Michael Rex et al v. Chase Home Finance LLC et al

Filing 47

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER re Confidential Information by Magistrate Judge Robert N. Block (ts)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP Peter Obstler (SBN 171623) peter.obstler@bingham.com Zachary J. Alinder (SBN 209009) zachary.alinder@bingham.com Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, California 94111-4067 Telephone: 415.393.2000 Facsimile: 415.393.2286 Attorneys for Defendants JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., for itself and as successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC and Chase Home Finance, Inc. 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SOUTHERN DIVISION 12 MICHAEL REX AND NAOMI REX, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 HARBIN & McCARRON Bruce Harbin, Esq. (SBN 110616) 1801 Park Court Place, Bldg. G Santa Ana, CA 92701 Telephone: (714) 550-5500 Facsimile: (714) 550-0468 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 13 MOWER & CARREON, LLP Jon R. Mower, Esq. (SBN 72034) Dan J. Bulfer, Esq. (SBN 280064) 8001 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 1450 Irvine, CA 92618 Telephone: (949) 474-3004 Facsimile: (949) 474-9001 Plaintiffs, v. CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, a Delaware Corporation; CHASE HOME FINANCE, INC., a Delaware Corporation; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a Delaware Corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, No. SACV12-609 DOC (RNBx) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Action Filed December 14, 2012 Defendants. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 WHEREAS the parties in the action pending in the United States District 2 Court, Central District of California, Southern Division, entitled Michael Rex, et 3 al. v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, Case No. SACV12-609 DOC (RNBx) (“the 4 Litigation”), anticipate that during the course of the Litigation documents and/or 5 information of a sensitive, private and confidential nature may be produced in the 6 course of discovery or otherwise disclosed or provided, and the parties wish to 7 protect the confidentiality of such documents or information while ensuring that 8 discovery may be pursued with a minimum of delay and expense, 9 THEREFORE MICHAEL REX and NAOMI REX (“Plaintiffs”) and 10 CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, CHASE HOME FINANCE, INC., and 11 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“Defendants”) (collectively with Plaintiffs 12 the “Parties”) hereby stipulate and agree to the following proposed Protective 13 Order Re: Confidential Information (“Protective Order”), subject to court approval: 14 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 1.1 15 The Parties agree and stipulate that disclosures made and discovery 16 activity in connection with the Litigation are likely to involve production of 17 confidential, proprietary, and/or private information for which special protection 18 from public disclosure and from use for any purpose, other than the Litigation will 19 be warranted. 20 appropriate to protect each Party’s confidential, proprietary, and/or private 21 information. 22 2. 23 Accordingly, the Parties agree that the following Order is DEFINITIONS 2.1 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Information (regardless of 24 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 25 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), including without 26 limitation: (1) information protected pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 27 5.2; (2) information protected by any federal, California, or other privacy statute, 28 such as the California Right to Financial Privacy Act and information containing STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 protected nonpublic personal information (“NPPI”); (3) information protected by 2 an existing and valid contractual obligation requiring the Designating Party to 3 maintain the confidentiality of the information; and (4) any other commercially or 4 personally sensitive or proprietary information including, but not limited to, 5 financial or business plans or projections, proprietary technical information and 6 specifications, current or future business and marketing information, plans, and 7 strategies, studies or analyses by internal or outside experts, and confidential 8 financial data or results. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a Party from 9 redacting personal information, including social security numbers or dates of birth, 10 as required by governing law or contract or otherwise pursuant to the applicable 11 policies of the Party 12 2.2 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and In-House 13 Counsel, as well as their support staff, including but not limited to attorneys, 14 paralegals, secretaries, law clerks, and investigators. 15 16 17 2.3 Designating Party: A Party that designates information or items that it produces in any disclosure or production as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 2.4 Disclosure or Discovery Material: All items or information regardless 18 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 19 among other things, data, documents, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), 20 that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery requests in 21 this matter. 22 2.5 Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a 23 matter pertinent to the litigation, along with his or her employees and support 24 personnel, who has been retained by a Party or its Counsel to serve as an Expert 25 witness or as a consultant in this Litigation. 