Federal Insurance Company v. California Metal Distributors et al

Filing 55

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick re Stipulation for Protective Order #53 . (sp)

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1 SEDGWICK LLP

MARTIN J. O'LEARY, State Bar No. 106546
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3 BRIAN HARRISON, State Bar No. 157123
[e-mail]
4 JASON J. CHORLEY,State Bar No. 263225
[e-mail]
5 333 Bush Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104-2834
6 Telephone:
415.781.7900
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FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION

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16 FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
an Indiana corporation, for itself and as
17 assignee of NIPPON STEEL &
SUMITOMO METAL U.S.A., INC., a
18 New York corporation, and WESTERN
TUBE &CONDUIT CORPORATION,
19 a California corporation,

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Plaintiff,

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DISTRIBUTORS, a California
corporation; WOLF METALS,INC., a
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California corporation; VINCENT P.
2 GIOFFRE, an individual; and
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DOUGLAS CONRADO,an individual,
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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,

PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

3 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
4 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may
5 be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
6 enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this
7 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
8 discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
9 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
10 under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth
1 1 in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to
12 file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
13 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party
14 seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
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This action is likely to involve trade secrets, commercial, financial, technical

GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

17 and/or proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure
18 and from use for any purpose other than prosecution ofthis action is warranted.
19 Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other
2 things, confidential business or financial information, information regarding
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21 confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, or
22 commercial information (including information implicating privacy rights of third
23 parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be
2 privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes,
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25 court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of

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1 such material in preparation for and in the conduct oftrial, to address their handling
2 at the end ofthe litigation, and serve the ends ofjustice, a protective order for such
3 information is justified in this matter. It is the intent ofthe parties that information
4 will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so
designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential,
non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part ofthe public
record of this case.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER
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The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this

1 1 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information
12 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed
13 and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court
14 to file material under seal.
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There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial

16 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,
17 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and
18 County ofHonolulu,447 F.3d 1172, 1176(9th Cir. 2006),Phillips v. Gen. Motors
19 Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics,
2 Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576,577(E.D. Wis. 1999)(even stipulated protective orders
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21 require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling
2 reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with
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23 respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties' mere
2 designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—
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25 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the
2 material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or
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Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then
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1 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the
2 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.
3 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass'n., 605 F.3d 665,677-79(9th Cir. 2010). For
4 each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced
5 under seal in connection with a diapositive motion or trial, the party seeking
6 protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal
7 justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting
8 the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
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Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in

10 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If
1 1 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting
12 only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions ofthe document,
13 shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their
14 entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
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DEFINITIONS

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2.1 Action: the above captioned pending federal law suit.

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2.2 Challen~g Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation

18 of information or items under this Order.
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2.3 "CONFIDENTIAL"Information or Items: information (regardless of how

20 it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection
21 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good
22 Cause Statement.
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2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel(as well as their

2 support staffl.
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2.5 Desi~n n~Party: a Pariy or Non-Party that designates information or

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2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of
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1 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
2 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or
3 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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2 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
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5 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as
6 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
2 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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2 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
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1 1 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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2 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party
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13 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have
14 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which
15 has appeared on behalf ofthat party, and includes support staff.
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: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,

17 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record(and their
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2 Producing: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
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2 Discovery Material in this Action.
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2 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
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22 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
23 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)
2 and their employees and subcontractors.
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2 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
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2 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

3 I, I Protected Material(as defined above), but also(1)any information copied or
4 ~ extracted from Protected Material;(2)all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
5 compilations of Protected Material; and(3)any testimony, conversations, or
6 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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Any use ofProtected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders ofthe
trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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DURATION
Even after final disposition ofthis litigation, the confidentiality obligations

11 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees
12'. otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be
13 deemed to be the later of(1)dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with
14 or without prejudice; and(2)final judgment herein after the completion and
15 exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,
16 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension oftime
17 pursuant to applicable law.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

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5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Desi ~nating Material for Protection.

2 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
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21 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
22 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for
23 protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written
2 communications that qualify so that other portions ofthe material, documents,
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25 items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

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1 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose
2 ~~ unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating
3 ~~ Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party's attention that information or items that it

5 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
6 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
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5.2 Manner and Timing of Desi nations. Except as otherwise provided in this

8 Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
9 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection
10 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:
( for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,
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14 but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that
15 the Producing Party affix at a minimum,the legend "CONFIDENTIAL"(hereinafter
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CONFIDENTIAL legend"), to each page that contains protected material. If only a
17 portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
18 Party also must clearly identify the protected portions)(e.g., by making appropriate
19 markings in the margins).
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection

21 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
22 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
23 before the designation, all ofthe material made available for inspection shall be
2 deemed "CONFIDENTIAL." After the inspecting Party has identified the
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25 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which
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CONFIDENTIAL legend" to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a
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1 portion or portions ofthe material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
2 Party also must clearly identify the protected portions)(e.g., by making appropriate
3 markings in the margins)
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(b)for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies the

