distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents 27 produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related 28 1 documents are part of court record
How later courts described this case
- distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents 27 produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related 28 1 documents are part of court record
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
1 LMAeTlaHniAe MM .& B WlunAsTchKi I(NCSA L BLaPr No. 234264)
2 melanie.blunschi@lw.com
Nicholas R. Rosellini (CA Bar. No. 316080)
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nick.rosellini@lw.com
4 Elizabeth J. Cheng (CA Bar No. 342131)
liz.cheng@lw.com
5 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94111-6538
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Telephone: +1.415.391.0600
7 Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095
8 Attorneys for Defendants Live Nation
Entertainment, Inc., Michael Rapino,
9 and Joe Berchtold
10 [Additional Counsel on Signature Page]
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13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
15 EASTERN DIVISION
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BRIAN DONLEY, Individually and on Case No. 2:23-cv-06343-KK (ASx)
17 Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
18 Plaintiffs, PROTECTIVE ORDER
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v.
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LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT,
INC., MICHAEL RAPINO, and JOE Honorable Kenly Kiya Kato
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BERCHTOLD,
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Defendants.
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1 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
2 Discovery in this Action may involve production of confidential, proprietary,
3 or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from
4 use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.
5 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the
6 following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does
7 not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that
8 the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited
9 information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable
10 legal principles.
11 1.1. Good Cause Statement: This Action may involve the production and
12 exchange of confidential, sensitive information that could cause business,
13 competitive, and personal harm if disclosed publicly or, without restrictions,
14 between the parties. This Action may also involve trade secrets, operating plans,
15 market analyses, nonpublic contracts, negotiating positions and business negotiation
16 strategies, and financial information that, if it were to become public, could provide
17 confidential, competitively sensitive information to the market and competitors and
18 could put the producing party at a competitive disadvantage. Additionally, this
19 Action may also involve the production of personal and/or confidential financial
20 documents or other sensitive or personal documents and records. Accordingly, to
21 expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over
22 confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties
23 are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable
24 necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to
25 address their handling at the end of the litigation, and to serve the ends of justice, a
26 protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the
27 parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons
28 and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been
1 maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it
2 should not be part of the public record of this case.
3 1.2 Acknowledgement of Procedure For Filing Under Seal: The parties
4 further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated
5 Protective Order in and of itself does not entitle them to file confidential information
6 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed
7 and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court
8 to file material under seal.
9 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial
10 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,
11 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal, and a specific showing of
12 good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal
13 justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to
14 file under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176
15 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir.
16 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999)
17 (even stipulated protective orders require good cause showing). The parties’ mere
18 designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
19 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” does not—without
20 the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material
21 sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise
22 protectable—constitute good cause.
23 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then
24 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the
25 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.
26 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For
27 each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced
28 under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking
1 protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal
2 justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting
3 the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
4 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in
5 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted.
6 If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting
7 only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document,
8 shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their
9 entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
10 2. DEFINITIONS
11 2.1 Action: Brian Donley, et al. v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al.,
12 2:23-cv-06343-KK (ASx) (C.D. Cal.)
13 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation
14 of information or items under this Order.
15 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: trade secrets or other
16 confidential research, development, or commercially sensitive information
17 (regardless of how it is generated, stored, or maintained) pursuant to Federal Rule of
18 Civil Procedure 26(c), personal and/or confidential financial documents or other
19 sensitive or personal documents and records, or any document, transcript (as
20 provided pursuant to the procedures herein), or other material containing such
21 information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available.
22 Materials designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be treated as Confidential
23 Information, subject to the provisions set forth in this Order.
24 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as
25 their support staff).
26 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or
27 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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1 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
2 ONLY.”
3 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless
4 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
5 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or
6 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
7 2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
8 Information or Items: extremely sensitive Confidential Information, the disclosure
9 of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious and
10 irremediable harm to the Producing Party or its clients. Materials designated
11 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be treated as
12 Highly Confidential Information, subject to the provisions set forth in this Order.
13 2.8 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
14 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as
15 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
16 2.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party to this Action.
17 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
18 counsel.
19 2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or
20 other legal entity not named as a Party to this Action.
21 2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a Party
22 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this Action and have
23 appeared in this Action on behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a law firm that
24 has appeared on behalf of that Party, and includes support staff.
25 2.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
26 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their
27 support staffs).
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1 2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
2 Discovery Material in this Action.
3 2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
4 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
5 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)
6 and their employees and subcontractors.
