The Regents of the University of California v. Global Excel Management, Inc.

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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick re Stipulation for Protective Order 22 . (sp)

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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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THE REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,a
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F UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
IRVINE MEDICAL CENTER,

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Hon. Charles F. Eick
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

Plaintiff,

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Case No. 8:16-cv-01644-DOC-E

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GLOBAL EXCEL MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Canadian for-profit corporation,
and DOES 1 THROUGH 25, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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PURPOSE
To expedite the flow of discovery materials, to facilitate the prompt resolution

of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect the
information the parties are entitled or obligated to keep confidential, to ensure that
only materials the parties are entitled or obligated to keep confidential are subject to
such treatment, and to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonably necessary uses
ofsuch materials in preparation for and in the conduct of trial pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.

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P. 26(c), the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following

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Protective Order.

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II. DEFINITIONS
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"CONFIDENTIAL" Information or Items: information (regardless of

how it is generated,stored or maintained)or tangible things which contain trade secrets
or other confidential research, development, technical, financial, or commercial
information, or protected health information (as that term is defined by 45 C.F.R.
160.103), whether embodied in physical objects, documents, or the factual knowledge
of persons; and that has been so designated by the producing party, unless a Court
declares such information to not properly meet said descriptions.

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"Counsel": Outside Counsel of Record.

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"Disclosure or Discover~Material":

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regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained
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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A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a

serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action,(2) is not a past or current
employee or a Party or of a Party's competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not
anticipated to become an employee of a Party or a Party's competitor.
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"Expert":

matter pertinent to the litigation who(1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to

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All items or information,

"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —

Information or Items:

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"

Extremely sensitive "Confidential Information or Items,"

disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of
serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.
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"Non-Party":

any

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associations, or other legal entity not named as a party in this action.

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"Outside Counsel of Record": Attorneys who are not employees of a

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

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

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which has appeared on behalf of that party.

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"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).

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"Professional Vendors": Persons or entities that provide litigation

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

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

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their employees and subcontractors.
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Any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

as "CONFIDENTIAL," or as "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —

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designated

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ATTORNEYS'EYES ONLY."

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DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED INFORMATION
3.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Desi ~natin~ Material for Protection.

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

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

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under the appropriate standards. To the extent it is practical to do so, a producing

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Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items or

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communications that qualify — so that other portions ofthe material, documents,items,

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or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably

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within the ambit of this Order. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a receiving Party

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from contending that any or all documents or information designated as

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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS' EYES

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If it comes to a producing Party's attention 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 the
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level of protection initially asserted, that Party must promptly notify all other parties

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that it is withdrawing the mistaken 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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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 the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or

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"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" to each page that

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contains protected material.
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for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,

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that the designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition,

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hearing,or other proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level ofprotection

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being asserted. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion oftestimony

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

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

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deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 30 days to

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identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to

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specify the level ofprotection being asserted. Only those portions ofthe testimony that

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

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provisions of this Protective Order. Alternatively, a designating Party may specify, at

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

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Parties shall give the other parties notice ifthey reasonably expect a deposition,

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hearing or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can

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ensure that only authorized individuals who have signed the "Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound"(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a

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document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way affect its designation as

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Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the

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title page that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be

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

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designated as Protected Material and the level of protection being asserted by the

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designating Party. The designating Party shall inform the court reporter of these

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requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period

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for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated

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"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS'EYES ONLY" in its entirety unless

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otherwise agreed. After the expiration ofthat period,the transcript shall be treated only

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as actually designated.

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for information produced in some form other than documentary and for

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

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

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legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS'EYES

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ONLY".

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Inadvertent Failures to Desi~_ If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the
designating Party's right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon

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timely correction of a designation, the receiving Party must make reasonable efforts

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to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions ofthis Order.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
4.1 Basic Principles: A Party may use Protected Materials that is disclosed

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or produced by another Party or Non-Party in connection with this case only for

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prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material

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may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described

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in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, the Parties must comply with

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the provisions of section 8 below (Final Disposition).

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otherwise ordered
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Disclosure of"CONFIDENTIAL" Information or Items. Unless

disclose any information or item designated "CONFIDENTIAL" only to:
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the receiving Party's Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as

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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to

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disclose the information for this litigation and who have signed the "Acknowledgment

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and Agreement to Be Bound" that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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the officers, directors, and employees of the receiving Party to whom

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

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"Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"(Exhibit A);
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Experts (as defined in this Order) of the receiving Party to whom

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

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"Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"(Exhibit A);

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the Court and its personnel;

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court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and

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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation

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

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during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is

reasonably necessary and who have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to
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Be Bound"(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the designating Party or ordered

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by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that

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reveal Protected Material may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under

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this Stipulated Protective Order.

