MICHAEL SKIDMORE v. LED ZEPPELIN et al

Filing 82

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg. re Stipulation for Protective Order 81 . (See Order for Further Details) (kl)

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Peter J. Anderson, Esq., Cal. Bar No. 88891
E-Mail: [e-mail]
LAW OFFICES OF PETER J. ANDERSON
A Professional Corporation
100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2010
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
JAMES PATRICK PAGE, ROBERT ANTHONY
PLANT, JOHN PAUL JONES, WARNER/CHAPPELL
MUSIC, INC., SUPER HYPE PUBLISHING, INC.,
ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP., RHINO
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY and WARNER
MUSIC GROUP INC.
Helene Freeman, Esq., admitted pro hac vice
E-Mail: [e-mail]
PHILIPS NIZER LLP
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103-0084
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
JAMES PATRICK PAGE, ROBERT ANTHONY
PLANT and JOHN PAUL JONES

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION

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MICHAEL SKIDMORE, etc.,
Plaintiff,

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LED ZEPPELIN, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 2:15-cv-03462 RGK (AGRx)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,

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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public

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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be

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warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter

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the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order

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does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and

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that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the

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limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the

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applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section

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12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file

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confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures

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that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks

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permission from the court to file material under seal.

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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This is an action for copyright infringement and other relief, involving

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musical compositions and recordings of performances of those compositions. As a

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result, this action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists and

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other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or

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proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and from

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use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted.

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confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other

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things, confidential business or financial information, information regarding

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confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, or

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commercial information (including information implicating privacy rights of third

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parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be

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privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes,

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court rules, case decisions, or common law, and material or information that is
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subject to a written independent obligation of confidentiality.

Accordingly, to

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expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over

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confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties

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are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable

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necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to

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address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a

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protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the

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parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and

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that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained

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in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be

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part of the public record of this case.

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2.

DEFINITIONS

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Action: this pending federal law suit.

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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation

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of information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of

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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for

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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the

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Good Cause Statement.

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information which, if known by the party to whom it is disclosed, would be

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inherently harmful to the Designating Party’s business, privacy or other protected

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interests.

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION” is

Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

their support staff).

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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or

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items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

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of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,

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among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or

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generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter

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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as

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an expert witness in this Action.
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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.

Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or

other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

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2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party

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to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have

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appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which

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has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.

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2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,

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employees, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support

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staffs).
2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or

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Discovery Material in this Action.

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2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support

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services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or

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demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)

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and their employees and subcontractors.
2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”

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2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material

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from a Producing Party.

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SCOPE

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or

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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or

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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or

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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. Any

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use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge.

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This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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DURATION

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Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations

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imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees

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otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be

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deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with

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or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and

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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,

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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time

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pursuant to applicable law.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.

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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under

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this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that

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qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for

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protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written

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communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items,

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or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably

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within the ambit of this Order. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are
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prohibited. Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been

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made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case

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development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other

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parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise

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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection

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under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or

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produced. Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic

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documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial

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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”) or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL LEGEND”), to

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each page that contains protected material. A Party or Non-Party that makes

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original documents available for inspection need not designate them for

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protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which documents it

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would like copied and produced.

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designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed

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“CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents

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it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which

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documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then,

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before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the

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“CONFIDENTIAL legend” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each

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page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the

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material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must

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clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings

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in the margins).

During the inspection and before the

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for testimony given in depositions, Parties and deponents may,

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within thirty (30) days after receiving a transcript of a deposition, designate

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pages of the transcript (and exhibits thereto) as Confidential or Highly

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Confidential to the extent the Party or deponent believes they contain material

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or information entitled to that protection. Confidential or Highly Confidential

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information within the deposition transcript may be designated only by

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sending a letter indicating the page and line numbers of the deposition

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transcript that the Party or deponent designates as Confidential and/or Highly

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Confidential to the party who took the deposition and to the court reporter.

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Audiovisual recordings, irrespective of the manner or medium of the

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recording, of depositions are deemed “Confidential” under this Stipulated

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Protective Order and shall not be made public or otherwise exhibited or

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disclosed except when, as and if played in open court or as may permitted by

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further order of the court. If the Party or deponent believes an audiovisual

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recording of a deposition contains material or information entitled to Highly

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Confidential protection, the Party or deponent may designate the portions

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Highly Confidential by sending a letter within thirty (30) days after receipt of

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the audiovisual recording, to the party who took the deposition and to the

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videographer indicating by time code or by reference to the deposition

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transcript the portion or portions of the audiovisual recording that the Party or

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deponent designates as Highly Confidential. Until the expiration of the 30-

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day period during which such designations may be made, both the transcript

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and any audiovisual recording of the deposition will be treated as subject to

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protection as Highly Confidential under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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for information produced in some form other than documentary

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and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent

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place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is

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stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” If
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only a portion or portions of the information warrants protection, the

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Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected

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portion(s).