26 27 2.6 Filing Party: A Party that seeks to file or lodge with the Court Disclosure or Discovery Materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” Information, 28 2 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 or any pleadings, memorandums, declarations, and other documents that disclose 2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information. 3 2.7 Party: Any Party to this Litigation, including all of its officers, 4 directors, employees, consultants, retained Experts, and Outside Counsel of Record 5 (and their support staffs). 6 7 8 2.8 Producing Party: A Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Litigation. 2.9 Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation 9 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 10 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 11 and their employees and subcontractors. 12 2.10 Protected Material: Any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 13 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 14 2.11 Receiving Party: 15 Material from a Producing Party. 16 A Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 2.12 “NPPI” means: (a) 17 18 “Nonpublic personal information,” as defined in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6809; (b) 19 “Nonpublic personal information,” as defined in any and all 20 regulations promulgated pursuant to Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 21 including but not limited to 16 C.F.R. Parts 313, 314, and 332 and 12 C.F.R Part 22 364; and 23 (c) Any information covered by state and federal laws and 24 regulations protecting the privacy and security of personal information, including 25 but not limited to the California Financial Information Privacy Act, Cal. Fin. Code 26 § 4050 et seq. 27 28 3 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 2 3. SCOPE 3.1 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 3 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (a) any information copied or 4 extracted from Protected Material; (b) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 5 compilations of Protected Material; and (c) any testimony, conversations, or 6 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that reveal Protected Material. 7 3.2 However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do 8 not cover the following information: (i) any information that is in the public 9 domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public 10 domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not 11 involving a violation of this Order; (ii) any information known to the Receiving 12 Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure 13 from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of 14 confidentiality to the Designating Party; and (iii) any information obtained outside 15 of the Litigation that none of the Parties designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” within 16 thirty (30) days after production. Any use of Protected Material produced for 17 purposes of this Litigation shall only be used for purposes of Litigation, and shall 18 be returned or destroyed following conclusion of the Litigation as described further 19 below. 20 21 22 3.3 Nothing in this Order shall prevent or restrict a Producing Party’s own disclosure or use of its own Protected Material for any purpose. 3.4 Nothing in this Order shall be construed to prejudice any Party’s right 23 to use any Protected Material in court or in any court filing with the written 24 consent of the Designating Party. 25 construed to prevent Counsel from advising their clients with respect to this case 26 based in whole or in part upon Protected Materials, provided Counsel does not 27 disclose the Protected Material itself except as provided in this Order. Likewise, nothing in this Order shall be 28 4 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 4. DURATION 4.1 2 The confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in 3 effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order 4 otherwise directs. Within 90 (ninety) days after the conclusion of the Litigation, 5 including any appeals and post-trial motion practice, each Receiving Party shall 6 confirm in writing to the Producing Party at the Notice address below that it has 7 returned or securely destroyed all Protected Material, as well as (a) any 8 information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (b) all copies, excerpts, 9 summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and, (c) any testimony, 10 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal 11 Protected Material; except as follows in Section 4.2. 4.2 12 Notwithstanding the obligations above, each Party may keep and 13 retain for their records one copy of any statement, client communication or legal 14 memorandum prepared for purposes of the Litigation containing specified 15 materials (the “Retained Work Product Materials”), expressly limited to (a) 16 attorney work product summaries of Protected Material or (b) copies of Protected 17 Material as contained in exhibits to any statement, communication or pleading, 18 provided that the one retained copy will be for archival purposes only. Such 19 Retained Work Product Materials shall not be used directly or derivatively for any 20 other purpose, including, but not limited to, any past, pending or future litigation or 21 legal proceedings of any kind whatsoever. 22 5. 