Kurt Casadine et al v. Maxim Healthcare Services Inc et al

Filing 36

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle. The Court Orders the terms of the parties Stipulated Protective Order Regarding Confidential Information. (32) [SEE ORDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS] (gr)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KURT CASADINE on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated,

Assigned to the Honorable Dolly M. Gee

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Plaintiffs,
vs.

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Case No. CV 12-10078-DMG (CWx)

MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES,
INC., a Maryland Corporation and
DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

PROTECTIVE ORDER
DISCOVERY MATTER

Defendants.

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M ORGAN , L EWIS &
B OCKIUS LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER
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In light of Plaintiff Kurt Casadine and Defendant Maxim Healthcare
Services, Inc.’s (collectively, “the Parties”) Stipulated Protective Order, and good

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cause appearing, the Court hereby grants the Parties’ stipulation and hereby orders

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as follows:

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This Stipulated Protective Order governing the treatment of

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confidential information (the “Order”) shall govern the handling of all documents,

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testimony and discovery responses, including all copies, excerpts and summaries

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thereof (collectively “Material”), provided during the course of the above-captioned

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case (the “Litigation”) by the Parties to the Litigation or by non-parties, either

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voluntarily or as required by discovery requests made pursuant to the Federal Rules

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of Civil Procedure.
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Whether or not designated as “Confidential Material,” “Attorneys-

Eyes Only Confidential Material,” or “HIPAA Confidential Material” as defined in

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Paragraphs 6 and 7, all documents and information obtained through this lawsuit

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shall be used only for the purposes of investigating, preparing for and conducting

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the Litigation in which such Material is produced, including any appeals thereof,

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and shall not be used by the Parties or any other person for any commercial,

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business, competitive or other purpose without the prior written consent of the

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Producing Person or their counsel.

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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3.

This Stipulation and Order is supported for good cause. This Order is

necessary in order to protect certain “Confidential Material” of the parties as
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defined in Paragraphs 6 and 7 below. In addition, as a “Covered Entity” under
HIPAA, as that term is defined in the Standards for Privacy of Individually

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Identifiable Health Information (“Privacy Rule”) at 45 C.F.R. §106.103, and

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pursuant to other applicable federal and state laws, Defendant Maxim is obligated

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to protect its clients’ Personal Health Information (“PHI”), as defined under the

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Privacy Rule at 45 C.F.R. §106.103, in accordance with the Privacy Rule and the

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Security Standards Regulations (“Security Rule”), see 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164,

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as well as other confidential information, from unauthorized disclosure and use.

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Disclosure and use of PHI is authorized only under certain conditions specified in

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the Privacy Rule and Security Rule. The Privacy Rule and Security Rule allow the

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use and disclosure of PHI under these circumstances, provided the parties stipulate

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to, and a court orders, a “Qualified Protective Order.” 45 C.F.R.

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§§164.512(e)(1)(ii)(B) and 164.512(e)(1)(iv)(A). A “Qualified Protective Order” is

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an order that prohibits the use or disclosure of PHI for any purpose other than the

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litigation for which such information was requested, and requires the return of

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documents (and all copies) containing PHI at the conclusion of the litigation. 45

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C.F.R. 164.512(e)(1)(v). The parties agree, and the Court finds, that under the

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circumstances set forth in this Order, the parties are permitted to request, disclose,

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or use Maxim’s clients’ PHI in the above-referenced litigation to obtain relevant

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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information regarding Plaintiff’s claims or Maxim’s defenses. In agreeing to this
Order, however, neither party waives any objection to the request, disclosure, or use
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of PHI or any other Confidential Material covered by this Order pursuant to the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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The provisions of this Order shall apply to any “person,” which, as

used herein, shall include (a) all Parties to the Litigation, and (b) any other person
or entity receiving, producing or disclosing Material in the Litigation.
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This Order shall not apply to any document, testimony or other

information that: (a) is in the public domain at the time of disclosure; (b) becomes

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part of the public domain through no fault of the other party; or (c) the receiving

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party can show by written document that the information was in its rightful and

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lawful possession at the time of disclosure.

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Any person who produces Material (a “Producing Person”) may at any

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time designate as “Confidential,” “Attorneys-Eyes Only Confidential,” or “HIPAA

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Confidential” (collectively, “Confidential Material”), as applicable, any non-public

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Material that such person produces in the course of the Litigation that such

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Producing Person believes in good faith to contain Confidential Material.

