Lang Van, Inc. v. VNG Corporation et al

Filing 40

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Robert N. Block re Stipulation for Protective Order 34 . (see document for details). (dro)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SOUTHERN DIVISION

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No. SACV14-00100 AG (RNBx)

LANG VAN, INC., a California
corporation,

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

Plaintiff,
Judge:

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vs.

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Complaint Filed: Jan. 22, 2014

VNG CORPORATION, a Vietnamese
corporation, INTERNATIONAL DATA
GROUP, INC., a Massachusetts
corporation, IDG VENTURES, INC., a
Massachusetts corporation, IDG
VENTURES VIETNAM, L.P.,
a Delaware partnership, IDG
VENTURES VIETNAM, LLC, a
Delaware liability company, and IDG
VENTURES VIETNAM
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a
Delaware corporation,

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Final Pretrial Conf.: Sept. 14, 2015
Trial Date:

Defendants.

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Hon. Andrew J.
Guilford

Sept. 22, 2015

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PURPOSE AND LIMITS OF THIS ORDER

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Discovery in this action is likely to involve confidential, proprietary, or

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private information requiring special protection from public disclosure and from

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use for any purpose other than this litigation. Thus, the Court enters this Protective
Order. This Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or
responses to discovery, and the protection it gives from public disclosure and use
extends only to the specific material entitled to confidential treatment under the

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applicable legal principles. This Order does not automatically authorize the filing
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under seal of material designated under this Order. Instead, the parties must
comply with L.R. 79-5.1 if they seek to file anything under seal. This Order does
not govern the use at trial of material designated under this Order.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Over-Designation Prohibited. Any party or non-party who

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designates

information

or

items

for

protection

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“CONFIDENTIAL” (a “designator”) must only designate specific material that

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qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent practicable, only those

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parts of documents, items, or oral or written communications that require

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protection shall be designated. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations

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are prohibited. Unjustified designations expose the designator to sanctions,

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including the Court’s striking all confidentiality designations made by that

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designator. Designation under this Order is allowed only if the designation is

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necessary to protect material that, if disclosed to persons not authorized to view it,

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would cause competitive or other recognized harm. Material may not be

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designated if it has been made public, or if designation is otherwise unnecessary to

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protect a secrecy interest. If a designator learns that information or items that it

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designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for

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under

this

Order

as

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the level of protection initially asserted, that designator must promptly notify all

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parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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2.2

Manner and Timing of Designations. Designation under this Order

requires the designator to affix the applicable legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each
page that contains protected material. For testimony given in deposition or other
proceeding, the designator shall specify all protected testimony and the level of
protection being asserted. It may make that designation during the deposition or

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proceeding, or may invoke, on the record or by written notice to all parties on or
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before the next business day, a right to have up to 21 days from the deposition or
proceeding to make its designation.
2.2.1 A party or non-party that makes original documents or materials

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available for inspection need not designate them for protection until after

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the inspecting party has identified which material it would like copied and

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produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all material

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shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL. After the inspecting party has

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identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the producing party

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must designate the documents, or portions thereof, that qualify for

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protection under this Order.

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2.2.2 Parties shall give advance notice if they expect a deposition or

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other proceeding to include designated material so that the other parties can

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ensure that only authorized individuals are present at those proceedings

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when such material is disclosed or used. The use of a document as an

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exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way affect its designation.

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Transcripts containing designated material shall have a legend on the title

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page noting the presence of designated material, and the title page shall be

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followed by a list of all pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that

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have been designated. The designator shall inform the court reporter of
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these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of

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the 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it

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had been designated CONFIDENTIAL unless otherwise agreed. After the

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expiration of the 21-day period, the transcript shall be treated only as

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actually designated.

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2.3

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. An inadvertent failure to

designate does not, standing alone, waive protection under this Order. Upon

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timely assertion or correction of a designation, all recipients must make
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reasonable efforts to ensure that the material is treated according to this Order.
3.

CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
All challenges to confidentiality designations shall proceed under L.R. 37-1

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through L.R. 37-4.

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ACCESS TO DESIGNATED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A receiving party may use designated material only

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for this litigation. Designated material may be disclosed only to the categories of

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persons and under the conditions described in this Order.

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4.2

Disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL Material Without Further

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Approval. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the

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designator,

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CONFIDENTIAL only to:

a

receiving

party

may

disclose

any

material

designated

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4.2.1 The receiving party’s outside counsel of record in this action

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and employees of outside counsel of record to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary;

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4.2.2 The officers, directors, and employees of the receiving party to

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whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, and who have signed the

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Agreement to Be Bound (Exhibit A);

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4.2.3 Experts retained by the receiving party’s outside counsel of

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record to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, and who have signed

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the Agreement to Be Bound (Exhibit A);

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4.2.4 The Court and its personnel;

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4.2.5 Outside court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial

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consultants, and professional vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary, and who have signed the Agreement to Be Bound (Exhibit A);

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4.2.6 During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the Agreement to

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Be Bound (Exhibit A); and

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4.2.7 The author or recipient of a document containing the material,

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or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the

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information.

