Universal Dyeing and Printing Inc v. Macy s Inc et al

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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver re Stipulation for Protective Order 19 (sbu)

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CURTIS R. TINGLEY (SBN 112322)
[e-mail]
KEVIN W. ISAACSON (SBN 281067)
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CLARK A. WALDON (SBN 312696)
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TINGLEY LAW GROUP, PC
10 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 960
San Jose, California 95113
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
GINGER GREEN, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION – LOS ANGELES

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UNIVERSAL DYEING &
PRINTING, INC., a California
corporation,

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v.

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STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER1

Plaintiff,

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MACY’S, INC., a Delaware
corporation; GINGER GREEN, INC.,
a California corporation; and DOES 1
through 10,

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Defendants.

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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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This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective order provided
under Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver’s Procedures.

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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may

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

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

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

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

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

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under the applicable legal principles.

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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists and

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other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or

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proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and

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

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confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other

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things, confidential business or financial information, information regarding

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confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, or

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commercial information (including information implicating privacy rights of third

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parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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of the public record of this case.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER
SEAL

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

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Stipulated Protective Order 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

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

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to file material under seal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL

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does not — without the submission of competent evidence by declaration,

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establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential,

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privileged, or otherwise protectable — constitute good cause.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts

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

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

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declaration.

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

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

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

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

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shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their

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

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2.

DEFINITIONS

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2.1

Action: this pending federal law suit.

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Challenging Party:

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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

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the Good Cause Statement.

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”

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Information or Items: Information or tangible things that contain or disclose

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information that the Designating Party in good faith believes to be extremely

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commercially sensitive or would provide a competitive advantage to competitors or

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compromise or jeopardize the Designating Party’s business interests if disclosed.

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

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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY”.

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

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

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

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

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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.

House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
counsel.
2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

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2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a

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

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

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

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2.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,

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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their

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support staffs).

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2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.
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persons or entities that provide litigation

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

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

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and their employees and subcontractors.

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designated

as

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any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

“CONFIDENTIAL”,

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CONFIDENTIAL”,

and/or

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”.

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Material from a Producing Party.

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a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

SCOPE

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

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Protected Material (as defined above), but also: (1) any information copied or

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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or

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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or

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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the

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trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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DURATION

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL”, “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”, and/or “ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY”. 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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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection

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

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that qualifies under the appropriate standards.

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

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

The Designating Party must

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

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swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

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

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

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

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Designating Party to sanctions.

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

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

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

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise

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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection

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under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or

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produced.

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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

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documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial

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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL”, “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”, and/or “ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY”. (hereinafter “Designation Legend”), to each page that contains

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protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies

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for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected

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

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

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

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

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

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deemed “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified

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the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine

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which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.

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Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the

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appropriate Designation Legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If

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only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the

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Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making

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appropriate markings in the margins);

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(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party

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identify the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the

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deposition all protected testimony; Failure of counsel to designate testimony or

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exhibits at a deposition, however, shall not waive the protected status of the

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testimony or exhibits. Counsel may designate specific testimony or exhibits as

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Protected Material within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the transcript of

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the deposition. If counsel for the deponent or Party fails to designate the transcript

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or exhibits as Protected Material within the above-described thirty-day period, any

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Party shall be entitled to treat the transcript or exhibits as containing no Protected

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Material; and

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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and

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for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on

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the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the

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Proper Designation Legend.

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warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the

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protected portion(s).

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If only a portion or portions of the information

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected upon discovery,

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an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing

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alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for

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such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must

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

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provisions of this Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges.

Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

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designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s

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Scheduling Order.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

resolution process under Local Rule 37.1, et seq.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on

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

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purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other

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parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating

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Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall

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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is

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entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the

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challenge.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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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

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Receiving

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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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information

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item

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as

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

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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of

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the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff;

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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional

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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have

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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or

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a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;

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(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in

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

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party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and

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(2) they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information, unless

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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of

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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected

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Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to

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anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

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

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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or

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permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any

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information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY” only to:
(a)

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

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

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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
(b)

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

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whom 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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(c)

the court and its personnel;

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(d)

court reporters and their staff;

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(e)

professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action

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and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit

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A);
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the author or recipient of a document containing the information

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

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during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,

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

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deposing party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto;

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and (2) they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information, unless

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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of

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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected

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Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to

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anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting

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personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement

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discussions.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL”, “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”, and/or “ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY”, that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification

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shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or

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order 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.

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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

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Such notification shall

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

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the

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subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s

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permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions

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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action

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to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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“HIGHLY

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and/or

A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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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”, “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL”, and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. Such information

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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the

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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be

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construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
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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:

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party

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

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agreement with a Non-Party;

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(b) 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
(c) make the information requested available for inspection by the

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Non-Party, if requested.
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If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within

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

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may 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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Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and

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expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

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

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

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

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

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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

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

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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify

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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for

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production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence

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502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure

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product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated

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protective order submitted to the court.

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

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

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

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Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to

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

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

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

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Order.

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

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

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

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

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in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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

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

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

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used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,

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

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

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Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if

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not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that:

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(1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was

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returned or destroyed; and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any

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

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capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel

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are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial,

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deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition

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and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert

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work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival

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copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective

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Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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VIOLATION

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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Dated: November 28, 2017

DONIGER / BURROUGHS

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By: /s/ Frank Gregory Casella
FRANK GREGORY CASELLA
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Email: [e-mail]

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Dated: November 28, 2017

TINGLEY LAW GROUP, PC

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By: /s/ Clark A. Waldon
KEVIN W. ISAACSON
CLARK A. WALDON
Attorneys for Defendant

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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: November 30, 2017

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HON. ROZELLA A. OLIVER
United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of
_________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury
that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that

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was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California
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in the case of Universal Dyeing & Printing, Inc. v. Macy’s, Inc., et al., Case
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No. 2:17-cv-03578 JFW RAO. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the
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terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that
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failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of
contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any
information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person
or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further
agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Central
District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated
Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of
this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full
name] of _______________________________________ [print or type full
address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in
connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this
Stipulated Protective Order.
Date: ______________________________________
City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
Printed name: _______________________________
Signature: __________________________________

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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