Hernandez, et al v. ACX Pacific Northwest Inc., et al

Filing 37

PARTIES' STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 8/15/16. (Becknal, R)

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STAN S. MALLISON (SBN 184191)
[e-mail]
HECTOR R. MARTINEZ (SBN 206336)
[e-mail]
MARCO A. PALAU (SBN 242340)
[e-mail]
JOSEPH D. SUTTON (269951)
[e-mail]
ERIC S. TRABUCCO (295473)
[e-mail]
MALLISON & MARTINEZ
1939 Harrison Street, Suite 730
Oakland, California 94612-3547
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
MIGUEL ROJAS-CIFUENTES
(additional counsel information on next page)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO

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MIGUEL ROJAS-CIFUENTES on behalf
Case No. 2:14-cv-00697-JAM-CKD
of himself, on behalf of all others
similarly situated and in the interest of
the general public,
PARTIES’ STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
Plaintiffs,
vs

Complaint Filed:

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ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST INC,
PACIFIC LEASING, LLC, JOHN M.
GOMBOS, JOHN E. GOMBOS and
Does 1-20

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Defendants.

March 14, 2014

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Angel Gomez
(State Bar No. 74476)
Kevin D. Sullivan
(State Bar No. 270343)
EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
1925 Century Park East, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90067-2506
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310.553.2165
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Matthew A. Goodin (State Bar No. 169674)
EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1150
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.398.0955
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INC., PACIFIC LEASING, LLC,
JOHN M. GOMBOS, and JOHN E. GOMBOS

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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

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

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may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court

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to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this

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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery

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and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the

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limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the

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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

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

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

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permission from the court to file material under seal.

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DEFINITIONS

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

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information or items under this Order.

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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how

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

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under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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Counsel (without qualifier): 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

items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of

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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 or

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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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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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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

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

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

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has appeared on behalf of that party.

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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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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

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

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

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their employees and subcontractors.

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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material

from a Producing Party.
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The Litigation: includes the above-entitled action as well as any bankruptcy

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proceedings involving one or more Defendants in this action as Debtors, and Plaintiff and putative

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class members as Creditors.
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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected

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

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

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

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Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by

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this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information

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that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes

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part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of

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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

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Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the

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disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation

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of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall

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be governed by a separate agreement or order.

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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, with or

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without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of

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all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time

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limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable

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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 this

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Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies
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under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection

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only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that

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qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications

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for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of

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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 or retard the case development process or to

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

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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 mistaken designation.

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this

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

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ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order

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must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced.

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,

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but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the

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Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains

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

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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g.,

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by making appropriate markings in the margins).

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

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

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indicated which material 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 documents it

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wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or

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portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the

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specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to

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each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material

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on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the

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protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,

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that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition,
hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony.

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

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

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

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legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item

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

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protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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

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Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon

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

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assure that the material is 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

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designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating

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Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial

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unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the

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litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by

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electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

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resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and

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

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

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

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

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by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not

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sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging

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Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not

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proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated

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material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to

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explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the

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next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer

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process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the

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meet and confer process in a timely manner.

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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without

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court intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain

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confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5,

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if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the

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parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute,

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whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent

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

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requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to

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make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if

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applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each

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challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion

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challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so,

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including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions
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thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a

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

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confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the

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Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g.,

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to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose

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the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the

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confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as

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described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of

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protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the

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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

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

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

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

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described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party

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must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a

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

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authorized under this Order.

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7.2

Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise

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ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving

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Party may disclose any 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

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

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

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and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the

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Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who

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have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom

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

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

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock

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jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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

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(Exhibit A);
(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

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Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by

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

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reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court reporter and may not

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be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.
(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information,

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including a current or former employee of Defendants and their own employment

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records, or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the

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information.

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7.3

Contact information and Employment Records of the Putative Class

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Shall Be Used in This Litigation Only and Are Prohibited from Disclosure Otherwise.

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Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, the parties recognize that the contact

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information and employment records for some or all putative class members may be

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produced at some point during the pendency of this litigation. None of the contact

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information or employment records of putative class members shall be used for any

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purpose outside of this Litigation, and will not be disseminated to any third party
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under any circumstances, except where agreed to in writing by counsel for both

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parties – e.g., to a third-party class action administrator for the dissemination of a

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privacy opt-out notice to putative class members pursuant to the procedure adopted

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in Belaire-West Landscape, Inc. v. Superior Court, 149 Cal.App.4th 554 (2007) – or in

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accordance with the procedures set forth in this Stipulated Protective Order for the

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disclosure of documents and information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” to

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authorized persons under section 7.2, or as required by law.

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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

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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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

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

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

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order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this

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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 action

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as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or

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order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The

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Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that

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court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed

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as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful

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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 Non-

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Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced

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

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

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a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
(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:
(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party

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

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with a Non-Party;
(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated

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Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably

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specific description of the information requested; and
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-

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Party.
(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court

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

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

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

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shall 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 expense

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of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

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Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this

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Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in

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

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

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

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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

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PROTECTED

MATERIAL

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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 protection,

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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure

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may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior

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privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the

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parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or

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information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the

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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to

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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

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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 this

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

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ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the

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

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

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

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Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court

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order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to

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Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that

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the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise

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entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected

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Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then

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the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil

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Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION
Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph

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4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or

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destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all

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

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capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or

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destroyed, if requested, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the

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Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the

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60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected

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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

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reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this

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provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion

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

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

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expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such
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archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this

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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: August 15, 2016

/s/ Marco A. Palau
Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATED: August 15, 2016

/s/ Kevin Sullivan
Attorneys for Defendant

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: 8/15/2016

/s/ John A. Mendez_______________
United States District Court 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 _________________ [print

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or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety

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and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States

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District Court for the Northern District of California on ________ [date] in the case of

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Rojas-Cifuentes v. ACX Pacific Northwest, Inc., Case No. 2:14-cv-00697-GEB-CKD. I

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agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective

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

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sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not

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disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated

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Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions

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of this Order.

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

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Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated

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

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action.

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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of

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_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone

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number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or

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any proceedings related to enforcement of 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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