Jordan Burgos et al v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

Filing 41

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Steve Kim re Stipulation for Protective Order 40 . (see document for details) (hr)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JORDAN BURGOS, JOSE TEJADA,
DANIEL MURILLO, OMAR
GONZALEZ, JOHNATHAN
NESBITT, MATHEW LANCLOS,
RACHAEL DASILVA, SIMON
JIRIES, ROBERT COX, JAKE
DANHAUSEN, and SHANNON
MASON, individually, and on behalf
of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 2:23-cv-02128-AB-SK
Assigned to Hon. André Birotte, Jr.;
Magistrate Judge Steve Kim
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
Complaint filed: Mar. 22, 2023

v.
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.,
INC., et al.
Defendants.

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A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,

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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public

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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may

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

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

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

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

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

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

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in Section 12.3 (Filing Protected Material), below, that this Stipulated Protective

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Order does not entitle them to a file confidential information under seal; Civil Local

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Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will

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be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists, and

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other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or

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proprietary information and personal identifying information for which special

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

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

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and information consist of, among other things, confidential business or financial

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information, information regarding confidential business practices, or other

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confidential research, development, or commercial information (including

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information implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise

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generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise

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protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions,

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or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the

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prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to

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

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that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in

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preparation for trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve

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the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter.

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It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential

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for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that
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it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause

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why it should not be part of the public record of this case.

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2.

DEFINITIONS
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Action: Jordan Burgos et al v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case

6 No. 2:23-cv-02128-AB-SK (C.D. Cal.), which has been consolidated with Murillo v.
7 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Case No. 5:23-cv-00593-AB-SK), and Gonzalez v.
8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Case No. 2:23-cv-03082-AB-SK).
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Challenging Party:

a Party or Non-Party that challenges the

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

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

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

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the Good Cause Statement.

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2.4 Conflicted Expert: any consultant, investigator, or Expert (a) who is an

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

their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information

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or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless
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of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,

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among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced

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or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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

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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as

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an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.

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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.

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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside

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counsel.

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2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

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2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a

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

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

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which has appeared on behalf of that party, including 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

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support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or

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

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and their employees and subcontractors.

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2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.16 Receiving Party:

a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

Material from a Producing Party.
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SCOPE

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

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

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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or

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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or

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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the

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

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Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations

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

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

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

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or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and

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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,

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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time

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pursuant to applicable law.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.

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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under

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

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

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protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written

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communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents,

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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept

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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

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

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

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documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial

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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that

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contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page

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qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected

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

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

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

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indicated which documents it would like copied and produced.

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inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for

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inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has

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identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must

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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
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During the

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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must

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affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material.

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If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the

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Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making

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appropriate markings in the margins).

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

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, within 30 days after the final transcript is delivered, as Protected Material. All

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deposition testimony taken in this case shall be treated as Protected Material until

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the expiration of the thirtieth day after the transcript is delivered to any party or the

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witness. Within this time period, a Designating Party may serve a Notice of

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Designation to all parties of record as to specific portions of the testimony that are

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designated Protected Material, and thereafter only those portions identified in the

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Notice of Designation shall be protected by the terms of this Order.

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

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

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

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

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warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the

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protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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

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

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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 Civil Local Rule 37-1 et seq.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be

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

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

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

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

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

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

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challenge.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that

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

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

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

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under the conditions described in this Order.

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

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(FINAL DISPOSITION).

When the Action has been

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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at

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a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the

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persons authorized under this Order.

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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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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disclose

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information

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designated

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as

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well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably

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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of
the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;

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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party, other than

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a Conflicted Expert (see Section 2.4), to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary

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for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

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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, mock jurors, and Professional

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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have

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

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

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

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

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

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise

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agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the Court. Pages of transcribed

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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may

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

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as permitted under this 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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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED

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IN OTHER LITIGATION

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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation

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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification

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shall 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the

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subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s

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permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in that court of its confidential material, and nothing in these provisions

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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action

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to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE

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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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

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Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information

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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the

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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
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construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

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

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

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

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confidential information, then the Party shall:

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(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 agreement

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with 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 Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably

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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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(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this Court within

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

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

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

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

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

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

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expense of seeking protection in this Court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

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

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

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writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts

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

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Order, 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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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

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

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without prior privilege review.

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The production of privileged or work-product protected documents or

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electronically stored information, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is not a waiver

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of the privilege or protection from discovery in this case or in any other federal or

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state proceeding. This provision shall be interpreted to provide the maximum

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protection allowed by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d).

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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Right to 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 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 Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material
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may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the

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specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material

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under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information

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in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in Section 4

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(DURATION), within 60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each

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Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy

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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 of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned

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

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

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the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the

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Protected Material that was returned or destroyed; and (2) affirms that the Receiving

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Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, or any other

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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this

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provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion

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

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deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant

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and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any

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such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to

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this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate

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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or

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monetary sanctions.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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Dated: February 14, 2024

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SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
By: /s/ Michael L. Mallow
Michael L. Mallow
Darlene M. Cho
Matt Light

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Attorney for Defendant
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

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Dated: February 14, 2024

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL
SHAPIRO LLP
By: /s/ Sean Matt
Sean R. Matt
1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Christopher R. Pitoun
301 North Lake Avenue, Suite 920
Pasadena, California 91101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
CASEY GERRY SCHENK
FRANCAVILLA BLATT &
PENFIELD, LLP
David S. Casey, Jr.
Gayle M. Blatt
Jeremy Robinson
P. Camille Guerra
Michael J. Morphew
110 Laurel Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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GREENSTONE LAW APC
Mark S. Greenstone
Benjamin N. Donahue
1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY
LLP
Marc L. Godino
1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED:________________________
February 14, 2024
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Honorable Steve Kim
United 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

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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 Jordan Burgos et al v. American Honda Motor Company,

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Inc, Case No. 2:23-cv-02128-AB-SK (C.D. Cal.) I agree to comply with and to be

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bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, and I understand and

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acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment

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in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner

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any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any

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person or entity 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 the purpose of enforcing the terms of this

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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after

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termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print

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or type full name] of _______________________________________ [print or type

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

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

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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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ATTESTATION

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), I attest that all other signatories listed,

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/s/ Michael L. Mallow

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/s/

Michael L. Mallow

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