Peter Kredenser v. BSX Records, et al

Filing 53

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal re Notice of Lodging Proposed Stipulated Protective Order 51 . (see order for details) (hr)

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Adam I. Gafni, Cal. Bar No. 230045
E-mail: [e-mail]
Andrea Monos, Cal. Bar No. 198120
E-mail: [e-mail]
GAFNI & LEVIN LLP
2811 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 780
Santa Monica, California 90403
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff, PETER KREDENSER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PETER KREDENSER,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.
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Case No.: 2:18-cv-0657 JAK (SSx)

BSX RECORDS, ET AL..

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DISCOVERY DOCUMENT:
REFERRED TO MAGISTRATE
JUDGE SUZANNE H. SEGAL

Defendants.

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

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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, 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
Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
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 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them

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to 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.

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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This action is likely to involve proprietary and confidential

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information about the parties’ business practices, customer pricing, and licensing

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history, as well as trade secrets, and other valuable research, development,

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commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information for which 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
and information consist of, among other things, licensing agreements, settlement
agreements, customer pricing data, delivery documents, photographs of celebrities,
invoices, litigation documents, confidential business or financial information,

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information regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential
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research, development, or commercial information (including information
implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise generally
unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise protected from
disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common

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law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt

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resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately

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protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the

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parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for
and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and
serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this
matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as

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confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good

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faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and

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there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.

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2.

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DEFINITIONS
2.1 Action: this pending federal law suit styled Kredenser v. BSX

Records, et. al., 2:18-cv-657-JAK-SS.
2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
designation of information or items under this Order.
2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information

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(regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that

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qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified

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above in the Good Cause Statement.
2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well
as their support staff).
2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates

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information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information,
regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained
(including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are
produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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2.7 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
serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
2.8 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.
2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation,

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association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of

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

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

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firm 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,

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directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record

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(and their 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
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.
2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

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Material from a Producing Party.

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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 extracted from Protected

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Material;
(2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of

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Protected Material; and

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(3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or

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their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. Any use of Protected Material

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at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This Order does not

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govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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4.

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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality

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obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party

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agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition

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shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this

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Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the
completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of
this Action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for
extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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5.

DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

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5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for
Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for
protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific
material 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. Mass, indiscriminate, or
routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be clearly
unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily
encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and

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burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. If it

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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

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

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

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

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disclosed or produced. Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page
qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the

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protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). A
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Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection need not
designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which
documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the
designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed

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“CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it

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

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or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing

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the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL
legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions
of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must
clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in
the margins).
(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party

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

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deposition all protected testimony.
(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

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place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is

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stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the

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information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable,

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shall identify the protected portion(s).

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5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an
inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing
alone, waive 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 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
6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
Scheduling Order.
6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.

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6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall

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be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper
purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
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
7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material

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that is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection

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with this Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this

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Action. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons

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and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been

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terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below

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(FINAL DISPOSITION). Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a
Receiving Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is
limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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
“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action,
as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel)

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

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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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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information

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

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

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

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party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 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
agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may
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.
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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

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litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this

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Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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

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notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or

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

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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall

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

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pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the

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

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

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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
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by

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

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

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is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
confidential information, then the Party shall:
(1) 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
confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
(2) 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
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by

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the Non-Party, if requested.
(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
determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
shall bear the burden and 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
under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately
(a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized

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disclosures,
(b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the
Protected Material,

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(c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures

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were made of all the terms of this Order, and
(d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment

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and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
PROTECTED MATERIAL

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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain

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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other

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

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

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

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

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

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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or

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

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stipulated protective order submitted to the court.
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MISCELLANEOUS

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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
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this Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in
this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
Order.
12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal
any Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected

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Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the
sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file
Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may
file the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4,

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

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

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As 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
capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel
are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial,
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
copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this
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 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.
Dated: May 10, 2018

GAFNI & LEVIN LLP

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By: /s/ Adam I. Gafni
Adam I. Gafni
Attorneys for Plaintiff
PETER KREDENSER

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Dated: May 10, 2018

ROME & ASSOCIATES, A.P.C.

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By: /s/ Brianna Dahlberg
BRIANNA DAHLBERG
Attorneys for Defendants
Mafy, Inc., Ford Thaxton, Mark
Banning, and Walmart Inc.

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ATTESTATION

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I attest that all other signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is

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submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

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Dated: May 10, 2018

GAFNI & LEVIN LLP

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By: /s/ Adam I. Gafni
Attorneys for Plaintiff
PETER KREDENSER

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_____________/S/______________________

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The Honorable Suzanne H. Segal

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United States District/Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of
______________________________________ [print or type full address], declare

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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 _____[date] in the case of Kredenser v. BSX

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Records, et. al., Case No.: 2:18-cv-657-JAK-SS. I agree to comply with and to be

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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 in

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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. 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
after termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________
[print or type full name] of _______________________________________ [print
or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of

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