Spirit Clothing Company v. Jerry Leigh of California, Inc.

Filing 40

AMENDED STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jean P. Rosenbluth re Stipulation for Protective Order 39 . (See Order for details) [Note Changes Made By The Court] (bem)

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Willmore F. Holbrow, III (SB# 169688)
[e-mail]
NOTE: CHANGES MADE BY THE COURT
James W. Ahn (SB#243335)
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BLAKELY, SOKOLOFF, TAYLOR & ZAFMAN, LLP
12400 Wilshire Boulevard, Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, California 90025
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff SPIRIT CLOTHING COMPANY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION

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SPIRIT CLOTHING COMPANY, a
California corporation

Hon. Jean Rosenbluth

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Plaintiff,
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AMENDED STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER

JERRY LEIGH OF CALIFORNIA,
INC., a California corporation, and
WAL MART STORES, INC., a
Delaware corporation,
Defendants.
JERRY LEIGH OF CALIFORNIA,
INC., a California corporation, and
WAL MART STORES, INC., a
Delaware corporation,
Counterclaimants,

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Case No: 16-CV-08637-RGK-JPRx

v.
SPIRIT CLOTHING COMPANY, a
California corporation
Counter-defendant.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
The parties, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to and petition

the Court to enter the following Amended Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”).
This Order governs the handling of information and materials produced in the
course of discovery or filed with the Court in this action. The parties acknowledge
and understand that this Order does not confer blanket protection on all disclosures
or responses to discovery; the protection it affords from public disclosure and use
extends only to the limited information or items that the parties in good faith believe
are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles, and it
does not presumptively entitle parties to file confidential information under seal.
Nevertheless, the parties agree that good cause exists for this Order and that such an
order is in the best interests of both parties.
II.

GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential

proprietary or private information for which special protection may be warranted.
The parties have contractual obligations to third parties to keep certain information
confidential. The parties are obliged by the Federal Rules to produce certain
information, which is subject to contractual confidentiality obligations to third
parties. Failure to sufficiently protect such information could create potential
liability to the parties. The parties are also obliged to produce documents containing
confidential business and sales information, including without limitation,
information concerning research and development, pricing, discount strategies, and
distribution and supply chain information. This information has been developed at
the expense of the producing party and it represents valuable tangible and intangible
assets of that party. Disclosure of such information will result in competitive
disadvantages to the parties from competitors—whether parties or non-parties—who
learn the parties’ confidential business strategies. Accordingly, the parties
respectfully submit that there is good cause for the entry of this Order.
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III.

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USE AT TRIAL
All documents designated as trial exhibits shall not be covered by the terms of

this Order at the time of trial, even if they are appropriately designated
“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.” Once the case
proceeds to trial, all of the information that was designated as “Confidential” or
“Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” and/or kept and maintained pursuant to
the terms of this Order becomes public and will be presumptively available to all
members of the public, including the press, unless the party seeking to maintain the
confidentiality of documents shows a compelling reason why the material should
remain confidential to the Court, at the appropriate time. Notwithstanding the
above, the Parties will maintain as confidential, in accordance with this Order, all
confidential material exchanged pursuant to this Order before and after trial.
IV.

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
Confidential material may include the following information, documents and

tangible things produced, disclosed, or otherwise exchanged: documents subject to
confidentiality agreements with third parties; documents containing production,
supply, distribution and sales information, pricing and discount strategies;
documents containing or evidencing proprietary business methods and strategies;
and documents evidencing proprietary design techniques and identifying
information subject to data protection and privacy policies. Examples of
confidential information that the parties may seek to protect from unrestricted or
unprotected disclosure include:

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(a)

Information that is the subject of a non-disclosure or confidentiality

agreement or obligation;
(b)

The names, addresses and other information tending to reveal the

identity of a party’s supplier, designer, distributor or prospective distributor, or
customer or prospective customer;
(c)

Agreements with third-parties, including license agreements, distributor

agreements, manufacturing agreements, design agreements, development
agreements, supply agreements, sales agreements, or service agreements;
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Research and development information;

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Proprietary engineering or technical information, including product

design, manufacturing techniques, processing information, drawings, memoranda
and reports;
(f)

Information related to budgets, sales, profits, costs, margins, licensing

of technology or designs, product pricing, or other internal financial/accounting
information, including non-public information related to financial condition or
performance and income or other non-public tax information, such as income
statements, balance sheets, cash flow analyses, budget projections, and present value
calculations;
(g)

Information related to internal operations including personnel

information;
(h)

Information related to past, current and future product development;

(i)

