Neman Brothers and Assoc. Inc v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jean P. Rosenbluth. re Stipulation for Protective Order 33 . NOTE CHANGES MADE BY THE COURT. (See Order for Further Details) (kl)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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NEMAN BROTHERS & ASSOC.,
INC., a California Corporation;
Case No.: 2:16-cv-5040 GW (JPRx)
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Plaintiff,
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
vs.
WAL-MART STORES, INC., a
Delaware Corporation; UNITED
FASHIONS OF TEXAS d/b/a
MELROSE FAMILY FASHIONS, a
Texas Corporation; and DOES 1-10,
inclusive,
NOTE CHANGES MADE BY THE
COURT
Defendants.
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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. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth
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in Section 12.4, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them
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to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
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party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
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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 and/or technical
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information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for
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any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential
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materials and information consist of, among other things, confidential business or
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financial information, information regarding purchase and sale prices of fabric or
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garments by suppliers, manufacturers, importers, distributors or fashion retailers,
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information regarding business practices, information regarding the creation,
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purchase or sale of graphics used on textiles and garments, or other confidential
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commercial information (including information implicating privacy rights of third
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parties), information generally unavailable to the public, or which may be
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privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state of federal rules, court
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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 no
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information shall be so designated.
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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Protective Order, the Parties
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acknowledge and agree that the discoverability of sensitive documents and/or
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information, as well as a party’s ability and/or decision to disclose, withhold, or
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redact any sensitive documents and/or information, shall not otherwise be affected
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by its ability to classify such sensitive documents and/or information as
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CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,
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as defined hereinafter. Nothing herein shall prevent any Party from withholding or
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redacting any documents and/or information that the Party deems privileged,
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irrelevant, or otherwise objectionable.
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2.
DEFINITIONS
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2.1 Action: This pending federal law suit. NEMAN BROTHERS & ASSOC.,
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INC., v. WALMART STORES, INC. et al (16-cv-5040).
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2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
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designation of information or items under this Order.
2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
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 Good Cause Statement. Such information may include, but is not
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limited to:
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The financial performance or results of the Designating Party,
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including without limitation income statements, balance sheets, cash flow analyses,
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budget projections, and present value calculations;
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Corporate and strategic planning by the Designating Party,
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including without limitation marketing plans, competitive intelligence reports, sales
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projections and competitive strategy documents;
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Names, addresses, and other information that would identify
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customers or prospective customers, or the distributors or prospective distributors
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of the Designating Party;
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Technical data, research and development data, and any other
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confidential commercial information, including but not limited to trade secrets of
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the Designating Party;
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Information used by the Designating Party in or pertaining to its
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trade or business, which information the Designating Party believes in good faith
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has competitive value, which is not generally known to others and which the
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Designating Party would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence,
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or has undertaken with others to maintain in confidence;
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Information which the Designating Party believes in good faith
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falls within the right to privacy guaranteed by the laws of the United States or
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California; and
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Information which the Designating Party believes in good faith
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to constitute, contain, reveal or reflect proprietary, financial, business, technical, or
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other confidential information.
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The fact that an item or category is listed as an example in this
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or other sections of this Protective Order does not, by itself, render the item or
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category discoverable.
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2.3.1 Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by
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the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item
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designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as
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well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel)
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of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 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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(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 Professional
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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or
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a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
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(h) during their depositions, witnesses, other than those under Section
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2.3.1(b) above, and attorneys for witnesses, other than those under Section 2.3.1(b)
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above, in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the
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deposing party requests permission to use any information or item designated
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“CONFIDENTIAL” from the Designating Party (2) the deposing party requests
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that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (3) they will not be
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permitted
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confidential
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unless
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sign
the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise
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agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may
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be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone
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except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
(i) 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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2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as
their support staff).
2.5 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” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY”.
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2.6 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
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or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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2.7 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
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as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
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2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”: Subject
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to the limitations in this Protective Order, Discovery Materials may be marked
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” for the purpose of
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preventing the disclosure of information or materials which, if disclosed to the
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Receiving Party, might cause competitive harm to the Designating Party.
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Information and material that may be subject to this protection includes, but is not
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limited to, technical and/or research and development data, intellectual property,
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financial, marketing and other sales data, and/or information having strategic
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commercial value pertaining to the Designating Party’s trade or business. Nothing
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in paragraph 2.5 shall limit the information or material that can be designated
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under this
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paragraph. Before designating any specific information “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” the Designating Party’s
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counsel shall make a good faith determination that the information warrants such
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protection.
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Materials designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY” materials may be disclosed only to the following Designees:
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Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials
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marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY” as an author, addressee, or recipient thereof;
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Counsel for the parties to this action, as defined in section
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(d) The Court, its clerks and secretaries, and any court reporter
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Expert for the parties to this action, as defined in section 2.7;
retained to record proceedings before the Court;
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(e) Any mediator employed by the Parties and his or her staff; and
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Court reporters retained to transcribe depositions.
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2.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.
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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
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counsel.
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2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
2.11 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 which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
2.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their
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support staffs).
2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
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Discovery Material in this Action.
2.14 Professional Vendors: 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.
2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
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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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Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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The designation of any information or materials as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” is intended solely
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to facilitate the conduct of this litigation. Neither such designation nor treatment in
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conformity with such designation shall be construed in any way as an admission or
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agreement by the Receiving Party that the Protected Materials constitute or contain
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any trade secret or confidential information, or the discoverability thereof. Except
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as provided in this Protective Order, the Receiving Party shall not be obligated to
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challenge the propriety of any designation, and a failure to do so shall not preclude
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a subsequent attack on the propriety of such designation.
