YDM Management, Inc. v. United Healthcare Insurance Company, et al

Filing 23

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Ralph Zarefsky re Stipulation for Protective Order 21 . (ib)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 YDM MANAGEMENT, INC., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 vs. 15 UNITED HEALTHCARE 16 INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., dba UNITED HEALTHCARE, and DOES 17 1-10, inclusive, 18 19 CASE NO.: 2:14-cv-05248-RZ Defendants. [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION [Filed Concurrently with Stipulation re: Protection of Confidential Documents and Information] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 The Court having considered the stipulation of the parties, served and 3 filed concurrently herewith, and for good cause appearing, orders as follows: 4 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 5 1. As used herein, “Confidential Information” shall mean and 6 include any "Writing," as that term is defined in Federal Rules of Evidence 7 Rule 1001(a), or any portion thereof, that is designated and supplied by one 8 Party or a third party (“Designating Party”) to another Party or third party 9 (“Receiving Party”) in this action, which contains proprietary information, 10 trade secret information, privileged information, or PHI, and which is 11 designated as Confidential Information for purposes of this litigation by a 12 Designating Party. A designation by a Party or third party of Confidential 13 Information shall constitute a representation that counsel for that Party or 14 third party believes in good faith that the information constitutes 15 Confidential Information. The Parties shall make a good faith effort to 16 designate information so as to provide the greatest level of disclosure 17 possible but still preserve confidentiality as appropriate. Access to all 18 Confidential Information shall be for the sole limited purposes of settlement 19 negotiations, litigation of this action only (including but not limited to 20 motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication), and trial or 21 preparation for trial of this action only. No information or documents 22 designated as Confidential Information may be used by anyone, including 23 but not limited to the Parties and their counsel, for any other purpose or 24 proceeding, including (without limitation) contract negotiations not directly 25 related to settlement or disposition of this action, any other existing or 26 future state court or federal court actions other than this instant action, 27 arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. 28 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 2. The Parties expressly understand and agree that certain 2 documents and information relevant to the claims and defenses in this 3 action may contain information that is subject to the Standards of Privacy of 4 Individually Identifiable Health Information, 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, 5 promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and 6 Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), the California Confidentiality of 7 Medical Information Act, Civil Code §§ 56 et seq., and/or other similar 8 statutory or regulatory privacy protections. The Parties agree that, once 9 adopted, this Stipulated Protective Order will constitute a Qualified 10 Protective Order under 45 C.F.R §164.512(e). The Parties further agree that, 11 to the extent that the aforementioned statutory requirements are interpreted 12 to be, or due to subsequent legislation become, more restrictive than the 13 requirements of this Stipulated Protective Order, the Parties shall, where 14 necessary, abide by such statutory requirements and/or shall negotiate in 15 good faith a more restrictive stipulated protective order to ensure 16 compliance with such statutory requirements. 17 3. Any "Writing," as that term is defined in Federal Rules of 18 Evidence Rule 1001(a), or any portion thereof, which a Designating Party 19 believes in good faith contains, constitutes, reveals, or reflects proprietary 20 information and/or trade secrets (as the term "trade secret" is defined in 21 California Civil Code Section 3426 et seq.), PHI, or otherwise-privileged 22 information, may be designated by the Designating Party as “Confidential.” 23 The Designating Party shall designate the Confidential Information by 24 clearly marking each Writing (if the entire Writing is being designated, on its 25 front cover or first page with an appropriate notation referencing the 26 entirety of the Writing) or page (if only specific pages are being designated, 27 on each page so designated) to be designated as "Confidential" with the word 28 3 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 “Confidential.” 2 4. All documents and information designated as “Confidential” 3 shall be maintained in confidence, and not disclosed, directly or indirectly, 4 including the very fact of production, to any person except as provided in 5 this Paragraph, as follows: 6 a. the Party receiving the information; 7 b. counsel of record in this proceeding (including members 8 and employees of such counsel’s law firm) and in-house counsel for the Party 9 and employees working with such in-house counsel who are directly involved 10 in the litigation of the above-entitled matter; c. 11 subject to the restrictions set forth in Paragraph 6 of this 12 Stipulated Protective Order, persons employed by a Party’s attorneys to 13 furnish expert and litigation support services; d. 14 directors, officers, and employees of a Party, to whom it is 15 necessary that the materials be shown for purposes of this legal action; e. 16 pursuant to the restrictions set forth in Paragraphs 6 and 11 17 of this Stipulated Protective Order, and any other order and/or direction of 18 the Court, officers of the Court, deponents and witnesses in any legal 19 proceeding in this action for which it is relevant; and f. 20 such other persons as hereafter may be designated by 21 written agreement of the Parties or by order of the Court. 