David Lowery v. Spotify USA Inc.

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver. The Court Orders that the terms of the parties Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order Regarding Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information shall govern the handling of such documents produced or disclosed by the parties in this case. 73 (SEE ORDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS) (gr)

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HENRY GRADSTEIN (89747)
[e-mail]
MARYANN R. MARZANO (96867)
[e-mail]
DANIEL B. LIFSCHITZ (285068)
[e-mail]
GRADSTEIN & MARZANO, P.C.
6310 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 510
Los Angeles, California 90048
Telephone: [phone]
MARC M. SELTZER (54534)
[e-mail]
STEVEN G. SKLAVER (237612)
[e-mail]
KALPANA D. SRINIVASAN (237460)
[e-mail]
KRYSTA K. PACHMAN (280951)
[e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 950
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6029
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
STEPHEN E. MORRISSEY (187865)
[e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle, WA 98101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

MAYER BROWN LLP
JOHN NADOLENCO (SBN 181128)
[e-mail]
EUGENE VOLOKH (SBN 194464)
[e-mail]
350 South Grand Avenue, 25th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071-1503
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
A. JOHN P. MANCINI*
[e-mail]
ALLISON LEVINE STILLMAN*
[e-mail]
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020-1001
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ARCHIS A. PARASHARAMI*
[e-mail]
1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-1101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
*Admitted pro hac vice
Attorneys for Defendant
SPOTIFY USA INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel

DAVID LOWERY, individually and on
behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated,
Plaintiffs,
vs.

Case No. 2:15-cv-09929-BRO-RAOx
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER1

SPOTIFY USA INC., a Delaware
corporation,

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Defendants.

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This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective
order provided under Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver’s Procedures.
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Case No. 16-CV-180-BRO-RAOx

MELISSA FERRICK, individually and
doing business as Nine Two One Music
and Right On Records/Publishing;
JACO PASTORIUS, INC., and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
v.

Plaintiffs,

SPOTIFY USA INC., a Delaware
corporation, and DOES 1 through 10,
Defendant.

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A.

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

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

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

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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to

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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends

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

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under the applicable legal principles.

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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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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

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

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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

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

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court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of

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information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of

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discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to

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keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses

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of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their

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handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order

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for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that

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

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

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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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C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER
SEAL

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The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this

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Stipulated Protective Order alone does not entitle them to file confidential

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

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

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from the court to file material under seal.

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There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial

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proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,

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good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City

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and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen.

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Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony

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Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective

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orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or

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compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be

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made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The

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parties’

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” or “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY,” does

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not without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that

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the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or

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otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.

mere

designation

of

Disclosure

or

Discovery

Material

as

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Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial,

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then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and

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the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be

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protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir.

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2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed

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or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party

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seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts

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and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence

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supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by

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declaration.

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Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable

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in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be

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redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing,

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omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the

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document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal

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in their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.

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DEFINITIONS
2.1

Action: this pending federal lawsuit.

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2.2

Challenging Party:

a Party or Non-Party that challenges the

designation of information or items under this Order.
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Confidential Information or Items: information (regardless of how it

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

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

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Cause Statement.

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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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” or “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY”.

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Disclosure or Discovery Material:

all items or information,

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

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(including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are

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produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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Expert:

a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a

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

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serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.

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House Counsel:

attorneys who are employees of a Party to this

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Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other

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outside counsel.

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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

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Party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action

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and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law

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firm that 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, consultants, retained experts, affiliates, and Outside Counsel of Record

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(and their support staffs).
2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or

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Discovery Material in this Action.
2.13 Professional Vendors:

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persons or entities that provide litigation

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support 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.

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2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES

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ONLY”. Protected Material is “CONFIDENTIAL” if it is information that is non-

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public, proprietary, commercially sensitive, and/or subject to third party privacy or

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confidentiality restrictions.

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COUNSEL’S

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as“CONFIDENTIAL” and is extremely sensitive, the disclosure of which to

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another party would create risk of competitive injury.

ONLY”

2.15 Receiving Party:

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EYES

Protected Material is “CONFIDENTIAL –
if

it

is

information

that

qualifies

a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

Material from a Producing Party.

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2.16 Source Code Material: material that contains or substantively relates

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to computer source code and/or live data (that is, data as it exists residing in a

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database or databases) and documents containing source code or algorithms and

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data upon which the source code is based.

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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.