Information related to past, current and future market analyses and

business and marketing development, including plans, strategies, forecasts and
competition; and
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Trade secrets (as defined by the jurisdiction in which the information is

located).
(k)

Information used by the designating party in or pertaining to its trade or

business, which information the designating party believes in good faith has
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competitive value, which is not generally known to others and which the designating
party would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence, or has
undertaken with others to maintain in confidence;
(l)

Information which the designating party believes in good faith falls

within the right to privacy guaranteed by the laws of the United States or California;
(m)

Information which the designating party believes in good faith to

constitute, contain, reveal or reflect proprietary, financial, business, technical or
other confidential information.
(n)

The fact that an item or category is listed as an example in this or other

sections of this Order does not, by itself, render the item or category discoverable.
A.

Scope

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only confidential materials
(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from
confidential materials; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of
confidential material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by
parties or their counsel that might reveal confidential material.
However, the restrictions set forth in this Order will not apply to information
which is known to the receiving party or the public before the date of its
transmission to the receiving party, or which becomes known to the public after the
date of its transmission to the receiving party, provided that such information does
not become publicly known by any act or omission of the receiving party, its
employees or agents, which would be in violation of this Order; provided, further,
that the provisions of this paragraph are not self-executing and may not be invoked
on self-help basis. A party who contends that material designated as confidential (at
either level defined herein) under this Order should remain confidential shall have
the burden of proving that contention in any proceeding where a confidentiality
designation is at issue.

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by another party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,
defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Confidential material shall not be
used by any party or person receiving them for any business or any other purpose
unless otherwise required by law or court order. Confidential material may be
disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this
agreement. For purposes of this Order, “disclose” or “disclosed” means to show,
furnish, reveal or provide, indirectly or directly, any portion of the confidential
material or its contents, orally or in writing, including the original or any copy of the
confidential material. Confidential material must be stored and maintained by a
receiving party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is
limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
Nothing in this Order shall limit a designating party’s use of its own
information or materials, or prevent a designating party from disclosing its own
information or materials to any person. Such disclosure shall not affect any
designations made pursuant to the terms of this Order, so long as the disclosure is
made in a manner that is reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality of the
information.

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Disclosure of Confidential Information or Items

(a)

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Basic Principles

A receiving party may use confidential material that is disclosed or produced

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the

designating party, any material designated “Confidential” including copies or
excerpts thereof, or analyses or reports which pertain thereto, may be available only
to:
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Attorneys of record for the receiving party and their immediate

staff, including their respective associates, clerks, legal assistants, stenographic,
videographic and support personnel, and other employees of such outside litigation
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attorneys, and organizations retained by such attorneys to provide litigation support
services in the action and the employees of said organizations. “Attorneys of
record” explicitly excludes any in-house counsel whether or not they are attorneys
of record in this action;

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(2)

personnel of the Court before which this action is pending;

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extent they are reasonably necessary to render professional services in this action,
and subject to the disclosure requirements of Section V. Each consultant must sign
an Agreement To Be Bound (Exhibit A to this Order) certifying that he or she has
read this Order, will abide by its provisions, and will submit to the jurisdiction of
this Court regarding the enforcement of this Order’s provisions.
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No more than two (2) designated officers and/or directors or

employees of each party, who are reasonably necessary for the prosecution or
defense of this action. A party’s designated officers and /or directors or employees
may include in-house counsel. Each designated officer and/or director or employee
must sign an Agreement To Be Bound certifying that he or she has read this Order
(Exhibit A), will abide by its provisions, and will submit to the jurisdiction of this
Court regarding the enforcement of this Order’s provisions.

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Consultants, including non-party experts and consultants retained

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Judges, magistrate judges, law clerks and other clerical

(5)

Persons who appear on the face of materials designated

“Confidential” as an author, addressee, or recipient thereof.
(b)

Any material designated “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only”

