# Aurora Rosario v. PIH Health, Inc.

> District Court, C.D. California · February 16, 2023

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## Case

- **Court:** District Court, C.D. California
- **Decided:** February 16, 2023
- **Opinion:** 100trialcourt
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## Opinion text

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1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
JON P. KARDASSAKIS, SB# 90602
2 E-Mail: Jon.Kardassakis@lewisbrisbois.com
BRYAN M. LEIFER, SB# 265837
3 E-Mail: Bryan.Leifer@lewisbrisbois.com
ELEONORA ANTONYAN, SB# 338379
4 E-Mail: Eleonora.Antonyan@lewisbrisbois.com
633 West 5th Street, Suite 4000
5 Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone: 213.250.1800
6 Facsimile: 213.250.7900

7 Attorneys for Defendant
PIH HEALTH, INC.
8
WILLIAM B. FEDERMAN*
9 wbf@federmanlaw.com
Oklahoma Bar No. 2853
10 FEDERMAN & SHERWOOD
10205 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
11 Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Telephone: (405) 235-1560
12 Facsimile: (405) 239-2112
*admitted pro hac vice
13

14 Attorney for Plaintiff
AURORA ROSARIO
15
16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
17 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
18
AURORA ROSARIO, individually
19
and on behalf of all others similarly Case No. 2:21-cv-07221-JAK-PD
situated and on behalf of the general
20
public,
21 Plaintiff, Judge: John A. Kronstadt
Magistrate Judge: Patricia Donahue
22 v.
23
PIH HEALTH, INC., STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
24 Defendant.
ORDER1
25
26

