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Case 2:22-cv-02805-MCS-PD Document 29 Filed 01/18/23 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #:158
1 BLANK ROME LLP
Cheryl S. Chang (SBN 237098)
2 Cheryl.Chang@BlankRome.com
Jessica A. McElroy (SBN 299919)
3 Jessica.McElroy@BlankRome.com
2029 Century Park East, 6th Floor
4 Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: 424.239.3400
5 Facsimile: 424.239.3434
6 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC
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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ARLIN SAHNAZOGLU. Case No.: 2:22-cv-02805-MCS-PD
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Plaintiff.
11 ORDER
v.
12 GRANTING STIPULATED
MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC and PROTECTIVE ORDER
DOES 1 through 10 inclusive,
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1 On January 13, 2023, the Parties filed a Stipulated Protective Order. The Court, having
2 considered the Parties’ Stipulated Protective Order and finding good cause, hereby GRANTS
3 the same as set forth below.
4 I. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
5 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or
6 private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any
7 purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby
8 stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties
9 acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses
10 to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the
11 limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal
12 principles.
13 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
14 This action is likely to involve of confidential, proprietary, or private information, such as
15 Defendant’s policies and procedures, for which special protection from public disclosure and
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from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and
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proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, confidential business or
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financial information, information regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential
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research, development, or commercial information (including information implicating privacy
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rights of third parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may
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be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules,
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case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the
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prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect
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1 information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted
2 reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address
3 their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such
4 information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be
5 designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good
6 faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good
7 cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.
8 C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL
9 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated
10 Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Civil
11 Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied
12 when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
13 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings
14 and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, good cause must be shown
15 to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172,
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1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002),
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Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated
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protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or
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compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with
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respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation
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of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of
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competent 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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1 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then compelling
2 reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief sought shall be
3 narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors
4 Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or
5 thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial,
6 the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and
7 legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the
8 application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
9 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its entirety
10 will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If documents can be
11 redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged,
12 or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to
13 file documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not
14 feasible.
15 II. DEFINITIONS
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A. Action: The Case entitled Arlin Sahnazoglu v. Midland Funding, LLC, et al.,
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pending in the United Stated District Court for the Central District of California, Case No.: 2:22-
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cv-02805-MCS-PD.
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B. 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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C. “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Information (regardless of how it is
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generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule
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of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement.
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1 D. Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only (“Confidential-AEO”): Any information
2 which belongs to a Designating Party who believes in good faith that the disclosure of such
3 information to another Party or non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious financial or
4 other injury that cannot be avoided by less restrictive means. Confidential-AEO may include,
5 but not be limited to, trade secrets, know-how, proprietary data, personal information, sensitive
6 information, and/or commercial or financial information which the Designating Party has
7 maintained in confidence and which the Designating Party desires to disclose only to a party or
8 nonparty’s counsel. It shall be the duty of the party who seeks to invoke protection under this
9 Order to give notice, in the manner set forth hereinafter, of the documents and testimony to be
10 covered hereby, and the duty of any other party or person to maintain confidentiality hereunder
11 shall commence with such notice. For purposes of this stipulated agreement, the use of
12 “Confidential Materials” shall include any and all items designated as "Confidential – AEO.”
13 E. “Confidential-AEO Materials” or “Confidential-AEO”: Any documents,
14 testimony, or information designated as “Confidential-AEO” pursuant to the provisions of this
15 Protective Order.
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F. Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support
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staff).
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G. Designating Party: A Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that
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it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“CONFIDENTIAL – AEO”
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H. 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 things,
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1 testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or
2 responses to discovery in this matter.
3 I. Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent
4 to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as
5 a consultant in this Action.
6 J. House Counsel: Attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. House
7 Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
8 K. Non-Party: Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other
9 legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
10 L. Outside Counsel of Record: Attorneys who are not employees of a party to this
11 Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have appeared in this
12 Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of
13 that party, and includes support staff.
14 M. Party: Any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,
15 consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
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N. Producing Party: A Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery
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Material in this Action.
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O. Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation support services
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(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and
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organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and
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subcontractors.
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P. Protected Material: Any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – AEO.”
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1 Q. Receiving Party: A Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a
2 Producing Party.
3 III. SCOPE
4 A. The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected
5 Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected
6 Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any
7 testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected
8 Material.
9 B. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial
10 judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
11 IV. DURATION
12 A. FINAL DISPOSITION of the action is defined as the conclusion of any appellate
13 proceedings, or, if no appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal has run. Except as set
14 forth below, the terms of this protective order apply through FINAL DISPOSITION of the action.
15 The parties may stipulate that the they will be contractually bound by the terms of this agreement
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beyond FINAL DISPOSITION, but will have to file a separate action for enforcement of the
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agreement once all proceedings in this case are complete.
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B. Once a case proceeds to trial, all of the information that was designated as
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confidential or maintained pursuant to this Protective Order becomes public and will be
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presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling
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reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in
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advance of the trial. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th
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Cir. 2006) (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery
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1 from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court record).
2 Accordingly, the terms of this Protective Order do not extend beyond the commencement of the
3 trial.
4 V. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5 A. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection
6 1. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection
7 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material
8 that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must
9 designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or
10 written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material,
11 documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are
12 not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
13 2. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited.
14 Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for
15 an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development
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process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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3. If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that
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it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party
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must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable
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designation.