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Confidential Material means Trade Secrets, confidential and proprietary business

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and financial information, and confidential personal information, including: (1)

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non-public information about any individual or individuals, including social

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security numbers, dates of birth, addresses or other personal contact information,

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HIPAA-protected Personal Health Information (“PHI”), personnel records,
evaluations, compensation levels, databases, surveys, statistical analysis, analyses
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of personnel practices, or other information incorporating or aggregating
information pertaining to individuals not party to this litigation; (2) non-public

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information about any client or customer of Defendant, including financial

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information, business plans, and contractual agreements; (3) personally identifiable

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information about employees, clients or customers of Defendant; and (4) non-public

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information and documents regarding Defendant’s selling and marketing practices,

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business plans, compensation practices, hiring and training practices, methods of

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doing business, policies and procedures, programs and agreements, and private

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information regarding Defendant’s current and former agents, employees and

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customers, the disclosure of which may result in serious injury to Defendant’s

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business. A “Trade Secret” means information, including a formula, pattern,

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compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that: (1) derives

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independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to

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the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or

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use; and (2) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to

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maintain its secrecy. In addition, any Party may designate as “Confidential” any

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Material that is produced by any other Party or any third party that such Party

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believes in good faith contains Confidential Material as set forth above. Each Party

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shall have thirty (30) days from the actual receipt of any Material produced by any

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other Party or any third party to designate any such Material as “Confidential.”
During this thirty (30)-day period, any person receiving any such Material shall
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treat that Material as “Confidential” under the terms of this Order. Any Material
designated as “Confidential” in accordance with this Order also will render

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“Confidential” any copies, excerpts, summaries or other documents reflecting or

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referring to the substance or contents of such Material.

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“Attorneys-Eyes Only Confidential” Material means Material that the

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Court ordered Defendant to produce on November 4, 2013 in a supplemental

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response to Plaintiff’s Interrogatory No. 1, including the names, addresses and

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telephone numbers of putative class members. (Docket No. 31). Such material also

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includes any highly confidential, sensitive material the disclosure of which to

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anyone other than Plaintiff’s attorneys could result in irreparable harm. By entering

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into this protective order, Plaintiff’s counsel agree that they will not disclose to

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Plaintiff or his agents (other than the undersigned counsel) the contact information

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of any current or former Maxim employees.

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Confidential Material shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(a)

Confidential Material shall not be given, shown, made available

or communicated in any way to anyone except those Qualified Persons specified in

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sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) below to whom it is necessary that such Confidential
Material be given or shown for the purposes permitted under Paragraph 2 above.
(b)

“Confidential” or “HIPAA Confidential” Material may be

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disclosed, for the purposes set forth in Paragraph 2 above, only to a “Qualified
Person,” defined as follows:
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(i)

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paralegal and other staff employed by such counsel who

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are assisting in the conduct of the Litigation;

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(ii)

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the Parties and those officers and employees of the Parties
deemed necessary to aid counsel in the conduct of the

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Litigation, subject to Paragraph 9 below;

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counsel of record for the Parties and attorneys, clerical,

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witnesses (other than Parties) during any interview,

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deposition, hearing or informal meeting conducted by

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counsel for a Party subject to Paragraph 8 below;

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(iv)

such consultants and experts retained by the Parties, or

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their respective counsel, as they, in good faith, deem

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necessary to provide assistance in connection with the

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conduct of the Litigation, subject to Paragraph 9 below;

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(v)

Paragraph 16 below;

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the Court, court personnel, and jurors, subject to

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court reporters and their employees used in connection

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with the conduct of the Litigation;
(vii) mediators and their employees used in connection with
any efforts to mediate the Litigation;

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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(c)

“Attorney-Eyes Only Confidential” Material may be disclosed,

for the purposes set forth in Paragraph 2 above, only to a “Qualified Person,”
defined as follows:

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(i)

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counsel of record for the Parties and attorneys, clerical,
paralegal and other staff employed by such counsel who

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are assisting in the conduct of the Litigation;

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(ii)

the Court, court personnel, and jurors, subject to

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Paragraph 16 below;

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(d)

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Confidential Material shall not be provided to counsel,

consultants or expert witnesses employed by the Parties in any other litigation or

