United States of America et al v. Mobile Medical Examination Services Inc et al

Filing 164

STIPULATION PROTECTIVE ORDER by Special Master, Hon. Rosalyn M. Chapman. (vdr)

FILED
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT

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HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
Michael M. Maddigan (Bar No. 163450)
Poopak Nourafchan (Bar No. 193379)
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel.
ANITA SILINGO,
Plaintiffs,

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vdr
BY: ___________________ DEPUTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Attorneys for Defendants
WELLPOINT, INC., BLUE CROSS OF
CALIFORNIA D/B/A ANTHEM BLUE
CROSS, and ANTHEM BLUE CROSS LIFE
AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY

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JAN 21 2019

Case No. SACV13-1348-FMO(JCx)
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER

v.
MOBILE MEDICAL EXAMINATION
SERVICES, INC., a California corporation;
MEDXM, a business entity, form
unknown; WELLPOINT, INC., an Indiana
corporation; ANTHEM BLUE CROSS,
business entity, form unknown; ANTHEM
BLUE CROSS LIFE AND HEALTH
INSURANCE COMPANY, a California
corporation; BLUE CROSS OF
CALIFORNIA, a California corporation;
HEALTH NET, INC., a Delaware
corporation; HEALTH NET OF
CALIFORNIA, INC., a California
corporation, HEALTH NET LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY, a California
corporation; VISITING NURSE SERVICE
OF NEW YORK, a New York corporation;
VISITING NURSE SERVICE CHOICE,
business organization, form unknown;
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC., a
Delaware corporation; MOLINA
HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, a
California corporation; MOLINA
HEALTHCARE SERVICES, a California
corporation; MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF
CALIFORNIA PARTNER PLAN, INC., a
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California corporation; ALAMEDA
ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH, a business
organization, form unknown,
Defendants.

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In accordance with the stipulation of Plaintiff-Relator Anita Silingo

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(“Relator”) and Defendants Health Net, Inc., Health Net of California, Inc., and

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Health Net Life Insurance Company (collectively “Health Net”); Defendants

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WellPoint, Inc., Blue Cross of California (d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross), and Anthem

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Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (collectively “the WellPoint

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Defendants”); Defendant Alameda Alliance for Health (“Alameda”); Defendants

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Molina Health Care, Inc., Molina Healthcare of California, and Molina Healthcare

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of California Partner Plan (collectively “Molina”); and Defendants Visiting Nurse

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Service of New York and VNS Choice (collectively “VNS”); collectively

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“Defendants”– and their respective attorneys of record – the Special Master enters

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the parties’ stipulated Protective Order as follows:
PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve

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production of certain business materials that Defendant(s) considers confidential,

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proprietary, private and/or trade secret information, as well as information

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containing CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION governed by the Health

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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) or other

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applicable state or federal law. To ensure confidentiality, and to comply with

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HIPAA’s requirements, the parties submit, and petition the Special Master to enter

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the Stipulated Protective Order governing confidential material. The parties require

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that the Special Master issue a protective order pursuant to Federal Rule Civil

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Procedure 26(c) and the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health
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Information, 45 CFR Part 164.512, promulgated pursuant to HIPAA to expedite the

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flow of discovery material, facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over

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confidentiality, protect material entitled to be kept confidential, and ensure that

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protection is afforded only to material so entitled.
The parties shall follow the applicable rules when seeking permission from

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the Court or Special Master to file material under seal.
Notwithstanding anything in this Stipulated Protective Order, the parties

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agree that Disclosure or Discovery Material, as defined in Section I(B) below, shall

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not be used by the Receiving Party, as defined in Section I(D) below, for any

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purpose other than for prosecuting or defending this action, unless otherwise agreed

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to by the parties in writing.

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I.

DEFINITIONS
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Party or Parties: Relator and Defendants, including their respective

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officers, directors, owners, members, partners, trustees, beneficiaries, employees,

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consultants, retained experts, and attorneys (and their support staff).
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

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of the medium or manner generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other

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things, documents, excerpts from documents, deposition testimony and exhibits,

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interrogatory answers, responses to requests for information, transcripts, tangible

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things, or other discovery responses that quote, summarize, or contain material

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entitled to protection) that are voluntarily exchanged, made available, or produced

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by any Party or non-party in disclosures or responses to discovery, including

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subpoenas to non-parties, in this matter.
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or Discovery Material from a Producing Party.
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Receiving Party: a Party that already possesses or receives Disclosure
Producing Party: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosure or

Discovery Material in this action.

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Designating Party: a Party or non-party that designates information or

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items that it or any other party possesses or produces in disclosures or in responses

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to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (as these terms are

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defined below).

