Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

Filing 720

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 719 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER [Proposed] Stipulated Order Re Discovery of Electronically Stored Information filed by Costco Wholesale Corporation, Elaine Sasaki, Shirley "Rae" Ellis, Leah Horstman. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 4/8/13. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/8/2013)

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Kenwood C. Youmans (SBN: 68258)
David D. Kadue (SBN: 113578)
2029 Century Park East, Suite 3500
Los Angeles, California 90067-2901
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN
& BERNSTEIN, LLP
Kelly M. Dermody (SBN: 171716)
Daniel M. Hutchinson (SBN: 239458)
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Gerald L. Maatman
(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Annette Tyman (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
131 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER
& JACKSON, P.C.
Bill Lann Lee (SBN: 108452)
Lindsay Nako (SBN: 239090)
476 9th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Thomas J. Wybenga
(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
c/o Costco Wholesale Corporation
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, WA 98027-5367
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Classes

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IMPACT FUND
Jocelyn D. Larkin (SBN: 110817)
Michael Caesar (SBN: 280548)
125 University Ave., Suite 102
Berkeley, CA 94710
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendant Costco Wholesale
Corporation

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[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHIRLEY “RAE” ELLIS, LEAH
HORSTMAN, and ELAINE SASAKI on
behalf of themselves and all others similarly
situated,

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER RE:
DISCOVERY OF ELECTRONICALLY
STORED INFORMATION

Plaintiffs,

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v.

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Case No.: C-04-3341 EMC

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,
Defendant.

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER RE: DISCOVERY
OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION
CASE NO. C-04-3341 EMC

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PURPOSE
This Order will govern discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) in this case

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as a supplement to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this Court’s Guidelines for the

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Discovery of Electronically Stored Information, and any other applicable orders and rules.

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II.

COOPERATION
The parties are aware of the importance the Court places on cooperation and commit to

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cooperate in good faith throughout the matter consistent with this Court’s Guidelines for the

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Discovery of ESI.

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III.

LIAISON
The parties have identified liaisons to each other who are and will be knowledgeable

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about and responsible for discussing their respective ESI. Each e-discovery liaison will be, or

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have access to those who are, knowledgeable about the technical aspects of e-discovery, including

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the location, nature, accessibility, format, collection, search methodologies, and production of ESI

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in this matter. The parties will rely on the liaisons, as needed, to confer about ESI and to help

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resolve disputes without court intervention.

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IV.

PRESERVATION

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The parties have discussed their preservation obligations and needs and agree that

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preservation of potentially relevant ESI will be reasonable and proportionate. To reduce the costs

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and burdens of preservation and to ensure proper ESI is preserved, the parties agree that only ESI

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created or received between January 1, 1999 and the present will be preserved. The parties have

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exchanged a list of the custodians for whom they believe ESI should be preserved. The parties

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have identified and discussed all electronic systems in which potentially discoverable information

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is stored.

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V.

SEARCH AND REVIEW

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The parties recognize that certain documents and ESI are relevant to the parties’ claims

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and defenses in this action and the parties have met and conferred about methods to search and

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review ESI in order to identify ESI that is potentially subject to production in response to

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Plaintiffs’ discovery requests, filter out ESI that is not responsive to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests,
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and produce such documents and ESI that are responsive to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests. Costco

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may categorically exclude as nonresponsive those documents (or items of information within

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documents) that consist exclusively of (i) demographic data for people of color, (ii) demographic

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data for Canadians and other non-Americans, (iii) demographic data for warehouse employees

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below the salaried management level, (iv) demographic data for Business Delivery or Depot

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employees, (v) “privilege” designations Costco has concluded are inappropriate or unnecessary,

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and (vi) other categorically nonresponsive items of information, so long as all such exclusions are

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identified by category. All such production shall be subject to the privilege review protocol,

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described below.

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A.

