Davis v. Shutterstock, Inc.

Filing 44

STIPUALTED PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Sean C. Riordan on 11/22/2024. (Woodson, A)

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JENNER & BLOCK LLP
Kate T. Spelman (SBN 269109)
[e-mail]
Kristen Green (SBN 328618)
[e-mail]
515 South Flower Street, Suite 3300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2246
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
Shutterstock, Inc.

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KJC LAW GROUP, A.P.C.
Kevin J. Cole (SBN 321555)
[e-mail]
W. Blair Castle (SBN 354085)
[e-mail]
9701 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Telephone:
[phone]

TAULER SMITH, LLP
Robert Tauler (SBN 241964)
[e-mail]
626 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 510
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Bridgette Davis
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SACRAMENTO DIVISION
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BRIDGETTE DAVIS, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:23-cv-01241-DJC-SCR
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
Judge: The Honorable Sean C. Riordan
Ctrm: 27, 8th Floor

v.
SHUTTERSTOCK, INC., a Delaware
corporation; and DOES 1 to 10, inclusive,
Defendant.

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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 12.3,

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below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information

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under seal; Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that

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will be applied when a party seeks 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

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), which may include:

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(a) Information that constitutes a trade secret;

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(b) Non-public communications with regulators or other governmental bodies that

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are protected from disclosure by statute or regulation; and/or

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(c) Information, materials, and/or other documents reflecting non-public business

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or financial strategies, and/or confidential competitive information which, if disclosed, would

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result in competitive harm to the disclosing party.

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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 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 has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a

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consultant in this action.

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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

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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

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Producing Party.

Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a

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SCOPE

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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 public

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record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to

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the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained

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the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any

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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 this

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Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order

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otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims

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

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completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of 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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The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents,

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

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documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept

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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 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 expenses

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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, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other

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Parties that it is 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 Party

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affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion

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or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly

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identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). A Party

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or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need not

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designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would

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like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material

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made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has

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

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documents, or 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 each page

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

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

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making appropriate markings in the margins).

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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that

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the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other

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proceeding, or within thirty (30) days of receipt of the deposition transcript from the court reporter

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(“30-day period”), all protected testimony. The entire deposition transcript will be considered by

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the Parties as “CONFIDENTIAL” during the 30-day period. After the 30-day period, if no Party

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has designated some or all of that deposition transcript as “CONFIDENTIAL” under this

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Protective Order, the entire deposition, or those portions of the deposition not designated as

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confidential, will no longer be considered confidential.

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

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

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container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.”

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If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to

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the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).

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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 a

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designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated

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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 process

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by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each

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challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must

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recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph

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of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must

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begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication

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are not 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 proper and

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must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider

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the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen

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designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it

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has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is

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

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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court

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

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Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) [edit by the Court]

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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 motion must

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be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet

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and confer 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 applicable)

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shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In

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addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any

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time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition

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transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be

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accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet

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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 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

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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) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the
Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;

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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, mock jurors,

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and Professional Vendors 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);

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(f) during their depositions, deponents to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary

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and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless

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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition

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testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may not be disclosed to anyone

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except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian
or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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(h) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually

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agreed upon by any of the Parties engaged in settlement discussion.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER

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LITIGATION

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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,” that Party

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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 issue

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in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject

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to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order;

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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 subpoena

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or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL”

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before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has

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obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and

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expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these

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provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to

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disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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

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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party

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in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties

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in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.

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Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking

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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-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 NonParty.

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

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14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce

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the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party

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timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its

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possession 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

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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 Protected

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Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the

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terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and

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

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED

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MATERIAL

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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 provision

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is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that

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provides for production without prior privilege review.

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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 Order

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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 Local Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed under

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seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If

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a Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, then the

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Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the

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court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each

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

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

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summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether

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the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written

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

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

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that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies,

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abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the

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Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy

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of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,

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

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

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

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forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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Dated:

November 20, 2024

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By: /s/ Kevin J. Cole (as authorized on 11/20/2024)
KJC LAW GROUP, A.P.C.
Kevin J. Cole (SBN 321555)
[e-mail]
W. Blair Castle (SBN 354085)
[e-mail]
9701 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Telephone:
[phone]

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TAULER SMITH, LLP
Robert Tauler (SBN 241964)
[e-mail]
626 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 510
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
Bridgette Davis

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Dated:

November 20, 2024

JENNER & BLOCK LLP

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By: /s/ Kate T. Spelman
Kate T. Spelman (SBN 269109)
[e-mail]
Kristen Green (SBN 328618)
[e-mail]
515 South Flower Street, Suite 3300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2246
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
Shutterstock, Inc.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: November 22, 2024

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________

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

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understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for

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the Eastern District of California on ____________________ in the case of Davis v. Shutterstock,

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Inc., No. 2:23-cv-01241-DJC-SCR (E.D. Cal.). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the

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terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so

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

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promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this

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Stipulated 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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Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective

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

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as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings

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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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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Case No. 2:23-cv-01241-DJC-SCR