23 contains NPPI: 24 5.1 With respect to Confidential Information produced by Defendants that In no event shall the Receiving Party disclose the NPPI of any 25 Consumer contained in any Confidential Information to any Party or non-Party 26 other than the Consumer, except as permitted under Title V of the Gramm-Leach- 27 Bliley Act, §§ 6801-6809, and its implementing regulations; 28 5 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 5.2 1 Defendants shall not be liable for any disclosure by any Party other 2 than Defendants or by any non-Party of Confidential Information produced in this 3 Matter containing NPPI; 5.3 4 Any production by Defendants of Confidential Information containing 5 NPPI of any Plaintiff to any Plaintiff is a permissible disclosure under Title V of 6 the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, including pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 6802(e)(2) and 15 7 U.S.C. § 6802(e)(3)(E); 5.4 8 9 10 Any production by Defendants of Confidential Information containing NPPI of any Plaintiff to any Plaintiff is a permissible disclosure under Cal. Fin. Code § 4056(b)(2) and Cal. Fin. Code § 4056(b)(3)(E); and 5.5 11 Review of Confidential Information containing NPPI by Counsel, 12 Experts or consultants for any Party shall not waive, in whole or in part, any Party 13 or non-Party’s claim of confidentiality. Likewise, the inadvertent, unintentional or 14 in camera disclosure of Confidential Information containing NPPI shall not be 15 deemed a waiver, in whole or in part, of any Party or any non-Party’s claims of 16 confidentiality. 17 6. 18 DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 6.1 Designation As Representation by Counsel. Counsel for any 19 Designating Party may designate any Disclosure or Discovery Material as 20 “Confidential Information” under the terms of this Protective Order only if such 21 counsel in good faith believes that the Disclosure or Discovery Material contains 22 such information and is subject to protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 26(c). The designation by any Designating Party of any Discovery Material as 24 Confidential Information constitutes a representation that an attorney for the 25 Designating Party reasonably believes there is a valid basis for such designation. 26 27 6.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 28 6 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 2 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 3 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to 4 each page that contains Protected Material. For electronic documents produced in 5 native format, or otherwise produced in a manner where individual page marking is 6 not practical, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to the 7 disc or electronic media on which the information is produced. 8 produced through an FTP site or share can be designated by letter from the 9 Producing Party. A Party or non-Party that makes original documents or materials 10 available for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the 11 inspecting Party has indicated which material it would like copied and produced. 12 During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available 13 for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has 14 identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must 15 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this 16 Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must 17 affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected Material; 18 (b) Information for all other information or tangible items, that the Producing 19 Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in 20 which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a 21 portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing 22 Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s); and 23 (c) for deposition testimony that the designation be made during 24 the taking of the deposition by a statement on the record, by counsel at the time of 25 such disclosure, or by written notice sent to counsel of record for all Parties within 26 ten (10) business days after receiving a copy of the final transcript thereof, 27 identifying the specific pages thereof designated as Confidential Information. 28 7 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 6.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If a Producing Party discovers that 2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or items that it produced were not designated as 3 Protected Material, the Producing Party may notify all other Parties of the error 4 and identify the affected information or items and their new designation or re- 5 designation. Thereafter, the information or items so designated or re-designated 6 will be treated as Protected Material. After providing such notice, the Producing 7 Party shall provide re-labeled copies of the information or items reflecting the 8 change in designation. 9 6.4 An inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items 10 shall not waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order 11 for such material. Upon correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must 12 make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the 13 provisions of this Order. Upon receiving the Protected Material with the correct 14 confidentiality designation, the Receiving Parties shall return or securely destroy, 15 all Discovery Material reasonably accessible to the Receiving Party that was not 16 designated properly. Unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure does not change the 17 status of Discovery Material or waive the right to hold the disclosed document or 18 information as Protected Material. 19 6.5 Challenging Designations. Unless a prompt challenge to a 20 Designating Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable 21 substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a later significant 22 disruption or delay of the litigation, a Receiving Party does not waive its right to 23 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge 24 promptly after the Designating Party discloses the designation. Until the Parties 25 informally resolve a challenge to the confidentiality designations or the Court rules 26 on the challenge, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the 27 level of protection to which it is entitled under the Designating Party’s designation. 