Positive Energy Beverages LLC v. Positive Beverage, LLC

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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jay C. Gandhi re Stipulation for Protective Order 25 . (kh)

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THOMAS J. SPEISS, III (SBN 200949)
([e-mail])
JUSTIN KLAEB (SBN 254035)
([e-mail])
STRADLING YOCCA CARLSON &
RAUTH, P.C.
100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400
Santa Monica, California 90401
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Positive Energy
Beverages LLC

STEPHEN F. ROTH
(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
([e-mail])
KEIR J. LOIACONO
(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
([e-mail])
LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG,
KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK, LLP
600 South Avenue West
Westfield, NJ 07090
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant, Positive
Beverage, LLC

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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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POSITIVE ENERGY
BEVERAGES LLC, a California
Limited Liability Company,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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The Hon. Andrew J. Guilford
[Discovery Document: Referred to
Magistrate Judge Jay C. Gandhi]

POSITIVE BEVERAGE, LLC, a
Delaware Limited Liability
Company,
Defendant.

CASE NO.: 8:14-cv-01727-AG-JCG

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Complaint Filed: October 28, 2014

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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

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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public

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

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be warranted. Accordingly, the parties have stipulated to be bound by the

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following Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. This Order does not confer

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blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and the protection

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it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or

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items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal

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principles. Further, this Order does not entitle the parties to file confidential

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information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must

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be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission

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from the court to file material under seal.

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

GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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

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proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure

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and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted.

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Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among

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other things, confidential business or financial information, information regarding

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confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, or

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commercial information, information otherwise generally unavailable to the public,

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or which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state

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or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to

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expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes

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over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the

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parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted
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reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct

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

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

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

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tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that

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it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good

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

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DEFINITIONS
2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit.

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

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

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

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

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in the Good Cause Statement.

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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES

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ONLY.”

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information,

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regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained

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(including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are

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

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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a

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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.

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”

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Information or Items: extremely sensitive “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or

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Items, disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial

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risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,

or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of

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

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

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

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

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directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record

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(and their support staffs).
2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure

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or Discovery Material in this Action.

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2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation

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

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

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and their employees and subcontractors.
2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

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Material from a Producing Party.

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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material

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

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Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected

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Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their

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Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
Any use of Protected Material at court hearings or proceedings shall be

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governed by the orders of the judge conducting the hearing. This Order does not

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govern such use of Protected Material.

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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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time pursuant to applicable law.

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

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

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

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qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate

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

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

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

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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited.

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

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improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development
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process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose

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the Designating Party to sanctions.

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

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

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promptly notify all other Parties, in writing, that it is withdrawing the mistaken

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designation.

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise

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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection

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under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or

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produced.

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic

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

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

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions

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

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

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the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being

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asserted.

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

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

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

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

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deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the

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inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the

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protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the

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Producing Party must affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that contains

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Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies

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

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

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for each portion, the level of protection being asserted.

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(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify
the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the

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deposition all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted.

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When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is

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entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may

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qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the

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deposition is concluded) a right to have up to 30 days to identify the specific

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portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level

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of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are

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appropriately designated for protection within the 30 days shall be covered by the

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provisions of this Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the

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deposition or up to 30 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the

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entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

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

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

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

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legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants

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

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protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted.
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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

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

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

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reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the

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provisions of this Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1

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

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

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Scheduling Order.

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6.2

Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.

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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be

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

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

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

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

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

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

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challenge.

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

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

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

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

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under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been
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terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below

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(FINAL DISPOSITION).
Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a

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

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authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless

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otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a

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Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated

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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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

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

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reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

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

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

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

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

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(d) the Court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff;

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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action

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and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit

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A);

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

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the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the

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

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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material

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

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except as permitted under this Order; and
(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

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mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted

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in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any

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information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY” only to:

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

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

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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

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(b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom

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the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a), below, have been followed;

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(d) the Court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff,

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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action

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

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(Exhibit A);

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information

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

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Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY

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Experts.

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(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed to in writing by

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the Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in

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this Order) any information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b)

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first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the

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general categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY” information that the Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the

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Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her

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primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4)

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identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity

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from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for work in his or

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her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services,

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including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five

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years1, and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and

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location of court) any litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered

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expert testimony, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a

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deposition or trial, during the preceding five years.

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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information

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specified in the preceding respective paragraphs may disclose the subject

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Protected Material to the identified Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the

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request, the Party receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any

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such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based.

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(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must initiate the
dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. If no agreement is
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If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality
obligation to a third-party, then the Expert should provide whatever information
the Expert believes can be disclosed without violating any confidentiality
agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert shall be available to
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reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may file a motion,

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consistent with Local Rule 37, seeking permission from the Court to do so. In any

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such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden

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of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the

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safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the

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Protected Material to its Expert.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED

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

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litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this

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Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY” that Party must:

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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

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

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

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copy of this Order; and

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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued
by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served

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

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

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

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

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

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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this
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Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE

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

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

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced

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

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relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as

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prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

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

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

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

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confidential information, then the Party shall:

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(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-

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

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agreement with a Non-Party;

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(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of this Order, the

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relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the

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information requested; and

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the Non-Party, if requested.

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make the information requested available for inspection by

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

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14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving

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

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

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Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject

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to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the

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Court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden
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and expense of seeking protection in this Court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized

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under this Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the

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

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

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

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

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

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PROTECTED MATERIAL

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain

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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other

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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal

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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify

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

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for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of

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Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of

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disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client

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privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement

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in the stipulated protective order submitted to the Court.

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

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

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not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that

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(1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was

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returned or destroyed and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any

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

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capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel

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DATED: June 09, 2015

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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

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___________________________________________ [print or type full address],

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

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Protective Order (“Order”) that was issued by the United States District Court for

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the Central District of California on ______________ [date] in the case of Positive

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Energy Beverages LLC v. Positive Beverage, LLC, Case No. 8:14-cv-01727-AG-

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JCG. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Order, and I

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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to

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sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will

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not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Order to

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any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

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

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Court for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms

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of this Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this

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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 with

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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: _____________________________

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Signature: ________________________________

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