Walter Hsiao v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. et al

Filing 18

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Gail J. Standish re Stipulation for Protective Order 15 . (ec)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WALTER HSIAO, an individual,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.;
WAL-MART STORES, INC.;
DOES 1 to 15,

Case No. 8:17-cv-00152-CJC-GJS
Assigned to: Hon. Cormac J. Carney
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Defendants.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may
be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this
Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
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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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This action is likely to involve commercial, financial, and/or proprietary

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information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for

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any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential

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and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things,

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confidential business or financial information, information regarding confidential

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business practices, or other confidential commercial information (including

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information implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise

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generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise

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protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions,

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or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the

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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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DEFINITIONS
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Action: refers to the Complaint for Damages filed by Plaintiff against

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WALMART on October 25, 2016 and a First Amended Complaint on December 9,

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2016 in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, Case No. 30-2016-

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00882995, and subsequently removed to the United States District Court for the

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Central District of California, Case No. 8:17-cv-00152-CJC-GJS.

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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 of

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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 in

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the Good Cause Statement.

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Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

their support staff).
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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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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

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

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among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced

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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 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.

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HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY EYES ONLY:

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information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method,

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technique, or process that: (1) derives independent economic value, actual or

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potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can
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obtain economic value from its disclosure; and (2) is the subject of efforts that are

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reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. This includes any

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documents containing corporate trade secrets, nonpublic research and development

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data, pricing formulas, prospective inventory management programs, confidential

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business information not generally known to the general public, and customer-

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related information.

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HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE: information that is,

or includes, confidential, proprietary, or trade secret source code.
2.10 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.

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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside

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counsel.

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2.11 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
2.12 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, and includes support staff.

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2.13 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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2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.

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2.15 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.

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2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

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Material from a Producing Party.

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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.
Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the

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trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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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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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 for

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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. Designations

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

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purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to

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impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the

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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 that it is withdrawing the inapplicable 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 at a minimum, the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that

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contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page

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qualifies 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).

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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. Then,

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before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the

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“CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a

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

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Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making

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appropriate markings in the margins).

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(b)

for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify

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the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the

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deposition all protected testimony.

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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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Inadvertent Failure to Designate. The inadvertent production by any of

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the undersigned Parties or non-Parties to the Proceedings of any Document,

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Testimony or Information during discovery in this Proceeding without a

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“Confidential” designation, shall be without prejudice to any claim that such item is

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“Confidential” and such Party shall not be held to have waived any rights by such

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inadvertent production. In the event that any Document, Testimony or Information

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that is subject to a “Confidential” designation is inadvertently produced without

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such designation, the Party that inadvertently produced the Document shall give

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written notice of such inadvertent production within twenty-one (21) days of

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discovery of the inadvertent production, together with a further copy of the subject

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Document, Testimony or Information designated as “Confidential” (the
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“Inadvertent Production Notice”). Upon receipt of such Inadvertent Production

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Notice, the Party that received the inadvertently produced Document, Testimony or

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Information shall promptly destroy the inadvertently produced Document,

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Testimony or Information and all copies thereof, or, at the expense of the producing

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Party, return such together with all copies of such Document, Testimony or

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Information to counsel for the producing Party and shall retain only the

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“Confidential” designated Materials. Should the receiving Party choose to destroy

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such inadvertently produced Document, Testimony or Information, the receiving

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Party shall notify the producing Party in writing of such destruction within ten (10)

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days of receipt of written notice of the inadvertent production. This provision is not

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intended to apply to any inadvertent production of any Information protected by

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attorney-client or work product privileges. In the event that this provision conflicts

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with any applicable law regarding waiver of confidentiality through the inadvertent

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production of Documents, Testimony or Information, such law shall govern.

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The disclosure or production of any Documents subject to a legally

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recognized claim of privilege (including, without limitation, the attorney-client

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privilege, work-product doctrine, or other applicable privilege) shall be protected

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and excluded from argument from any party that:

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the disclosure was not inadvertent by the Producing Party;

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(b)

the Producing Party did not take reasonable steps to prevent the

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disclosure of privileged Documents;
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such Disclosure; and/or
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the Producing Party did not take reasonable or timely steps to rectify

such disclosure acts as a waiver of applicable privileges or protections

associated with such Documents.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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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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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 on

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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 designated material only

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

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persons and under the conditions described in this Order.