27
1 This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective
28 order provided under Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue’s Procedures.
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1 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
2 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
3 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
4 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be
5 warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter
6 the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order
7 does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and
8 that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the
9 limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the
10 applicable legal principles.
11 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
12 This action is likely to involve trade secrets, and other valuable research,
13 personal identifiable information (PII), personal health information (PHI),
14 development, commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information for
15 which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other
16 than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary
17 materials and information may consist of, among other things, personal identifiable
18 information (PII), personal health information (PHI), information representing
19 internet security protocols, network security protocols, hardware and software
20 systems used in the design and implementation of the cyber security system,
21 intrusion detection software, policies and procedures relating to cyber security,
22 specifications, or schematics that define or otherwise describe in detail the structure
23 of software or hardware, confidential business or financial information, information
24 regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential research,
25 development, or commercial information (including information implicating privacy
26 rights of third parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or
27 which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or
28 federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite
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1 the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over
2 confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties
3 are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable
4 necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to
5 address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a
6 protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the
7 parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons
8 and this Order will not be cited as a reason to not produce materials or to prevent
9 their use in the California State Court actions based upon the same data security
10 incident at issue in this case, where a similar protective order is already entered, and
11 that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained
12 in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be
13 part of the public record of this case.
14 Disclosure of information representing internet security protocols, network
15 security protocols, hardware and software systems used in the design and
16 implementation of the cyber security system, intrusion detection software, policies
17 and procedures relating to cyber security, specifications, or schematics that define or
18 otherwise describe in detail the structure of software or hardware, defined below as
19 “Highly Confidential – Cyber Security" could create a substantial risk of serious
20 harm to Designating Party’s cyber security infrastructure or otherwise render the
21 Designating Party’s cyber security infrastructure vulnerable to attack and thus there
22 is good cause for keeping it out of the public record.
23 C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL
24 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this
25 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information
26 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and
27 the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to
28 file material under seal.
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1 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial
2 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,
3 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and
4 County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors
5 Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics,
6 Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require
7 good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons
8 with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to
9 Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation
10 of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the
11 submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material
12 sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise
13 protectable—constitute good cause.
14 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then
15 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the
16 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.
17 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each
18 item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under
19 seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking protection
20 must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal
21 justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting
22 the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
23 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in
24 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If
25 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only
26 the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall
27 be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety
28 should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
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1 2. DEFINITIONS
2 2.1 Actions: Collectively, Rosario v. PIH Health, Inc., No. 2:21-cv-
3 07221-JAK-PD (C.D. Cal.); Priest v. PIH Health, Inc., No. 20STCV05355
4 (L.A.S.C.); Tristan v. PIH Health, Inc., No. 20STCV11258 (L.A.S.C.);
5 Hernandez v. PIH Health, Inc., No. 20STCV09237(L.A.S.C.); Rivera v.
6 PIH Health, Inc., No. 20STCV15877.
7 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges
8 the designation of information or items under this Order.
9 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
10 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for
11 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the
12 Good Cause Statement.
13 2.4 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -Cyber Security” Information or Items:
14 means "Confidential" information representing internet security protocols, network
15 security protocols, hardware and software systems used in the design and
16 implementation of the cyber security system, intrusion detection software, policies
17 and procedures relating to cyber security, specifications, or schematics that define or
18 otherwise describe in detail the structure of software or hardware, disclosure of
19 which to another Party or Non-Party could create a substantial risk of serious harm
20 that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.
21 2.5 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as
22 their support staff).
23 2.6 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or
24 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
25 “CONFIDENTIAL.”
26 2.7 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless
27 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
28 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or
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1 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
2 2.8 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
3 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as
4 an expert witness or as a consultant in any of these Actions.
5 2.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to any of these
6 Actions. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other
7 outside counsel.
8 2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
9 other legal entity not named as a Party to any of these Actions.
10 2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party
11 to any of these Actions, but are retained to represent or advise a party to any of these
12 Actions, and have appeared in any of these Actions on behalf of that party or are
13 affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes
14 support staff.
15 2.12 Party: any party to one or more of the Actions, including all of its
16 officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of
17 Record (and their support staffs).
18 2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
19 Discovery Material in any of these Actions.
20 2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation
21 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
22 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)
23 and their employees and subcontractors.
24 2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
25 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL-Cyber
26 Security.”
27 2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
28 from a Producing Party.
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1 3. SCOPE
2 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
3 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
4 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
5 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
6 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
7 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
8 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
9 4. DURATION
10
FINAL DISPOSITION of the Actions is defined as the conclusion of any
11
appellate proceedings, or, if no appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal
12
has run. Except as set forth below, the terms of this protective order apply through
13
FINAL DISPOSITION of all Actions. The parties may stipulate that the they will
14
be contractually bound by the terms of this agreement beyond FINAL
15
DISPOSITION, but will have to file a separate action for enforcement of the
16
agreement once all proceedings in this case are complete.
17
Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as
18
CONFIDENTIAL, “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -Cyber Security,” or maintained
19
pursuant to this protective order used or introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes
20
public and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including
21
the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed
22
otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447
23
F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents
24
produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related
25
documents are part of court record). Accordingly, for such materials, the terms of
26
this protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial.
27