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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information or items

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

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Designating Party believes in good faith is confidential under applicable state or

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federal law. Confidential information or items generally include materials used by a

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Designating Party in or pertaining to its business, which matter is not generally

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known and which the Designating Party would not normally reveal to third parties

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or would cause third parties to maintain in confidence.
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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: information

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

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Designating Party believes in good faith to be extremely confidential and/or

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sensitive in nature, the disclosure of which the Designating Party reasonably

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believes is likely to cause economic or other harm to the Designating Party, the

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Producing Party or third parties. The Parties agree that the ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY designation includes the following categories of information, among others:

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(i) non-public damages-related and financial information, including confidential

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pricing, profit, sales, or other financial information; (ii) confidential business,

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marketing, or strategic plans, including business, marketing, and technical

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information regarding the future provision of services; and (iii) highly confidential

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and commercially sensitive trade secrets or technical information
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CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION: shall include protected

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health information as defined in the Standards for Privacy of Individually

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Identifiable Health Information, 45 C.F.R. § 160.103, as well as all individually-

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identifiable health or medical information protected under state laws.
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CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION includes, but is not limited to,

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health information, including demographic information, relating to either (a) the

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past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, (b)

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the provision of health care to an individual, or (c) the past, present or future

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payment for health care provided to an individual, which identifies the individual or

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which reasonably could be expected to identify the individual. CONFIDENTIAL

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HEALTH INFORMATION includes but is not limited to, medical bills, claims

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forms, claims data, charge sheets, medical records, medical charts, test results,

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notes dictation, invoices, checks, notices and requests, as well as any notes,

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summaries, compilations, extracts, abstracts, or oral communications that are based

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on or derived from CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION

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CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION is intended to include, among other

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things, the following identifiers of a patient, insured, or member or a relative,

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employer, or household member of a patient, insured, or member:

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names;

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all geographic subdivisions smaller than a state, including street

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address, city, county, precinct, and zip code;
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all elements of dates (except for year) for dates directly related to an

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individual, including birthdate, admission date, discharge date, age, and date of

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death;

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telephone numbers

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fax numbers;

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electronic mail addresses;

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social security numbers;

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medical record numbers;

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health plan beneficiary numbers;

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(10) certificate/license numbers;

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(11) account numbers;
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(12) vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers;

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(13) device identifiers and numbers;

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(14) web universal resource locators (“URLs”);

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(15) internet protocol (“IP”) address numbers;

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(16) biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints;

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(17) full-face photographic images and any comparable images; or

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(18) any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code.

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CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION does not include any document or

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information in which the producing party does not have actual knowledge that the

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information could be used alone or in combination with other information to

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identify an individual who is the subject of the information.
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Expert: an outside person with specialized knowledge or experience in

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

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serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action and who has been

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approved to receive Protected Material in accordance with the provisions below.
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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION” and/or

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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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; organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium; etc.),

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and their employees and subcontractors.

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The protections conferred by this Stipulated Protective Order cover not only

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Protected Material, but also any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well

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as all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony,

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conversations, or presentations by the Parties or counsel in any settings that the

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Designating Party believes in good faith might reveal Protected Material, except as
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otherwise indicated below. All notes, memoranda, reports, and other written

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communications that quote or attach information contained in Protected Material

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shall be given the same protections under this Stipulated Protective Order as though

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they were designated as Protected Material. This Stipulated Protective Order shall

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not apply to testimony, exhibits, or presentations introduced or made at public court

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hearings, trial, or other court proceedings except as specifically provided below.

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The Parties shall take up matters of confidentiality with the Court or Special

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Master, as appropriate under the ORDER RE DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS

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(Docket 161) or judicial officer conducting such proceeding at the appropriate time

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in an effort to protect the material that is the subject of this Stipulated Protective

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Order, subject to such Court, Special Master or judicial officer’s determination

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regarding how to treat such material at such proceeding.

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III.

DURATION
Even after the termination of this litigation, whether by settlement,

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discontinuance, dismissal, severance, final judgment or other disposition, the

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confidentiality obligations imposed by this Stipulated Protective Order shall remain

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in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order

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otherwise directs.

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IV.

DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Defendants’ Right to Designate Protected Material in Relator’s

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Production. Defendants anticipate that Relator will produce materials that

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constitute Protected Material or contain CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION. To protect these materials, Relator’s document productions shall

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be deemed Protected Material until each Defendant has had a chance to review it

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and make the appropriate designations.
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Material from Relator’s Production that is Privileged or Constitutes

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CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION: Any Defendant who believes that

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Relator has produced materials that contain privileged or CONFIDENTIAL
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HEALTH INFORMATION shall notify the Relator in writing within 15 calendar

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days of receipt. If, after undertaking an appropriate meet-and-confer process,

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Defendant(s) and the Relator are unable to resolve any dispute they have

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concerning the further possession and/or use of privileged or CONFIDENTIAL

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HEALTH INFORMATION, Defendant(s) and/or Relator may seek judicial

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intervention to resolve the dispute. Relator may not use the material subject to the

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dispute until the dispute is resolved by the Special Master as described in the

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ORDER RE DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161).
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Any material in Relator’s production that a Defendant designates as

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Protected Material shall be subject to all protections and procedures set forth in this

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Stipulated Protective Order, absent a contrary court order.
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Manner and Timing of Designation of Disclosure or Discovery

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Material. Except as otherwise provided in this Stipulated Protective Order, or as

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otherwise stipulated or ordered, material that qualifies for protection under this

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Stipulated Protective Order must be clearly so designated in one of two ways: (1)

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before the material is disclosed or produced or (2) with respect to material

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contained in Relator’s production, as described above. Designation in conformity

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with this Stipulated Protective Order requires the following:
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For information in documentary form including written responses to

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interrogatories and requests for production or admission, and exhibits used in any

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deposition or at trial (except for transcripts of testimony given in depositions or

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other pretrial or trial proceedings, which are addressed in Section IV(B)(2) below):

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the Producing Party must affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL

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HEALTH INFORMATION” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” at the top or

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bottom of each page, or before each written response, that contains Protected

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Material, including on each page of any electronically produced document.

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A Party or non-party that makes original documents or materials available for

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inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting party has
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indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection

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

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deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION.” Within 15 calendar days after the inspecting party has identified

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

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which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Stipulated

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Protective Order, and before producing the specified documents, the Producing

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Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend at the top or

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bottom of each page that contains protected material. If only a portion of a

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document or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the

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Designating Party must clearly identify the protected portions. The affixing of

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall not cover any wording on the subject

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document. Nothing in this paragraph shall imply or require that a Party shall allow

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inspection of privileged information or any other information not discoverable by

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law.
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For testimony given in deposition: Testimony at a deposition may be

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designated by any Party as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by indicating on the

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record at the deposition that the testimony is confidential and subject to the

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provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order and the reasons for the assertion.

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Additionally, all transcripts and all deposition videotapes or audio recordings of

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depositions will automatically be designated “CONFIDENTIAL,”

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“CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and “ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY” from the day of the deposition or proceeding until thirty (30) calendar days

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after receipt of the final original transcript or of the deposition videotape or audio

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recording by the witness or the witness’s attorney. During this period of automatic
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designation, the Designating Party may provide written designations of those

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portions of the testimony or deposition recording that qualify for protection under

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this Stipulated Protective Order. If such written designations are submitted, then the

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final transcript will be revised to reflect those designations, and those portions of

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the transcript or deposition recording will be subject to the terms of the Protective

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Order and may only be accessed and reviewed in accordance with the terms

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contained in the Protective Order. After the expiration of this period of automatic

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designation, unless an extension is agreed to in writing between Relator and

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Defendant(s), if no written designations are submitted by the Designating Party,

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then the entire transcript will be deemed non-confidential, and the transcript will be

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revised to remove all confidentiality designations.
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For information produced in some form other than documentary, and

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for any other tangible items: the Producing Party must affix the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in a prominent place on the exterior of the

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container or containers in which the information or item is stored or in some other

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reasonable fashion depending on the form of the material. If that material is stored

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or recorded electronically (including information databases, images, or programs

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stored on computers, discs, networks or backup tapes) and a legend cannot be

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affixed upon it, the Designating Party may designate such material as

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by cover letter identifying the Protected Material.

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Defendant(s) and Relator, if not the Producing Party, shall also have the right to

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designate such materials for confidential treatment in accordance with this

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Stipulated Protective Order by written notice. If only portions of the information or

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item warrant protection, the Designating Party, to the extent practicable, shall

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designate the protected portions only.

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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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failure to designate qualified information or items as “CONFIDENTIAL,”

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“CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY” does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure

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protection under this Stipulated Protective Order for such material. If material is

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appropriately designated after the material was initially produced, the Receiving

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Party, on timely notification of the designation, must make reasonable efforts to

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

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Stipulated Protective Order. As used in this Stipulated Protective Order, an act is

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“timely” if it does not unduly prejudice another Party.
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Inadvertent Production of Privileged or Otherwise Protected Material.