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Identification and Filtering Protocol
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Custodians

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The parties agree upon a list of custodians whose ESI will be searched and reviewed for

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responsiveness to document requests, subject to Costco’s objections to document requests. The

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Custodian List is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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Manual Identification of Core Documents and ESI

The parties agree that certain Core Documents and ESI can be identified without the need

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for advanced search techniques. The Core Documents and ESI List is attached hereto as

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Exhibit B. The parties agree that Costco will manually identify locations of Core Documents and

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ESI within certain network file servers, databases, and paper files. Identification of Core

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Documents and ESI shall not be limited to persons listed on the Custodian List. To the extent that

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Core Documents and ESI are identified in such locations they will be reviewed by Defendant for

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responsiveness to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests. Production of responsive Core Documents and

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ESI began on a rolling basis on April 4, 2013. The parties shall meet and confer on an

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appropriate deadline for completion of this production and inform the Court of such date by no

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later than May 1, 2013. Any Core Documents not identified through this manual identification

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will be subject to search and identification by the search terms described below.

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3.

Core Search Terms

The parties agree to apply the Core Search Terms List attached hereto as Exhibit C to

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identify ESI responsive to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests. Costco shall apply those terms to the ESI

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of agreed-upon custodians listed on the Custodian List. Production of responsive documents shall

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begin on a rolling basis beginning no later than April 15, 2013. The parties shall meet and confer

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on an appropriate deadline for completion of this production and inform the Court of such date by

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no later than May 1, 2013.

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Other Search Terms

In addition to the Manual Identification of Core Documents and use of Core Search Terms

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described above, the parties have discussed, but not yet agreed to use, other search terms as a

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means of identifying ESI to be reviewed for determining responsiveness to the discovery requests

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propounded by Plaintiffs. The parties will continue to meet and confer about such other search

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terms and report back to the Court by no later than May 1, 2013 with any additional agreed-upon

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terms or a joint letter brief discussing any areas of disagreement.

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B.

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The parties agree that isolation, review, redaction, and logging of privileged

Privilege Review Protocol

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communications can be costly and time-consuming. To limit the cost of a privilege review and

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make document production more efficient, the parties agree to use the protocol described herein

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with respect to handling responsive documents that may include privileged information.

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The parties agree to provide privilege logs in accordance with the provisions of Fed. R.

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Civ. P. 26(b)(5). Communications involving trial counsel that post-date the filing of the EEOC

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charge by Plaintiff Ellis need not be placed on a privilege log. Communications may be identified

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on a privilege log by category, rather than individually, although a party may request individual

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logging of privileged documents.

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Attorney-Client Communications and Work Product

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The parties agree to use the following protocol to isolate and log privileged or work

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product protected information, provided that each party (1) takes reasonable efforts to ensure that

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automatically generated language within counsel communications (such as disclaimers
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automatically inserted as email footers) will not cause the filter to screen out communications on

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the basis that the search terms listed below appear only in the automatically generated language,

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and (2) discloses in advance to the receiving party the efforts to be used, including disclosing any

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additional search terms to be applied in order to identify counsel communications:

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functioning as legal counsel during the relevant time period.

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Costco will disclose the names and business titles of Costco employees

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The parties may use the following terms to search ESI, including

associated metadata, to isolate potentially privileged or work product protected information:
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A party's counsel's name, email address, firm name, or domain
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*Seyfarth*

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"defense strateg*"

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depose*

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Deposition*

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testimony

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declaration*

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declarant*

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affiant*

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affidavit*

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attorney w/5 client

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attorney* w/5 privileg*

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privileg* w/5 confidential

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"work?product"

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workproduct

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(advice OR advise*) w/5 (counsel OR lawyer* OR attorney*)

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Prepar* w/5 (lawyer* OR attorney*)

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(direct OR directed OR direction) w/5 (counsel OR lawyer* OR

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attorney*)
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c.

A log of the documents resulting from the electronic privilege search will

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be generated from the following corresponding metadata fields to the extent they exist as

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electronic metadata associated with the original electronic documents, and the producing party

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shall provide such logs to the receiving party:

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Author

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Subject/Title

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Sender

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Recipient

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CC

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BCC

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Sent Date/Time

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With respect to the Subject/Title field, the parties may substitute a

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description of the communication where the content of these fields may reveal privileged

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information. The producing party shall identify each instance in which it has modified the

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content of the Subject/Title field.

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e.

The documents identified from the above-described search need not be

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reviewed before being logged and withheld from production, or at any time thereafter except as

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required by the following paragraph.