22 5. With respect to the examination of witnesses upon oral 23 deposition, when Confidential Information is supplied and/or when the 24 deponent’s testimony contains, reflects or relates in any way to Confidential 25 Information, the reporter will be informed of this Stipulated Protective 26 Order by the Party seeking confidentiality and will be required to operate in 27 a manner consistent therewith. The reporter shall place on the cover of any 28 4 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 deposition transcript which contains any Confidential Information the words 2 “Contains Confidential Information.” Counsel for the respective Parties shall 3 take appropriate steps to prevent any portions of any deposition transcript 4 designated “Confidential” from being disclosed to any person except as 5 provided in this Stipulated Protective Order. Each Designating Party shall 6 provide the other Party with a list of the page(s) of each deposition transcript 7 and any exhibits attached thereto that the Party has designated as 8 “Confidential.” 9 6. Confidential Information held by a Party may be disclosed to 10 persons as provided in Paragraphs 4 and 5, provided that prior to such 11 disclosure the person to whom disclosure of Confidential Information is to 12 be made shall execute a Declaration (the "Declaration") stating that he or she 13 has read and understood the Stipulated Protective Order, agrees to comply 14 with its terms, and agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the Court for 15 enforcement of his or her agreement to comply. Information designated as 16 “Confidential” may be disclosed by a Party to a witness or deponent who is 17 permitted to see such Confidential Information under this Stipulated 18 Protective Order during the witness' testimony or the deponent’s deposition 19 provided that the Designating Party is informed of the intent to disclose the 20 Confidential Information to the witness or deponent and is given the 21 opportunity to object, and if there is no objection, the witness or deponent 22 has executed the Declaration. The attorneys for the respective Parties shall 23 maintain a file of such Declarations. 24 7. In the event a Party inadvertently fails to designate information 25 or documents as Confidential Information when copies are produced to 26 another Party after the execution of this Stipulated Protective Order, the 27 Designating Party shall notify in writing all recipients of the information or 28 5 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 document of the material’s designation as Confidential Information. The 2 Designating Party shall specifically identify, by reference to document title, 3 page number and/or any alpha or numeric production designation, the 4 material being designated as Confidential Information. The Designating 5 Party shall have the right to recover all copies of the Confidential 6 Information and apply the “Confidential” designation and the Receiving 7 Party shall return to the Designating Party all copies of the unlabeled 8 Confidential Information inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed. The 9 inadvertent, unintentional or in camera disclosure of Confidential 10 Information shall not, under any circumstances, be deemed a waiver, in 11 whole or in part, of any Party's or third party’s claims of confidentiality. 12 8. If any Party objects to the designation of materials being marked 13 as "Confidential", the Party shall state the objection by letter to all counsel of 14 record in this case. If the Parties are unable to resolve the objection, any 15 Party may move the Court for an order that the challenged material does not 16 qualify as Confidential Information under California and/or applicable 17 Federal law. Until the Court rules on the objection, the disputed material 18 shall be treated as Confidential Information. Neither Party shall be obliged 19 to challenge the propriety of a designation of material as Confidential 20 Information, and the failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent 21 challenge on the propriety of such designation, unless prejudice can be 22 shown by the Designating Party to have resulted from the delay in 23 challenging the designation. 24 9. Following a Party’s receipt of documents subpoenaed from a 25 third party, any Party may designate which, if any, of those documents shall 26 be considered Confidential Information. The third party or parties 27 producing such documents also may designate which, if any, of those 28 6 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 documents shall be considered Confidential Information. All such 2 documents so designated shall be handled in accordance with this Stipulated 3 Protective Order. Upon any Party or non-party making such a designation, 4 subpoenaing counsel shall consider all such designated documents 5 Confidential Information and handle the same in accordance with this 6 Stipulated Protective Order. 7 10. In the event any Confidential Information is used in any pretrial 8 or discovery proceeding in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status 9 through such use. All Confidential Information and pretrial deposition 10 testimony given in this action which contains or discloses Confidential 11 Information shall be presented only to persons authorized by the terms of 12 this Stipulated Protective Order to have access to such Confidential 13 Information. 14 11. If any Party intends to file any documents, including deposition 15 transcripts, containing Confidential Information with the Court, the Party 16 shall seek an appropriate order from the Court in compliance with any 17 applicable statutes and/or Rules of Court that the Confidential Information 18 be filed under seal. The filing Party shall request an order that the 19 Confidential Information shall be kept by the Court under seal, and shall be 20 made available only to the Court and the Court’s staff and to the persons 21 authorized by the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order to have access to 22 Confidential Information. 23 12. In the event that the Receiving Party is served with legal process, 24 other than an order of a court or tribunal, seeking the production of 25 Confidential Information obtained through discovery in this litigation and 26 protected by this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party shall 27 promptly notify the Designating Party whose Confidential Information is 28 7 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 sought by service of the legal process and shall afford the Designating Party a 2 reasonable opportunity to object to the production of the Confidential 3 Information. The Receiving Party shall not produce any Confidential 4 Information in response to the legal process, except as ordered by a court or 5 a tribunal, until the Designating Party has had an opportunity to object to 6 such process and either declined to object or has had an objection overruled 7 by a court and appeals therefrom waived or exhausted. In the event that the 8 Receiving Party is subject to the order of a court or tribunal that would 9 require production of any Confidential Information, Receiving Party shall 10 promptly notify Designating Party of such order and shall make all 11 reasonable, good-faith efforts to assist Designating Party in protecting such 12 Confidential Information implicated by such order. 