Ferguson et al v. Ford Motor Co., et al
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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim on 9/9/2024 GRANTING 10 Modified Stipulated Protective Order. (Kyono, V)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ALYCIA FERGUSON, et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al.,
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Case No. 2:24-cv-1100-KJM-CSK
ORDER GRANTING MODIFIED
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
(ECF No. 10)
Defendants.
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The Court has reviewed the parties’ stipulated protective order below (ECF No.
10), and finds it comports with the relevant authorities and the Court’s Local Rule.
See L.R. 141.1. The Court APPROVES the protective order, subject to the following
clarification.
The Court’s Local Rules indicate that once an action is closed, it “will not retain
jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms of any protective order filed in that action.”
L.R. 141.1(f); see Bylin Heating Sys., Inc. v. Thermal Techs., Inc., 2012 WL
13237584, at *2 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 29, 2012) (noting that courts in the district generally
do not retain jurisdiction for disputes concerning protective orders after closure of the
case). Thus, the Court will not retain jurisdiction over this protective order once the
case is closed.
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Dated: September 9, 2024
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Tionna Carvalho (SBN: 299010)
tcarvalho@slpattorney.com
Elizabeth A. LaRocque (SBN: 219977)
elarocque@slpattoreny.com
STRATEGIC LEGAL PRACTICES,
APC
1888 Century Park East, 19th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: (310)929-4900
Fax: (310)943-3838
Attorneys For Plaintiffs,
ALYCIA FERGUSON and LEVI CUBBLER
Spencer P. Hugret (SBN: 240424)
shugret@grsm.com
Katherine P. Vilchez (SBN: 212179)
kvilchez@grsm.com
Trina M. Clayton (SBN: 204215)
tclayton@grsm.com
GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP
315 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 986-5900
Facsimile: (415) 986-8054
Attorneys for Defendants
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ALYCIA FERGUSON AND LEVI )
CUBBLER,
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Plaintiffs,
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY; and
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DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,
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CASE NO.: 2:24-cv-01100-KJM-CSK
Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller
Magistrate Judge: Chi Soo Kim
STIPULATED [PROPOSED]
PROTECTIVE ORDER –
DISCOVERY ONLY
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties to Alycia
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Ferguson and Levi Cubbler v. Ford Motor Company by and through their
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respective counsel of record, that in order to facilitate the exchange of information
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and documents which may contain trade secret or other confidential research,
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technical, cost, price, marketing or other commercial information, as is
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contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), the Parties stipulate
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as follows:
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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve
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production of confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, personally
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identifiable information (“PII”), or private information for which special
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protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than
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prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby
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stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective
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Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections
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on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from
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public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are
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entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties
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further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated
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Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal;
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Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the
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standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file
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material under seal.
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DEFINITIONS
2.1 Challenging Party:
a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
designation of information or items under this Order.
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2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for
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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), including materials that
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contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, price,
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marketing, or other commercial information, which are, for competitive reasons,
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normally, kept confidential by the parties, as contemplated by Federal Rules of
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Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G).
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2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House
Counsel (as well as their support staff).
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2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information
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or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.”
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2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless
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of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
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among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced
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or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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2.6 Expert: a non-attorney person with specialized knowledge or
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experience in a matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party
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or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action,
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provided that no disclosure shall be made to any expert or consultant who is
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currently employed by a competitor of the Designating Party.
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2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action.
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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
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counsel.
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2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a
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party to this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and
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have appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm
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which has appeared on behalf of that party.
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2.10 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
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their support staffs).
2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
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Discovery Material in this action.
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2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation
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support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits
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or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or
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medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or ‘SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.”
2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
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Material from a Producing Party.
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SCOPE
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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the
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following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time
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of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its
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disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation
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of this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or
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otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the
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disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source
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who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality
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to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed
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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
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imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees
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otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be
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deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action,
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with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and
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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action,
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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of
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time pursuant to applicable law.
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5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
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this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
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qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate
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for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written
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communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents,
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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept
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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for
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an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case
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development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
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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
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it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party
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must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken
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designation.
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5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for
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protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is
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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
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documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” to each page that contains protected
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material.
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available
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for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting
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Party has indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the
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inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for
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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
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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must
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affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” legend
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to each page that contains Protected Material.
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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial
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proceedings, that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of
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the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary
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and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent
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place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information or
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item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE
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ORDER.”
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5.3 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
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the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such
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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make
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reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the
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provisions of this Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
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designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a
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Designating Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable,
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substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption
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or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a
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confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the
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original designation is disclosed.