7 2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
8 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
9 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
10 2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
11 from a Producing Party.
12 3. SCOPE
13 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
14 Protected Material (as defined above), but also: (1) any information copied or
15 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
16 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
17 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
18 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
19 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. Once
20 a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
21 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or maintained
22 pursuant to this protective order used or introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes
23 public and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including
24 the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to
25 proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana,
26 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents
27 produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related
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1 documents are part of court record). Accordingly, for such materials, the terms of
2 this protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial.
3 4. DURATION
4 FINAL DISPOSITION of the Action is defined as the conclusion of any
5 appellate proceedings, or, if no appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal
6 has run. Except as set forth below, the terms of this protective order apply through
7 FINAL DISPOSITION of the Action. The parties stipulate—and the Court so orders
8 —that the parties will be contractually bound by the terms of this agreement beyond
9 FINAL DISPOSITION, but will file a separate action for enforcement of the
10 agreement once all proceedings in this case are complete.
11 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
12 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
13 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
14 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
15 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for
16 protection only those parts of material, documents, items, transcripts, or oral or
17 written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material,
18 documents, items, transcripts, or communications for which protection is not
19 warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
20 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
21 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
22 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose
23 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating
24 Party to sanctions.
25 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
26 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
27 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
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1 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
2 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of Section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
3 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection
4 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or
5 produced.
6 Designation in conformity with this Order requires that:
7 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
8 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
9 proceedings), the Producing Party must affix, at a minimum, the legend
10 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
11 ONLY” on each page that contains protected material. If only a portion of the
12 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly
13 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the
14 margins). Material produced in native format (including but not limited to material
15 produced in Excel) containing Protected Information shall be designated by
16 (i) producing a TIFF (or similar electronic) placeholder image corresponding to the
17 native material that includes the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
18 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend and (ii) including
19 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
20 ONLY” in the file name of the native material, where practicable.
21 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
22 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
23 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
24 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
25 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
26 EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants
27 copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or
28 portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the
1 specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL”
2 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that
3 contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
4 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
5 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
6 (b) for testimony given in depositions the entire deposition transcript
7 shall be treated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
8 until twenty-one (21) days after receipt of the final deposition transcript by counsel
9 for the witness, unless otherwise agreed at the deposition and on the record. At the
10 deposition and on the record, or in writing before the twenty-one (21) days have
11 expired, the witness, his or her current or former employer, or their counsel may
12 designate portions of the deposition transcript as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
13 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” The notice shall be sent to any
14 person known to have a copy of the transcript and shall reference this Order and
15 identify the pages and lines so designated.
16 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary
17 and for any other tangible items, the Producing Party must affix in a prominent place
18 on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the
19 legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
20 EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants protection,
21 the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
22 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If corrected without unreasonable
23 delay, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not,
24 standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this
25 Order for such material. Upon correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must
26 make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the
27 provisions of this Order. In particular, the Receiving Party must replace the
28 inadvertently non-designated material with the newly designated material and make
1 reasonable efforts to destroy the originally non-designated material. The Receiving
2 Party may challenge the confidentiality designation of such material pursuant to the
3 provisions herein.
4 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY OR PRIVILEGE
5 DESIGNATIONS
6 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
7 designation of confidentiality or privilege at any time that is consistent with the
8 Court’s Scheduling Order by delivering an email to Outside Counsel of Record for
9 the Designating Party specifically identifying the Protected Material challenged, and
10 the particular basis for the challenge as to each piece of Protected Material
11 challenged. Should the Designating Party fail to acknowledge the challenge within
12 ten (10) court days, the challenged Protected Material shall no longer be Protected
13 thereafter.
14 6.2 Meet and Confer. Should the Designating Party disagree with any
15 challenge, the Designating Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under
16 Local Rule 37-1, et seq. If this process does not resolve the dispute, the Parties shall
17 file a joint stipulation complying with Local Rule 37 so that the Court may resolve
18 the dispute.