13 13. By entering into this Stipulated Protective Order, neither Party 14 waives any objections it may have to the production of any documents or 15 information covered by this Stipulated Protective Order, including without 16 limitation objections based on confidentiality, privilege or the right to redact 17 certain information. By executing this Stipulated Protective Order, neither 18 Party acknowledges that the protections called for herein are sufficient for all 19 documents and information, and each Party reserves the right to seek 20 additional protections in the future, if necessary. 21 14. The provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order apply to all 22 proceedings in this matter only, including all appeals and proceedings upon 23 remand. These obligations of confidentiality and non-disclosure shall 24 survive the conclusion of this action. 25 15. Following the termination of this action through settlement, 26 dismissal, or final adjudication, including all appeals, all Confidential 27 Information designated as such by the Designating Party shall be returned to 28 8 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 the Designating Party, or destroyed, and all copies, summaries or transcripts 2 thereof, and any and all other documents which contain, reflect, refer or 3 relate to such Confidential Information which are not delivered to the 4 Designating Party, shall be destroyed. Upon written request, counsel of 5 record for each Party shall attest to compliance with the terms of this 6 Paragraph in an affidavit or declaration served on each other Party. This 7 Paragraph shall not preclude counsel from maintaining a file copy of 8 Confidential Information. 9 16. Nothing in the foregoing provisions regarding confidentiality 10 shall prevent or otherwise restrict counsel from rendering advice to their 11 clients and, in the course thereof, relying generally on examination of 12 Confidential Information, provided, however, that in rendering such advice 13 and otherwise communicating with such clients, counsel shall not make 14 disclosure of any item so designated except pursuant to the foregoing 15 provisions. 16 17. Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order shall prevent a Party 17 from independently obtaining publicly available information, including the 18 final version of documents actually filed with any Federal, State, County or 19 local legislature, regulatory authority, agency or court, nor shall this 20 Stipulated Protective Order constitute a restriction on information 21 independently obtained, even if a copy of a document independently 22 obtained is otherwise provided in the Action and designated as Confidential 23 Information. Use of any independently obtained documents shall be subject 24 to any confidentiality or other restrictions regarding the use or distribution 25 of such documents imposed by the relevant authority or by law. 26 18. If a Party, through inadvertence, produces any document(s) or 27 information that it believes is protected from discovery pursuant to the 28 9 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine, such production shall not 2 be deemed a waiver of any privilege or protection, and the producing Party 3 may give written notice to the Receiving Party that the document(s) or 4 information produced is deemed privileged or protected and that return of 5 the document(s) or information is requested. Upon receipt of such written 6 notice, the Receiving Party shall immediately gather the original and all 7 copies of the document(s) or information of which the Receiving Party is 8 aware and shall immediately return the document(s) or information in its 9 entirety, including the original and all copies, to the producing Party, unless 10 there is a challenge to whether the document(s) or information is covered by 11 the attorney-client privilege and/or the work product doctrine, in which case 12 the Parties shall meet and confer in good faith regarding the issue and, if 13 necessary, shall submit the issue to the Court. 14 19. This Stipulated Protective Order may only be modified by written 15 agreement of counsel for the Parties, subject to the approval of the Court, 16 provided that any such agreement be memorialized in the form of a 17 stipulation that shall be filed with the Court and made a part of the record in 18 this case. 19 20. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the Parties hereto with 20 respect to any dispute concerning the enforcement or interpretation of this 21 Stipulated Protective Order. 22 21. The Stipulated Protective Order may be executed in 23 counterparts, each when taken together with the others, shall constitute a 24 whole, as if executed simultaneously on the same document. 25 22. The Parties shall jointly submit the fully executed Stipulated 26 Protective Order to the Court for its approval and entry as an Order by the 27 Court. In the event that the Court refuses to approve this Stipulated 28 10 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 Protective Order or the terms hereinabove are not reduced to an order for 2 any other reason, the Parties expressly acknowledge their agreement to be 3 bound by the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order under all 4 circumstances. 5 6 7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, this Order shall not 8 govern in connection with dispositive motions or at trial. If any party 9 desires protection in connection with such matters, protection must be 10 sought separately. Different legal standards apply at that time. 11 12 DATED: November 17, 2014 13 14 15 16 17 18 ______________________ Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court Central District of California 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 11 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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