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This Order does not contemplate the production of Source Code Material.

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The Parties do not contemplate the production of Source Code Material in this

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action. In the event a Party requests that another Party make available Source

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Code Material, the Requesting Party shall notify all Parties before engaging the

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Producing Party in negotiations regarding a separate source code protective order

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and all Parties will collectively negotiate a protective order governing the

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production of Source Code Material. No Party is required to produce or make

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available for inspection any Source Code Material until the Court has entered a

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separate protective order governing the treatment of Source Code Material.

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DURATION AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as

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CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or

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introduced as an exhibit at trial will be presumptively available to all members of

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the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific

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factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the

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trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing good cause showing for

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sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons standard when

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merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this

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protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial. Sufficiently

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prior to trial, the parties will meet-and-confer to address the treatment of any

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Protected Material at trial.

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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

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protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific

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material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party

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must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral

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or written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material,

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documents, items or communications for which protection is not warranted are not

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swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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Indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that

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are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose

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(e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose

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unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating

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Party to sanctions.

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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it

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designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must

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promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.

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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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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection

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need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated

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which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and

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

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deemed “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting

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Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing

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Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection

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under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing

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Party must affix the CONFIDENTIALITY LEGEND to each page that contains

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Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for

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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)

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(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

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for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party

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15 deposition all protected testimony. Alternatively, within thirty (30) days of receipt
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19 ONLY”. Until thirty (30) days after the final certified transcript of any deposition,
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21 “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY” material. In the event a
22 deposition is videotaped, the original and all copies of the videotape shall be
23 marked by the video technician to indicate that the contents of the videotape are
24 subject to this Order, substantially along the lines of “This videotape contains
25 confidential testimony used in this Action and is not to be viewed or the contents
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for information produced in some form other than documentary

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4 CONFIDENTIALITY LEGEND”. If only a portion or portions of the information
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for electronic information produced in native format or another

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10 the placeholder page. If only a portion or portions of the information warrants
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate.

Inadvertent failure to timely

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designate material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S

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EYES ONLY” shall not constitute a waiver of the Producing Party’s ability to

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designate material as Confidential Information at a later time. Any party that

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inadvertently or unintentionally produces Confidential Information without

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designating it as Protected Material may request destruction of that Protected

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Material by notifying the recipient(s), as soon as reasonably possible after the

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Producing Party becomes aware of the inadvertent or unintentional disclosure, and

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providing replacement Protected Material that is properly designated. The

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recipient(s) shall then destroy all copies of the inadvertently or unintentionally

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produced Protected Material and any documents, information or material derived

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from or based thereon. Upon correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must

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make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the

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provisions of this Order.

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Changes to Designations.

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change

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY” ) any

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Disclosure or Discovery Material produced by any other Party or Non-Party,

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provided that said Disclosure or Discovery Material contains the upward

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designating party’s own Protected Material, or otherwise is entitled to protective

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treatment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). Upward designation shall be accomplished

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by providing written notice to all parties identifying (by Bates number or other

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individually identifiable information) the Disclosure or Discovery Information to

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be re-designated. Any party may object to the upward designation of Disclosure or

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Discovery Material pursuant to the procedures set forth herein regarding

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challenging designations.

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documents

without

A party may upward designate (i.e.
a

designation

to

a

designation

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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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6.2

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

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on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper

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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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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
7.1

Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that

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is 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

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the 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).

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Protected material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a

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

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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, a

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Receiving

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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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Party

(a)

may

disclose

any

information

or

item

designated

the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action,

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(b)

the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel

20 and in-house legal staff) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably
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(c)

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

23 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
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(1) such Experts are not presently employed by the Parties

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(2) the Party seeking to disclose such information shall also

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provide the Producing Party with written notice that includes: (i) the present

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employer and title of the Expert; (ii) an identification of all of the Expert’s past and

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current employment and consulting relationships, including direct relationships and

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relationships through entities owned or controlled by the Expert; (iii) an up-to-date

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curriculum vitae of the Expert; and (iv) a list of the cases in which the Expert has

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testified

at

deposition

or

trial

within

the

last

five

(5)

years.

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Within ten (10) days of receipt of the disclosure of the Expert, the Producing

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Party or Parties may object in writing to the Expert for good cause. For purposes

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of this section, “good cause” shall include an objectively reasonable concern that

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the Expert will, advertently or inadvertently, use or disclose the Protected Material

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in a way or ways that are inconsistent with the provisions contained in this Order.