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Should a receiving party in good faith have reason to believe a particular

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entry on the metadata-generated log does not reflect a privileged document, the receiving party

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may request and the producing party will generate a privilege log for that entry in compliance

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with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5).

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C.

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If any party believes there are other categories of privileged documents, the parties agree

Other Privileged Documents

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to meet and confer regarding an appropriate method to isolate, review, redact, or log that

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document consistent with the above protocol.

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VI.

DE-NISTING AND DE-DUPLICATION

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The following categories of electronic files may be excluded from collection, review and

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De-Nisting

production:

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System or executable files (.exe, .dll, etc.); and

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ESI or data with file extensions that typically contain no meaningful user-created

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data and/or cannot be reviewed in any meaningful format, including those file types contained on

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the list established by the National Institute of Standards in Technology (“NIST”), including but

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not limited to: ani; bat; c; cab; cfg; class; dll; ex_; exe; fon; hlp; ico; icon; inf; ini; isu; java; jpa;

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kqp; mpe; msi; ocx; out; pcd; pcx; reg; sfw; sys; tag; ttf; and xp.

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The parties will use reasonable, good faith efforts to avoid the production of duplicate

De-Duplication

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documents and ESI. In order to reduce the volume of documents reviewed and produced, each

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party shall de-duplicate ESI using the MD5 hash value at a global level, retaining the ability to

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identify custodians and original locations of duplicate files. De-duplicated originals shall be

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securely retained and made available for production upon reasonable request. The parties shall

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meet and confer concerning further de-duping as discovery progresses should such processes

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become reasonably necessary. Duplicate documents need only be produced once. To the extent

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that production occurs on a rolling basis by custodian, Costco shall affirm when all responsive

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documents that reference the custodian in the document or its metadata have been produced.

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PRODUCTION FORMATS
The parties agree to produce documents and ESI in single-page TIFF format (300 DPI

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resolution) along with corresponding document-level extracted text with the agreed-upon

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metadata fields. A cover letter or email shall accompany each production summarizing the

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production’s content. Costco shall produce native format copies of spreadsheets databases, and

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other files types not easily amenable to TIFF conversion. Upon reasonable request, Costco agrees

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to meet and confer regarding production of other ESI in native format. If particular documents

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warrant a different format, the parties will cooperate to arrange for the mutually acceptable
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production of such documents. The parties agree to take reasonable steps not to degrade the

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searchability of documents as part of the document production process.

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VIII. PHASING

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The parties agree to phase the production of ESI. The initial production shall consist of

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manual search and review of Core Documents as described above. Following the initial

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production, the parties will continue to prioritize the order of subsequent productions.

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DOCUMENTS PROTECTED FROM DISCOVERY

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Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d) and 502(e), nothing herein shall be deemed to waive or

Inadvertent Production of Protected Information

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limit any applicable privilege or work product or other protection, or to affect the ability of a

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party to seek relief for the disclosure of information protected by privilege or work product

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protection, whether inadvertent or otherwise. If a party produces information that it later

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discovers, or in good faith later asserts, to be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure,

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the production of that information will not be presumed to constitute a waiver of any applicable

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privileges or other protection, and the party receiving the privileged or protected information may

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not argue that the producing party failed to take reasonable steps to prevent production of the

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privileged or protected materials, provided that the producing party complies with this paragraph

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and has not otherwise failed to protect the document or information from disclosure in other

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proceedings. In such circumstances, the producing party must promptly notify in writing the

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other party to this action of the production and the basis for the privilege or other protection, and

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request in writing the return or confirmed destruction of the produced privileged or protected

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information. Upon such notification, the parties shall treat the information as privileged or

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protected unless and until the parties agree otherwise or the Court determines the information is

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not privileged or protected. Within ten (10) business days of receiving such notification, all

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receiving parties shall (a) return the information to the producing party; or (b) confirm in writing

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to the producing party the destruction of all such information, including all later created excerpts,

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summaries, compilations, and other documents or records that include, communicate or reveal the

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information claimed to be privileged or protected, or (c) notify the producing party in writing of
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the basis for its disagreement that such information is privileged or protected from disclosure. In

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the latter event only, the receiving party may retain one copy of the information asserted to be

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privileged for the sole purpose of responding to a motion by the producing party to deem the

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information privileged or protected from disclosure and shall comply with (a) or (b) above with

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respect to all other copies of such information and all other documents or records that include,

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communicate or reveal information claimed to be privileged or protected. Should the parties be

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unable to agree on whether the information is privileged or protected, the producing party shall be

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required to file a motion with the Court within (10) ten business days of its receipt of the

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receiving party’s notice of disagreement under (c) above, to deem the matter privileged or

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protected and to obtain the return of any copy of such matter still held by the receiving party.