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B. Manner and Timing of Designations
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1 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, e.g., Section B(2)(b)
2 below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material
3 that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before
4 the material is disclosed or produced.
5 2. Designation in conformity with this Order requires the following:
6 a. For information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
7 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
8 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
9 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – AEO” (“Confidential
10 Legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion
11 or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
12 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
13 appropriate markings in the margins).
14 b. A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for
15 inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting
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Party has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced.
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During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made
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available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“CONFIDENTIAL – AEO.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
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documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection
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under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the
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Producing Party must affix the proper “Confidential Legend” to each page
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1 that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the
2 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must
3 clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate
4 markings in the margins).
5 c. For testimony given in depositions, that the Designating Party
6 identify the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the
7 close of the deposition all protected testimony.
8 d. For information produced in form other than document and for any
9 other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on
10 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored
11 the proper “Confidential Legend.” If only a portion or portions of the
12 information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent
13 practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
14 C. Inadvertent Failure to Designate
15 1. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified
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information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right
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to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of
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a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the
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material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
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VI. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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A. Timing of Challenges
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1. Any party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at
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any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order.
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1 B. Meet and Confer
2 1. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under
3 Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
4 C. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the
5 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g.,
6 to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
7 Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn
8 the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question
9 the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until
10 the Court rules on the challenge.
11 VII. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
12 A. Basic Principles
13 1. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced
14 by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action only for
15 prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action or for use in any
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inquiries by State or Federal agencies. Such Protected Material may be disclosed
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only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order.
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When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the
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provisions of Section XIV below.
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2. Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at
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a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
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authorized under this Order.
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B. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items
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1 1. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the
2 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item
3 designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
4 a. The Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action,
5 as well as employees, contractors, and staff of said Outside Counsel of
6 Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for
7 this Action;
8 b. The Receiving Party(ies), along with their officers, directors, and
9 employees (including House Counsel) to whom disclosure is reasonably
10 necessary for this Action;
11 c. Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
12 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
13 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
14 d. The Court and its personnel;
15 e. Court reporters and their staff;
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f. Professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or this Action and
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who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to be Bound”
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attached as Exhibit A hereto;
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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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1 h. During their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in
2 the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (i) the
3 deposing party requests that the witness sign the “Acknowledgment and
4 Agreement to Be Bound;” and (ii) they will not be permitted to keep any
5 confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and
6 Agreement to Be Bound,” unless otherwise agreed by the Designating
7 Party or ordered by the Court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony
8 or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately
9 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as
10 permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
11 i. Any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
12 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement
13 discussions.
14 C. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL – AEO” Information or Items
15 1. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the
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Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item
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designated “CONFIDENTIAL – AEO” 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, contractors, and staff of said Outside Counsel of
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Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for
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this Action;
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1 b. Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
2 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
3 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
4 d. The author or recipient of a document containing the information
5 or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the
6 information;
7 e. During their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in
8 the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (i) the
9 deposing party requests that the witness sign the “Acknowledgment and
10 Agreement to Be Bound;” and (ii) they will not be permitted to keep any
11 confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and
12 Agreement to Be Bound,” unless otherwise agreed by the Designating
13 Party or ordered by the Court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony
14 or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately
15 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as
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permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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f. Any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
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mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement
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discussions.
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VII. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
OTHER LITIGATION
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1 A. If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that
2 compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
3 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – AEO,” that Party must:
4 1. Promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
5 include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
6 2. Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to
7 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena
8 or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy
9 of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
10 3. Cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued
11 by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
12 B. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the
13 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated with a “Confidential
14 Legend” before a determination by the Court from which the subpoena or order issued,
15 unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party
16
shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential
17
material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or
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encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another
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court.
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IX. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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A. The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in
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this Action and designated with a “Confidential Legend.” Such information produced by
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1 Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief
2 provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a
3 Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
4 B. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a
5 Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an
6 agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information,
7 then the Party shall:
8 1. Promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that
9 some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement
10 with a Non-Party;
11 2. Promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective
12 Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific
13 description of the information requested; and
14 3. Make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party,
15 if requested.
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C. If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14 days of
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receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the
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Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party
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timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in
20
its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party
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before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
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shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected
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Material.
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1 X. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
2 A. If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
3 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
4 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (1) notify in writing
5 the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (2) use its best efforts to retrieve
6 all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (3) inform the person or persons to
7 whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (4) request
8 such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to be Bound”
9 that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
10 XI. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
PROTECTED MATERIAL
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A. When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the
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obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
14
26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be
15
established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior privilege
16
review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach
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an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by
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the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their
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agreement in the Stipulated Protective Order submitted to the Court.
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XII. MISCELLANEOUS
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A. Right to Further Relief
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1 1. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its
2 modification by the Court in the future.
3 B. Right to Assert Other Objections
4 1. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order, no Party waives any
5 right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information
6 or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly,
7 no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the
8 material covered by this Protective Order.
9 C. Filing Protected Material
10 1. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply
11 with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal
12 pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material
13 at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the
14 Court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless
15 otherwise instructed by the Court.
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summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material.
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1 Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where
2 appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that
3 the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or
4 any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding
5 this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion
6 papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence,
7 deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and
8 expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival
9 copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order
10 as set forth in Section V.
11 B. Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate measures
12 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
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° Dated: Jan. 18, 2023 Falicia Danakue_
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