (as defined above) but also (1) any information copied or
27 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
28 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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1 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
2 3.2 Use in Court. Any use of Protected Material at a hearing or trial shall be
3 governed by the orders of the hearing or trial judge. This Order does not govern the
4 use of Protected Material at hearings or trial.
5 4. DURATION
6 4.1 Final Disposition. Even after the Final Disposition of this litigation, the
7 confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order will remain in effect until a
8 Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs.
9 “Final Disposition” is the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this
10 Action, with or without prejudice, or (2) final judgment after the completion and
11 exhaustion of all appeals, re-hearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,
12 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time
13 under applicable law.
14 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
15 5.1. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
16 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this
17 Protective Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
18 qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent it is practical to do so, the
19 Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material,
20 documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that other portions
21 of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not
22 warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
23 For any materials or information that a Producing Party designates as
24 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” the Producing Party shall, to
25 the extent it is feasible, based on such factors as the volume of the material to be
26 redacted and the timing of a particular production, also produce a copy of the same
27 information, designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and redacting the portions of the
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1 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” However, in the event producing redacted portions
2 of the material or information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
3 EYES ONLY” becomes unreasonably burdensome, Parties will confer with one
4 another in good faith to reach a workable resolution.
5 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
6 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose
7 (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose
8 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party
9 to sanctions.
10 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or any item that
11 it designated for protection does not qualify for protection (unless the designation at
12 issue is disputed), that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it
13 is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
14 5.2. Manner of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order,
15 Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be
16 clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
17 Designation in conformity with this Order requires the following:
18 a. For information in documentary form (for example, paper or
19 electronic documents but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial
20 or trial proceedings), the Producing Party must affix at a minimum the legend
21 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
22 to each page that contains Protected Material.
23 b. For information produced in some form other than documentary
24 and for any other tangible items, the Producing Party must affix in a prominent
25 place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is
26 stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
27 EYES ONLY.”
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1 inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting
2 Party has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced.
3 During the inspection and before the designation, all material made available
4 for inspection must be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
5 ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants
6 copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents,
7 or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before
8 producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
9 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
10 legend to each page that contains Protected Material.
11 d. For testimony given in depositions, unless all Parties to a
12 deposition (including the Non-Party being deposed) agree on the record at the
13 time the deposition testimony is taken, all deposition testimony taken in this
14 case shall be treated as Protected Material until the expiration of the following:
15 No later than fourteen (14) days after the transcript is delivered to any Party or
16 witness and in no event later than sixty (60) days after the testimony was
17 given. Within this time period, a Party may serve a Notice of Designation to
18 all Parties of record as to specific portions of the testimony that are designated
19 as Protected Material, and thereafter only those portions identified in the
20 Notice of Designation shall be protected by the terms of this Order. Pursuant
21 to Section 5.3., below, the inadvertent failure serve a timely Notice of
22 Designation shall not, standing alone, waive a Party’s right to designate as
23 Protected Material any portion of the testimony taken in a deposition.
24 5.3. Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
25 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the
26 Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon
27 timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to
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1 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
2 6.1. Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
3 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
4 Scheduling Order.
5 6.2. Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
6 resolution process under Local Rule 37-1, et seq.
7 6.3. Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a
8 joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2.
9 6.4. Burden of Persuasion. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge
10 proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges and those made
11 for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens
12 on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the
13 Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all
14 Parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to
15 which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on
16 the challenge.
17 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL
18 7.1 Sealed Filings. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not entitle
19 them to file Protected Material under seal. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5, et seq. Protected
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Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the
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sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file
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Protected Material under seal is denied by the Court, then the Receiving Party may
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file the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the Court.
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There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial
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proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,
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good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and
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County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006); Phillips v. Gen. Motors
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1 Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002). The parties’ mere designation of
2 Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL –
ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY does not— without the submission of competent
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evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal
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qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.
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Thus, a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper
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evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to Protected
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Material that a Party seeks to file under seal.
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Further, if a Party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then
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compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the
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relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.
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See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each
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item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced
13 under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the Party shall follow the
14 procedures set out in Local Rule 79-5.2.2.
15 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its
16 entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If
17 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only
18 the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall
19 be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should
20 include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
8. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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8.1. Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
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Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such
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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
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conditions described in this Order. When the Action reaches a Final Disposition, a
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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Paragraph 14 below (FINAL
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DISPOSITION).