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As noted above, communications between Costco and Seyfarth Shaw following the Ellis

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EEOC complaint need not be placed on a privilege log in the first instance, other than by general

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category.

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Post-EEOC Charge Documents

MODIFICATION
This Stipulated Order is without prejudice to Plaintiffs’ ability to modify the list of

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custodians and/or search terms if Plaintiffs identify additional custodians and/or search terms

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during the course of discovery. This Stipulated Order may otherwise be modified by a Stipulated

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Order of the parties or by the Court for good cause shown.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, through Counsel of Record.

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Dated: April 5, 2013

/s/ Daniel M. Hutchinson
Counsel for Plaintiff

Dated: April 5, 2013

/s/ David D. Kadue
Counsel for Defendant

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Additional Counsel for Plaintiffs:

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DAVIS, COWELL & BOWE, LLP
Steve Stemerman (SBN: 067690)
Elizabeth A. Lawrence (SBN: 111781)
595 Market Street, #1400
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
James M. Finberg (SBN: 114850)
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Additional Counsel for Defendant:

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
David B. Ross (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
620 8th Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10018
Telephone: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Upon the submissions of the parties, including their stipulation to the terms of this order,
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and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED that:
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The production of responsive, non-privileged documents and ESI in this case shall be
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governed as set forth in this Order.
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EXHIBIT A – Custodian List

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Last Name
Abadir
Blank
Booth
Brosius
Campbell

First
Name
Jeff
Bryan
John
Mike
Roger

Casebier
Cruz

Mike
Julie

Davis
DiCerchio
Farcone
Gaherty
Greek
Greenwood
Haaland
Harruff
Hayes
Hicok
Hoover
Jackson
Jelinek
Leuck
Long

Wendy
Dick
Frank
John
Darby
Bruce
Anna
Dave
Mike
Bob
Dennis
Art
Craig
Rob
Jeff

Matthews
Maushund
McKay
Omoss
Parks
Portera
Powers
Pulver
Royes
Rubanenko
Schutt
Sinegal

John
Mark
John
Mario
Shawn
Joe
Steve
Paul
Aldyn
Yoram
Doug
Jim

Stalwick
Vachris
Vadney

Mark
Ron
Judy

AVP
AVP ROM
REGIONAL OPERATIONS
MANAGER
SEVP COO
VP ROM
SVP
VP ROM
SVP
HR Admin Manager
VP ROM
VP ROM
SVP
SVP
VP Administration
PRESIDENT/COO
VP ROM
SVP
SVP Human Resources & Risk
Management
VP ROM
EVP
VP ROM
VP ROM
Executive VP/COO
VP ROM
VP ROM
VP ROM
VP ROM
EVP Northern Division
CEO
DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE
DEVELOPMENT
SVP
AVP - HR

Webb
Weber
Wilcox
Zook

Richard
Brenda
Rich
Dennis

VP ROM
DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL
VP ROM
EVP COO Southern Division

Title
VP ROM
VP ROM
VP ROM
AVP - HR
SVP

District
Dist.1
Dist. 3
Dist. 2

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Dist. 3

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Dist. 3
Dist. 2
Dist. 3

Dist. 2

Dist. 2
Dist. 1
Dist. 1
Dist. 1
Dist.3
Dist. 2
Dist.1

Dist. 2

Dist. 4

Location/
Warehouse
BA REGIONAL
SD REGIONAL
BA REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
SE REGIONAL
TEXAS
REGIONAL
SE REGIONAL
MW REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
LA REGIONAL
MW REGIONAL
BA REGIONAL
LA REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
NW REGIONAL
SD REGIONAL
BA REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
HOME OFFICE
NE REGIONAL
NE REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
LA REGIONAL
NW REGIONAL
SD REGIONAL
LA REGIONAL
NE REGIONAL
SE REGIONAL
NE REGIONAL
SE REGIONAL
NE REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
HOME OFFICE
HOME OFFICE
NW REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
TEXAS
REGIONAL
HOME OFFICE
NE REGIONAL
SD REGIONAL
EXHIBIT A – Custodian List
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Last Name
Bolves
Callans
Dempsey
McMurray