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), if in connection with the litigation,

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documents or information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, work

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product protection and/or any other privilege or protection from disclosure are

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inadvertently disclosed (“Disclosed Information”) by the Producing Party, the

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disclosure of such Disclosed Information shall not constitute or be deemed a waiver

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of any claim of attorney-client privilege, work product protection or any other

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privilege or protection that the Disclosing Party would otherwise be entitled to

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assert with respect to the Disclosed Information and its subject matter.
If the Producing Party discovers that it inadvertently produced privileged or

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otherwise protected material, it shall promptly notify the Receiving Party in writing

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of any claim of privilege or protection with respect to Disclosed Information upon

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discovering the inadvertent disclosure. If the Receiving Party discovers the

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inadvertent disclosure, it agrees to immediately refrain from examining the material

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and promptly notify the Producing Party.
Promptly upon notification, and in no event no later than five (5) business

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days after receiving notice, the Receiving Party shall return and/or destroy all

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copies of the Disclosed Information identified in the notice, and shall certify in
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writing that it has done so. In so doing, the Receiving Party shall not waive or

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prejudice any challenge it may have to the alleged privileged status of the Disclosed

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Information. If, after undertaking an appropriate meet-and-confer process, the

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Parties are unable to resolve any dispute they have concerning the Disclosed

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Information, the Receiving Party may file an appropriate motion to seek to compel

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production of such material.

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Any Party may object to a Designating Party’s confidential designation at

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

any time by giving written notice (including by email) to counsel for the

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Designating Party, identifying the Disclosure or Discovery Material, or portions

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thereof, to which the objection is directed, and specifying in reasonable detail the

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reason or reasons for the objection. Within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of

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such written notice, the parties shall meet and confer in a good faith effort to

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resolve the dispute as required by the Court’s Local Rules and ORDER RE

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DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161). In conferring pursuant to the Court’s

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Local Rules and ORDER RE DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161), the

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

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designation was proper. If the disagreement cannot be resolved, the Designating

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Party may apply to the Court or Special Master, as appropriate under the ORDER

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RE DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161), within fourteen (14) calendar

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days of the meet-and-confer for a protective order affirming the

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” designation. The application for a protective order

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shall comply with the Court’s Local Rules and ORDER RE DISCOVERY

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PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161), and the Designating Party shall have the

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opportunity to respond to such application. While any such application is pending,

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the materials subject to the application will be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL,”

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“CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY” until the Court or Special Master otherwise rules. If the party asserting the

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Confidential Information and/or Attorneys' Eyes Only Information designation does

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not apply for a protective order within fourteen (14) calendar days of the meet-and-

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confer, then the designation of the Disclosure or Discovery Material as

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

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“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information shall cease to be effective.
If the Court or Special Master rules that the Disclosure or Discovery Material

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should no longer be designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL

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HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or if the

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Designating Party at any time withdraws the designation (or if the Designating

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Party fails to apply for a protective order pursuant to the preceding Paragraph), the

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Designating Party shall promptly provide all other parties in the litigation with

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replacement documents, files, or information free from any markings or

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designations as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” The replacement

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versions shall be provided in the same format as the information that is to be

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replaced, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.

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

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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a non-party in connection with this

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case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. 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 Stipulated Protective Order. When the litigation has

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

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VI(E) and XI below. Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a

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Receiving Party at a location and in a secure manner that reasonably ensures that

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access is limited to the persons authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL Information or Items or

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CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION. Unless otherwise ordered by the

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Court or Special Master 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” or “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION” (unless

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such CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION is also ATTORNEYS EYES

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ONLY) only to:
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The Receiving Party’s in-house and outside counsel of record in this

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action, as well as the partners, associates, secretaries, paralegals, assistants, and

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employees and consultants of said counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to

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disclose the information for this litigation, where such consultants have signed the

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“Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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The Receiving Party, if that Party is an individual, or if the Receiving

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Party is an entity, then its officers, directors, owners, members, partners, trustees,

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beneficiaries, and employees of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary for this litigation, provided that CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION shall not be provided to Plaintiff-Relator Silingo;
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Experts (as defined in this Stipulated Protective Order) of the

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Receiving Party, and their administrative support staff if any, to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the

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“Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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The Court and its personnel, and any special master appointed by the

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Court and any personnel of the special master to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary for this litigation; however, any material designated “CONFIDENTIAL”

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or “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” shall only be filed pursuant to

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Section IX;
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Neutral evaluators, mediators or arbitrators assigned to the case by the

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material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

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INFORMATION,” shall only be provided to the evaluators, mediators, arbitrators

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under a stipulation of confidentiality, for use solely in the evaluation, mediation or

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arbitration;
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Professional Vendors for services such as copying, scanning, or

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electronic document processing to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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litigation, where the Professional Vendor has signed the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating

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Party or ordered by the Court or Special Master;
7.

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Court reporters, persons operating video recording equipment at

11

depositions, and their staff to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

12

litigation;
8.

13

During or in preparation for their depositions, witnesses or prospective

14

witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary and, other than

15

current employees or officers of the Designating Party, who have signed the

16

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

17

agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the Court or Special Master;

18

provided that such witness shall not be permitted to retain the CONFIDENTIAL

19

Information or CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION after the deposition

20

if not already in their possession prior to the action;
9.