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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive

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the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.

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Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable

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efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

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Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges.

Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

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designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s

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Scheduling Order.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on

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the Designating Party.

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purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other

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parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating

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Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall

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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is

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entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the

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challenge.

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Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper

ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is

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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this

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Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such

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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
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conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a

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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL

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DISPOSITION). Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving

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Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the

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persons authorized under this Order.

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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items.

Unless

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otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, any

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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” received by a Receiving Party

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may only be disclosed to:

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(a)

Parties of record in this action;

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(b)

Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as employees

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of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to

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disclose the information for this Action;

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(c)

Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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the court and its personnel;

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court reporters and their staff;

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professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

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Bound” (Exhibit A);

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the author or recipient of a document containing the information

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or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the

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information;

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during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,

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in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided the witness

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sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless
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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of

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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal

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Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not

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be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective

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Order; and
(j) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

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mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.

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Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating

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Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL” only to those identified in Sections 8(b)-(g) and (j), above, and

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8(h) above to the extent counsel has a good faith belief that the witness currently has

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or would be expected to have knowledge of the contents of the document, or of its

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subject matter, and to no one else.

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PROTECTED

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SUBPOENAED

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ORDERED

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PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION

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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation

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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such

notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or

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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by

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the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification

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shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and

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cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

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pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with

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the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in
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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” before a

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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless

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the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating

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Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of

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its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed

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as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a

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lawful directive from another court.

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced

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by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in

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connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided

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by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting

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a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to

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produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the

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Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-

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Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:

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promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the

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Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a

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confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

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promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the

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Stipulated Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery

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request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information

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requested; and

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make the information requested available for inspection by

the Non-Party, if requested.
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If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court

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within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the

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Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information

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responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective

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order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession

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or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party

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before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the

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Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this

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court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

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Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this

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Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in

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writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts

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to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or

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persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,

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and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

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PROTECTED MATERIAL

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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain

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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,

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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure

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may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior

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privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the

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parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or

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information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the
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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted

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to the court.

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12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any

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person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.

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12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this

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Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to

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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this

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Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any

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ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

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12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any

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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may

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only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the

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specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material

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under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information

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in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60

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days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return

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all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in

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this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,

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summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected

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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving

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Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same

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person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies

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(by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or

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destroyed and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies,

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abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any
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of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to

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retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing

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transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert

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reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such

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materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or

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constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in

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Section 4 (DURATION).

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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary

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Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate

sanctions.
IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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Dated: December 28, 2015

/s/ Francis Alexander Malofiy
Francis Alexander Malofiy, Esq.
FRANCIS ALEXANDER, LLC
Attorney for Plaintiff
MICHAEL SKIDMORE,
As Trustee of the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust

Dated: December 28, 2015

/s/ Glen L. Kulik
Glen L. Kulik, Esq.
KULIK GOTTESMAN & SIEGEL LLP
Attorney for Plaintiff
MICHAEL SKIDMORE,
As Trustee of the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust

Dated: December 28, 2015

/s/ Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson, Esq.
LAW OFFICES OF PETER J. ANDERSON
A Professional Corporation
Attorney for Defendants
JAMES PATRICK PAGE, ROBERT
ANTHONY PLANT, JOHN PAUL JONES,
WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC.,
SUPER HYPE PUBLISHING, INC.,
ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP., RHINO
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY and
WARNER MUSIC GROUP INC.

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Dated: December 28, 2015

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/s/ Helene M. Freeman
Helene M. Freeman, Esq.
PHILLIPS NIZER LLP
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
Attorney for Defendants
JAMES PATRICK PAGE,
ROBERT ANTHONY PLANT and
JOHN PAUL JONES

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Attestation Regarding Signatures
The undersigned attests that all signatories listed, and on whose behalf this
filing is submitted, concur in this filing’s content and have authorized its filing.

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Dated: December 28, 2015

/s/ Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson, Esq.

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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 28, 2015

____________________________
Hon. Alicia G. Rosenberg
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of

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_________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury

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that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that

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was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California

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on [date] in the case of Michael Skidmore, etc., v. Led Zeppelin, et al., Case No.

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2:15-cv-03462 RGK (AGRx). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the

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terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that

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failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of

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contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information

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or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity

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except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court

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for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this

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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after

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termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or

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type full name] of _______________________________________ [print or type

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full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in

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connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this

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Stipulated Protective Order.

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Date: ______________________________________

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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: _______________________________

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Signature: __________________________________

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