Melanie Barber et al v. Johnson and Johnson Co. et al
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jay C. Gandhi re Stipulation for Protective Order 52 . (kh)
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiffs
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Melanie Barber, Ki Burke, and Joseph Gregorio and Defendants Johnson &
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Johnson, McNeil PPC, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., and Ranir LLC as
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follows:
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1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
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proprietary, non-public or private information for which special protection from
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public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation
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may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the
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Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge
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that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
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only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
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under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth
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in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to
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file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
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party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal.
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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
This action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists and
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other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or
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proprietary information or personal information for which special protection from
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public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action
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is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist
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of, among other things, trade secrets, financial, sales, and cost information; business
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plans, strategies, projections, or analyses; employee, independent contractor, and
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third-party compensation; contracts and other documents concerning compensation
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and employment; studies or analyses; product development materials, product
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formulas, and product formulations; and business and marketing plans, sales plans,
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data and strategies. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate
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the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to
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adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to
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ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in
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preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the
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litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is
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justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be
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designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated
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without a good-faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public
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manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of
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this case.
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2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 Action: this pending federal law suit, Melanie Barber et al. v. Johnson &
Johnson et al., 8:16-cv-1954-JLS-JCG (C.D. Cal.).
2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation
of information or items under this Order.
2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: non-public, confidential or
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proprietary financial, technical, commercial, or personal information, medical
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history or medical records (regardless of how generated, stored, or maintained) or
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tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement.
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2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their
support staffs).
2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or
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items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of
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the medium or manner in which generated, stored, or maintained (including, among
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other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced as hard
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copy, electronically stored information, computer diskette, CD-ROM or otherwise
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or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as
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an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action and who is not a current
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employee of, or consultant to, a Party or a direct competitor of a Party and who, at
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the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of, or consultant to,
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a Party or a direct competitor of a Party. This definition includes a professional jury
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or trial consultant retained in connection with this litigation.
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2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action,
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and employed to work as attorneys for that party. House Counsel does not include
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Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party
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to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have
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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, and includes support staff.
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2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their
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support staffs).
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2.12 Privilege: the attorney-client privilege, the work product protection, the
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common-interest privilege, and/or any other privilege, protection, or immunity
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recognized by law.
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2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.
2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
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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.
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2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
from a Producing Party.
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3. SCOPE
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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any party from using or
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continuing to use any information that is in the public domain or that subsequently
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becomes a part of the public domain other than as a result of any act of such party
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or of disclosure in violation of this Order. Nothing herein shall be construed to
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prevent a party from using or continuing to use any documents or information
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known to it or used by it prior to the filing of this Order or that has come into a
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party’s possession independently of disclosure and/or discovery in this Case, except
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in accordance with any pre-existing limits attached to those documents or
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information.
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Nothing contained in this Order shall be construed to limit any party’s rights
to disclose Protected Material to any witness at a deposition or at trial who either
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wrote (in whole or in part), received, or lawfully has or had rightful access to such
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information, except that such witness must execute the Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A).
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In addition, a witness may be shown any document that contains or reveals
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Confidential Information if the witness (a) is a 30(b)(6) witness testifying on behalf
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of the Producing Party, (b) is a present officer or director of the Producing Party
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with lawful or rightful access to such information of the Producing Party, (c) was
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an officer or director of the Producing Party at the time the document was sent
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and/or created, had lawful or rightful access to the document while an officer or
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director, and who has executed an “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A), (d) was an employee with lawful or rightful access to the information
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of the Producing Party at the time the document was sent and/or created and is not
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then-employed by a competitor of the Producing Party, or (e) was an employee of
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the Producing Party at the time the document was sent and/or created whose duties
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or position while with the Producing Party would have provided access to the type
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of Confidential Information at issue. Before any person listed in this section may
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be shown any document that contains or reveals Confidential Information, the
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witness must execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit
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A).
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Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from attempting to examine as
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witnesses, during depositions or at trial, persons not authorized to receive
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documents designated as Confidential Information, as identified herein, if the
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examination concerns a document that the witness previously had actual lawful
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access to or prior knowledge of as demonstrated by the document itself or by
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foundation testimony, so long as the witness executes the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A). Nor shall this Order prevent counsel from
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examining a witness to determine whether he or she has prior knowledge of
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Confidential Information, so long as such examination shall be in a manner that
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does not disclose the details of the designated documents. Any Confidential
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Information so used shall not lose its confidential status through such use and its
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confidentiality shall be protected in conformance with this Order.