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1 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
2 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
authorized under this Order.
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8.2. Authorized Recipients. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or
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permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any
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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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a. the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action,
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as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is
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reasonably necessary to disclose the information for purposes of prosecuting
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or defending this Action;
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b. Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” attached as Exhibit A (the
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“Acknowledgment”);
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c. insurance companies that have a material interest in this Action;
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d. the Court and its personnel;
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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 for this
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Action who have signed the Acknowledgment;
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g. the author or recipient of a document containing the information
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or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the
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information;
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h. during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in
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the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, provided: (1) the
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deposing party requests that the witness sign the Acknowledgment; and (2)
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they will not be permitted to keep any Protected Material unless they sign the
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Acknowledgment, unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or
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1 ordered by the Court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to
2 depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the
3 court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under
4 this Order;
5 i. any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
6 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions;
7 j. up to three officers, directors, and employees (including House
8 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom is reasonably necessary for purposes
9 of prosecuting or defending this Action; and
10 k. any other person to whom the Designating Party agrees in writing
11 or on the record at a deposition or hearing.
12 8.3. Disclosure. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in
13 writing by the Designating Party, Confidential Information or Items designated
14 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may only be disclosed to those
15 persons described in paragraph 8.2., subparagraphs a. through i., and k.
16 9. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
17 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
18 9.1 Third Party Subpoenas. If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court
19 order issued in other litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items
designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must:
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a. promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such
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notification must include a copy of the subpoena or court order unless
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prohibited by law;
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b. promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or
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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by
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the subpoena or order is subject to this Order. Such notification must include
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a copy of this Order; and
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1 c. cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
2 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
3 9.2 Subpoena Disputes. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective
4 order, the Party served with the subpoena or court order should not produce any
information designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL
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– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination on the protective order
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request by the relevant court unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s
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permission in writing. The Designating Party bears the burden and expense of
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seeking protection of its Protected Material, and nothing in these provisions should
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be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to
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disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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10. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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10.1 Confidential Information of a Non-Party. The terms of this Order are
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applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such
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information is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing
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in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking
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additional protections.
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10.2 Non-Party Challenges. If a Non-Party timely seeks a protective order
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within fourteen (14) days of receiving notice of a Party’s production, the Receiving
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Party must not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to
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the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a ruling on the protective-
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order request. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party must bear the
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burden and expense of seeking protection of its Protected Material.
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11. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
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11.1 Disclosure to Unauthorized Persons. If a Receiving Party learns that by
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inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any
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1 circumstance not authorized under this Protective Order, the Receiving Party must
2 immediately notify the Designating Party in writing of the unauthorized disclosures,
3 use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material,
4 inform the person or people to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of the
5 terms of this Order, and ask that person or people to execute the Acknowledgment.
6 12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
7 PROTECTED MATERIAL
8 12.1. Intent. The provisions of this Section 12 are intended to implement Rule
9 502(d) of the Federal Rules of Evidence and are to be read in conjunction with Federal
10 Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).
11 12.2. No Waiver. If a Producing Party discloses information in connection with
12 this Action that the Producing Party thereafter claims to be privileged or protected by
13 the attorney-client privilege or work product protection (collectively, “Privileged
14 Information”), the mere disclosure of that Privileged Information will not constitute or
15 be deemed a waiver or forfeiture—in this or any other action—of any claim of
16 privilege or work product protection that the Producing Party would otherwise be
17 entitled to assert with respect to the Privileged Information and its subject matter.
18 12.3. Procedure. Upon discovering the disclosure of Privileged Information, a
19 Producing Party must promptly notify the Receiving Party, in writing, that it has
20 disclosed that Privileged Information without intending a waiver by the disclosure.
21 Upon receipt of such notice, the Receiving Party must—unless it contests the claim of
22 attorney-client privilege or work product protection in accordance with paragraph 12.4,
23 below—promptly (i) notify the Producing Party that it will make best efforts to identify
24 and return, sequester or destroy (or in the case of electronically stored information,
25 delete) the Privileged Information and any reasonably accessible copies it has and (ii)
26 provide a certification that it will cease further review, dissemination, and use of the
27 Privileged Information. Within five (5) business days following the Receiving Party’s
28 receipt of the notice, the Producing Party must explain to the Receiving Party as
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1 specifically as possible the basis for asserting privilege.