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In the absence of an objection at the end of the ten (10) day period, the Expert shall

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be

deemed

approved

under

this

Protective

Order.

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The Producing Party may object to and notify the Receiving Party in writing

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that it objects to disclosure of Protected Material to the Expert. The Parties agree

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to promptly confer and use good faith to resolve any such objection. If the Parties

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are unable to resolve any objection, the objecting Party may file a motion with the

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Court within fifteen (15) days of the notice, or within such other time as the Parties

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may agree, seeking a protective order with respect to the proposed disclosure. No

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disclosure shall occur until all such objections are resolved by agreement or Court

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order.

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An initial failure to object to an Expert under this paragraph shall not

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preclude the non-objecting Party from later objecting to continued access by that

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Expert for good cause. If an objection is made, the Parties shall meet and confer

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via telephone or in person within five (5) days following the objection and attempt

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in good faith to resolve the dispute informally. If the dispute is not resolved, the

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Party objecting to the disclosure will have five (5) days from the date of the meet

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and confer to seek relief from the Court. The designated Expert may continue to

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have access to information that was provided to such Expert prior to the date of the

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objection. If a later objection is made, no further Protected Material shall be

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disclosed to the Expert until the Court resolves the matter or the Producing Party

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withdraws its objection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Producing Party

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fails to move for a protective order within five (5) business days after the meet and

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confer, further Protected Material may thereafter be provided to the Expert;

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(d)

the court and its personnel;

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(e)

court reporters and their staff;

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(f)

professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

12 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action
13 and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit
14 A);
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(g)

the author or recipient of a document containing the information

16 or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
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(h)

during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,

18 in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the
19 deposing party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto;
20 and (2) they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they
21 sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless
22 otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of
23 transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected
24 Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to
25 anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order;
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any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting

2 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement
3 discussions; and
(j)

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any other persons as to whom all the Parties in writing agree,

5 provided that such persons have first been given a copy of this Order and have
6 executed the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto.
7.3

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Disclosure of Protected Material Designated “CONFIDENTIAL –

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COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY.” Unless ordered by the Court or permitted in writing

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by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item

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designated “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY,” only to the

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Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record and the Receiving Party’s House

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Counsel (as defined above) and their immediate paralegals and staff, and any

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copying or clerical litigation support services working at the direction of such

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counsel, paralegals, and staff.

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8.

DISCOVERY OF EXPERT MATERIALS.

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Drafts of reports of testifying Experts, and reports and other written

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materials, including drafts, of consulting Experts, shall not be discoverable.

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Testifying Experts shall not be subject to discovery with respect to any draft of his

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or her report(s) in this case. Draft notes or outlines for draft reports developed and

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drafted by the testifying expert and/or his or her staff are also exempt from

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discovery. Discovery of materials provided to testifying Experts shall be limited to

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those materials, facts, consulting expert opinions, and other matters actually relied

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upon by the testifying Expert in forming his or her final report, trial, or deposition

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testimony or any opinion in this case. No discovery can be taken from any non-

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testifying Expert except to the extent that such non-testifying Expert has provided

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information, opinions, or other materials to a testifying Expert relied upon by that

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testifying Expert in forming his or her final report(s), trial, and/or deposition

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testimony or any opinion in this case.

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between counsel and any testifying or consulting Expert will be subject to

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discovery unless the conversations or communications are relied upon by such

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experts in formulating opinions that are presented in reports or trial or deposition

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testimony in this case.

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information exempt from discovery under this paragraph shall be treated as

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attorney-work product for the purposes of this litigation and Order.

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9.

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No conversations or communications

All drafts, materials, communications, and other

PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
IN OTHER LITIGATION

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

11

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY,” that

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Party must:

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(a)

promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such

15 notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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(b)

promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or

17 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
18 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include
19 a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(c)

cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

21 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

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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in

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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES

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ONLY,” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order

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issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The

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

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court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be

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

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disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
(a)

The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced

7 by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
8 “CONFIDENTIAL – COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY”. Such information produced by
9 Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief
10 provided by this Order.

Nothing in these provisions should be construed as

11 prohibiting 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,

13 to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
14 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
15 confidential information, then the Party shall:
(1)

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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;
(2)

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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 request(s), and a

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reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
(3)

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make the information requested available for inspection

by the Non-Party, if requested.
(c)

If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court

25 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the
26 Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive
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2 is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
3 determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
4 shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected
5 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

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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized

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under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)

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notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its

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best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform

12

the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms

13

of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as

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Exhibit A.