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administrative proceeding or used for any purposes other than investigating,

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preparing for, and conducting the Litigation, including any appeals thereof. If any

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such counsel, consultant or expert witness also is counsel, a consultant or an expert

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witness in the Litigation, such counsel, consultant or expert witness shall not use
any Confidential Material in any other litigation or administrative proceeding.
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Except for the Parties, those Qualified Persons described in

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subparagraphs 8(b)(ii) through 8(b)(iv) above to whom Confidential Material is

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disclosed shall first be provided with a copy of this Order and advised that such

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Confidential Material is being disclosed pursuant to and subject to the terms of this

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Order, and that Confidential Material may not be disclosed other than pursuant to
the terms hereof. Qualified Persons to whom Confidential Material is disclosed
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shall further execute the attached “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
before such persons may be given access to Confidential Material. It shall be the

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responsibility of counsel providing such access to Confidential Material to provide

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each Qualified Person to whom Confidential Material is disclosed a copy of this

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Order and the attached “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound,” and to

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retain a signed copy in counsel’s files. Any Qualified Person to whom Confidential

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Material is provided pursuant to this Paragraph shall destroy such Confidential

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Material no later than sixty (60) days after the termination of the Litigation,
including any appeals thereof, and provide written confirmation of the same.
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If a Party inadvertently discloses Confidential Material to anyone who

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is not a Qualified Person, such disclosure shall be reported in writing to the

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Producing Person who produced such inadvertently disclosed Confidential Material

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within five (5) business days of knowledge of such inadvertent production. In that

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event, counsel for the Party who made the inadvertent disclosure shall make all

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reasonable efforts to retrieve the Confidential Material and any documents

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containing such Confidential Material and to obtain the agreement of persons to

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whom inadvertent disclosure was made to treat the Confidential Material in
accordance with the terms of this Order.
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All documents and things that are produced in the Litigation, whether

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voluntarily or as required under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if such
documents or things contain Confidential Material, shall bear a stamp stating
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“Confidential,” “Attorneys-Eyes Only Confidential” or “HIPAA Confidential,” on
each page of any such document or on a sticker affixed to any such tangible thing,

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unless such designation would be unduly burdensome, in which case the

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designating party may designate the categories of documents that contain such

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material (e.g., all email communications or all “flow sheets” for a Plaintiff). The

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parties agree that any documents contained therein which may contain HIPAA

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Confidential Material shall be redacted before filing with any Court pleading or

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filed under seal.
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Documents or testimony previously provided shall be retroactively

designated by notice in writing of the appropriate confidentiality designation within

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sixty (60) days of the entry of this Order. Documents unintentionally produced

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without the applicable confidentiality designation may be retroactively designated

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in the same manner and shall be treated appropriately from the date written notice

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of the designation is provided to the receiving party. Documents to be inspected

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shall be treated as confidential during inspection. At the time of copying for the

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receiving party, such inspected document shall be stamped with the appropriate

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confidentiality designation by the producing party.
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Upon written notice by the Producing Person within fifteen

(15) business days of learning of the inadvertent or unintentional disclosure of

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attorney-client or work product Material, which Material will be specified by
identifying the Bates number designations or such other information as to
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reasonably describe the Material, the Producing Person shall notify the Receiving
Party that such Material was unintentionally disclosed. Such inadvertent or

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unintentional production, absent a further court order, shall not constitute a waiver

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of the attorney-client privilege or work-product immunity.

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(b)

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Thereafter, the Receiving Party shall return within five

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(5) business days the originals and all copies of the Material specified in the

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aforesaid written notice, subject to Paragraph (c) below.

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(c)

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If, however, the Receiving Party disagrees that the Material is

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protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or work-product

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immunity, or asserts that there has been an intentional waiver of privilege or

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immunity which encompasses the Material, the Receiving Party may move the

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Court, within fifteen (15) business days of the Producing Person’s written notice of

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inadvertent or unintentional disclosure, for an order that such Material be produced,

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in which case, the Party claiming the privilege or immunity shall have the burden of

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proving that such privilege or immunity exists. The Receiving Party shall not use

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or rely upon any such Material until after the resolution of any such motion by the

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Court.
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If the Receiving Party fails to file the aforesaid motion in a

timely fashion, then the Receiving Party, within five (5) business days after the

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time to file said motion has expired, will return the originals and all copies of the
Materials that were not previously returned.
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(e)

Notwithstanding the foregoing procedure, the parties agree that

with respect to voluminous electronically stored information (“ESI”) produced in

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electronic form (e.g., all email communications of Plaintiff), the parties agree that

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pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), attorney-client privilege and work

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product protection shall not be waived pursuant to this Court-approved Order.