28 This provision applies only to challenge proceedings, and shall not be construed to 8 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 affect the burden of proof for a motion to seal. Notwithstanding any provision of 2 this Stipulated Protective Order, however, any motion challenging a Designating 3 Party’s confidentiality designation shall comply with the Federal Rules of Civil 4 Procedure, all applicable local rules, as well as any “local local” rules or 5 procedures established by the Court, including, without limitation, Local Rules 37- 6 1 and 37-2 (setting forth the requirement of a Joint Stipulation of disputed issues). 7 7. 8 ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that 9 is disclosed or produced by another Party in connection with this Litigation only 10 for litigation and settlement purposes while the Litigation is still ongoing, and not 11 for any other purpose whatsoever. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only 12 to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. 13 When the Litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the 14 provisions of section 4.1 above. 15 7.2 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving 16 Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the 17 persons authorized under this Order. 18 7.3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 19 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 20 Receiving 21 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 22 (a) Party may disclose any information or item designated the Receiving Party’s Counsel of Record in this action, 23 including attorneys who are principals of, employed by, or working for said 24 Outside Counsel of Record; 25 (b) Experts (as defined in this Order) retained to assist in this action, 26 provided that disclosure is only to the extent reasonably necessary to perform such 27 work and provided that: (i) such Expert has signed the “Acknowledgment and 28 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and (ii) such Expert is not a current officer, 9 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 director, or employee of a Party or of a competitor of a Party, nor is anticipated at 2 the time of retention to become an officer, director, or employee of a Party or of a 3 competitor of a Party; (c) 4 the Court and its staff and administrative personnel, and Court 5 reporters, videographers and stenographers employed to take depositions, and any 6 essential personnel retained by the Court; (d) 7 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably 8 necessary for this litigation, as long as they have signed the “Acknowledgment and 9 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); (e) 10 the author or recipient of a document containing the 11 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the 12 information, including as relevant to loan files, each named plaintiff may view 13 their own loan files; and (f) 14 15 16 any other person, upon order of the Court or with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 7.4 Procedure for Filing of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information with the 17 Court. In the event that any portion of any Disclosure or Discovery Material 18 designated as Confidential Information is submitted to the Court for any purpose, 19 the Filing Party shall do all of the following: (a) 20 A Filing Party shall sanitize or redact the documents and/or 21 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information so as to remove any reference to NPPI or other 22 CONFIDENTIAL Information when this can be accomplished without destroying 23 the purpose for which the documents and/or “CONFIDENTIAL” Information is to 24 be filed. 25 document to the Designating Party, who shall then have three (3) business days 26 (the “Review Period”) to review the sanitized document for remaining NPPI or 27 other CONFIDENTIAL Information. Upon the expiration of the Review Period, 28 or upon the Designating Party’s sooner notification to the Filing Party that the 10 Following sanitization, the Filing Party shall present the sanitized STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 Designating Party is satisfied that the sanitized document contains no NPPI or 2 other “CONFIDENTIAL” information, the sanitized document may be filed upon 3 the public record as if it were any other filing. 4 (b) Within three (3) business days before the filing, the Filing Party 5 will notify the Designating Party by Bates number or other reasonable description, 6 of the specific documents and/or “CONFIDENTIAL” Information that the Filing 7 Party intends to lodge with the Court under seal. 8 notify the Filing Party within one (1) business day after receiving this notice if the 9 Designating Party agrees that some, part, or all of the documents and/or 10 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information need not be lodged with the Court under seal. A 11 Designating Party shall not unreasonably withhold its agreement that some, part, or 12 all of the documents and/or “CONFIDENTIAL” Information need not be lodged 13 with the Court under seal, however a Designating Party is under no obligation to 14 waive any claim of confidentiality that is made in good faith. 