Mitchell R. Pindus v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois et al
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jean P. Rosenbluth re Stipulation for Protective Order 16 . (See Order for details) [ Note Changes Made By The Court]. (bem)
1 Janice P. Brown, Esq. (SBN 114433)
brown@brownlawgroup.com
2 Cody J. Cocanig, Esq. (SBN 303894)
NOTE: CHANGES MADE BY THE COURT
3 cocanig@brownlawgroup.com
BROWN LAW GROUP
4 600 B Street, Suite 1650
San Diego, California 92101
5 Telephone: (619) 330-1700 / Facsimile: (619) 330-1701
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Attorneys for Defendant SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS
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8 Richard T. Miller, Esq. (SBN 155522)
rtm@richardtmillerlaw.com
9 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD T. MILLER
7120 Hayvenhurst Ave., Suite 108
10 Van Nuys, CA 91406
11 Telephone: (818) 994-8234 / Facsimile: (818) 994-8235
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MITCHELL R. PINDUS and POLINA )
K. PINDUS,
) CASE NO.: 2:17−cv−08185−PSG−JPR
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Plaintiffs,
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) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
v.
) ORDER
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SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY )
OF ILLINOIS, and DOES 1 through 10, ) Complaint Filed: September 28, 2017
Inclusive,
) Removal Filed: November 9, 2017
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Defendants.
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Plaintiffs MITCHELL R. PINDUS and POLINA K. PINDUS (“Plaintiffs”)
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and Defendant SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS (“Defendant”)
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(Plaintiffs and Defendant are collectively referred to as the “Parties”) agree to be
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bound by, and agree to instruct their representatives to abide by, the terms of the
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following protective order, and hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter
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the following stipulated protective order (hereafter “Stipulated Protective Order” or
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“Order”)
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1.
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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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 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. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth
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in Section 12, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to
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file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
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party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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This action is likely to involve trade secrets, actuarial analysis, customer and
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pricing lists and other valuable research, development, commercial, financial,
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technical and/or proprietary information for which the parties believe special
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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, confidential business or financial
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information, information regarding confidential business practices, or other
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confidential research, development, or commercial information (including
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information implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise
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generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise
GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
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protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions,
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or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the
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prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to
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adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to
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ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in
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preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of
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the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information
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is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be
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designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated
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without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public
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manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of
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this case.
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DEFINITIONS
2.1
Action: Mitchell R. Pindus and Polina K. Pindus v. Safeco Insurance
Company of Illinois, Case No. 2:17-cv-08185-PSG-JPR.
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Challenging Party:
a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
designation of information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for
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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in
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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
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
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matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to
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serve as 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
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Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other
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outside counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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2.10 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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2.11 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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2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.
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2.13 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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2.14 Protected Material:
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any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.15 Receiving Party:
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Material from a Producing Party.
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a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
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3.
SCOPE
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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any 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
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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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Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations
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imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees
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otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be
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deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action,
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with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and
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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,
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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of
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time pursuant to applicable law.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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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. The Designating Party must
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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,
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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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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
indiscriminate,
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routinized
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prohibited.
Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for
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an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development
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process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that
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it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party
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must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable
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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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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” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
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contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page
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qualifies 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 “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
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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
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the “CONFIDENTIAL 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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for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify
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the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the
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deposition all protected testimony.
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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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legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information
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warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify
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the protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive
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the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such
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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make
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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
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on 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. When the Action has been terminated, a
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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL
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DISPOSITION).
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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.
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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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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;
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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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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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court reporters and their staff;
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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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the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
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during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the
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Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing
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party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2)
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they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise
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agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may
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be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone
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except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(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 or
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appointed by the court.
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PROTECTED
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PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order unless prohibited by law;
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promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order
to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served
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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in
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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which
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the 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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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
(a)
The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
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Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information
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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
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construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
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(b)
In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
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produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
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subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
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confidential information, then the Party shall:
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promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
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Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
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agreement with a Non-Party;
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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
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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
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
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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
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under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)
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notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its
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best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform
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the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
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of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit
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INADVERTENT
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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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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work
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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 if the court so allows.
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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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12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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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
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Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all
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appropriate measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or
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monetary sanctions.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD T.
MILLER
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Dated: April 16, 2018
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By: /s/ Richard T. Miller
Richard T. Miller, Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
RAYMOND BAYSTER AND SYLVIA
BAYSTER
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Dated: April 16, 2018
By: /s/ Cody J. Cocanig
Janice P. Brown, Esq.
Cody J. Cocanig, Esq.
Attorneys for Defendant
LIBERTY INSURANCE
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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO
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DATED: April 25, 2018
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Hon. Jean P. Rosenbluth
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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],
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declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the
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Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for
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the Central District of California on
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in the case of Mitchell R. Pindus and Polina K. Pindus v. Safeco Insurance
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Company of Illinois, Case No. 2:17-cv-08185-PSG-JPR, pending in the U.S.
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District Court for the Central District of California. I agree to comply with and to
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be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and
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acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose
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in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective
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Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this
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Order.
[date]
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District
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Court for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms
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of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur
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after termination of this action. I hereby appoint
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[print or type full name] of
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[print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service
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of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement
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of this 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:
Pindus vs. Safeco Insurance
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Case No.: 2:17−cv−08185−PSG−JPR
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