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Nothing contained herein in any way restricts the ability of the Receiving
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Party to use “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” material produced to it in examining or cross-
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examining any employee or consultant of the Designating Party. The Parties
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acknowledge and agree that Receiving Party may not use Protected Materials
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marked by a Designating Party to examine or cross-examine an employee or
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consultant or another individual associated with a non-Designating Party. At
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deposition, the party using Designated Material must request that the portion of the
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proceeding where use is made be conducted so as to exclude persons not qualified
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to receive such Designated Material.
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DURATION
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Even after the termination of this action, 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.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1 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,
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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept
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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
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that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
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purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to
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impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
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Designating 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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a reasonable time following such discovery.
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5.2 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.
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) 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 – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions
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of the material on a page
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qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the
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protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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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 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
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documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine
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which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
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Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix
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the “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 material
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on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify
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the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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(b) for testimony given in depositions
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deposition transcripts and portions thereof taken in this action may be
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designated
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” during the deposition or after, in which case the
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portion of the transcript containing Protected Material shall be identified in the
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transcript by the Court Reporter as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY
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testimony shall be bound in a separate volume and marked by the reporter
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accordingly.
and such designated
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Within sixty (60) days after a deposition transcript is certified by the
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court reporter, any party may designate pages of the transcript and/or its exhibits as
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Protected Material. During such sixty (60) day period, the transcript in its entirety
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shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” (except for those portions identified earlier
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as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” which shall be
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treated accordingly from the date of designation). If any party so designates such
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material, the parties shall provide written notice of such designation to all parties
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within the sixty (60) day period. Protected Material within the deposition transcript
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or the exhibits thereto may be identified in writing by page and line, or by
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underlining and marking such portions “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and providing such marked-up
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portions to all counsel.
Where testimony is designated during the deposition, the Designating Party
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shall have the right to exclude, at those portions of the deposition, all persons not
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authorized by the terms of this Protective Order to receive such Protected Material.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and
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for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on
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the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the
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legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information
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warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify
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the protected portion(s).
5.3 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
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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make
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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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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1 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
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resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on
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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
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7.1 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
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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).
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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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
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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- ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY,” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
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shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order
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to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
(c) 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 this
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action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY,” before a determination by the court from which the
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subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s
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permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking
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protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions
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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action
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to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
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Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information
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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
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construed as 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, to
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produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
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subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
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confidential information, then the Party shall:
(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party
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that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
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agreement with a Non-Party;
(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
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Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
specific description of the information requested; and
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
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Non-Party, if requested.
(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within
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14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving
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Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the
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discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving
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Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject
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to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the
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court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and
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expense of seeking protection in this 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
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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
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the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
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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 Exhibit
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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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
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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). This provision is not intended to modify
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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for
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production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
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502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure
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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or
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work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the
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stipulated protective order submitted to the court provided the Court so allows.
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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 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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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 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right
to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this
Protective Order. Moreover, this Order shall not preclude or limit any Party’s right
to seek further and additional protection against or limitation upon production of
documents produced in response to discovery.
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12.3 Other Privileges. Nothing in this Order shall require disclosure of
materials that a Party contends are protected from disclosure by the attorney-client
privilege or the attorney work-product doctrine. This provision shall not, however,
be construed to preclude any Party from moving the Court for an order directing
the disclosure of such materials where it disputes the claim of attorney-client
privilege or attorney work-product doctrine.
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12.4 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
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may 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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12.5 No Prejudice. This Protective Order shall not diminish any existing
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obligation or right with respect to Protected Material, nor shall it prevent a
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disclosure to which the Designating Party consented in writing before the
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disclosure takes place. Unless the parties stipulate otherwise, evidence of the
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existence or nonexistence of a designation under this Protective Order shall not be
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admissible for any purpose during any proceeding on the merits of this action.
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12.6 Self-Disclosure. Nothing in this Order shall affect the right of the
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Designating Party to disclose the Designating Party’s own Confidential information
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or items to any person or entity. Such disclosure shall not waive any of the
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protections of this Order.
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12.7 Captions. The captions of paragraphs contained in this Order are for
reference only and are not to be construed in any way as a part of this Order.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
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After the final disposition of this Action, within 60 days of a written request
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by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material
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to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all
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Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and
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any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether
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the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a
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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,
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where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and
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(2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
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compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the
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Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain
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copies of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts,
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legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports,
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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 Orderas set forth in
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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
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sanctions.
Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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Dated: December 27, 2016
/s/C. Yong Jeong
C. Yong Jeong
Jesse Yanco
JEONG & LIKENS, L.C.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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Dated: December 27, 2016
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Milord A. Keshishian
MILORD & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Attorneys for All Named Defendants
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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: December 27, 2016
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JEAN ROSENBLUTH
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Honorable Jean P. Rosenbluth
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 ___________ NEMAN BROTHERS & ASSOC., INC. v.
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WAL-MART STORES, INC.; UNITED FASHIONS OF TEXAS d/b/a MELROSE
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FAMILY FASHIONS, INC., 2:16-cv-5040 GW (JPRx). I agree to comply with and
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to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand
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and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in
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any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective
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Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this
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Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
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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
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or type full name] of _______________________________________ [print or
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type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of
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process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of
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this 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: _______________________________
Signature: __________________________________
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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