King Cheese Corporation v. Columbus Manufacturing, Inc.

Filing 13

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George A. Shohet, SBN 112697
LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. SHOHET,
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 720E
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-3462
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Sassan J. Masserat, SBN 231104
MASSERAT LAW GROUP
468 N. Camden Drive, Ste. 200
Beverly Hills CA 90210
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
KING CHEESE CORP.

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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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KING CHEESE CORP., a California
Corporation,

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Plaintiff,

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vs.

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COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING,
INC., a Delaware Corporation,

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CASE NO.: 2:17-cv-7229-FMO (SSx)

Defendant.

[DISCOVERY MATTER REFERRED
TO U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE]
Magistrate Judge: Suzanne H. Segal
Roybal Federal Building and United States
Courthouse, 255 E. Temple St., Los
Angeles CA, 90012, Courtroom 590, 5th
floor

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

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be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulated to and petitioned the Court

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to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order:

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The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections

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on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from

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public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are

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entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties

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further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3, below, that this Stipulated

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Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal.

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Instead, Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and

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the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court to

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file material under seal.

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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This action is likely to involve proprietary business information for which

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special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than

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prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials

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and information consist of, among other things, information related to

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confidential business practices related to manufacturing processes, information

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otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or

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otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case

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decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to

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facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery

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

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

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such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling
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at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such

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

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will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so

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designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential,

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

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record of this case.

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3.

DEFINITIONS

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3.1

Action: This pending federal lawsuit.

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3.2

Challenging Party: A Party or Non-Party that challenges the

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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

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in the Good Cause Statement.

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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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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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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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Extremely

sensitive “CONFIDENTIAL” information or items whose disclosure to another
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Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious injury that could not

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be avoided by less restrictive means. This definition includes: (1) material which

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has not been made public and which is protected from disclosure by federal or state

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constitutional, statutory and common law; and (2) any confidential material that

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constitutes or refers to trade secrets, other highly sensitive information of a

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competitive or financial nature, or individual personal information from employee

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files.

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3.9

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.
3.10 Non-Party: Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

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3.11 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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3.12 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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3.13 Producing Party: A Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.

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3.14 Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation

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

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

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and their employees and subcontractors.

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3.15 Protected Material: Any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”

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3.16 Receiving Party: A Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
Material from a Producing Party.

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4.

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

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

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

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

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

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Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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DURATION

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The Parties agree that even after final disposition of this litigation, they intend

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to abide by the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order until a Designating

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Party agrees otherwise in writing. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later

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of: (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice;

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and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals,

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rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for

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filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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However, once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as

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confidential or maintained pursuant to this protective order that is used or

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introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes pubic and will be presumptively available

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to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons

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supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial

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judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447

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F.3d. 1172, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2006). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order

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do not extend beyond the commencement of trial to the extent it applies to

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documents or information that was used or introduced as an exhibit at trial or the

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subject matter of trial testimony.
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6.

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 under

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

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

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protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written

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

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

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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

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

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

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

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Party to sanctions.

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

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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 6.2(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” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,” 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 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” 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. Then,

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

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appropriate legend (either “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”)

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to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the

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material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly

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

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margins).

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

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

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and further specify any portions that qualify as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”

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

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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent

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practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).

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CONFIDENTIAL.”

If only a portion or

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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

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

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Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable
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efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

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Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

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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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8.1

Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that

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is 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. When the Action has been terminated, a

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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Section 14 below (FINAL

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DISPOSITION). Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving

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Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the

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persons authorized under this Order.

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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items.

Unless

otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
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Receiving

Party

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disclose

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any

information

or

item

designated

“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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

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

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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the
Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;

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

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

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

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff;

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

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

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

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and
(h) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items:

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

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Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of record in this action, as well as

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employees of said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the

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information for this Action;

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(b) the Receiving Party’s House Counsel;

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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order): (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary for this litigation; and (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(d) the Court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters, their staffs, and professional vendors to whom disclosure

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is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the

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

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(f) the author of the document or the original source of the information.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION

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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification 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 order to

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issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena

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or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy

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of this Stipulated Protective Order; and

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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued
by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with

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the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this

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action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” before a

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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the

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Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall

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

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material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or
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encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from

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another court.

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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 Non-

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Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with

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this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.

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Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from

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seeking additional protections.

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In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce

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a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to

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an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential

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information, then the Party shall:

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

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

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with a Non-Party;

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(b) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective

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Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific

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description of the information requested; and

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(c) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party,

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if requested. 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

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shall 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 efforts

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

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

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

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

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR
OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL

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The inadvertent disclosure of any privileged or work-product protected

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documents shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege or protection in this case or

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in any other federal or state proceeding. This paragraph of this protective order shall

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be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed by Federal Rule of

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Evidence 502(d). In the case of inadvertently produced privileged and/or work-

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Product documents, the documents together with all copies thereof shall be returned

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to the party claiming privilege and/or work-product immunity, or, in the alternative,

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the Receiving Parties shall take reasonable steps to destroy said documents and

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copies thereof, within seven days of receipt of notice of the inadvertent production.

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Any notes or summaries made therefrom also shall be destroyed. The obligation to

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destroy documents does not extend to archival and back-up tapes; however, the

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party returning the documents agrees not to access the documents claimed to be

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inadvertently produced using its archival and back-up tapes. The Receiving

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Parties who return inadvertently produced documents pursuant to this order do not
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waive their right to challenge the privileged and/or work-product status of those

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documents.

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inadvertently produced documents may, at that time, challenge the privileged and/or

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work-product claim by filing a Motion to Compel along with a copy of the returned

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documents to the Court under seal to be opened in camera.

In support of such a challenge, the Receiving Parties returning

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

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MISCELLANEOUS

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

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13.2 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

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to 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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13.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file any Protected

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Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. If a Party’s request to file

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Protected Material under seal is denied by the Court, then the Receiving Party may

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file the information 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 Section 5

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(DURATION), within 60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each

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Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy

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such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all

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

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capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned

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or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the

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Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by

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the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the
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Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving

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Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other

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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding

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this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings,

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motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,

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correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product,

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and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected

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

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remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 5 (DURATION).

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VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER

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Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate

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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary

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sanctions.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD:

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DATED: November 13, 2017

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THE LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. SHOHET
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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MASSERAT LAW GROUP

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By: /s/ George A. Shohet
George A. Shohet
Attorneys for Plaintiff King Cheese Corp.

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DATED: November 13, 2017

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HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
Davina Pujari
Christopher D. Jensen
425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone: [phone]

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By:/s/Davina Pujari___________________
Davina Pujari
Attorneys for Defendant
Columbus Manufacturing, Inc.

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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: 11/14/17

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SUZANNE H. SEGAL
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, ______________________________ [print or type full name], of

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_____________________________ [print or type full address], declare under

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penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated

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Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central

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District of California on [date] in the case of King Cheese Corp. v. Columbus

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Manufacturing, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-7229-FMO (SSx) (C.D. Cal.). I agree to

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comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order

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and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to

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sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will

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not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated

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Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the

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provisions of this Order.

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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

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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after

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termination of this Action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print

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or type full name] of _______________________________________ [print or type

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full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in

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connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this

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Stipulated Protective Order.

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Date: ______________________________________

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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: _______________________________

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Signature: __________________________________
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