21

Any author or recipient of the document or the original source of the

22

information disclosed in the document, provided that such person shall not be

23

permitted to retain the CONFIDENTIAL Information or CONFIDENTIAL

24

HEALTH INFORMATION if not already in his or her possession prior to the

25

action;
10.

26

The Receiving Party’s insurance carrier or carriers to the extent

27

reasonably related to any actual or potential coverage in connection with this

28

litigation, where the carrier has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
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Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered

2

by the Court or Special Master; and
11.

3

Any other person mutually agreed upon the by Designating and

4

Receiving Parties in writing or person designated by the Court or Special Master in

5

the interest of justice upon such terms that the Court or Special Master may deem

6

just and proper who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

7

Bound” (Exhibit A) in accordance with Paragraph G.
In addition, such information may also be disclosed during a hearing or trial

8
9

in accordance with provisions of Section X. Moreover, a producing party may, but

10

is not required to, perform redactions of CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

11

INFORMATION from documents originally containing CONFIDENTIAL

12

HEALTH INFORMATION, so long as redactions do not prejudice another party.
C.

13

Disclosure of “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items.

14

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, Special Master or permitted in writing by

15

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

16

designated “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:
1.

17

The Receiving Party’s outside counsel of record in this action, as well

18

as the partners, associates, secretaries, paralegals, assistants, and employees and

19

consultants of said counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the

20

information for this litigation, where such consultants have signed the

21

“Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
2.

22

The Receiving Party’s Experts, and the administrative support staff of

23

such Experts, if any, to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation

24

and who have signed the “Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound”

25

(Exhibit A);
3.

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27

The Court and its personnel, and any special master appointed by the

Court and any personnel of the special master to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary for this litigation; however, any material designated ATTORNEYS’

2

EYES ONLY shall only be filed pursuant to Section IX;
4.

3

Neutral evaluators, mediators or arbitrators assigned to the case by the

4

Court or retained for the case by the mutual agreement of the Parties; however, any

5

material designated ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY shall only be provided to the

6

evaluators, mediators, or arbitrators under a stipulation of confidentiality, for use

7

solely in the evaluation, mediation or arbitration;
5.

8
9

Professional Vendors for services such as copying, scanning, or

electronic document processing to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

10

litigation where the Professional Vendor has signed the “Acknowledgment and

11

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating

12

Party or ordered by the Court or Special Master;
6.

13

Court reporters, persons operating video recording equipment at

14

depositions and their staff to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

15

litigation;
7.

16

During or in preparation for their depositions, witnesses or prospective

17

witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary and who either

18

(a) have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A),

19

unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the Court or Special

20

Master, or (b) are employees or officers of the Designating Party, and provided that

21

such person shall not be permitted to retain the ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY

22

Information after the deposition if not already in their possession prior to the action;
8.

23

Any author or recipient of the document or the original source of the

24

information disclosed in the document; provided that such person shall not be

25

permitted to retain the ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Information if not already in

26

their possession prior to the action;
9.

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The Receiving Party’s insurance carrier or carriers to the extent

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litigation, where the carrier has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

2

Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered

3

by the Court or Special Master; and
10.

4

Any other person mutually agreed upon the by Designating and

5

Receiving Parties in writing or person designated by the Court or Special Master in

6

the interest of justice upon such terms that the Court or Special Master may deem

7

just and proper who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

8

Bound” (Exhibit A), in accordance with Paragraph G.

9

In addition, such information may also be disclosed during a hearing or trial in

10

accordance with provisions of Section X.
D.

11

Limitations on Use of Protected Material. Parties who make

12

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Protected Material available to

13

persons set forth in Sections VI(B)-(C) above, shall be responsible for acting in

14

good faith by disclosing only as much information as is reasonably necessary and

15

limiting distribution thereof to those persons authorized under this Stipulated

16

Protective Order. All copies of such Protected Material disclosed shall be subject to

17

the same restrictions imposed herein on original materials. Any person having

18

access to such Protected Material whose participation in this litigation has been

19

terminated or otherwise concluded shall return or destroy all such Protected

20

Material as soon as practicably possible thereafter to the Receiving Party’s counsel

21

of record, but in no event longer than thirty (30) days after the termination or

22

conclusion of the participation.
E.

23

Special Safeguards for CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION.

24

Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order requires Defendant(s) to produce

25

CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION that is not discoverable under

26

federal or state law, nor shall anything in this Order waive Defendant(s) right to

27

object to the production of any CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, in

28

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such information is ordered by the Court or Special Master or required by law, the

2

Receiving Party will safeguard the information in a physically secure location and,

3

for electronic records, also encrypt the data per HIPAA standards. Such information

4

shall be designated CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION and subject to

5

the restrictions above. In addition to other applicable provisions in this Stipulated

6

Protective Order, and superseding any contrary provisions in it:
1.