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

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PROTECTED MATERIAL

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(a)

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

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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal

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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B), as modified below (deletions struck through;

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additions underlined:

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(b)

Information Produced.

If information produced in discovery is

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subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as trial-preparation material, the

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party making the claim may notify any party that received the information of the

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claim and the basis for it. After being notified, a party must promptly return,

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sequester, or destroy the specified information and any copies it has; must not use

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or disclose the information until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps

2

to retrieve and return or destroy the information if the party disclosed it before

3

being notified; and may promptly present the information any challenge to the

4

privilege claim to the court pursuant to Local Rule 37.1 under seal for a

5

determination of the claim. The producing party must preserve the information

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until the claim is resolved.
(b)

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This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be

8

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

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privilege review.

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(c)

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), the parties have

11

reached an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or

12

information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, as

13

follows: The Parties anticipate that significant volumes of documents and

14

information will be produced and that there is a risk that, despite the exercise of

15

reasonable steps to prevent disclosure, material subject to a claim of privilege may

16

be produced.

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privilege protection is not waived by disclosure connected with the litigation

18

pending before the court – in which event the disclosure is also not a waiver in any

19

other federal or state proceeding.” Fed. R. Evid. 502(d). Rule 502(d); see also

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Venture Corp. Ltd. v. Barrett, 2015 WL 1940230, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 29, 2015)

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(Rule 502(d) “allows the clawing back of an inadvertent production of privileged

22

material without any risk of waiver even where the producing party has not

23

conducted any privilege review.”).

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502(d) order is hereby incorporated into this Stipulated Protective Order.

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13.

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Rule 502(d) provides that a “federal court may order that the

Accordingly, the Parties’ stipulated Rule

MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of

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

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13.2 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

3

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

4

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

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

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Order.

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13.3 Filing Protected Material. The Parties will comply with Local Civil

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Rule 79-5 regarding the filing and use of Protected Material. Consistent with this

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Local Civil Rule, before filing with the Court any transcript, exhibit, pleading,

10

brief, or other document containing information designated as Protected Material,

11

the Parties will seek approval of the Court for filing such Protected Material under

12

seal or, if the material has been designated by another Party, provide the Producing

13

Party with a minimum of three (3) business days’ notice prior to filing, in order to

14

allow the Producing Party an opportunity to seek approval of the Court to file such

15

Protected Material under seal. Protected Material may only be filed under seal

16

pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material

17

at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the

18

court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless

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otherwise instructed by the Court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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After the final disposition of this Action, within 60 days of a written request

22

by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material

23

to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all

24

Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and

25

any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether

26

the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a

27

written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to

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the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category,

2

where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and

3

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

4

compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the

5

Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain

6

(1) an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing

7

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

8

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

9

such materials contain Protected Material; and (2) any copies of Protected Material

10

created by the routine operation of backup procedures for a Party’s or a Party’s

11

Counsel’s information storage systems. Any such archival copies that contain or

12

constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order.

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VIOLATION

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Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures

15

including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. In

16

the event motion practice is required to enforce the terms of this Order, and a party

17

is found by the Court to have willfully violated the terms of this Order, the

18

prevailing party on such a motion shall be awarded costs, expenses, and fees,

19

including attorney or other professional fees, incurred in connection with the

20

discovery of the violation and the preparation, filing, and arguing of the motion or

21

any other proceedings resulting from the violation.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: June 8, 2016

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SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
/s/ Kalpana Srinivasan
Kalpana Srinivasan
Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel

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DATED: June 8, 2016

MAYER BROWN LLP
/s/ John Nadolenco
John Nadolenco
Attorneys for Defendant
Spotify USA Inc.

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DATED: June 8, 2016

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ROZELLA A. OLIVER
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

5

under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the

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Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for

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the Central District of California on [date] in the cases of Lowery, et al. v. Spotify

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USA Inc., 2:15-cv-09929 BRO-RAOx and Ferrick, et al. v. Spotify USA, Inc., 2:16-

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cv-00180 BRO-RAOx. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of

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this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to

11

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

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I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item

13

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

14

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

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Court for the Central District of California for 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.

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I hereby appoint ____________________ [print or type full name] of

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________________________________ [print or type full address, email address,

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

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

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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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