19 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on
20 the Designating Party, and neither the Designation nor the fact that the Parties have
21 stipulated to this Protective Order shall create any presumption of propriety of the
22 Designation. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g.,
23 to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose
24 the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or
25 withdrawn the confidentiality or privilege designation, all parties shall continue to
26 afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the
27 Producing 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 this
4 Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such
5 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
6 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has 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 this Action,
17 as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
18 necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
19 (b) the Receiving Party or Parties and the officers, directors, and
20 employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving Party or Parties to whom
21 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
22 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
23 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
24 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
25 (d) the Court and its personnel;
26 (e) Court reporters and their staff;
27 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and
28 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action
1 and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit
2 A);
3 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information
4 or who is identified on the face of such document as a recipient of the document
5 through means other than the discovery process in this Action;
6 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,
7 in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, provided that: (1) the
8 deposing party requests that the witness sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement
9 to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and (2) witnesses will not be permitted to keep any
10 confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to
11 Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered
12 by the Court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions
13 that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the Court reporter and
14 may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective
15 Order;
16 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting
17 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the Parties engaged in settlement
18 discussions, who has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
19 (Exhibit A); and
20 (j) the Parties’ insurers, including the insurers’ support staff and
21 service organizations, who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
22 Bound” (Exhibit A).
23 7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
24 ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted
25 in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information
26 or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
27 only to:
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1 (a) up to three (3) in-house counsel for the Parties who either have
2 responsibility for making decisions dealing directly with the litigation of the Action,
3 or who are assisting outside counsel in the litigation of the Action and have executed
4 the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
5 (b) any individual specified in Paragraphs 7.2(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
6 or (i).
7 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
8 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
9 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
10 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
11 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
12 ONLY,” that Party must:
13 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such
14 notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order to the extent
15 permitted by law;
16 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or
17 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
18 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include
19 a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
20 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
21 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
22 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with
23 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this
24 Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
25 EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order
26 issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The
27 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that
28 court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed
1 as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful
2 directive from another court.
3 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
4 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
5 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced
6 by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
7 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by
8 Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief
9 provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as
10 prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
11 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request,
12 to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
13 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
14 confidential information, then the Party shall:
15 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the
16 Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
17 agreement with a Non-Party;
18 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the
19 Stipulated Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s) to the
20 extent permitted by law, and a reasonably specific description of the information
21 requested; and
22 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by
23 the Non-Party, if requested.
24 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this Court
25 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving
26 Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the
27 discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving
28 Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to
1 the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the
2 Court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and
3 expense of seeking protection in this Court of its Protected Material.
4 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
5 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
6 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
7 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must, as soon as practicable: (a)
8 notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures; (b) use its
9 best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material: (c) inform
10 the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
11 of this Order: and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
12 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit
13 A.
14 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
15 PROTECTED MATERIAL
16 11.1 No Waiver of Privilege or Clawback Rights. The production of
17 documents by a Designating Party shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law,
18 be governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5) and Federal Rule of
19 Evidence 502 regarding the inadvertent production of material protected by the
20 attorney-client privilege, the work-product doctrine, or any other privilege or
21 protection from disclosure recognized under applicable law. A Party’s inadvertent
22 disclosure in connection with this Action of information that the Designating Party
23 believes is protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or
24 any other privilege or immunity from discovery shall not constitute a waiver with
25 respect to such privilege or immunity in this or any other Action.
26 11.2 Notification by the Disclosing Party. In the event of an inadvertent
27 disclosure of information that the Designating Party believes is protected by the
28 attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or any other privilege or
1 immunity from discovery, the Designating Party may provide notice in writing to
2 the Receiving Party advising of the inadvertent disclosure, requesting return of the
3 information, and asserting the basis of the clawback request. Upon such notice, the
4 Receiving Party shall make no further use of the information, shall immediately
5 segregate the information in a manner that will prevent any further disclosure or
6 dissemination, and shall take reasonable steps to retrieve the information to the
7 extent it was disclosed or disseminated prior to receipt of the notice. Within fourteen
8 (14) court days of receiving the notice of inadvertent disclosure, the Receiving Party
9 shall take reasonable steps to return all information in its possession, custody, or
10 control that the Designating Party believes is protected, or shall provide written
11 confirmation that such information has been deleted. The Receiving Party’s
12 reasonable steps shall not require the return or destruction of information that is
13 stored on backup storage media made in accordance with regular data backup
14 procedures for disaster recovery purposes. Backup storage media will not be
15 restored for purposes of returning or certifying destruction of information, but such
16 retained information shall continue to be treated in accordance with this Order.
17 11.3 Notification by the Receiving Party. In the event a Receiving Party
18 receives information that appears on its face to be subject to the attorney-client
19 privilege, the work-product doctrine, or any other privilege or immunity from
20 discovery, the Receiving Party shall refrain from reviewing the information any
21 more than is essential to ascertain that the information is privileged, and shall
22 immediately notify the Designating Party in writing that he or she possesses
23 information that appears on its face to be privileged. The Designating Party shall
24 then have fourteen (14) court days after receiving the notice to request the return of
25 the information. If the Designating Party requests return of the information, the
26 Receiving Party shall immediately return the information to the Designating Party
27 and destroy any other copies, and confirm the return and destruction of the materials
28 in writing.