7

The Receiving Party may only disclose CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

8

INFORMATION to those individuals described in Section VI(B) above who need

9

to know the CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION for purposes of this

10

litigation. The Receiving Party’s outside counsel will act in good faith by disclosing

11

no more CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION than is reasonably

12

necessary for the individuals to perform their litigation-related function, and for the

13

persons described in Section VI(B)(1), (3), (5), (6), (8), (10) and (11), the Receiving

14

Party’s outside counsel will disclose CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION

15

only after obtaining a written agreement from the persons to abide by the terms of

16

this Section VI(E) with respect to using and safeguarding the CONFIDENTIAL

17

HEALTH INFORMATION and returning it to the Receiving Party’s outside

18

counsel or destroying it in accordance with HIPAA standards (with written

19

assurances of such destruction, signed under penalty of perjury, and provided to the

20

Producing Party by the Receiving Party’s outside counsel) within 30 days of final

21

termination of this action (e.g., a Court order terminating this action and from

22

which no appeal is taken).
2.

23

The CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, including all

24

copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other form of reproducing or

25

capturing any of the CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, held by any

26

person described in Section VI(B)(1), (3), (5), (6), (8), (10) and (11), shall be (a)

27

returned to the Producing Party by the Receiving Party’s outside counsel within

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forty-five (45) days of final termination of this action (e.g., a Court order
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terminating this action and from which no appeal is taken), or (b) if return is not

2

reasonably feasible as determined by the Producing Party, destroyed pursuant to

3

HIPAA standards (with written assurances of such destruction, signed under

4

penalty of perjury, and provided to the Producing Party by the Receiving Party’s

5

outside counsel).
3.

6

Any CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION destroyed

7

pursuant to this Section VI(E) must be destroyed pursuant to the United States

8

Department of Health and Human Services’ “Guidance to Render Unsecured

9

Protected Health Information Unusable, Unreadable or Indecipherable to

10

Unauthorized Individuals” (e.g., by shredding or destroying any paper, film, or hard

11

copy media such that the CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION cannot be

12

read or reconstructed, and by clearing, purging, or destroying electronic media

13

consistent with National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication

14

800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitation, such that the CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

15

INFORMATION cannot be retrieved).
4.

16

Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order authorizes counsel for the

17

Relator to obtain medical or health records or information through means other than

18

formal discovery requests, subpoenas, depositions, pursuant to a patient

19

authorization, or other lawful process. Nothing in this section or in this Stipulated

20

Protective Order waives or limits the protections afforded to the Parties by the

21

applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
F.

22

Maintenance of Signed Agreements. Counsel for the Receiving Party

23

wishing to disclose Protected Material to a person required to execute a copy of the

24

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) shall be responsible

25

for obtaining such acknowledgement prior to disclosure, and shall maintain each

26

original signed “Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound”.
G.

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Disclosure Not Otherwise Authorized. In the event that counsel

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Protected Material to an individual or entity to whom disclosure is not permitted by

2

this Stipulated Protective Order, such counsel shall make a written request

3

(delivered by hand, email or fax) to counsel for the Designating Party identifying

4

the individual to whom it is desired to make such disclosure and the specific

5

Protected Material involved, and notifying the Designating Party through its

6

litigation counsel that they have fifteen (15) business days to object to such

7

disclosure. Within fifteen (15) business days of the request, counsel for the

8

Designating Party may object to such disclosure by delivering by hand, email, or

9

fax a written objection to counsel serving the disclosure request. Failure to so object

10

constitutes consent to such disclosure.
In the event that a Designating Party objects to such disclosure, such

11
12

Protected Material shall not be disclosed to any individual other than those to

13

whom disclosure is permitted by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order

14

until such dispute has been resolved by agreement of the Parties or, after the Parties

15

engage in a good faith meet and confer about this issue (which conference is to

16

occur within five business days of a written request therefor), by order of the Court

17

or Special Master.

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VII. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED

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PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or an order issued under the

20
21

authority of any court or arbitral, administrative, or legislative body, that would

22

compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as

23

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

24

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to the extent not violative of any statute, rule, or

25

order applicable to such party in such litigation, the Receiving Party must so notify

26

the Designating Party, in writing (by hand, email or fax), promptly and in no event

27

more than five (5) court days after receiving the subpoena or order. Such

28

notification must include a copy of the subpoena or court order.
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The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the party who

1
2

caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all the

3

material covered by the subpoena or order is the subject of this Stipulated

4

Protective Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must deliver a copy of this

5

Stipulated Protective Order promptly to the party in the other action that caused the

6

subpoena or order to issue.
The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the

7
8

existence of this Stipulated Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in

9

this case an opportunity to try to protect its confidentiality interests in the court

10

from which the subpoena or order issued, including to seek a Protective Order or to

11

quash the subpoena. The Designating Party shall bear the burdens and the expenses

12

of seeking protection in that court of its Protected Material to the extent permissible

13

by such court. If the Designating Party does not move for a protective order or to

14

quash the subpoena within fifteen (15) business days of the date written notice is

15

given, the party to whom the referenced subpoena is directed may produce such

16

Protected Material in response thereto. During the pendency of any such motion,

17

however, the parties in possession of such confidential material shall not produce it.