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1 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
2 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
3 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
4 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
5 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for
6 protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written
7 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items,
8 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably
9 within the ambit of this Order.
10 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
11 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
12 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose
13 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating
14 Party to sanctions.
15 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
16 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
17 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
18 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
19 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
20 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection
21 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or
22 produced.
23 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
24 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
25 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
26 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
27 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -Cyber Security” (hereinafter
28 “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a
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1 portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
2 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate
3 markings in the margins).
4 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
5 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
6 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
7 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
8 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
9 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which
10 documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before
11 producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
12 “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a
13 portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
14 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate
15 markings in the margins).
16 (b) For Testimony given in depositions the Designating Party may either:
17 i. identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, all
18 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Cyber Security” Testimony,
19 by specifying all portions of the Testimony that qualify as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
20 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Cyber Security”; or
21 ii. preliminarily designate the entirety of the Testimony at the deposition
22 as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Cyber Security" (before
23 the deposition is concluded) with the obligation to identify more specific portions of
24 the Testimony as to which protection is sought within 30 days following receipt of
25 the official deposition transcript. In circumstances where portions of the deposition
26 Testimony are designated for protection, the transcript pages containing
27 "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Cyber Security" Information
28 may be separately bound by the court reporter, who must affix to the top of each page
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1 the legend "CONFIDENTIAL," as instructed by the Designating Party.
2 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for
3 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the
4 exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend
5 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Cyber Security.” If only a
6 portion or portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the
7 extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
8 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
9 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive
10 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.
11 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable
12 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this
13 Order.
14 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
15 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
16 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
17 Scheduling Order.
18 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
19 resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
20 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on
21 the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose
22 (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
23 expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived
24 or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the
25 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing
26 Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge.
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1 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
2 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
3 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with these
4 Actions only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle these Actions. Such
5 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
6 conditions described in this Order. When the Actions all have been terminated, a
7 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL
8 DISPOSITION).
9 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
10 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
11 authorized under this Order.
12 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
13 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
14 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
15 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
16 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in these Actions, as
17 well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
18 necessary to disclose the information for these Actions;
19 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the
20 Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for these Actions;
21 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
22 disclosure is reasonably necessary for these Actions and who have signed the
23 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
24 (d) the court and its personnel;
25 (e) court reporters and their staff;
26 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
27 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for these Actions and who have
28 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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1 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
2 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
3 (h) during their depositions, witnesses ,and attorneys for witnesses, in the
4 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party
5 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will
6 not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the
7 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise
8 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
9 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may
10 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except
11 as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
12 7.3 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting
13 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement
14 discussions. Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Cyber Security”
15 Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing
16 by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item
17 designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
18 a. the Court;
19 b. (1) Attorneys of record in these Actions and their affiliated
20 attorneys, paralegals, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such attorneys who
21 are actively involved in these Actions and are not employees of any Party. (2) In-
22 house counsel to the undersigned Parties and the paralegal, clerical and secretarial
23 staff employed by such counsel. Provided, however, that each non-lawyer given
24 access to Confidential Materials shall be advised that such Materials are being
25 Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective
26 Order and that they may not be Disclosed other than pursuant to its terms;
27
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1 c. those Individuals, officers, directors, partners, members,
2 employees, insurers and agents of all non-designating Parties that counsel for such
3 Parties deems necessary to aid counsel in the prosecution and defense of this
4 Proceeding; provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of Confidential
5 Materials to any such officer, director, partner, member, employee, insurer or agent,
6 counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation
7 and Protective Order to such person, shall explain that such person is bound to
8 follow the terms of such Order, and shall secure the signature of such person on a
9 statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;
10 d. court reporters in these Actions (whether at depositions,
11 hearings, or any other proceeding);
12 e. any deposition, trial or hearing witness in these Actions who
13 previously has had access to the Highly Confidential - Cyber Security Materials, or
14 who is currently or was previously an officer, director, partner, member, employee
15 or agent of an entity who had access to the Confidential Materials;
16 f. any deposition or non-trial hearing witness in the Proceeding
17 who previously did not have access to the Highly Confidential- Cyber Security
18 Materials; provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of Confidential Materials
19 to any such witness, counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy
20 of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, shall explain that such
21 person is bound to follow the terms of such Order, and shall secure the signature of
22 such person on a statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;
23 g. outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the
24 undersigned Parties or their counsel in connection with the Proceeding, whether or
25 not retained to testify at any oral hearing; provided, however, that prior to the
26 Disclosure of High Confidential - Cyber Security Materials to any such expert or
27 expert consultant, counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy
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1 of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, shall explain its terms to
2 such person, and shall secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form
3 attached hereto as Exhibit A It shall be the obligation of counsel, upon learning of
4 any breach or threatened breach of this Stipulation and Protective Order by any such
5 expert or expert consultant, to promptly notify counsel for the Designating Party of
6 such breach or threatened breach; and
7 h. any other person that the Designating Party agrees to in writing.
8 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
9 IN OTHER LITIGATION
10
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
11
that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
12
“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - Cyber Security” that Party
13
must:
14
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
15
include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
16
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order
17
to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena
18
or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of
19
this Stipulated Protective Order; and
20
(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued
21
by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
22