as well as any copies or excerpts thereof, or analyses or reports which pertain
thereto, may be made available only to persons identified in Sections V B(a) (1)
through(3) of this Order. Materials may be designated “Highly ConfidentialAttorneys Eyes Only” for the purpose of preventing the disclosure of information or
materials which, if disclosed to the receiving party, might cause competitive harm to
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the designating party. Information and material that may be subject to this
protection includes, but is not limited to, technical and/or research and development
data, intellectual property, financial, marketing and other sales data, and/or
information having strategic commercial value pertaining to the designating party’s
trade or business.
Before disclosing information or materials designated “Highly ConfidentialAttorneys Eyes Only” to any Consultant, the party who wishes to disclose such
information or materials must first identify that individual to the counsel for the
designating party and submit an Agreement To Be Bound (Exhibit A), which shall
include at least the full name and professional address and/or affiliation of the
individual, his or her prior employment, consultancies or matters for the previous
five (5) years, and all of the person’s present employments or consultancies. The
non-designating party shall have three (3) business days from receipt of such initial
identification and signed certification to object in writing to disclosure to any
individual so identified. Failure to timely object will be considered consent to
disclose documents and information to such individual. The parties shall confer in
an attempt to resolve any objections informally, and approval by the designating
party shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the objections cannot be resolved, the
objecting party may move within five (5) business days following its objection for a
protective order to prevent disclosure of “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only”
materials to the individual under Local Rule 37. In the event that such a motion is
made, the party seeking to prohibit disclosure shall bear the burden of establishing
good cause why the disclosure should not be made pursuant to Rule 26 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Such Consultant(s) cannot have access to
designated material until these relevant time periods expire, including for final
resolution of any timely motion.

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C.

Agreement to Be Bound

Each person permitted by the parties or their counsel to have access to
material or information designated “Confidential” or “Highly ConfidentialAttorneys Eyes Only” under the terms of this Order, shall, prior to being given such
access, be provided with a copy of this Order for review. Upon receiving this Order,
each person shall sign an “Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A to this Order)
indicating that he has read this Order and agrees to comply with its terms, provided,
however, that partners and employees of counsel of record, as defined in Section V
B(a), as well as officers and personnel of the Court, shall be exempt from the
requirement to sign the Exhibit A agreement. Counsel who makes any disclosure of
materials designated “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only”
shall retain each original executed Agreement To Be Bound. Counsel who makes
any disclosure of “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” information or
material to a Consultant shall circulate copies of the Agreement To Be Bound
executed by the Consultant concurrently with the identification of the Consultant to
the attorneys for the designating party.
D.

Filing Confidential Material

Nothing in this Order shall vary the requirements for filing under seal
imposed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Rules of this Court.
Before filing confidential material or discussing or referencing such material in
court filings, the filing party shall confer with the designating party to determine
whether the designating party will remove the confidential designation, whether the
document can be redacted, or whether a motion to seal or stipulation and proposed
order is warranted. Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be
followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from
the Court to file material under seal with the material bearing the legend
“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.”

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Any document or evidence filed with the Court or submitted to the Judge
which is designated as containing “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys
Eyes Only” information, upon a showing of good cause and according to procedures
established in Local Civil Rule 79-5, will be filed in a sealed envelope or other
appropriate sealed container marked on the outside with the title of the action and a
statement substantially in the following form:
“CONFIDENTIAL” [or] “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES

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“The document is subject to a PROTECTIVE ORDER issued by the Court
and may not be examined or copied except in compliance with that Order.”

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The Local Civil Rule 79-5 application for filing under seal shall be directed to
the Judge to whom the filing is directed.

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Filing a document under seal shall not bar any party from unrestricted use or
dissemination of those portions of the document that do not contain material
designated “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.”

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If a filing party fails to designate information as “Confidential” or “Highly
Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only,” any party who in good faith believes that
designation and filing under seal is required by this Order may move the Court to
file said information under seal under Local Rule 37 or 79-5 as appropriate.
VI.

DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Governing Standards

Any information produced by any party or non-party as part of discovery in
this action may be designated by the producing party(ies) as “Confidential” or
“Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.” A document should be designated
“Confidential” when it contains confidential information (as listed above) that may
be reviewed by a designated manager of the receiving party but must be protected
against disclosure to unauthorized third parties. A document may be designated
“Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” when it contains trade secrets of a
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technical nature, such as information relating to product formulas, manufacturing
methods, product development plans, or confidential business information such as
marketing plans, customer lists, pricing plans, financial statements, supplier
identifiers, or other information which would put the producing person or entity at a
competitive disadvantage if the information became known to the receiving party.
B.

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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for
Protection

Each party or non-party that designates information or items for protection
under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material
that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The designating party must designate
for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written
communications that qualify, so that other portions of the material, documents,
items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept
unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
Any information which is publicly available, including any information which
can be ascertained from examination of a product sold by any party, should not be
designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.”
If it comes to a designating party’s attention that information or items that it
designated for protection do not qualify for protection, the designating party must
promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.
C.

