Daniel Sydnor v. Honeywell International, Inc. et al

Filing 33

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver re Stipulation for Protective Order 31 (dml)

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RAMIN R. YOUNESSI, CA State Bar No. 175020
[e-mail]
SAMUEL GESHGIAN, CA State Bar No. 300470
[e-mail]
EDUARDO BALDERAS, CA State Bar No. 322589
[e-mail]
BRYCE BOMMER, CA State Bar No. 313846
[e-mail]
LAW OFFICES OF RAMIN R. YOUNESSI
A Professional Law Corporation
3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
DANIEL SYDNOR
HARDY RAY MURPHY, CA Bar No. 187149
[e-mail]
MINH P. NGO, CA Bar No. 302230
[e-mail]
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH,
SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 213-239-9045
Attorneys for Defendant
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DANIEL SYDNOR, an individual,

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Plaintiff,

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
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v.

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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
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HONEYWELL AEROSPACE, a
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DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,
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Defendants.

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Complaint Filed: July 31, 2020
Trial Date:
January 31, 2022
District Judge: Hon. John W.
Holcomb
Courtroom 2,
Riverside
Magistrate Judge: Hon. Rozella A. Oliver
Courtroom 590,
Roybal

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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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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 be

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warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to

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enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this

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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to

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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends

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

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under the applicable legal principles.

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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This action is likely to involve personal and sensitive medical information,

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

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

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materials and information consist of, among other things, raw data and test materials

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relating to the mental examination of the plaintiff, confidential business or financial

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information, information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may

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be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes,

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court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of

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information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of

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

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

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such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling

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at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such

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

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

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confidential commercial, business, financial, and/or proprietary information for

designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential,
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non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public

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record of this case.

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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 and

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

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file material under seal.

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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 and

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County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006); Phillips v. Gen. Motors

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Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002); Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics,

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Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require

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good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons

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with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to

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Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation

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of Disclosure or Discovery Material as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL or

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CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of competent evidence by

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declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as

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confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.

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Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then

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relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.

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See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For

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each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced

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under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking

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compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the

protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal
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justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting

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the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
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. If

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documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only

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the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document shall

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be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety

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should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.

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DEFINITIONS
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Action: this case entitled Daniel Sydnor v. Honeywell International,

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Inc., et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-08144 JWH (RAOx), currently pending in the Central

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District of California.

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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation

of information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of

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

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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the

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Good Cause Statement.

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“HIGHLY 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 that the Designating Party believes in good faith

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that disclosure would create a substantial risk of serious and/or substantial harm

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including misuse or misrepresentation of the data or the test, or other injury that

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cannot be avoided by less restrictive means.

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Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

their support staff).

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2.6

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” or “HIGHLY 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 or

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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

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.
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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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2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or
other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party

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

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

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has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.

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2.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,

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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their

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support staffs).

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2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.
2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support

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

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services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
and their employees and subcontractors.
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2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material

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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.
Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the

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trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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DURATION
The confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect

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even after final disposition of this Action 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 exhaustion of all

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appeals, re-hearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time

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limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to

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applicable law.
To the extent permitted by law, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce,

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modify, or reconsider this Stipulation and Protective Order, even after the final

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disposition of this Action.

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The Parties shall meet and confer regarding the procedures for use of

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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, items

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or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably

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within the ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

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

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

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

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Party to sanctions.

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

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designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must

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promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 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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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,

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Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter, collectively “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each

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but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the

page that contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page
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qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected

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

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

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

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which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and

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before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be

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deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the

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

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

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producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the

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“CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a

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portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also

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

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in the margins).

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

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

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protected testimony.

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

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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions

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

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shall identify the protected portion(s).

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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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

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

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

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efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

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Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

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designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s

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Scheduling Order.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on

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the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper

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purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other

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parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating

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Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall

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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is

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entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the

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challenge.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
7.1

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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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record 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 Action;

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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 Action;

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

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

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

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff;

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(f) professional jury or trial consultants and Professional Vendors to whom

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

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

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the

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requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will

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not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and it is agreed by the

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Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony

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or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by

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the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this

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

Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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Access to and/or disclosure of “Highly Confidential” Information or

Items shall be permitted only to the following persons or entities:

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(a) Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as employees of said

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Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the

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information for this Action. Such employees whom such access is permitted and/or

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disclosure is made shall, prior to such access or disclosure, shall be advised of, and

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become subject to, the provisions of this Order;

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(b) Experts (as defined in this Order), professional jury or trial consultants,

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and 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”

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(Exhibit A). Outside Counsel of Record for the Party making the disclosure shall

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deliver a copy of this Order to such person, shall explain its terms to such person,

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and shall secure the signature of such person the “Acknowledgment and Agreement

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to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) prior to the disclosure of Highly Confidential Materials. It

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shall be the obligation of Outside Counsel of Record, upon learning of any breach or

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threatened breach of this Order, to promptly notify Outside Counsel for the

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Designating Party of such breach or threatened breach.

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(c) the court and its personnel;

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(d) court reporters and their staff;

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(e) the author or recipient of a document containing the Highly Confidential

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Information or Item or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew

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the Highly Confidential Information or Item, but only to the extent of that person’s

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prior familiarity with the Highly Confidential Information or Item.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN

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OTHER LITIGATION
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:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall

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include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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and 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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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-

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

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

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this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing

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in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking

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additional protections.
(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to

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

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

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confidential information, then the Party shall:
(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party

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

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

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

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reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-

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Party, if requested.

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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may

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produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery

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request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall

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not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the

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

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Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense

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of seeking protection in this court of its Protected 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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writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts

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

to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or
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persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,

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

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

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PROTECTED MATERIAL

INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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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11 privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the
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MISCELLANEOUS

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

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person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
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 of the material covered by this Protective 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 may

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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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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 return

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all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in

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this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,

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summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected

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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving

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person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies

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(by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or

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destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies,

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abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any

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of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to

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

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

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

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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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ATTESTATION REGARDING SIGNATURES
I, Minh P. Ngo, attest, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), that all
other signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the
filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

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Dated: June 2, 2021

/s/ Minh P. Ngo _______________________
Minh P. Ngo

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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

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

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was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California

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on [date] in the case of Daniel Sydnor v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., Case

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No. 2:20-cv-08144 JWH (RAOx). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the

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terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that

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failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of

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contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information

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or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity

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except in strict compliance with the 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. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full

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name] of _______________________________________ [print or type full address

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

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

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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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