Mark A. Lyons et al v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Filing 52

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge John E. McDermott. re Stipulation for Protective Order. 51 (See document for details.) (es)

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Amy Semmel State Bar No. 116204
asemmel(ir)ke~leysemmel.com
KELLEY•SEMMEL,LLP
5757 Wilshire Blvd., Penthouse 5
Los Angeles, California 90036
Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Ralph M. Phillips, State Bar No. 64481
rmp~a levyphillipslaborlaw.com
Daniel R. Barth State Bar No. 274009
dbarth levyphillipslaborlaw.com
LEVY~HILLIPS,APC
20700 Ventura Blvd., Suite 320
Woodland Hills, California 91364
Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Attorneysfor Plaintiffs
Jonathan M. Turner(SBN 102579)
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Irina Constantin(SBN 304523)
ixc msk.com
MI CHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP
2049 Century Park East, 18th Floor
Los Angeles California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 10) 312-3100
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Attorneys or Defendant
NBCUNI ERSAL MEDIA, LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARK A. LYONS,an individual,
CYNTHIA E. PARKER,an individual,
and MARLON E. OLLIVIERRE, an
individual,

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Plaintiff,
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CASE NO. 2:19-cv-03830-SB-JEM
STIPULATED[
PROTECTIVE ORDER
Complaint filed: February 19, 2019
Trial: Apri120, 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m.

NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC, a
limited liability company; and DOES 1
to 20, inclusive,
Defendants.

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STIPULATED [PROPOSED]PROTECTIVE ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and among the undersigned

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parties through their counsel of record, as follows:

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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This Protective Order shall govern all documents, testimony, discovery

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responses, and information in Mark Lyons, et al. v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, United

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States District Court for the District of California Case Number 2:19-cv-03830-MWF-

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JEM (the "Action").
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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve

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production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special

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

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this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and

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petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties

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acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or

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responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use

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

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treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set

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f
orth 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 party

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seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

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DEFINITIONS
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Challen~g Partv_: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation

ofinformation or items under this Order.
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"CONFIDENTIAL"Information or Items: information(regardless ofhow

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it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY: information that has

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been designated as "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" by a Party,

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upon reasonable belief that disclosure of information to the other Party creates a

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substantial risk of serious injury to financial, privacy or other interests, and that risk

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cannot be avoided by less restrictive means.

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The Parties agree that under this Order, the only information that will be

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designated as "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" is (a) a list that

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Defendant intends to provide Plaintiffs' counsel, identifying the names of third party

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employees whose employment records are produced in the course of this litigation,

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along with the corresponding unique identifiers assigned to these employees; and (b)

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the bargaining notes prepared by NABET-CWA in connection with its collective

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bargaining negotiations with Defendant NBCUniversal relating to Plaintiffs' wages

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and job functions.

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Nothing in this Order shall prevent either Party from separately seeking further

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protection from the Court for any other information that the Party believes requires

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Attorneys' Eyes Only" protection.
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Counsel (without qualifier):

Outside Counsel of Record and House

Counsel(as well as their support staff.
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Designating Part_v: 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"CONFIDENTIAL"

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or "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS'EYES ONLY".

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of

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

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other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated

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in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter

pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an
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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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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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this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared

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in this action on behalfofthat party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared

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on behalf ofthat party.
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: 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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Discovery Material in this action.

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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)and

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their employees and subcontractors.

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any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES

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ONLY".

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected

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

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

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Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their

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Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by

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this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information:(a) any information

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that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes

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part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of

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publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the

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public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the

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Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the

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disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation

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of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall

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be governed by a separate agreement or order.

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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 otherwise

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in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be

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the later of(1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with or without

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prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and e~chaustion of al]

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appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits

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f filing any motions or applications for extension oftime pursuant to applicable law.
or

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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 this

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

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

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only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that

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qualify — so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications

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f which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of
or

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this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited.

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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 mistaken designation.

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Manner and Timing ofDesignations. Except as otherwise provided in this

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

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or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this

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Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 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 documents,
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but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the

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Producing Party affix the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL—

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ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"to each page that contains protected material. If only a

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portion or portions ofthe material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party

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also must clearly identify the protected portions)(e.g., by making appropriate markings

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in the margins).

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

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

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indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and

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before the designation, all ofthe material made available for inspection shall be deemed ~

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CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY." 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 Order.

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

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CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS'EYES ONLY" legend to

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each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions ofthe material

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

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protected portions)(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
( for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,
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hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony.

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( for information produced in some form other than documentary and for
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any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the

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

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legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY."

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Ifonly a portion or portions ofthe information or item warrant protection,the Producing

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Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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f
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Designating Party's right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon

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timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to

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assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions ofthis Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challen~.

Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

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designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating

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Party's confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial

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unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the

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litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by

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electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

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Meet and Confer.

The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

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resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and

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describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge

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has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is

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being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The

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parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process

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by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are

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not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the

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Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality

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designation was not proper and must give the Designating Pariy an opportunity to

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review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in

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designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging

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Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in

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this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling

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to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without

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court intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain

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confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7(and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-

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5, if applicable) within 30 days ofthe initial notice of challenge or within 14 days ofthe

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parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute,

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whichever is later. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration

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affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed

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in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion

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including the required declaration within 30 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall

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automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In

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addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality

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designation at any time ifthere is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the

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designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought

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pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming

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that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the

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preceding paragraph.

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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the

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Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g.,

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

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Challenging Party to sanctions.

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confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as

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described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of

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protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party's designation until the court

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rules on the challenge.