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Clawback of any attorney-client or work product documents from voluminous ESI

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productions shall take place in accordance with the time frames set forth in

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Paragraphs 13(a) and (b) above.
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In the event it becomes necessary at a deposition or hearing to show

any Confidential Material to a witness, as described in sub-paragraph

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8(b)(iii) above, any testimony related to the Confidential Material shall be deemed

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to be Confidential Material, and the pages and lines of the transcript that set forth

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such testimony shall be stamped as set forth in Paragraph 11 of this Order.

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Testimony or exhibits disclosed at a deposition may be designated as

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Confidential Material by the person providing such testimony, by a Party or by a

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Producing Person, if such person either:

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(a)

identifies on the record at the deposition those portions of the

testimony or exhibits that are designated as Confidential Material, or
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provides written notification to all Parties within thirty (30) days

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after receipt of the transcript as to those pages and lines of the transcript or exhibits
that are designated as Confidential Material. The entire transcript of any deposition
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shall be treated as Confidential Material until thirty (30) days after the transcript is
received. Each page of deposition transcript and exhibit designated as Confidential

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Material, and any copies thereof, shall be stamped, as set forth in Paragraph 11

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above, by the court reporter or counsel.

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No party may file an entire pleading under seal, but selected

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documents containing unredacted Confidential Material may be filed under seal

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with the prior permission of the Court. The Party seeking to file documents

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containing unredacted Confidential Material with the Court must move the Court

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for leave to file such documents under seal in accordance with the Local Rules and

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the Court’s Case Management Procedures. At the time of filing or any time

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thereafter, such material shall be placed in a sealed envelope, which shall be

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marked with the title of the action and shall state the following: “THIS

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ENVELOPE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – SUBJECT TO

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PROTECTIVE ORDER.” The Party that files unredacted Confidential Information

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under seal shall, within five (5) business days of the filing, file a public version of

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the sealed document with the Confidential Material redacted.

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Except for Class Member Information specified in Paragraph 7, no

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Party concedes that any Material designated by any other person as Confidential

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Material under any provision of this Order does, in fact, contain or reflect trade

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secrets, proprietary or confidential information or has been properly designated as
Confidential Material, and entering into this Order shall not prejudice, in any way,
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the right of a Party or an interested member of the public to seek at any time a
determination by the Court of whether any particular Material should be subject to

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the terms of this Order. If the Court determines that any Material designated as

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Confidential Material is not Confidential, any receiving person may treat the

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Material without any restriction.
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A Party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of the

designation of Material as Confidential Material at the time made, and failure to do

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so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge thereof. In the event that any Party to

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this action disagrees at any stage of these proceedings with the designation by the

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designating party of any information as “Confidential Material” or the designation

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of any person as a “Qualified Person,” the parties shall first try to resolve such

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dispute in good faith on an informal basis, such as production of redacted copies. If

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the dispute cannot be resolved, the objecting party may invoke this protective Order

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by objecting in writing to the party who has designated the document or

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information as Confidential Material. The parties shall meet and confer regarding

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the written objection. The objecting party shall be required to move the Court for

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an Order challenging the designated status of such information within fifteen

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(15) business days of issuing the written objection, and failure to do so shall

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constitute a waiver of the objection. The parties may, by stipulation, provide for

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exceptions to this protective Order and any party may seek an order from the Court
modifying this protective Order. Until the issue is resolved by the parties or the
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Court, “Confidential Material”“Attorneys-Eyes Only Confidential” and “HIPAA
Confidential,” shall be treated as designated and shall not otherwise be disclosed.
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Should any non-party seek access to Confidential Material produced in

the Litigation, by request, subpoena or otherwise, the Party or other recipient of the
Confidential Material from whom such access is sought, as applicable, shall

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promptly notify the Producing Person who produced such Confidential Material of

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such requested access. If any Receiving Party (a) is subpoenaed in another action,

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or (b) is served with a demand in another action to which he, she, or it is a party, or