If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served
23
with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this
24
action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - Cyber Security”
25
before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless
26
the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party
27
shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its
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1 confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as
2 authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in these Actions to disobey a lawful
3 directive from another court.
4 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT
5 TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
6 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
7 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
8 CONFIDENTIAL - Cyber Security.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in
9 connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by
10 this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-
11 Party from seeking additional protections.
12 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
13 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
14 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
15 confidential information, then the Party shall:
16
(1) Promptly, within 10 days, notify in writing the Requesting Party
17
and the Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a
18
confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
19
(2) promptly, within 10 days, provide the Non-Party with a copy of the
20
Stipulated Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a
21
reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
22
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
23
Non-Party, if requested.
24
(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within
25
14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party
26
may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery
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request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall
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1 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the
2 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.
3 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense
4 of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
5 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
6 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
7 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
8 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in
9 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts
10 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or
11 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,
12 and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and
13 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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PROTECTED MATERIAL
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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,
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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil
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Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure
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may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior
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privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the
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parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or
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information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the
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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted
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1 The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned Parties or non-Parties
2 to the Action of any Document, Testimony or Information during discovery in this
3 Action without a "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Cyber Security"
4 designation, shall be without prejudice to any claim that such item is "Confidential"
5 or "Highly Confidential - Cyber Security" and such Party shall not be held to have
6 waived any rights by such inadvertent production. In the event that any Document,
7 Testimony or Information that is subject to a "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential
8 - Cyber Security" designation is inadvertently produced without such designation,
9 the Party that inadvertently produced the document shall give written notice of such
10 inadvertent production within twenty (20) days of discovery of the inadvertent
11 production, together with a further copy of the subject Document, Testimony or
12 Information designated as "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Cyber Security"
13 (the "Inadvertent Production Notice"). Upon receipt of such Inadvertent Production
14 Notice, the Party that received the inadvertently produced Document, Testimony or
15 Information shall promptly destroy the inadvertently produced Document,
16 Testimony or Information and all copies thereof, or, at the expense of the producing
17 Party, return such together with all copies of such Document, Testimony or
18 Information to counsel for the producing Party and shall retain only the
19 "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Cyber Security" designated Materials.
20 Should the receiving Party choose to destroy such inadvertently produced Document,
21 Testimony or Information, the receiving Party shall notify the producing Party in
22 writing of such destruction within twenty (20) days of receipt of written notice of the
23 inadvertent production. This provision is not intended to apply to any inadvertent
24 production of any Information protected by attorney-client or work product
25 privileges. In the event that this provision conflicts with any applicable law regarding
26 waiver of confidentiality through the inadvertent production of Documents,
27 Testimony or Information, such law shall govern.
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1 12. MISCELLANEOUS
2 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any
3 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
4 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
5 Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
6 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
7 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
8 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
9 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
10 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may
11 only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the
12 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material
13 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information
14 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
15 13. FINAL DISPOSITION
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After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60
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days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return
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all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in
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this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,
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summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving
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Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same
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person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies
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(by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or
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destroyed and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies,
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abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any
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of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to
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1 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing
2 transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert
3 reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such
4 materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or
5 constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in
6 Section 4 (DURATION).
7 14. Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate
8 measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
9 sanctions.
10 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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12 DATED: 2/15/2023
13 /s/ William Federman_______________________________

14 WILLIAM B. FEDERMAN
FEDERMAN & SHERWOOD
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Aurora Rosario
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20 JEFF S. WESTERMAN
WESTERMAN LAW CORP.
21 Attorneys for the Proposed-Intervenor Ferdinand Rivera
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24 /s/ Bryan Leifer__________________________

25 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
JON P. KARDASSAKIS
26 BRYAN M. LEIFER
ELEONORA ANTONYAN
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3 || DATED: February 16, 2023
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1 EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, ________________________ [print or type full name], of
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_________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury
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that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that
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was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California
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on [date] in the case of __________ [insert formal name of the case and the
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number and initials assigned to it by the court]. I agree to comply with and to
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be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and
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acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose
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in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective
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Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this
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Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
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the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
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termination of this action. I hereby appoint ________________________ [print or
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type full name] of _________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as
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my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any
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proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.
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23 Date: __________________________
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City and State where sworn and signed: _____________________________
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Printed name: ____________________________________
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28 Signature: ________________________________
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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9982470. Public record. Not legal advice.