Akin v. RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Holdings LLC et al

Filing 25

QUALIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER regarding confidential information. Signed by Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes on 9/23/11. (vjt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
EASTERN DIVISION
STEPHANIE M. AKIN
v.

PLAINTIFF
NO. 4:11CV00067 JLH

RLJ-MCLARTY-LANDERS AUTOMOTIVE
HOLDINGS, LLC; MCLARTY LANDERS,
LLC; LANDERS MCLARTY
BENTONVILLE FORD, LLC; and
LANDERS MCLARTY BENTONVILLE, LLC

DEFENDANTS

QUALIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Plaintiff has requested in discovery information and records that may contain medical
information on past and present employees of the defendants. The defendants have objected to
producing any records or information without a qualified protective order on grounds that the
information and documentation sought is confidential, implicates the privacy rights of third parties,
and contains federally protected health information, medical information, or both. The parties have
agreed that the information, the documentation, or both can be produced only pursuant to a qualified
protective order of the Court requiring the defendants to produce the information, the documentation,
or both, and protecting the confidential and private nature of the information, the documentation, or
both.
It is therefore ordered that the defendants must produce the above-referenced records and
information; that the parties to this action may use or disclose the records and information produced
only for the specific purpose of this litigation and for no other purpose; that any records filed with
the Court must be redacted to the extent feasible to protect the privacy and identities of the past or
present employees of the defendants, or that such records may be filed under seal; that the contents
of such documentation will not be disclosed to any other individuals or entities other than an expert

witness retained by the plaintiff or by the defendants (if needed) during the course of and for the sole
purpose of this litigation; that neither the plaintiff’s attorneys nor the defendants’ attorneys, nor
anyone acting on their behalf or the parties’ behalf, shall in any way directly or indirectly transfer
or communicate any of the information obtained to any person except for necessary and proper
purposes directly related to the litigation; that any person with whom a necessary and proper
communication is made will be bound by the terms of this order; and the plaintiff’s attorneys and
the defendants’ attorneys must provide a copy of this order to such persons in receipt of such
necessary and proper communications. Furthermore, at the conclusion of this litigation, the
plaintiff’s attorneys must return to the defendants the originals of the documentation produced and
any copies made of those originals.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of September, 2011.

J. LEON HOLMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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