Razorback Concrete Company v. Dement Construction LLC

Filing 69

(DUPLICATE ENTRY OF 67 - DISREGARD): STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on 8/14/09. (bkp) (entry modified on 8/17/2009 to indicate it is a duplicate of entry 67 )(bfw).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DIVISION OF ARKANSAS JONESBORO DIVISION RAZORBACK CONCRETE COMPANY VS. DEMENT CONSTRUCTION, LLC CASE NO.: 3:07 CV 000135 SWW DEFENDANT PLAINTIFF

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION REGARDED AS CONFIDENTIAL BY PRODUCING PARTY The parties in this action stipulate to the following protective order. 1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, the parties may designate

any document, thing, testimony or other information derived therefrom as "Confidential", as governed by this Order. For purposes of this Order, "confidential information" is information which concerns or relates to financial and sales information, marketing plans, the processes, operations, type of work, or apparatus, or the production, shipments, purchases, transfers, identification of customers, inventories, amount or source of any income, profits, losses, investments or expenditures of any persons, firm, partnership, corporation, or any other organization, the disclosure of which information may have the effect of causing annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, undue burden, or harm to the personal financial or competitive position of the person or entity from which the information was obtained. 2. "Confidential" as used herein means any type or classification or form of

information (oral, written, magnetic, electronic or otherwise) which is designated under this Order as "Confidential" by the producing party, whether it be a document, information contained in a document, information revealed during a deposition, information revealed in an

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interrogatory answer or in a response to a request for admission, information obtained from inspection of premises or things, or otherwise. 3. In designating information as "Confidential", the producing party will make such

designation only as to that information that it in good faith believes contains, confidential information. No item shall be deemed "Confidential" if it has been made public by the producing party, is generally known throughout the trade and public, or, subject to the constraints of paragraph 5 hereof, is or comes to be known to the receiving party through means not constituting breach of any proprietary or confidential relationship or obligation or breach of this Order. 4. Nothing in this Order shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a

party of material obtained by such party independent of litigation of this action, regardless of whether such material is also obtained through discovery in this action or from disclosing its own confidential material it deems appropriate. 5. Should any party to this litigation obtain documents from a third party, by

subpoena or otherwise, which contain or can reasonably be assumed to contain confidential information of another party to this litigation, such documents shall be treated by the receiving party as "Confidential" under this Order, unless otherwise expressly released in writing by the party which is the owner or subject of such confidential information. The third party may designate documents or other information as "Confidential" and shall be entitled to all the protections of this Order. 6. Confidential documents shall be designated by stamping "CONFIDENTIAL" on

the copies of the document produced. Stamping "CONFIDENTIAL" on the cover of any multi-

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page document shall designate all pages of the document as confidential, unless otherwise indicated by the producing party. 7. To facilitate the inspection of large volumes of documents without the need to

first affix a "Confidential" designation to the face of each, the producing party may, at its option, permit counsel for the receiving party to initially inspect the documents for the purpose of designating those to be copied, and the producing party need only thereafter affix said designation to the copies of the documents designated to be copied. In this event, the receiving party will treat any information learned in its initial inspection which is not contained in the copied documents as being designated "Confidential - For Attorneys' Eyes Only" material. In the event that at the time a document is produced the designation "Confidential" is lacking, and it is later determined, in good faith, that such a designation should have appeared on the document, the producing party may restrict future disclosure of the document, consistent with this Order, by notifying the receiving party in writing of the change in or addition of a restrictive designation. The notice shall include a description of the document and the designation under which future disclosure of the documents is to be governed. 8. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference, hearing or other proceeding may be

designated as confidential by making a statement to that effect on the record at the deposition or other proceeding. Arrangements shall be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing the proceeding to separately bind such portion of the transcript containing information designated as confidential and to label such portion appropriately. 9. Material designated as confidential under this Order, the information contained in

the material, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in

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part from material designated as confidential shall be used only for the purpose of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action and for no other purpose. 10. Confidential material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made

available only to the Court, counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed by counsel), and "qualified persons" designated below: a. A party, or an officer, director, or employee of a party deemed necessary

by counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; b. Experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by

counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; c. d. e. Court reporters employed in this action; A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree.

Before receiving any confidential material, each "qualified person" shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall acknowledge in writing that he has received and read a copy of this Order and that he is bound by the terms hereof. A copy of such acknowledgement shall be promptly provided to counsel for each other party and for the parties. 11. 12. Depositions shall be taken only in the presence of qualified persons. The parties may further designate certain discovery material or testimony of a

highly confidential and/or proprietary nature as "CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" in the manner described above. Attorneys' Eyes Only Material and the information contained therein shall be disclosed only to the Court, to counsel for the parties (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff of counsel), and to the "qualified persons" listed in subparagraphs 10(a) through (e) above, but shall not be disclosed to a party, or to an officer,

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director or employee of a party, unless otherwise agreed or ordered. If disclosure of Attorneys' Eyes Only Material is made pursuant to this paragraph, all other provisions in this Order regarding confidentiality also apply. 13. If confidential material, including any portion of a deposition transcript

designated as "Confidential" or "Confidential - Attorney's Eyes Only", is included in any papers to be filed in court, such papers shall be labeled "Confidential-Subject to Court Order" and filed under seal until further order of this court. 14. If any confidential material is used in any court proceeding in this action, is shall

not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party using such shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use. 15. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties: a. to bring before the Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is confidential or whether its use should be restricted; or b. to present a motion to the Court under Rule 26(c) of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure equivalent for a separate protective order as to any particular document or information including restrictions differing from those as specified herein. This Order shall not be deemed to prejudice the parties in any way future application for a modification of this Order. 16. Should any information designated as confidential material be disclosed, through

inadvertence or otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive same under this Order, then the disclosing party shall use its best efforts to bind such person to the terms of this Order. Specifically, the disclosing party shall: (a) promptly inform such person of all the provisions of this Order; (b) identify such person immediately to the party that designated the document as

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confidential; and (c) request such person to sign an acknowledgment that they have received and read this Order and agree to be bound by the terms hereof. The acknowledgment shall promptly be served upon the party designating the document as confidential material. 17. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of

documents and information between the parties to this action without unnecessarily involving the Court in the process. Nothing in this Order nor the production of any information or document under the terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver by either party or to be an alteration of the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document or information or to be an alteration of any existing obligation of any party or the absence of any such obligation. 18. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action to the extent that the

information contained in confidential material is not or does not become known to the public, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information disclosed under this Order. Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall assemble and return to each other all documents, material, and deposition transcripts designated as confidential and all copies of same, or shall certify the destruction thereof. IT IS SO ORDERED this 14th day of August, 2009.

/s/Susan Webber Wright UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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SO STIPULATED: Timothy O. Dudley 114 S. Pulaski Little Rock, AR 72201 [phone] Danny R. Crabtree (2004006) 114 S. Pulaski Little Rock, AR 72201 [phone] By: /s/Danny R. Crabtree Attorneys for Razorback Concrete Company Edwin E. Wallis III Richard Glassman Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt 26 North Second Street Memphis, TN 38103 Edwin E. Wallis, Jr. Moss, Benton & Wallis PO Box 3897 Jackson, TN 38303-3897 By: /s/ Ed Wallis III Attorneys for Dement Construction, LLC

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