Manner and Timing of Designations

Any party or non-party wishing to invoke the confidentiality provisions of
this Order as to produced things and documents, may designate, in writing, the
things and documents (as defined in Rule 34 Fed. R. Civ. P. and Rule 1002 Fed. R.
Evid.) or portions thereof which it considers confidential at the time the things and
documents are produced. Such designation must be clear and unambiguous.
(a)

Information in documentary form: in designating documents (as

defined in Rule 34. Fed. R. Civ. P. and Rule 1001 Fed. R. Evid.), the designating
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party must affix the word(s) “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIALATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” to each page that contains confidential material. If
only a portion the material on a page qualifies for protection, the producing party
also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate
markings in the margins). However, if the first or cover page of a multi-page
document bears the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIALATTORNEYS EYES ONLY,” the entire document shall be deemed so designated,
and the absence of marking each page shall not constitute a waiver of the terms of
this Order. If the label affixed to a computer disk containing multiple files bears the
legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES
ONLY,” the entire disk shall be deemed so protected, and the absence of marking of
each file shall not constitute a waiver of the terms of this Order. But this procedure
may be followed only if all the document files on the disk are confidential.
(b)

Testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial proceedings: the

witness or his or her counsel may invoke the provisions of this Order by claiming
confidentiality in a timely manner and designating the level of restriction. During
the deposition, parties shall be excluded only from testimony designated “Highly
Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.” The witness under deposition or his or her
counsel may, within ten (10) days of receiving a deposition transcript, designate
portions of the transcript, or exhibits thereto, as confidential, or change the level of
restriction of the transcript or any portion thereof. During the ten (10) -day period,
counsel for the parties shall treat the entire transcript as if it had been designated
“Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only.” Testimony that has been designated
“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” on the record of the
deposition shall be transcribed in a separate booklet marked accordingly on each
page, or shall be appropriately redacted. Where testimony is designated during the
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the deposition, all persons not authorized by the terms of this Order to receive such
designated material.
(c)

Other tangible items: the producing party must affix in a prominent

place on the exterior of the thing, object or container(s) in which the information or
item is stored the word(s) “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIALATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.” If only a portion of the information or item warrant
protection, the producing party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
portion(s).
(d)

Material produced by someone other than the designating party: the

designating party shall make the designation within fifteen (15) business days from
the date that the designating party receives copies of the materials from the
producing or disclosing entity by giving notice to all parties to this action and to the
producing party, if such party is not a party to this action, identifying the materials
to be designated with particularity (either by production numbers or by providing
other adequate identification of the specific material). Such notice shall be sent by
email and regular mail.
(e)

Material produced by a producing party: a party shall be permitted to

designate as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” material
produced by a producing party where the material being produced was provided to
or developed by such producing party: (i) under a written confidentiality agreement
with the designating party; or (ii) within a relationship with the designating party (or
a party operating under the control thereof) in which confidentiality is imposed by
law (including, without limitation, the employment relationship and the vendorcustomer relationship); and the material being produced would be considered
confidential material of the designating party under Section IV of this Order. Upon
notice of designation, all persons receiving notice of the requested designation of
materials shall (1) make no further disclosure of such designated material or
information contained therein, except as allowed in this Order (2) take reasonable
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steps to notify any persons known to have possession of or access to such designated
materials of the effect of such designation under this Order; and (3) if
“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” material or
information contained therein is disclosed to any person other than those entitled to
disclosure in the manner authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the
disclosure shall, immediately upon learning of such disclosure, inform the
designating party in writing of all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure, and
shall make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the unauthorized person(s).
D.

Inadvertent Failures to Designate

If any party required to produce documents contends that it inadvertently
produced any designated material without marking it with the appropriate legend, or
inadvertently produced any designated material with an incorrect legend, the
producing party may give written notice to the receiving party or parties, including
appropriately stamped substitute copies of the designated material. Within five (5)
business days of receipt of the substitute copies, the receiving party shall return the
previously unmarked or mismarked items and all copies thereof.
E.

Legal Effect of Designation

The designation of any information of materials as “Confidential” or “Highly
Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” is intended solely to facilitate the conduct of this
litigation. Neither such designation nor treatment in conformity with such
designation shall be construed in any way as an admission or agreement by any
party that the designated materials constitute or contain any trade secret or
confidential information. Except as provided in this Order, no party to this action
shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation, and a failure to do
so shall not preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety of such designation.
Nothing herein in any way restricts the ability of the receiving party to use
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it in examining or cross-examining any employee or consultant of the designating
party.
VII. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

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If, at any time consistent with the Court’s scheduling order, any party believes
that any other party or non-party has unreasonably designated certain material as
“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only” or believes that it is
necessary to disclose designated material to persons other than those permitted by
this Order, and the producing party does not agree to change the designation or to
further disclosure, the objecting party may make an appropriate application to this
Court in accordance with the procedures established in Local Civil Rule 37 and
upon notice to all parties and to any non-party who designated the material. The
parties shall meet and confer in good faith prior to the filing of any motion under
this section.
VIII. 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
that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as
“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only,” that party must:

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(a)

the subpoena or court order unless prohibited by law from doing so;

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Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order

to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
subpoena or order is subject to this Order. Such notification shall include a copy of
this Order; and

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Promptly notify the designating party in writing and include a copy of

(c)

Cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

pursued by the designating party whose confidential material may be affected.
IX.

UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a receiving party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed,
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confidential material to any person or in a circumstance not authorized under this
agreement, the receiving party must immediately (a) use its best efforts to retrieve
all unauthorized copies of the protected material; (b) inform the person or persons to
whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this agreement; and
(c) request that such person or persons execute the “Agreement to Be Bound” that is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
X.

NON-TERMINATION AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS
This Order shall survive termination of this action prior to trial of this action.

Within thirty (30) days after the termination of this action, including all appeals,
each receiving party must return or destroy all confidential material, including
material designated “Highly Confidential-Attorneys Eyes Only,” to the producing
party, including all copies, extracts and summaries thereof. The parties may agree
upon appropriate methods of destruction. Upon request for the return or destruction
of designated materials, counsel shall certify their compliance with this provision
and shall serve such certification to counsel for the designating party not more than
ninety (90) days after the written request to return or destroy designated materials.
Counsel who have submitted one or more Agreements To Be Bound pursuant to
Section V do not need to retain such Agreements past the ninety (90) day period.
Notwithstanding this provision, the attorney of record may retain one (1) copy
of any designated documents attached to any deposition transcript or pleading filed
with the Court for archival purposes.
The confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect in
perpetuity, to the extent permitted by the Court, or until the Court orders otherwise.
Pursuant to Section IV above, no confidentiality obligations will apply to materials
made public during the trial of this action. The parties agree to maintain as
confidential any designated materials exchanged during preparation for trial but not
made public unless their disclosure is required by law or court order.

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CONTINUATION OF OTHER PRIVILEGES AND PROTECTIONS
This Order shall not prejudice the right of any party or non-party to oppose

production of any material on the ground of attorney-client privilege, work product
immunity, or any other protection provided under the law.
Any inadvertent production of documents containing privileged information
shall not be deemed a waiver of the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine,
or any other applicable privilege or doctrines. All Parties specifically reserve the
right to demand the return of any privileged documents that it may produce
inadvertently during discovery if the producing party determines that such
documents contain privileged information. After receiving notice of such
inadvertent production by the producing party, the receiving party agrees to make
reasonable and good faith efforts to locate and return to the producing party all such
inadvertently produced documents.
XII. MODIFICATION AND SURVIVAL
The parties reserve the right to seek modification of this Order at any time for
good cause. The parties agree to meet and confer prior to seeking to modify this
Order for any reason. The restrictions imposed by this Order may only be modified
or terminated by written stipulation of all parties or by order of this Court. Any
such stipulation will not have the force or effect of a court order unless the court
approves it. Parties entering into this Order will not be deemed to have waived any
of their rights to seek later amendment to this Order.
XIII. NO CONTRACT
This Order shall not be construed to create a contract between the parties or
between the parties and their respective counsel.
XIV. CONTINUING JURISDICTION OF THE COURT
The Court retains jurisdiction after final termination of the action prior to
trial, to enforce this Order.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD

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Dated: July 10, 2017

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/s/ Willmore F. Holbrow, III
Willmore F. Holbrow, III
BLAKELY, SOKOLOFF, TAYLOR & ZAFMAN, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SPIRIT CLOTHING COMPANY

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Dated: July 10, 2017

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BRUTZKUS GUBNER
/s/Jeffrey A. Kobulnick___________________________
MARK D. BRUTZKUS
JEFFREY A. KOBULNICK
JOSEPH ROTHBERG
MICHAEL A. BERNET
Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Claimants,
JERRY LEIGH OF CALIFORNIA,
INC. AND WAL-MART STORES, INC.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

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Dated: July 24, 2017

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U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, ___________________ [print or type full name] of

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type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and

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understand the Amended Stipulated Protected Order that was issued by the United

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States District Court of the Central District of California on ________________ in

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the case of SPIRIT CLOTHING COMPANY, vs. JERRY LEIGH OF

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CALIFORNIA, INC. AND WAL MART STORES, INC., Case No: 16-CV-08637-

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RGK-JPRx. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this

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Amended Stipulated Protective Order, and I understand and acknowledge that

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

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
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for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
Amended Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur
after termination of this action.

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