International Fruit Genetics, LLC v. R.B. Sandrini, Inc. et al
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 7/27/2015. (Hall, S)
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BARRY L. GOLDNER, SBN 107126
CHRISTOPHER E. DOMINGUEZ, SBN 193850
KLEIN, DENATALE, GOLDNER,
COOPER, ROSENLIEB & KIMBALL, LLP
4550 California Ave., Second Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Telephone: 661-395-1000
Facsimile:
661-326-0418
Email:
bgoldner@kleinlaw.com;
cdominguez@kleinlaw.com
Attorneys for Defendants R.B. SANDRINI, INC.,
R.B. SANDRINI FARMS, L.P. d/b/a RB
SANDRINI FARMS AND RICHARD B.
SANDRINI
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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INTERNATIONAL FRUIT GENETICS, LLC,
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Plaintiff,
v.
R.B. SANDRINI, INC., R.B. SANDRINI
FARMS, L.P. D/B/A RB SANDRINI FARMS,
AND RICHARD B. SANDRINI,
Case No. 1:15-CV-00101-MCE-JLT
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
FOR LITIGATION INVOLVING
PATENTS, HIGHLY SENSITIVE
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
AND/OR TRADE SECRETS
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Defendants.
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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of
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confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.
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Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated
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Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on
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all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure
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and use extends 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 in Section
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12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential
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information under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and
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the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material
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under seal.
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DEFINITIONS
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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 how it is
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generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule
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of Civil Procedure 26(c).
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Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it
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produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the
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medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things,
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testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or
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responses to discovery in this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to
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the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or
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as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s
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competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party
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or of a Party’s competitor.
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or
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Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another
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Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by
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less restrictive means.
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House
Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal
entity not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this
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action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action
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on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.
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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,
consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery
Material in this action.
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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services
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(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and
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organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and
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subcontractors.
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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as
“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a
Producing Party.
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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material
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(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2)
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all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony,
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conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following
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information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a
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Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as
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a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the
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public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party
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prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who
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obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating
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Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.
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DURATION
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Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by
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this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court
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order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all
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claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after
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the completion and 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 pursuant to
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applicable law.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party
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or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care
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to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards.
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To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only
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those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that
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other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not
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warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are
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shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to
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unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary
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expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated
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for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection
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initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is
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withdrawing the mistaken designation.
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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order
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(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,
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Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so
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designated before the material is disclosed or 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 documents, but
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excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing
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Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY” to each page that contains protected material.
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection
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need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which
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material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all
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of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants
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copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof,
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qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the
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Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”) to each page that contains Protected
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Material.
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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the
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Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other
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proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is
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impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it
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appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating
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Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded)
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a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which
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protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of
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the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered
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by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may
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specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the
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entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or
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other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only
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authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition
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shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page
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that the transcript contains Protected Material. The Designating Party shall inform the court
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reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day
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period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After
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the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other
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tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container
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or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of
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the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall
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identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted.
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to
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designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s
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right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of
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designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is
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treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1
Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of
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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality
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designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic
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burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to
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challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the
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original designation is disclosed.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution
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process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis
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for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written
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notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this
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specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in
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good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other
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forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In
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conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality
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designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the
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designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered,
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to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next
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stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or
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establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in
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a timely manner.
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court
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intervention, the parties shall file a joint statement under the procedures of Civil Local Rule 251
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within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the
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meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such joint
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statement must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has
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complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by
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the Designating Party to make such a statement, or motion, including the required declaration
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within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality
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designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a joint
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statement under the procedures of Civil Local Rule 251 challenging a confidentiality designation
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at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a
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deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion or joint statement brought pursuant to
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this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has
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complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating
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Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose
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unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to
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sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to
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file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the
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material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s
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designation until the court rules on the challenge.
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
7.1
Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or
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produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,
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defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to
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the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has
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been terminated, a 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 location and
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in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered
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by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any
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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees
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of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information
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for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that
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is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving
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Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is
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reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(d) the court and its personnel;
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(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, including mock
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jurors who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and
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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;
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(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably
necessary; and
(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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Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the
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Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY only to:
Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as
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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the
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information for this litigation;
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(b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary
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for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been
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followed];
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(c) the court and its personnel;
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(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, including
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mock jurors who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A),
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and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation; and
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(e) 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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Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
Information or Items to Designated House Counsel or Experts.
(a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the
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Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any
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information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating
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Party that (1) identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY” information that the Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert,
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(2) sets forth the full 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 employer(s), (5)
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identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for
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work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services,
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including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years, and (6)
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identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in
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connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a declaration,
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report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years.
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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding
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respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Expert unless,
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within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from the
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Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based.
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(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the
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Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by
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agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party
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seeking to make the disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert may file a motion as
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provided in Civil Local Rule 251. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with
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specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary,
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assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that
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could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a
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competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the
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extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced
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by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure.
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In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden
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of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed)
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outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert.
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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 that compels
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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must:
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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a
copy of the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the
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other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this
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Protective Order. Such notification shall include 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.
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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 as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a
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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained
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the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of
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seeking 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 to disobey a
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lawful directive from another court.
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN
THIS LITIGATION
(a)
The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in
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this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with
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this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these
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provisions should be 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 produce a
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Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement
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with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:
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1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that
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some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-
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Party;
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2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective
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Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of
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the information requested; and
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3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.
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(c)
If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14
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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the
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Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely
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seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession
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or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
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determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the
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burden and 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 Protected
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Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective
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Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the
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unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the
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Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were
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made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
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“Acknowledgment and 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 inadvertently
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produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the
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Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This
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provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery
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order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of
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Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a
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communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product
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protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order
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submitted to the court.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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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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Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective
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Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any
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information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no
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Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered
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by this Protective Order.
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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party
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or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in
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the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed
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under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at
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issue.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4,
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each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such
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material. As 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 Protected
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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must
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submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the
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Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all
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the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed, and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has
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not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or
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capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to
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retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts,
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legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work
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product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected
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Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to
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this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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Dated: July 24, 2015
KLEIN, DENATALE, GOLDNER
COOPER, ROSENLIEB & KIMBALL, LLP
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By:
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/S/ Christopher E. Dominguez
CHRISTOPHER E. DOMINGUEZ
Attorneys for Defendants R.B. SANDRINI,
INC., R.B. SANDRINI FARMS, L.P. d/b/a
RB SANDRINI FARMS AND RICHARD
B. SANDRINI
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Dated: July 24, 2015
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CARLE, MACKIE, POWER & ROSS LLP
By:
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/S/ Richard C. O’Hare
RICHARD C. O’HARE
JOHN B. DAWSON
Attorneys for Plaintiff INTERNATIONAL
FRUIT GENETICS, LLC
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ORDER
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
July 27, 2015
/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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