15 (c) The Designating Party will In accordance with Local Rule 79-5, the Filing Party will 16 present to the Court the document(s) submitted for filing under seal, a written 17 application, and a proposed order. Further, in accordance with Local Rule 79-5, 18 the original and judge’s copy of the documents to be filed under seal shall be 19 sealed in separate envelopes with a copy of the title page attached to the front of 20 each envelope. The Parties recognize that one of the manifest purposes of this 21 Stipulated Protective Order is to avoid the expense associated with litigating 22 discovery disputes over confidentiality-related issues and as such the Parties agree 23 that they will not oppose any written application seeking the sealing of documents 24 absent a substantial justification to do so. 25 (d) In accordance with Local Rule 79-5, the Filing Party will 26 present to the Clerk for filing, in paper format, any materials containing 27 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information and will electronically file a Notice of Manual 28 Filing in accordance with Local Rule 5-4.2. 11 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED 2 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION OR GOVERNMENT 3 INVESTIGATION 4 8.1 If a Party is served with a document request, investigatory demand for 5 documents, subpoena or a court order (“Document Demand”) issued in other 6 litigation or government investigation that compels disclosure of any information 7 or items designated in this Litigation as “CONFIDENTIAL,” prior to final 8 disposition of that Protected Material, that Party must: 9 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party and provide 10 that Party with a reasonable opportunity to move for a protective order regarding 11 the production of Protected Materials implicated by the Document Demand. 12 Provided, however, that in no event shall the obligation to afford the Designating 13 Party a reasonable opportunity to move for a protective order require any party to 14 violate or otherwise disobey a lawful subpoena; 15 (b) promptly notify in writing the Party who caused the Document 16 Demand to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by 17 the Document Demand is subject to this Order. Such notification shall include a 18 copy of this Order; and 19 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 20 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the 21 Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 22 Document Demand shall not produce any information designated in this action as 23 “CONFIDENTIAL” earlier than the date and time called for on the Document 24 Demand, and shall cooperate in good faith with the Designating Party’s reasonable 25 efforts to obtain a protective order. 26 Protective Order, however, neither Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 nor Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 27 provide that compliance with a lawful subpoena is automatically stayed by the 28 filing of a motion for a protective order. Accordingly, the Parties agree that it is 12 Notwithstanding any provision of this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 the Designating Party’s responsibility to timely move for, and obtain, an 2 appropriate order staying the operation of a Document Demand pending the 3 resolution of the Designating Party’s motion for a protective order. 4 contained in this Protective Order should be construed as authorizing or 5 encouraging a party in this action to disobey a lawful subpoena issued in another 6 action. 7 9. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 9.1 8 Nothing If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has 9 disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized 10 under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) 11 notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures; (b) use its 12 best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material; (c) inform 13 the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms 14 of this Order; and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 15 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as 16 Exhibit A. 17 10. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR 18 OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL 19 10.1 If information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, work 20 product protection or other privilege or protection is inadvertently produced, such 21 production shall not constitute waiver of such privilege or protection pursuant to 22 Federal Rule of Evidence 502. When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving 23 Parties that certain inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of 24 privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set 25 forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence. 26 11. MISCELLANEOUS 27 11.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of 28 any person to seek its modification by agreement of the Parties or by the Court in 13 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 the future. Provided, however, that no modification of this Protective Order 2 pursuant to the agreement of the Parties shall have the force or effect of a Court 3 order unless the Court approves the modification. 4 11.2 Termination of Matter and Retention of Jurisdiction. The Parties 5 agree that the terms of this Protective Order shall survive and remain in effect after 6 the Final Disposition of the above-captioned matter. 7 jurisdiction after Final Disposition of this matter to hear and resolve any disputes 8 arising out of this Protective Order. The Court shall retain 9 11.3 Successors. This Order shall be binding upon the Parties hereto, their 10 attorneys, and their successors, executors, personal representatives, administrators, 11 legal representatives, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, employees, agents, retained 12 consultants and Experts, and any persons or organizations over which they have 13 direct control. 11.4 Federal Reserve Communications. 