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6.2 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
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challenging, identifying where applicable the challenged designation by Bates
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number, and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to
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whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the
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challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific
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paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each
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challenge in good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice
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to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days
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of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain
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the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must
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give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to
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reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain
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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
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first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet
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and confer process in a timely manner.
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6.3 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 within 45 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 30 days
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of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their
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dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion 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 in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the
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Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within
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45 days (or 30 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality
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designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party
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may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is
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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
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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
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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
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(e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
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expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has
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waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain
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confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material
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in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing
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Party’s designation until the court rules on the challenge.
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that
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is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with
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this case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation.
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Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and
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under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been
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terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below
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(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
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otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
Party
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as
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well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
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necessary to disclose the information for this litigation and who have signed the
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Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit
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A;
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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel)
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of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this
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litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
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Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 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, videographers, and their staff, who are not
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personnel of the court, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and
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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
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Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure
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is reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating
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Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits
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to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court
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reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this
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Stipulated Protective Order. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the use of Ford
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documents in deposition of Ford representatives or employees who have a
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legitimate need to see the information based on the intended subject matter of the
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deposition.
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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information
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or a custodian who otherwise possessed or knew the information provided that
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these individuals may only be shown the protected information and may not retain
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a copy of the protected information that was produced in this case.
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
IN OTHER LITIGATION
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER,” that Party must:
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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
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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
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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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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
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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in
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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER,”
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before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued,
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unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating
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Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its
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confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as
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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
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a Non-Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “SUBJECT
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TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in
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connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by
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this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-
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Party from seeking additional protections.
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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request,
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to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party
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is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
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confidential information, then the Party shall:
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(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
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Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
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agreement with a Non-Party;
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(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
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reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
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Non-Party.
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(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this
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court within 30 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the
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Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive
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to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the
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Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that
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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
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shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its
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Protected Material.
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10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has
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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
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under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)
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notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its
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best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform
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the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
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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
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A.
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11. 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
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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal
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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify
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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for
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production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
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502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure
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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or
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work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the
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stipulated protective order submitted to the court.
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12. MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any
person to seek its modification by the court in the future.
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12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
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Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in
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this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
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any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
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Order.
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12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the
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Designating Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice, or upon another
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timeframe agreeable under the circumstances, to all interested persons, a Party
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may not file in the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that
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seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Local Rule 141.
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Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order
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authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. A sealing order
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will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is
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privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under
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the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is
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denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public
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record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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13. FINAL DISPOSITION
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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in
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paragraph 4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the
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Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all
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Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and
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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
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written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity,
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to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category,
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where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and
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(2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
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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
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an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing
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transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert
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reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if
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such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain
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or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth
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in Section 4 (DURATION). With respect to those materials that this provision
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allows the Receiving Party to retain after final disposition of this action, exhibits
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to the retained materials must be returned to the Producing Party or destroyed on
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or before 5 years after final disposition (as defined in Section 4: DURATION) of
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this action. The parties agree to meet and confer prior to moving to enforce
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compliance with this provision.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
Dated: September 3, 2024
By
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STRATEGIC LEGAL PRACTICES, A
Dated: September 3, 2024
/s/ Elizabeth A. LaRocque
Elizabeth A. LaRocque
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ALYCIA FERGUSON and LEVI
CUBBLER
GORDON REES SCULLY
MANSUKHANI, LLP
By: /s/ Trina M. Clayton
Spencer P. Hugret
Katherine P. Vilchez
Trina M. Clayton
Attorneys for Defendant
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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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
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that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that
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was issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
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on [
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Motor Company, et al. Case No. 2:24-cv-01100-KJM-CSK. I agree to comply
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with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
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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
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not 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
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provisions of this Order.
] in the case Alycia Feguson and Levi Cubbler v.. Ford
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District
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Court for the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms
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of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur
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after termination of this action.
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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name]
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of _______________________________________ [print or type full address and
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telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection
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with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated
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Protective Order.
Date: ______________________________________
City
and
State
where
sworn
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Printed name: _______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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signed:
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I, the undersigned, declare that I am over the age of 18 and am not a party
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to this action. I am employed in the City of Los Angeles, California; my business
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address is Strategic Legal Practices, A Professional Corporation at 1888 Century
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Park East, Floor 19, Los Angeles, California 90067.
On the date below, I served a copy of the foregoing document entitled:
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STIPULATED [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER – DISCOVERY
ONLY
on the interested parties in said case as follows:
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Served Electronically Via the Court’s CM/ECF System
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
America that the foregoing is true and correct. I declare that I am employed in the
office of a member of the Bar of this Court, at whose direction the service was
made. This declaration is executed in Los Angeles, California on September 8,
2024.
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/s/ Elizabeth A. LaRocque
Elizabeth A. LaRocque
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