18

Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order is intended or should be construed as

19

authorizing a party to disobey a lawful subpoena issued in another action.

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VIII. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

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22

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

23

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

24

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

25

efforts to retrieve all copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or

26

persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this

27

Stipulated Protective Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached as Exhibit A.
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Nothing in this provision shall relieve Receiving Party of any liability it may incur

2

to any Party or third parties as a result of its inadvertent unauthorized disclosure.

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IX.

FILING PROTECTED MATERIAL

4

In accordance with the Court’s Local Rules and ORDER RE DISCOVERY

5

PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161), if any papers to be filed with the Court or Special

6

Master contain or attach information and/or documents that have been designated as

7

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

8

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” the filing Party and the Party who designated the

9

materials at issue as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

10

INFORMATION,” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall first meet and

11

confer regarding whether the need for filing under seal can be eliminated or

12

minimized by means of redaction pursuant to Central District of California Local

13

Rule 79-5. Following the meet and confer, the proposed filing shall be accompanied

14

by an application to file the papers or the portion thereof containing the designated

15

information or documents (if such portion can be segregated) under seal; and the

16

application shall be directed to the judge to whom the papers are directed. For

17

motions, the parties shall publicly file a redacted version of the motion and

18

supporting papers.

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X.

USE OF PROTECTED INFORMATION AT A HEARING OR TRIAL
A.

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CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, or

21

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY documents may be offered in evidence at trial or any

22

court hearing provided that the proponent of the evidence gives thirty days advance

23

notice or otherwise at such time as the Court requires designation of trial exhibits,

24

consisting of a statement that CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

25

INFORMATION, or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY documents or information will

26

be presented at the hearing or trial, to counsel for any Designating Party. Any party

27

may then move the Court or Special Master, as appropriate under the ORDER RE

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DISCOVERY PROCEEDINGS (Docket 161) for an order that the evidence be
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received and maintained under seal or under any other conditions to prevent

2

disclosure, provided that they first meet and confer regarding whether the need for

3

filing under seal can be eliminated or minimized by means of redaction pursuant to

4

Central District of California Local Rule 79-5. Notwithstanding the 30-day notice

5

period, parties will make reasonable, good faith efforts to advise other parties of

6

any CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, or

7

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY documents that may be offered into evidence

8

sufficiently in advance to permit any other party to move to seal or otherwise

9

protect the confidential information from disclosure. In the absence of any order

10

placing the document under seal, such document shall no longer be deemed

11

CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, or

12

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit any party

13

from moving the Court or Special Master for any other order that the party may

14

deem appropriate.
B.

15

With respect to testimony elicited during hearings and other

16

proceedings, whenever counsel for any party deems that any questions or line of

17

questioning calls for the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL

18

HEALTH INFORMATION, or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information, counsel

19

may move the Court or Special Master for an order that the testimony be received

20

and maintained under seal, be subject to the terms of this Protective Order, or be

21

placed under any other conditions to prevent disclosure.

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XI.

FINAL DISPOSITION
Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the Producing Party, within

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24

ninety (90) days after the final termination of this action (e.g., a Court order

25

terminating this action and from which no appeal is taken), each Receiving Party

26

must make reasonable efforts to return or destroy the Protected Material. As used in

27

this Section XI, “Protected Material” shall exclude CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

28

INFORMATION, whose return and destruction shall be governed by Section VI(E)
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above, but includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other form

2

of reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected

3

Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written

4

certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the

5

Designating Party) by the ninety-day deadline that affirms that the Receiving Party

6

has taken reasonable efforts to comply with the foregoing provisions, and has not

7

retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or other forms of

8

reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. “Reasonable efforts” shall

9

not require the return or destruction of Protected Material that (i) is stored on

10

backup storage media made in accordance with regular data backup procedures for

11

disaster recovery purposes, (ii) is located in the email archive system or archived

12

electronic files of departed employees, or (iii) is subject to legal hold obligations.