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Disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL Material Without Further Approval.

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Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the designator, a

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receiving party may disclose any material designated CONFIDENTIAL only to:

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(a)

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

employees of outside counsel of record to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary;
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The officers, directors, and employees of the receiving party to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary, and who have signed the Agreement to Be

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Bound (Exhibit A);

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(c)

Experts retained by the receiving party’s outside counsel of record to

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whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, and who have signed the Agreement to

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Be Bound (Exhibit A);
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(d)

The Court and its personnel;

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Outside court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial

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consultants, and professional vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary,

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and who have signed the Agreement to Be Bound (Exhibit A);
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During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary and who have signed the Agreement to Be Bound (Exhibit

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A);

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(g)

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

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and
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Any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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Disclosure of HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY EYES

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ONLY and HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — SOURCE CODE Material Without

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Further Approval. Unless permitted in writing by the designator, a receiving party

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may disclose material designated HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY

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EYES ONLY or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — SOURCE CODE without further

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approval only to:

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(a)

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

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employees of outside counsel of record to whom it is reasonably necessary to

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disclose the information;

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(b)

The Court and its personnel;

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Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY EYES ONLY or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

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— SOURCE CODE Material to In-House Counsel or Experts. Unless agreed to in

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writing by the designator:

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(a)

A party seeking to disclose any material designated HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY EYES ONLY to in-house counsel, outside

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court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors,
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and/or Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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

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(Exhibit A) must first make a written request to the designator providing the full

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name of the in-house counsel, the city and state of such counsel’s residence, and

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such counsel’s current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and

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responsibilities in sufficient detail to determine present or potential involvement in

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any competitive decision-making. In-house counsel, outside court reports and their

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staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and/or Professional

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Vendors are not authorized to receive material designated HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL — SOURCE CODE.
(b)

A party seeking to disclose to an expert retained by outside counsel of

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record any information or item that has been designated HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY EYES ONLY or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

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— SOURCE CODE must first make a written request to the designator that (1)

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identifies the general categories of HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY

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EYES ONLY or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — SOURCE CODE information that

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the receiving party seeks permission to disclose to the expert, (2) sets forth the full

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name of the expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3)

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attaches a copy of the expert’s current resume, (4) identifies the expert’s current

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employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the expert has received

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compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise (including in

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connection with litigation) in the past five years, and (6) identifies (by name and

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number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation where the

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expert has offered expert testimony, including by declaration, report, or testimony

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at deposition or trial, in the past five years. If the expert believes any of this

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information at (4) - (6) is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a third party, then

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the expert should provide whatever information the expert believes can be disclosed

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without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the party seeking to disclose
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the information to the expert shall be available to meet and confer with the

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designator regarding any such confidentiality obligations.
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A party that makes a request and provides the information specified in

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paragraphs 7.4 (a) and (b) above may disclose the designated material to the

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identified in-house counsel or expert unless, within seven days of delivering the

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request, the party receives a written objection from the designator providing

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detailed grounds for the objection.
All challenges to objections from the designator shall proceed under Local

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Rule 37-1 through Local Rule 37-4.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION

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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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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification

shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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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 the

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

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a copy of this Stipulated Protective 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 with

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

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action 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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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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(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.” Such information

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

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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be

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construed as 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 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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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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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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make the information requested available for inspection by the

Non-Party, if requested.
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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 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.

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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 persons 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 authorized 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 and

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

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
PROTECTED MATERIAL

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 for

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

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

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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work

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product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated

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protective order submitted to the court.

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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.
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.

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

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in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60

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days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must

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return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As

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used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,

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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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Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if

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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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are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial,

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deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition

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

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work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival

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copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective

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Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary

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sanctions.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: June 2, 2017

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/s/ Ben Galante
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Attorneys for Plaintiff

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DATED: June 6, 2017

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/s/ Amber N. Morton
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Attorneys for Defendant

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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 5, 2017
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GAIL J. STANDISH
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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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], declare under penalty

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of perjury that I have read and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was

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issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on

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[date] in the case of Walter Hsiao v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 8:17-cv-

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00152-CJC-GJS. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this

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Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so

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comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I

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solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item

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that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in

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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 Court

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

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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after

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termination of this action. I hereby appoint _________________________ [print or

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type full name] of ______________________________________________ [print

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or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of

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process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of

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this Stipulated Protective 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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