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4. DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations
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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 time
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pursuant to applicable law.
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5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1 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. If it comes to a Designating Party’s
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attention that information or items that it designated for protection do not qualify
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for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it is
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withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
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5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this
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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” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
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contains protected material.
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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 “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
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documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine
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which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
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Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
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“CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material.
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(b) for testimony given in depositions, that the Designating Party
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identify the confidential Disclosure or Discovery Material and testimony on the
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record, before the close of the deposition. The Designating Party shall thereafter
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make arrangements with the court reporter to bind the confidential portions of the
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testimony separately. When it appears that substantial portions of the testimony
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and exhibits may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the
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record (before the deposition or proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21
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days from the date of receipt of the transcript to identify the specific portions of the
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testimony and exhibits as to which protection is sought. When this right has been
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invoked, the transcript shall be treated as Protected Material during the sooner of:
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(a) 21 days from the date of receipt of the transcript; or (b) the date that the specific
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portions of testimony and exhibits for which protection is sought have been
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designated as Protected Material and such designations have been served.
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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.” If only a portion or portions of the information
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warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the
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protected portion(s).
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5.3 Inadvertent Production or Failures to Designate. An inadvertent failure to
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designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the
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Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.
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Promptly upon discovering its error, the Producing Party or person shall notify the
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receiving party in writing of the error, and within ten (10) days of receipt of notice
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the receiving party shall either (a) mark all copies of the specified materials with
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the appropriate legend, (b) destroy the unmarked copies, or (c) return the unmarked
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copies return them to the Producing Party or person for marking. If returned to the
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Producing Party for marking, the Producing Party shall return the marked copies to
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the receiving party within ten (10) business days. 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, to the extent the material has been used in any other
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document (e.g., a memorandum) before being re-designated.
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6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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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. A Party wishing to challenge a Designating Party’s
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confidentiality designation shall begin the process by conferring with counsel for
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the Designating Party. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution
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process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the parties are unable to informally resolve a
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challenge to a particular designation, the challenging Party may file and serve a
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motion that identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for
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the challenge. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be
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on the Designating Party. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent
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declaration that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet and confer
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requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph and that sets forth with specificity
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the justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by the
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Designating Party in the meet-and-confer dialogue. Until the Court rules on the
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challenge, 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.
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7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
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Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such
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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
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conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a
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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL
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DISPOSITION).
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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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7.2 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 Action, as
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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) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) 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, provided that: (a) such expert or
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consultant has agreed to be bound by the provisions of the Protective Order by
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signing a copy of Exhibit A; (b) such expert or consultant is not a current officer,
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director, or employee of, or a consultant to, a competitor of Defendants, nor
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anticipated at the time of retention to become an officer, director, or employee of,
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or a consultant to, a competitor of Defendants; (c) such expert or consultant is not
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involved in competitive decision-making, as defined by U.S. Steel v. United States,
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730 F.2d 1465, 1468 n.3 (Fed. Cir. 1984), on behalf of any competitor of
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Defendants; and (d) such expert or consultant accesses the materials in the United
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States only, and does not transport them to or access them from any foreign (i.e.,
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outside the United States) jurisdiction (unless such material originated from or is
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produced from any such foreign jurisdiction; moreover, the Parties agree to meet
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and confer over potential alterations to this Protective Order as reasonably
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necessary to enable the parties to take testimony on technical matters in a foreign
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jurisdiction);
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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 Professional
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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit 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;
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(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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(j) such other persons as the Designating Party may authorize in
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writing (and subject to any conditions at that time, such as requiring execution of
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the Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A)); and
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named Plaintiffs.
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8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
IN OTHER LITIGATION
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL,” 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;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or
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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
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pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the
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subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action
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as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the Court from which the
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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 Action
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to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-
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Party in this Action and designated by the Non-Party or by any Party to this action
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as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection
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with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.