Unless the Designating Party has waived the

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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 case

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only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected

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Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions

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described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party

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must comply with the provisions of section 13 below(FINAL 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. Unless otherwise
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ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party

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may disclose any information or item designated "CONFIDENTIAL" only to:

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(a) the Receiving Party's Outside Counsel ofRecord in this action, as well as

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

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disclose the information for this litigation and who, prior to receiving documents

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designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES

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ONLY," have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" that is

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attached hereto as Exhibit A;

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

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Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who,

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prior

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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 litigation and who, prior to receiving

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documents designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or"CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS'

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EYES ONLY," have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"

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(Exhibit A);

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock

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jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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litigation and who have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"

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(E~ibit A);

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(~ during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary and who, prior to receiving documents designated as

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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY," have

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signed 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 oftranscribed

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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be

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separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as

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permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
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Disclosure of "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"

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Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing

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by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item

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designated "CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" only to persons

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listed in Paragraphs 7.2(a), 7.2(c), 7.2(d), 7.2(e) and 7.2(g), except that the bargaining

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notes identified in Paragraph 2.3(b), above, may only be disclosed to the Receiving

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Party's in-house litigation team (consisting of Shannon Alexander, Bridget Hauler

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and Marysa Lin), as well as the persons listed in Paragraphs 7.2(a), 7.2(d), 7.2(e). The

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Parties agree that said bargaining notes produced pursuant to this Protective Order

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shall not be disclosed to any other attorneys or staff employed by NBCUniversal,

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including but not limited to labor relations personnel involved in collective bargaining

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negotiations with NABET-CWA or attorneys representing NBCUniversal in the

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separate administrative proceeding currently pending before the National Labor

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Relations Board entitled NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Case No. 31-CA-244572.

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Provided, however, that nothing in this Protective Order shall prejudice or limit

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whatever independent rights NBCU or NABET-CWA may have in the NLRB

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proceeding, and NBCU and NABET-CWA preserve all rights with respect to that

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proceeding as appropriate.

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

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including administrative proceedings, that compels disclosure of any information or

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items designated in this action as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL
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ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY," that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall

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include a copy ofthe subpoena or court order;

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

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

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

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Stipulated Protective Order; and
(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued

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by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

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Ifthe 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 as

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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY' before a

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

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has obtained the Designating Party's permission. The Designating Party shall bear the

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burden and expense ofseeking protection in that court of its confidential material —and

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nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a

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Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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ANON-PARTY'S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED
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(a) The terms ofthis Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-

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Party in this action and designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL
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ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY."

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connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this

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Such information produced by Non-Parties in

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Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting allon-Party from

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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 allon-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 confidential

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information, then the Party shall:

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

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

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a Non-Party;

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

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Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably

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specific description ofthe information requested; and

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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the NonParty.

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(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court

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

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Party may produce the Non-Party's confidential information responsive to the discovery

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request. Ifthe Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not

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produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality

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agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court order

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to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection

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in this court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

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Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this

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Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately(a) notify in writing

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the Designating Party ofthe unauthorized disclosures,(b) use its best efforts to retrieve

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all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material,(c) inform the person or persons to

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whom unauthorized disclosures were made ofall the terms ofthis Order, and(d)request

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such person or persons to execute the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"

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that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

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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 protection,

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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure

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may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior

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privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the

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parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or

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information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the

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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to

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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 this

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

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ground to use in evidence of any ofthe material covered by this Protective Order.

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Designating Pariy or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested

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persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected Material.

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A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil ~

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Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court ~

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order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to

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Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that

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the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise

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entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected

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Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then the

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Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local

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Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court; provided, however, that if the'

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bargaining notes identified in Paragraph 2.3(b) are filed publicly, Defendant shall

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instruct any personnel not authorized to view the notes under the terms ofthis Protective

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Order not to review or download them from the public docket.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph

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destroy such material. As used in this subdivision,"all Protected Material" includes all

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

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capturing any ofthe Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or

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

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Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day

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

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

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any 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

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

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

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expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if

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

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constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in

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Section 4(DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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Dated: October 12, 2020

Respectfully submitted,
LEVY PHILLIPS, APC
By: /s/ Daniel R. Barth
Rap M.P i ips, Esq.
Daniel R. Barth Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Mark A. Lyons,
Cynthia E. Parker and Marlon E. 011ivierre

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KELLEY•SEMMEL,LLP

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Amy Semmel~ Attorneys for Plaintiffs Mark A.
Lyons, Cynthia E. Parker and Marlon E. 011ivierre

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MITCHELL,SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP

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By: /s/ Jonathan M. Turner
Jonat an M. Turner, Esq.
Irina Constantin, Esq.
Attorneys for Defendant
NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC

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FILER'S ATTESTATION

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), I, Daniel R. Barth, attest under penalty

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ofperjury that all signatories listed, and on whose behalfthis filing is submitted, concur

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in the filing's content and have authorized the filing.

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Dated: October 12, 2020

/s/Daniel R. Barth

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Honorable John E. McDermott
ed States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I,

[print

or

type

full

name],

of

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[
print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I

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have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued

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by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on [date] in the

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case of Mark Lyons, et al. v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Case Number 2:19-cv-03830-

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MWF-JEM (the "Action"). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of

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this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so

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comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I

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solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is

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subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict

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compliance with the provisions ofthis Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction ofthe United States District Court for

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the Central District ofCalifornia for the purpose ofenforcing the terms ofthis Stipulated

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Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this

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action.

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I hereby appoint

[print or type full name] of

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[
print or type full address and

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telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this

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action or any proceedings related to enforcement ofthis 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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