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(c) is served with any other legal process by one not a Party to this Litigation

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seeking Confidential Material which was produced, the Receiving Party shall give

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actual written notice, by hand, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission, within

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five (5) business days of receipt of such subpoena, demand or legal process, to

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those who produced or designated the Material. The Receiving Party shall not

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produce any of the Producing Person’s Confidential Material, unless ordered by a

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court to do so, until the later of (i) the date of production specified in, or required

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by, the subpoena, demand or other legal process or (ii) the date that any objection

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by the Producing Party to production of the Confidential Material is resolved by the

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Court. The Producing Person shall be solely responsible for asserting any objection

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to the requested production.

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20.

HIPAA Confidential Material shall be subject to the following

additional restrictions:
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(a)

PHI as defined by the Privacy Rule, see 45 C.F.R. §160.103,

which includes individually identifying health information about any of Maxim’s

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current or former clients that directly or indirectly identifies an individual,

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including, but not limited to, the full name of the client, the residential address of

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the client, any type of contact information of the client (including but not limited to

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phone numbers, email addresses or mailing addresses), the names or contact

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information of the client’s family members, the social security number of the client,

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and all medical records or other medical information related to the client, shall be
HIPAA Confidential Material.
(b)

Any declaration filed by the parties in this action shall not

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disclose any HIPAA Confidential Material. Any current or former Maxim client

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shall be identified in such declarations filed in the Court by a fictitious name only.

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Plaintiff’s counsel shall provide to Maxim’s counsel the real first name and last

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initial of the client upon filing of the declaration.
(c)

No documents that contain HIPAA Confidential Material shall

be filed with the Court, unless the PHI and other identifying information (as set

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forth Paragraph 20(a) above) is redacted or the documents are filed under seal.
(d)

Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s Counsel, and putative class members will

not contact any client of Maxim to whom Maxim is providing healthcare services

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unless a separate Court Order is issued approving such communications. Maxim
reserves the right to object to any such communications.
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(e)

With respect to any external employees of Maxim who are

providing healthcare services to Maxim’s clients, Plaintiff’s Counsel may contact

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any current or former external employees disclosed by Maxim in its discovery

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responses regarding the subject matter of this litigation. Plaintiff’ counsel agrees to

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read the Prefatory Statement attached to this Order prior to beginning any interview

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which shall advise the external employee not to disclose any HIPAA-protected

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information and not to disclose other Confidential Business Information of Maxim

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unless such information relates to the external employee’s personal knowledge of
Home Health Aide’s job duties.

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(f)

Any HIPAA Confidential Material disclosed in this Litigation

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shall be used solely for purpose of this Litigation, and unless the Court rules

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otherwise, such information shall not be disclosed to any person other than the

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Qualified Persons listed in Paragraph 8(b) of this Order. All such HIPAA material

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shall be returned or destroyed at the conclusion of this litigation pursuant to
Paragraph 25.
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any party of the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protection, or any

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other privilege.

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Any dispute including any effort to contest the designation of

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Confidential Material, shall be resolved by motion before the Court upon not less
than fifteen (15) business days’ written notice, or such other notice period as the
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Court may Order to the Parties and the person who produced the Confidential
Material at issue.
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Prior to the use of any Confidential Material at any hearing to be held

in open court, counsel who desires to so use such Confidential Material shall take
reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of the material and to submit a

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motion to file under seal at or immediately following the hearing for the portion of

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the record and/or any exhibits that contain Confidential Material.

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This Order shall continue to be binding throughout and after the

conclusion of the Litigation, including any appeals.

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Within sixty (60) days after the conclusion of the Litigation, including

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all appeals, all Confidential Material, and all copies thereof, shall be destroyed.

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Counsel for the applicable Parties shall certify, in writing, that all such Confidential

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Material within their possession or control has been destroyed. Notwithstanding

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the foregoing, counsel for the Parties may retain pleadings, other papers filed with

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requests for production and the responses thereto, deposition transcripts and work

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product, subject to the limitations concerning their use stated herein. This

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Paragraph shall not apply to Confidential Material filed with and in the possession

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SAN FRANCISCO

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of the Court, which strictly and fully enforces Local Rule 26.2(g) concerning the
disposition of restricted documents.
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED:
December 27, 2013

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Hon. Carla M. Woehrle
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