1 11.4 Challenge Process. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section
2 (11) shall preclude a Receiving Party from challenging a confidentiality or privilege
3 designation under Section 6 (Challenging Confidentiality or Privilege Designations).
4 12. MISCELLANEOUS
5 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any
6 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
7 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
8 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
9 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
10 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
11 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
12 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
13 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may
14 only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the
15 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material
16 under seal is denied by the Court, then the Receiving Party may file the information
17 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the Court.
18 12.4. No Presumption of Protection. Neither this stipulation and order nor
19 any Designation of any Material shall constitute an admission by any Party that such
20 Material is in fact properly designated. At all times the Designating Party shall bear
21 the burden of establishing the propriety of the Designation, as if this stipulation and
22 order did not exist.
23 12.5. Stipulation Binding Until Court Order. The Parties agree to adhere to
24 the terms of this stipulation until the Court rules on the [Proposed] Order hereon,
25 and thereafter shall act as any such order ultimately directs or allows.
26 13. FINAL DISPOSITION
27 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in Section 4
28 (DURATION), within 60 days, each Receiving Party must return all Protected
1 Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision,
2 “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and
3 any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether
4 the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a
5 written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to
6 the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that: (1) identifies (by category, where
7 appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed; and (2) affirms
8 that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations,
9 summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
10 Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival
11 copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal
12 memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney
13 work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain
14 Protected Material. Furthermore, Counsel shall not be required to return or destroy
15 information that is stored on backup storage media made in accordance with regular
16 data backup procedures for disaster recovery purposes. Any archival copies or
17 backup storage media that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to
18 this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
19 14. VIOLATION
20 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures
21 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
22 15. MODIFICATIONS
23 This Order may be amended and superseded by any subsequent order of the
24 Court—on the Court’s own motion, upon the stipulation of the Parties, or on other
25 grounds that are appropriate under applicable law. Any motion seeking to modify
26 or amend this Order must be brought in strict compliance with Local Rules 37-1 and
27 37-2, including the Joint Stipulation requirement.
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1 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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Dated: April 30, 2024 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
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4 By: /s/ Melanie M. Blunschi
5 Melanie M. Blunschi (Bar No. 234264)
melanie.blunschi@lw.com
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505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
7 San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: +1.415.391.0600
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Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095
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Attorneys for Defendants Live Nation
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Entertainment, Inc., Michael Rapino and Joe
11 Berchtold
12 Dated: April 30, 2024 GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY LLP
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14 By: /s/ Ex Kano S. Sams II
Robert V. Prongay (SBN 270796)
15 rprongay@glancylaw.com
Ex Kano S. Sams II (SBN 192936)
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esams@glancylaw.com
17 Charles Linehan (SBN 307439)
clinehan@glancylaw.com
18 Pavithra Rajesh (SBN 323055)
prajesh@glancylaw.com
19 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, California 90067
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Telephone: (310) 201-9150
21 Facsimile: (310) 201-9160
22 THE ROSEN LAW FIRM, P.A.
23 Laurence M. Rosen (SBN 219683)
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2450
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Los Angeles, CA 90071
25 Telephone: (213) 785-2610
Facsimile: (213) 226-4684
26 Email: lrosen@rosenlegal.com
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Phillip Kim (pro hac vice)
28 Joshua Baker (pro hac vice)
101 Greenwood Avenue, Suite 440
1 JTeenlekpinhtoonwen: ,( 2P1A5 )1 9600406-2 817
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Facsimile: (212) 202-3827
3 Email: pkim@rosenlegal.com
Email: jbaker@rosenlegal.com
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Attorneys for Lead Plaintiffs Brian Donley
5 and Gene Gress and the Proposed Class
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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Honorable Alka Sagar
12 United States Magistrate Judge
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1 EXHIBIT A
2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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4 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of
5 _____________________________________ [print or type full address], declare
6 under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated
7 Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central
8 District of California on [date] in the case of Brian Donley, et al. v. Live Nation
9 Entertainment, Inc., et al., 2:23-cv-06343-KK (ASx) (C.D. Cal.). I agree to comply
10 with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, and I
11 understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions
12 and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose
13 in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective
14 Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this
15 Order.
16 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
17 for the Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated
18 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of
19 this action.
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21 Date: ______________________________________
22 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
23 Printed name: _______________________________
24 Signature: _________________________________
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