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the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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4.3 Disclosure of "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS' EYES

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ONLY" Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in

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writing by the designating Party, a receiving Party may disclose any information

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or item designated "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"

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only to:

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the receiving Party's Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as

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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to

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disclose the information for this litigation and who have signed the "Acknowledgment

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and Agreement to Be Bound"(Exhibit A);

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Experts of the receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary for this litigation, and (2) who have signed the "Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound"(Exhibit A).;

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the court and its personnel;

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court reporters and their staff and Professional Vendors to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the
Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"(E~ibit A); and
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during their depositions, witnesses in the action who (i) are employed by

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or affiliated with the Party that produced the subject "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —

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ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" Information or Items, (ii) to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary and (iii) who have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement

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to Be Bound"(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the designating Party or ordered

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reveal Protected Material may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under

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this Stipulated Protective Order.

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custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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V. CHALLENGES TO PROTECTED INFORMATION DESIGNATIONS
5.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

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designation ofconfidentiality at any time. A Party does not waive its right to challenge

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a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the

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original designation is disclosed.

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Meet and Confer. The challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

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resolution process by providing written notice ofeach designation it is challenging and

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describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge

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has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is

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being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The

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Parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process

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by conferring (pursuant to Local Rule 37) within 14 days of the date of service of

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notice. In conferring,the challenging Party must explain the basis for its beliefthat the

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confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the designating Party an

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opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if

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no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A

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challenging Party may proceed to the next stage ofthe challenge process only if it has

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engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the designating Party

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is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without

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court intervention, the challenging Party shall file and serve a motion to remove

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confidentiality in compliance with Local Civil Local Rule 37. Each such motion must

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be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied
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with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Any

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motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent

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declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer

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requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

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All parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of

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protection to which it is entitled under the producing Party's designation until the court

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rules on the challenge.

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SCOPE

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The protections conferred by this Protective Order cover not only Protected

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Material, but also(1)any information copied or extracted from Protected Material;(2)

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all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any

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testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal

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Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by this Protective Order do

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not cover the following information:(a) any information that is in the public domain

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at the time of disclosure or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a

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receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order,

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including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any

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information known to the receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the

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receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information

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lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the designating Party. Any use

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ofProtected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

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VII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
7.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any

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person to seek its modification by the court in the future.

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

Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this

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Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any

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ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

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Filing Protected Material.

Without written permission from the

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designating Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested

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persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected Material.

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A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with the

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procedures for seeking a court order authorizing sealing as permitted by the United

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States District Court for the Central District of California. If an application to file

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

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the Protected Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless

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otherwise instructed by the court.

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Duration.

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the

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confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a

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designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final

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disposition shall be deemed to be the later of(1) dismissal of all claims and defenses

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in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the

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completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of

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this action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for

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extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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VIII. FINAL DISPOSITION

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Within 60 days after the entry of a final non-appealable judgment or order, or

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the complete settlement of all claims asserted between the parties in this action, each

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party shall, at its option, either return to the producing party or destroy all physical

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objects and documents received from the producing party, which embody
PROTECTED INFORMATION, and shall destroy in whatever form stored or

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reproduced, all other physical objects and documents and copies thereof, including but

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not limited to, correspondence, memoranda, notes and other work product materials,

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which contain or refer to PROTECTED INFORMATION; provided that all

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PROTECTED INFORMATION, not embodied in physical objects and documents,

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shall remain subject to this Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Counsel shall be

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entitled to maintain an archival copy of all pleadings, motions, and trial briefs

including all supporting and opposing papers thereto), written discovery requests and
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responses (and e~ibits thereto), deposition transcripts (and exhibits thereto), trial

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transcripts, and exhibits offered or introduced into evidence at trial.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: December 12, 2016
STEPHENSON,ACQUISTO & COLMAN

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/s/ Shadi Shayan

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SHADISHAYAN
Attorneys for
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF UC
IRVINE MEDICAL CENTER

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Dated:

December 12, 2016

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iJ1VITED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE
COMPANY
/s/ Dan Terzian

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DAN TERZIAN
Attorneys for
GLOBAL EXCEL MANAGEMENT,INC.,

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION,IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Hon.`Charles F. Eick
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ATTACHMENT A

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Confidentiality Agreement

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state:

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and have
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in the preparation and conduct of litigation

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between Plaintiff The Regents of the University of California and Defendant Global

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Excel Management, Inc.

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5 I am fully familiar with and agree to comply with and be bound by the

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provisions of said Order. I understand that I am to retain all material designated as

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CONFIDENTIAL" of "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS' EYES
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ONLY" in a secure manner, and that all copies are to remain in my personal custody

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until I have completed my assigned duties, whereupon the copies and any writings

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prepared by me containing PROTECTED INFORMATION are to be returned to

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counsel who provided me with such material.

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6 I will not divulge to persons other than those specifically authorized by said
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Order, and will not copy or use, any information obtained pursuant to said Order except

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solely for purposes of this action, except as provided in said Order. I also agree to

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notify any stenographic or clerical personnel who are required to assist me ofthe terms

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of said Order.
7. I hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in the United States District

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Court for the Central District of California for the purposes of enforcing said Order.

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8. I state under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America
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