13

Backup storage media will not be restored for purposes of returning or certifying

14

destruction of Protected Material, but such retained information shall continue to be

15

treated in accordance with this Stipulated Protective Order. However, as to those

16

items retained pursuant to provisions (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph, the

17

Receiving Party shall take appropriate steps to prevent disclosure in a manner

18

contrary to this Stipulated Protective Order of such Protected Material, which shall

19

remain subject to this Stipulated Protective Order as set forth in Section III above.

20

Notwithstanding this provision, counsel are entitled to retain archival copies and are

21

not required to return or destroy copies of all pleadings, motion papers, written

22

discovery, transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, attorney-client

23

communications or attorney work product, even if such materials contain Protected

24

Material, provided that such counsel take appropriate steps to prevent the disclosure

25

in a manner contrary to this Stipulated Protective Order of such Protected Material.

26

Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain

27

subject to this Stipulated Protective Order as set forth in Section III above.

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XII. MISCELLANEOUS
A.

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Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order

3

abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the Court or Special

4

Master in the future.
B.

5

Admissions and Waivers. Neither the entry of this Stipulated

6

Protective Order, nor the designation of any information or documents as

7

“CONFIDENTIAL,” CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION,” and/or

8

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or failure to make such a designation, nor any in

9

camera disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH

10

INFORMATION, and/or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information, shall

11

constitute evidence or any admission with respect to any issue in the case, and shall

12

not constitute a waiver of any objections to the disclosure of such information.

13

Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order shall be construed as waiving any

14

objections of any Party as to the admissibility of a particular document into

15

evidence. Moreover, nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order shall be construed

16

to require any Party to disclose to any other Party any CONFIDENTIAL,

17

CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, and/or ATTORNEYS’ EYES

18

ONLY information, or to prohibit any Party from refusing to disclose

19

CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, and/or

20

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information to any other Party. If at any time before

21

trial of this action a Producing Party realizes that it should have designated as

22

CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, or

23

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY any discovery materials previously produced, the

24

producing party may designate the material by so appraising all prior recipients in

25

writing. Thereafter, all persons subject to this Order shall treat such designated

26

material as CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION, or

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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.

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C.

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Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this

2

Stipulated Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to

3

object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not

4

addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order.
D.

5

Notwithstanding this Protective Order and/or any designations made

6

thereunder, nothing herein shall protect from use and disclosure by any

7

party/person documents and/or information that (a) became knowns to a party

8

without breach of this Protective Order, without breach of similar stipulations in

9

any other related lawsuits or proceedings, and/or without breach of a confidentiality

10

obligation of the person from whom a party received the information, (b) is public

11

knowledge through no wrongful or unauthorized act or omission of a party or any

12

other person, (c) is received from a third party other than through discovery is this

13

lawsuit who is not subject to a restriction on disclosure, (d) was lawfully possessed

14

by the receiving party without a duty of confidentiality to the producing party,

15

and/or (e) is independently developed or obtained by the recipient. Additionally,

16

nothing in this Protective Order shall impose any restrictions on the use or

17

disclosure by a party and/or producing person of its/her/his own discovery material,

18

information and/or documents.

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20

Dated: January 18, 2019

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

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By: /s/ Michael M. Maddigan

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Michael M. Maddigan
Poopak Nourafchan

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24

Attorneys for Defendants
WELLPOINT, INC., BLUE CROSS
OF CALIFORNIA D/B/A ANTHEM
BLUE CROSS, and ANTHEM BLUE
CROSS LIFE AND HEALTH
INSURANCE COMPANY

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Dated: January 18, 2019

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

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By: /s/ David J. Schindler

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David J. Schindler
Anne W. Robinson

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
HEALTH NET, INC., HEALTH NET
OF CALIFORNIA, INC. AND
HEALTH NET LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY

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7
8
9

Dated: January 18, 2019

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

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By: /s/ Scott Voelz

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Scott Voelz
David Deaton
David Leviss (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Elizabeth Bock

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14

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.,
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND MOLINA
HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA
PARTNER PLAN

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Dated: January 18, 2019

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

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By: /s/ David Jacobs

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David Jacobs
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
VNS CHOICE

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DSR HEALTHLAW

Dated: January 18, 2019

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By: /s/ Michael J. Daponde

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Michael J. Daponde
Anthony R. Eaton

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ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
ALAMEDA ALLIANCE FOR
HEALTH

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8
9

THE HANAGAMI LAW FIRM, A.P.C.

Dated: January 18, 2019

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11

By: /s/ William K. Hanagami

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William K. Hanagami

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ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND
RELATOR, ANITA SILINGO

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15

THE ZINBERG LAW FIRM, A.P.C.

Dated: January 18, 2019

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By: /s/ Abram J. Zinberg

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Abram J. Zinberg

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ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND
RELATOR, ANITA SILINGO

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The Special Master approves the foregoing Protective Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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January 21, 2019.

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Hon. Rosalyn M. Chapman

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Special Master

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