Monica Gaina et al v. Northridge Hospital Medical Center et al
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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver re Stipulation for Protective Order 25 . (see order for details) (hr)
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ELIZABETH B. STALLARD (Bar No. 221445)
KATHRYN L. PATTERSON (Bar No. 266023)
621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814-4731
Telephone: 916.444.1000
Facsimile: 916.444.2100
estallard@downeybrand.com
kpatterson@downeybrand.com
Attorneys for Defendant
DIGNITY HEALTH (doing business as
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MONICA GAINA and EVELINA
GAINA,
Plaintiff,
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
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Case No. 2:18-cv-00177
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL
MEDICAL CENTER, DIGNITY
HEALTH, and DOES 1-10,
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Defendants.
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A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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, Plaintiffs Evelina Gaina and Monica Gaina
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(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Dignity Health (“Defendant”) (collectively, the
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“parties”) hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following
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Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not
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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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confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the
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protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited
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information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable
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legal principles.
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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
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This action is likely to involve sensitive, confidential, and/or private
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information, for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for
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any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential
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and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things,
confidential business or financial information, information regarding confidential
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business practices, information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, such
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as private health information, or which may be privileged or otherwise protected
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from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or
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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 the
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litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is
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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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C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 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
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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2.1
Action: The above-titled lawsuit, Monica Gaina et al v. Northridge
Hospital Medical Center, et al., USDC Case 2:18-cv-00177-DMG-RAO.
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DEFINITIONS
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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
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 or
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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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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.
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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
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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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that 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: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
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Material from a Producing Party.
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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
trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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DURATION
Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as
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CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or
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introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public 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, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing
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“good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from
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“compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court
record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the
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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 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
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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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5.2
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
“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
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contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
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(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for
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inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party
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has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced. During the
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inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for
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inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has
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identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must
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affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material.
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If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
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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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identifies the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of
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the deposition all protected testimony.
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(c)
for information produced in some form other than documentary
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and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place
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on 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 the
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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
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 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. 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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7.2
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 Party may disclose any information or item designated
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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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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;
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(b)
the officers, directors, and employees (including House
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Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this
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Action;
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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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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
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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;
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during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,
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 1 hereto;
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and (2) they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they
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sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 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
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IN OTHER LITIGATION
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
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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;
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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. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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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” 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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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
(a)
The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced
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by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such
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information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected
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by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions
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should be 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
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request, to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the
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Party is 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
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Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a
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confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
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promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the
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Stipulated Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a
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reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
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make the information requested available for inspection
by the Non-Party, if requested.
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(c)
If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court
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within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the
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Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive
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to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the
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Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that
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is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
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determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
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shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected
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Material.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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
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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.
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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 Local Civil 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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12.4 Protected Health Information: To the extent records produced in this
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case contain protected health information governed by the Health Insurance
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Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and any implementing regulations or
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amendments thereto (“HIPAA”), such records shall be governed exclusively by
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HIPAA and not by this Protective Order. Moreover, execution of this Protective
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Order is not intended to waive, and does not waive, the operation of any law that
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would otherwise make protected health information disclosable.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60
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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
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
Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures
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including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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DATED:
8/23/2018_______
/s/ Mallory Sepler-King
Attorneys for Plaintiffs EVELINA
GAINA and MONICA GAINA
DATED:
8/23/2018_______
/s/ Elizabeth Stallard
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DIGNITY HEALTH (doing business
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MEDICAL CENTER)
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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: August 24, 2018
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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[print or type full name], of
[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury
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that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order
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that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of
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California on
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Hospital Medical Center, Case No. 2:18-cv-00177 DMG(RAO). I agree to comply
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with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions
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and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not
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DOWNEY BRAND LLP
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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 enforcing the terms of this Stipulated
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Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of
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this action.
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I hereby appoint
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[print or type full name] of
[print or type full address and telephone number] as my
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California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any
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proceedings related to enforcement 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:
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1529123.3
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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