5 Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close ofthe deposition all
6 protected testimony.
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(c)for information produced in some form other than documentary and for

8 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the
9 exterior ofthe container or containers in which the information is stored the legend
10 "CONFIDENTIAL." If only a portion or portions ofthe information warrants
11 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
12 portion(s).
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5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. Iftimely corrected, an inadvertent

14 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive
15 the Designating Party's right to secure protection under this Order for such material.
16 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable
17 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this
18 Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

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6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

21 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court's
2 Scheduling Order.
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6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

2 resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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1 or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the

2 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the
3 Producing Party's designation until the Court rules on the challenge.
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7 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
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6 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
7 Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such
8 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
9 ~ conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a
10 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below(FINAL
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a

13 ~ location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
14 authorized under this Order.
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7 Disclosure of"CONFIDENTIAL" Information or Items. Unless otherwise
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16 ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving
17' Party may disclose any information or item designated "CONFIDENTIAL" only to:
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( the Receiving Party's Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as
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19 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to
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( the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) ofthe
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( Experts(as defined in this Order) ofthe Receiving Party to whom
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1 ~ Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
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( the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
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4 ~ custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
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( during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the
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6 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided:(1)the deposing party
7 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and(2)they will
8 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
10 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
1 1 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may
12 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except
13' as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

15 mutually agreed upon by any ofthe parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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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

19 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
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( promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
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( promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to
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2 ~ issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena
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If the designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with

2 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this
3 action as "CONFIDENTIAL" before a determination by the court from which the
4 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party's
5 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking
6 protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions
7 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action
8 to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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ANON-PARTY'S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE

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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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(a)The terms ofthis Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-

12 Party in this Action and designated as "CONFIDENTIAL." Such information
13 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
14 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
15 construed as prohibiting allon-Party from seeking additional protections.
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(b)In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to

17 produce allon-Party's confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
18 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Pariy's
19 confidential information, then the Party shall:
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(1)promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party

21 that some or all ofthe information requested is subject to a confidentiality
2 agreement with allon-Party;
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(2)promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy ofthe Stipulated

2 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party
2 may produce the Non-Party's confidential information responsive to the discovery
3 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall
4 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the
5 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.
Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and
7 expense ofseeking 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 disclosed

10 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
1 1 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in
12 writing the Designating Party ofthe unauthorized disclosures,(b)use its best efforts
13 to retrieve all unauthorized copies ofthe Protected Material,(c)inform the person or
14 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,
15 and(d)request such person or persons to execute the "Acknowledgment and
16 ' 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

2 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,
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22 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure
23 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without
2 prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d)and (e), insofar
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12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any

3 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 ofthis

5 Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
6 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
7 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
8 ground to use in evidence of any ofthe material covered by this Protective Order
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12.3 Filin~Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any

10 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may
1 1 only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing ofthe
12 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material
13 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information
14~ in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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13. FINAL DISPOSITION
After the final disposition ofthis Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60

17 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return
18 all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in
19 this subdivision,"all Protected Material" includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,
2 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any ofthe Protected
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2 Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same
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23 person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that(1)identifies
2 ( category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or
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1 transcripts, legal memoranda; correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert
2 reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such
3 materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or
4 constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in
5 Section 4(DURATION).
6 14. Any violation ofthis Order may be punished by any and all appropriate
7 measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
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IT IS SO STIPULATED,THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

10 Dated: August 7, 2017

Respectfully submitted,

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By:/s/Jason J. Chorlev
Martin J. O'Leary
Brian D. Harrison
Jason J. Chorley
Attorneys for Plaintiff
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

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Respectfully submitted,
JEFFREY S. SHINBROT,APLC

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By:/s/Je,~~v S. Shinbrot
Jeffrey S. Shinbrot, SBN 155486
[e-mail]
8200 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
CALIFORNIA METAL DISTRIBUTORS

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Respectfully submitted,

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FERRUZZO & FERRUZZO,LLP

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Gregory J. Ferruzzo, SBN 165782
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James F. Rumm,SBN 224412

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3737 Birch Street, Suite 400
Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
WOLF METALS,INC.

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Respectfully submitted,

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THOMAS W.KIELTY

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By:/s/ Thomas W. Kielty
Thomas W. Kielty, SBN 164186
[e-mail]
4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 500
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Telephone: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
DOUGLASCONRADO

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), I, Jason J. Chorley, attest that all other
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SEDGWICK LLP
By:/s/Jason J. Chorlev
Martin J. O'Leary
Brian D. Harrison
Jason J. Chorley
Attorneys for Plaintiff
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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8 Distributors, Case No. 2:16-cv-09478-R-E . I agree to comply with and to be bound
9 by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and
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