2 12.4. Challenging Privilege. If the Receiving Party contests the claim of
3 attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the Receiving Party may move
4 the Court for an order determining that the Privileged Information is not, in fact,
5 privileged. In connection with any such motion, the parties must comply with the
6 provisions of Local Rule 37. Pending resolution of any such motion, the Receiving
7 Party shall not use the challenged information in any way, including in submission(s)
8 to the Court, or disclose it to any person other than those required by law.
9 12.5. Ethical Obligations. Nothing in this Order overrides any attorney’s
10 ethical responsibilities to refrain from examining or disclosing materials that the
11 attorney knows or reasonably should know to be privileged and to inform the
12 Producing Party that such materials have been produced.
13 12.6. Burden. The Producing Party retains the burden—upon challenge
14 pursuant to subparagraph 12.4—of establishing the privileged or protected nature of
15 the Privileged Information
16 12.7. In Camera Review. Nothing in this Order limits the right of any party to
17 petition the Court for an in camera review of the Privileged Information; provided,
18 however, that the petition must be made on the basis of non-privileged information
19 (such as a privilege log or related non-privileged material) and Privileged Information
20 shall not be submitted to the Court unless and until an order for in camera production
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22 12.8. Voluntary Waiver. This Order does not preclude a party from voluntarily
23 waiving the attorney-client privilege or work product protection. The provisions of
24 Federal Rule 502(a) apply when the Producing Party uses or indicates that it may use
25 information produced under this Order to support a claim or defense.
26 13. MISCELLANEOUS
27 13.1. Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Protective Order abridges the
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1 13.2. Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
2 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
3 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
4 Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence
5 of any of the material covered by this Order.
6 14. FINAL DISPOSITION
7 14.1 Return of Protected Material. This Protective Order shall continue to be
8 binding after Final Disposition of this Action as provided in Paragraph 4 above
9 (DURATION), except that a Party may seek the written permission of the Producing
10 Party or further order of the Court with respect to dissolution or modification of this
11 Order. Within 60 days after the Final Disposition of this Action, all Protected
12 Material, including copies, shall be returned to the Party who previously produced
13 the document, unless: (1) the document has been offered into evidence or filed
14 without restriction as to disclosure; (2) the Parties agree to the destruction of the
15 document to the extent practical in lieu of return; or (3) as to documents bearing the
16 notations, summations or other mental impressions of the Receiving Party, that Party
17 elects to destroy the documents and certifies to the Producing Party that it has done
18 so. Outside Counsel and insurance companies with a material interest in this Action
19 (including claim managers) for any Party shall be entitled to retain court papers,
20 deposition and trial transcripts and exhibits, and attorney work product (including
21 discovery information containing Protected Material); provided, however, that each
22 insurance company’s employees, and defendant’s Outside Counsel, and employees
23 of such Outside Counsel shall not disclose the portions of court papers, depositions
24 transcript, exhibits or attorney-work product containing Protected Material to any
25 person except pursuant to a court order or agreement with the Designating Party or
26 Non-Party that produced the Protected Material. This provision does not apply to the
27 Court or its staff.
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1415. SANCTIONS
2 Any willful violation of this Protective Order may be punished by civil or criminal
3 | contempt, financial or evidentiary sanctions, reference to disciplinary authorities or other
4 | appropriate action at the discretion of the Court.
6] FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
g| Dated: ! 1/30/2022 /s/ Charles F. Eick
HONORABLE CHARLES F. EICK
? United States Magistrate Judge
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EXHIBIT A – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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2 I,___________________, of _________________________ declare under penalty of
3 perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order
4 (“Protective Order”) that was issued by the United State District Court for the Central
5 District of California on ___________________, 2022 in the matter of Line One
6 Laboratories Inc. (USA), etc. et al., v. Wingpow International Limited, etc. et al., Case
7 No. 2:22-cv-02401-FMO-E. I agree to comply with and be bound by all terms of this
8 Protective Order, and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could
9 expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise
10 that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Order
11 to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.
12 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
13 for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
14 Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after the termination of this Action.
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16 Date: ____________________
17 City and State where sworn and signed: _______________________
18 Printed Name: ___________________
19 Signature:
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