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Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from
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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 is
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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-Party
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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 the Stipulated
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Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
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specific description of the information requested; and
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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
Non-Party, if requested.
(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this Court within 14
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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party
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may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery
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request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall
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not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the
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confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the Court.
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Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and
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expense of seeking protection in this Court of its Protected Material. Nothing in
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this Order shall prohibit a Party producing Protected Material of a Non-Party from
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asserting confidentiality for such Non-Party material.
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10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
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Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
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Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in
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writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best
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efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the
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person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of
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this 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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11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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11.1. Non Waiver. Under the terms of Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), the production
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or disclosure of a document containing material subject to a claim of privilege shall
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not constitute a waiver, in this or any other proceeding, of any privilege applicable
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to that document or the material contained in that document.
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11.2. Claw Back. A producing party may, at any time, demand that a
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receiving party return or destroy a document containing material subject to a good-
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faith claim of privilege. The demand shall be made in writing and shall identify the
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document to be returned or destroyed by Bates range whenever possible. Within
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fifteen calendar days, or such other time as the parties may agree or the Court may
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order, of receiving such a demand, a receiving party shall certify in writing that: (1)
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it has returned, destroyed, or otherwise sequestered all copies or versions of the
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documents requested to be returned or destroyed and that the receiving party shall
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not attempt to examine, review, or use such documents without further order of the
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Court permitting such activity; and (2) the receiving party has deleted from its work
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product or other materials any information or material derived from the documents
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requested to be returned or destroyed. Within twenty calendar days, or such other
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time as the parties may agree or the Court may order, of receipt of the receiving
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party’s certification, a producing party shall provide a privilege log for any
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documents demanded to be returned as well as redacted versions of any of those
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documents that contain both privileged and non-privileged information and
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11.3. Limitations on Use of Clawed Back Documents Pending Court Ruling.
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After receipt of the producing party’s privilege log and a good faith effort to meet
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and confer, a receiving party may file a motion to compel production of a document
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demanded to be returned pursuant to paragraph 11.2 hereof. The motion shall not
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assert, as a basis for the desired relief, the fact that the material at issue was
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produced in the case. The motion shall not quote or paraphrase the substance of the
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document subject to the motion to compel beyond the description of the document
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contained in the privilege log entry for the document; however the motion may
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request that an in camera inspection be made of the document. Unless the motion
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is granted, a requesting party may not use any information contained in the
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document that has been clawed back for any purpose, unless that same information
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is available from a non-privileged source.
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11.4. Notification of Producing Party of the Production of Privileged
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Materials. If a receiving party receives documents that it has reason to believe are
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subject to a good faith claim of privilege, the receiving party must refrain from
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examining the documents any more than is essential to ascertain if the materials are
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reasonably subject to a privilege claim. The receiving party shall promptly notify
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the producing party in writing that the receiving party possesses material that
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appears to be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure.
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12. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any
person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
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12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
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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
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this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
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any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
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Order.
12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material
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may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the
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specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material
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work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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Dated: October 6, 2017
RICHARD B. GOETZ
MATTHEW D. POWERS
HANNAH Y. CHANOINE
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
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BY: /s/ Hannah H. Chanoine
Hannah H. Chanoine
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Attorneys for Defendants
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BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.
BY: /s/ L. Timothy Fisher
L. Timothy Fisher
L. Timothy Fisher (S.B. # 191626)
Joel D. Smith (S.B. # 244902)
Yeremey Krivoshey (S.B. # 295032)
1990 North California Blvd., Suite 940
Walnut Creek, California 94596
Telephone: (925) 300-4455
Facsimile: (925) 407-2700
Email: ltfisher@bursor.com
jsmith@bursor.com
ykrivoshey@bursor.com
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of
________________________________ [print or type full address], declare under
penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated
Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central
District of California on [date] in the case of Melanie Barber et al. v. Johnson &
Johnson et al., 8:16-cv-1954-JLS-JCG (C.D. Cal.). I agree to comply with and to be
bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and
acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in
any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective
Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this
Order.
I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print
or type full name] of _______________________________________ [print or type
full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in
connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this
Stipulated Protective Order.
Date: ______________________________________
City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
Printed name: _______________________________
Signature: ______________________________________
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