14 Nothing in this agreement is 15 intended to or shall (1) restrict Defendants from providing information to Federal 16 Reserve supervisory staff; (2) require or permit, without the prior approval of the 17 Federal Reserve, Defendants to disclose to any other Party or non-Party that any 18 information will be or was provided to Federal Reserve supervisory staff; or (3) 19 require or permit, without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve, Defendants to 20 inform any other Party or non-Party of a current or upcoming Federal Reserve 21 examination or any nonpublic Federal Reserve supervisory initiative or action. 22 12. 23 ENFORCEMENT The Parties and signatories to this Stipulated Protective Order intend that 24 this Protective Order shall be fully enforceable in this Litigation. 25 that intent, each of the Parties and signatories to this Protective Order consents to 26 the jurisdiction of this Court to enforce any provision of this Protective Order to 27 the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to the following terms and conditions: 28 14 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER To effectuate 1 12.1 Because the aggrieved party does not have an adequate remedy at law 2 and would suffer irreparable harm absent the ability to enforce the Protective Order 3 through restraining order or injunction, the Parties agree that any aggrieved party 4 shall be entitled to enforce the Protective Order through a restraining order or 5 injunction requiring the violating party to immediately cease and desist from the 6 violation and take all necessary actions to remedy the violation and ensure that the 7 violation is corrected so as to ensure that any improperly used or disclosed 8 information retains the confidentiality protections that existed prior to the 9 occurrence of the violation. Such equitable remedies shall be in addition to, and 10 not exclusive of, all other legal rights and remedies available to such Party under 11 the law. 12 12.2 Within 48 hours of notification of a violation of the Protective Order, 13 the Parties shall meet and confer in an attempt to resolve the dispute informally. If 14 the meet and confer fails to resolve the dispute, the aggrieved Party shall be 15 entitled to immediately seek relief from this Court. If any Party notifies the other 16 Parties that they believe a violation of the Protective Order has occurred, the other 17 Parties, including the Party accused of violating the Order, shall immediately cease 18 and desist from the conduct giving rise to the enforcement claim and shall take all 19 necessary steps to mitigate any further alleged harm and maintain the status quo 20 prior to the alleged violation, until such time as the Court rules on the merits of the 21 aggrieved Party’s claim that the Order was violated. 22 12.3 For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the right of the aggrieved 23 right to apply for emergency injunctive relief, the Parties expressly reserve all of 24 their other legal and equitable rights to enforce the Protective Order. 25 26 27 28 15 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 2 3 Dated: May 8, 2013 4 By:/s/ Zachary J. Alinder PETER OBSTLER ZACHARY J. ALINDER Attorneys for Defendants Chase Home Finance, LLC; Chase Home Finance, Inc., and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 5 6 7 8 9 BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP Dated: May 8, 2013 MOWER & CARREON, LLP 10 11 By:/s/ Dan J. Bulfer JON R. MOWER DAN J. BULFER Attorneys for Plaintiffs Michael Rex and Naomi Rex 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Dated: May 8, 2013 HARBIN & McCARRON By: /s/ Bruce Harbin BRUCE HARBIN Attorneys for Plaintiffs Michael Rex and Naomi Rex 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURE 2 I, Dan J. Bulfer, am the ECF User whose ID and Password were used to 3 electronically file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Protective Order re: Confidential 4 Information. Pursuant to Central District of California Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2), I 5 hereby attest that all other signatories listed, and on whose behalf this filing is 6 submitted, concur in the content of this filing and have authorized the electronic 7 filing thereof. /s/ Dan J. Bulfer Dan J. Bulfer, Esq. 8 9 10 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 12 13 Dated: 2013 ___________________________________ Hon. Robert N. Block United States Magistrate Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 4 I, ___________________ [print or type full name], of___________________ 5 __________________________________________________ [print or type full 6 address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 7 understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was agreed to by the Parties to the 8 litigation entitled Michael Rex, et al. v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, Case No. 9 SACV12-609 DOC (RNBx) (“Litigation”). I agree to comply with and to be 10 bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”) and I 11 understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to 12 sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will 13 not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Order to 14 any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. 15 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District 16 Court in which the Litigation is pending for the purpose of enforcing the terms of 17 this Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this 18 action. 19 Date: ______________________________ 20 City and State where sworn and signed: __________________ 21 Printed name: ______________________ ___________ 22 Signature: __________________________________ 23 24 25 26 27 28 18 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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