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5.

PROTECTED

MATERIAL

SUBPOENAED

OR

ORDERED

PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
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Subpoenas and Court Orders. This Order in no way excuses non-

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compliance with a lawful subpoena or court order. The purpose of the duties

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described in this section is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this

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Order and to give the designator an opportunity to protect its confidentiality

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interests in the court where the subpoena or order issued.

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5.2

Notification Requirement. If a party is served with a subpoena or a

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court order issued in other litigation that compels disclosure of any information or

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items designated in this action as CONFIDENTIAL, that party must:

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5.2.1 Promptly notify the designator in writing. Such notification
shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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5.2.2 Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena
or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material
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covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Order. Such notification

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shall include a copy of this Order; and

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5.2.3 Cooperate with all reasonable procedures sought by the

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designator whose material may be affected.

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5.3

Wait For Resolution of Protective Order. If the designator timely

seeks a protective order, the party served with the subpoena or court order shall
not produce any information designated in this action as CONFIDENTIAL before

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a determination by the court where the subpoena or order issued, unless the party
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has obtained the designator’s permission. The designator shall bear the burden and
expense of seeking protection of its confidential material in that court.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF DESIGNATED MATERIAL
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If a receiving party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has

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disclosed designated material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized

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under this Order, it must immediately (1) notify in writing the designator of the

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unauthorized disclosures and all of the pertinent facts surrounding the

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unauthorized disclosures, (2) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies

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of the designated material, (3) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized

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disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (4) use reasonable efforts

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to have such person or persons execute the Agreement to Be Bound (Exhibit A).

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Compliance with the foregoing shall not prevent the designator from seeking

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further relief from the Court.

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6.2

The

receiving

party

shall

maintain

material

designated

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CONFIDENTIAL in a secure and safe place, and shall exercise at least the same

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degree of care in handling such material as is exercised by the recipient with

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respect to its own confidential information of a similar nature, but in no event less

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than reasonable care. If a party fails to abide by the terms of this Order, the party

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will be subject to liability for such failure, with the Court to determine any
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appropriate remedy or remedies. The party shall be subject to the jurisdiction of

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this Court to any proceeding to enforce this Order. Each recipient of any material

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designated CONFIDENTIAL produced in this action hereby agrees to be subject

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to the jurisdiction of this Court solely for the purposes of the implementation and
enforcement of this Order.

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INADVERTENT

PRODUCTION

OF

PRIVILEGED

OR

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OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Any party who produces material or information without intending to waive

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a claim of privilege or other protection does not waive that claim if within ten (10)
days after the producing party actually discovers that privileged material or

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information has been produced, the producing party identifies the material or

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information produced and states the privilege asserted. If the privilege is thus

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asserted, the receiving party must promptly return the specified material or

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information and any copies. Nothing in this provision shall restrict a party from

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challenging, in any way, the propriety of the privilege claim after the material or

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information has been returned to the producing party.

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FILING UNDER SEAL

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Without written permission from the designator or a Court order, a party

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may not file in the public record in this action any designated material. A party

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seeking to file under seal any designated material must comply with L.R. 79-5.1.

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Filings may be made under seal only pursuant to a court order authorizing the

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sealing of the specific material at issue. The fact that a document has been

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designated under this Order is insufficient to justify filing under seal. Instead,

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parties must explain the basis for confidentiality of each document sought to be

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filed under seal. Because a party other than the designator will often be seeking to

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file designated material, cooperation between the parties in preparing, and in
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reducing the number and extent of, requests for under seal filing is essential. If a

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receiving party’s request to file designated material under seal pursuant to L.R.

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79-5.1 is denied by the Court, then the receiving party may file the material in the

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public record unless (1) the designator seeks reconsideration within four days of
the denial, or (2) as otherwise instructed by the Court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, each party shall
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return all designated material to the designator or destroy such material, including
all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing
or capturing any designated material. The receiving party must submit a written

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certification to the designator by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by

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category, where appropriate) all the designated material that was returned or

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destroyed, and (2) affirms that the receiving party has not retained any copies,

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

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any of the designated material. This provision shall not prevent counsel from

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

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hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial

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

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product, even if such materials contain designated material. Any such archival

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copies remain subject to this Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: June 23, 2014

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____________________________________
The Hon. Robert N. Block
United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of

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_____________________________________ [print or type full address], declare

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under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the

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Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the
Central District of California on _______ [date] in the case of Lang Van, Inc. v.
VNG Corporation, et al. (No. SACV14-00100 AG (RNBx)). I agree to comply
with and to be bound by all the terms of this Protective Order, and I understand

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and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
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punishment for contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any
manner any information or item that is subject to this Protective Order to any
person or entity except in strict compliance with this Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District

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Court for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing this Order,

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even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of

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_______________________________________ [print or type full address and

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

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with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Order.

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Date: ___________________________

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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: ____________________
[printed name]

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Signature: _______________________
[signature]

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