Samuel C. Cudjoe v. G2 Secure Staff, LLC et al

Filing 24

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER [CHANGES MADE BY COURT TO PARAGRAPHS 1C, 3, 5B, 8, 9C, 13] by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian re: Stipulation for Protective Order 23 . See order for details. (hr)

Kevin A. Lipeles (Bar No. 244275)
Thomas H. Schelly (Bar No. 217285)
2 Julian Bellenghi (Bar No. 129942)
LIPELES LAW GROUP, APC
3 880 Apollo Street, Suite 336
El Segundo, CA 90245
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Fax: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Samuel C. Cudjoe
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Rafael G. Nendel-Flores, CA Bar No. 223358
[e-mail]
Christopher J. Archibald, CA Bar No. 253075
[e-mail]
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
Park Tower, Suite 1500
695 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 714.754.1298

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Attorneys for Defendant G2 Secure Staff, LLC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION

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SAMUEL C. CUDJOE, an individual,
Plaintiff,

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vs.

G2 SECURE STAFF, LLC, a Texas
limited liability company; and DOES 1
21 through 100, inclusive,
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Defendant.

Case No. 2:16-cv-06581 BRO (JCx)
[DISCOVERY DOCUMENT:
REFERRED TO MAGISTRATE
JUDGE JACQUELINE
CHOOLJIAN]
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
[CHANGES MADE BY COURT TO
PARAGRAPHS 1C, 3, 5B, 8, 9C, 13]
Complaint Filed: July 29, 2016
Trial Date:
September 19, 2017
District Judge:
Hon. Beverly Reid
O’Connell
Magistrate Judge: Hon. Jacqueline
Chooljian

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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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 be

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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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This action is likely to involve trade secrets, development, commercial,

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financial, technical and/or proprietary information for which special protection from

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public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action

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is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of,

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among other things, confidential business or financial information, information

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regarding

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development, or commercial information (including information implicating privacy

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rights of third parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or

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which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or

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federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law.

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

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confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties

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

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

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

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B.

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

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

GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

confidential

business

practices,

or

other

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confidential

research,

Accordingly, to

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

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

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part of the public record of this case.

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C.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER
SEAL

The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12C, below, that this
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Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information
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under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and
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the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to
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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 and
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County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors
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Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Wellbon v. Sony Electronics,
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Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require
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good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons
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with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to
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Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation
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of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not — without the
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submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material
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sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise
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protectable-constitute good cause.
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Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then
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compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the
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relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.
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See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010), cert.
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denied, 562 U.S. 1134 (2011). For each item or type of information, document, or
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thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive
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motion or trial, the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons,

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supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order.

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Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents under seal

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must be provided by declaration.

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

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its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If

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documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only

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the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall

9 be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety
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2.

DEFINITIONS
A.

Action: Samuel C. Cudjoe v. G2 Secure Staff, LLC, Case No. 2:16-cv-

06581 BRO (JCx)
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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

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

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

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Good Cause Statement.

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D.

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

their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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F.

Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

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

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

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

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

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an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
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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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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or

other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party

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

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

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

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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or

Discovery Material in this Action.
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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support

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

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

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

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material

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from a Producing Party.

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3.

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 deposition testimony, conversations,

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or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material,

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other than during a court hearing or at trial.

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Any use of Protected Material during a court hearing or at trial shall be

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governed by the orders of the presiding judge. This Order does not govern the use of

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4.

DURATION

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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 introduced

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as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all

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members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by

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

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of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause”

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showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons”

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standard when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, the

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terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the 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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this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that

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

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

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protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written
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communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items

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

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within the ambit of this Order.

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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 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

10 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
11 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
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B.

Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5B(i) below), or as otherwise

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15 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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

19 but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the
20 Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter
21 “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a
22 portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also
23 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection

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

2 it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents,
3 or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing
4 the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL
5 legend” to each page that contains Protected Material.

If only a portion of the

6 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly
7 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the
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(ii)

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for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies

10 the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition
11 all protected testimony.

(iii)

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for information produced in some form other than documentary and for

13 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the
14 exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend
15 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants
16 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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

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

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

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

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Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
A.

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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B.

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The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

resolution process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq.
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Meet and Confer.

Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a

joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2.
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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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7.

ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
A.

Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is

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

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

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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the

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conditions described in this Order.

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

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DISPOSITION).

When the Action has been terminated, a

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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
Receiving

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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

Party

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disclose

any

information

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or

item

designated

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(i)

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

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

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to disclose the information for this Action;

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(ii)

the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the

Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
(iii)

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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(iv)

the court and its personnel;

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(v)

court reporters and their staff;

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(vi)

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);

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(vii) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;

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(viii) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the

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Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party

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requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2) they will

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not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they 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 be

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separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as

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permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and

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(ix)

any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

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

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED

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PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION

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

4 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
5 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

A.

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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification

shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
B.

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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 include

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a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
C.

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cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 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” 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, or unless otherwise required by law or court order. The Designating

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

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confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as

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

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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.” 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:
(i)

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Promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-

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

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agreement with a Non-Party.

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(ii)

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

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specific description of the information requested; and
(iii)

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make the information requested available for inspection by the

Non-Party, if requested.
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If a Non-Party represented by counsel fails to commence the process

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notice and accompanying information or fails contemporaneously to notify the

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Receiving Party that it has done so, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-

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Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request.

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unrepresented Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14

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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may

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produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery

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request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall

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not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the

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confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court

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unless otherwise required by the law or court order. Absent a court order to the

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called for by Local Rules 45-1 and 37-1, et seq. within 14 days of receiving the

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

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this court of its Protected Material.
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If an

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

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PROTECTED MATERIAL

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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted

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to the court.

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12.

MISCELLANEOUS
A.

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

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

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

Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any

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of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to

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

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

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

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

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

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constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order.
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VIOLATION
Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures

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

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: January 23, 2017

LIPELES LAW GROUP, APC

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By: /s/ Julian B. Bellenghi
Kevin A. Lipeles
Thomas H. Schelly
Julian Bellenghi

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
Samuel C. Cudjoe

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DATED: January 23, 2017

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OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH,
SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

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By: /s/Christopher J. Archibald
Rafael G. Nendel-Flores
Christopher J. Archibald

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Attorneys for Defendant
G2 Secure Staff, LLC

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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED AS MODIFIED.

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DATED: January 26, 2017

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__________/s/__________________________
HON. JACQUELINE CHOOLJIAN
United States Magistrate Judge

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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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

4 ____________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury
5 that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that
6 was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California
7 on January 26, 2017 in the case of Samuel C. Cudjoe v. G2 Secure Staff, LLC, Case
8 No. 2:16-cv-06581 BRO (JCx). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the
9 terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that
10 failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of
11 contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information
12 or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity
13 except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court

15 for the Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated
16 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of
17 this action. I hereby appoint ______________________________ [print or type full
18 name] of ____________________________________________ [print or type full
19 address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in
20 connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this
21 Stipulated Protective Order.
22 Date: _________________________
23 City and State where sworn and signed: ____________________________________
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25 Printed name: ____________________________
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27 Signature: _______________________________
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