First
Name
Chris
Pat
Jerry
Dan

Monroe
Rubio
Sakuma
Silva
Silveira
Taub
Tuttle
Woods

Beth
Hernan
Drew
Kim
Louie
Jonathan
Glenda
Denny

Title
VP ROM
VP Human Resources
Regional Admin Manager
ROM, 10/10/11 Regional Admin Manager,
8/11-9/12
Regional Admin Manager
VP ROM
VP ROM
VP ROM
Regional Admin Manager
Regional Admin Manager
Regional Admin Manager

District

Dist 3

Dist 4
Texas
Dist 1

Location/
Warehouse
NW REGION
HOME OFF.
SE REGION
MW REGION
BA REGION
NW REGION
BA REGION
TEXAS REG.
MW REGION
MW REGION
SD REGION
SE REGION

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EXHIBIT A – Custodian List
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EXHIBIT B – Core Documents List
Named plaintiff documents and ESI

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Promotable, bench, and ReadyNow lists

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Green room documents and ESI

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Gender complaints and EEOC charges (regarding failure to promote and/or rotate in
senior staff positions, and failure to promote to AGM and/or GM positions)

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BOLD, Rothman Work Plan, and Journeys documents and ESI

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Corporate-level reports, studies, audits, or analyses regarding the gender composition of
Costco’s workforce

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Promotion policies

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EXHIBIT B – Core Documents List
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EXHIBIT C – Agreed Core Search Terms List

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“Green Room”

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misogynis*

discriminator

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dildo

“fam* to support”

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“jack off”

feminis*

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faggot

chauvinis*

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clit

“boys club”

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skank

“valid* stud*”

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slut

“glass ceiling”

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vagina

sexist

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“strip club”

stereotype

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cunt

“old boy*”

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whore

“talent pool”

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pussy

“adverse impact*”

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fag

“Ready Now”

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pornography

ReadyNow

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boobs

“bench list”

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tits

“rising star”

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porn

Leah w/3 Horstman

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dyke

“promotable list”

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penis

“focus group”

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bigot

“BOLD initiative”

8

fuck

“on deck”

7

bitch

“workplan 2002”

6

beaver

Rae w/3 Ellis

5

“job validation”

Shirley w/3 Ellis

4

sexism

Elaine w/3 Sasaki

3

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RWP AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female OR gender)

2

"Rothman plan" AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female OR
gender)

3
4

"Rothman work plan" AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female
OR gender)

5

Journeys AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female)

6

retaliate AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female OR gender)

7

favoritism AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female OR gender)

8

pregnant AND promot*

9

bias AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female OR gender)

10

validity AND (study OR studies)

11

validation AND (study OR studies)

12

prejudice AND (promot* OR Diversity OR women OR woman OR female OR gender)

13

discriminat* AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender OR man OR men)

14

retaliate* AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender)

15

harass* AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender)

16

dick AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender) AND NOT (diCerchio)

17

ho AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender)

18

derogatory AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender)

19

breast AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender OR her)

20

ass AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender OR her)

21

butt AND (women OR woman OR female OR gender OR her)

22

("as* manager*" OR "whse manager*" OR "warehouse manager*" OR agm* OR gm* OR
"general manager*") w/15 (hire OR hiring OR vacant OR vacancy OR select* OR
promot* OR "move?up")

23
24
25

(ready?now OR readynow OR promot* OR bench OR on?deck OR ondeck OR Green?Room OR
GreenRoom OR evaluat*) w/15 ("as* manager*" OR "whse manager*" OR "warehouse
manager*" OR agm* OR gm* OR "general manager*")

26

((Rothman OR RWP OR Journeys) w/20 (promot* OR diversity))

27

((complain* OR claim* OR suit OR lawsuit OR EEOC) w/15 promot*) AND ("as* manager*"
OR "whse manager*" OR "warehouse manager*" OR agm* OR gm* OR "general manager*")

28
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(diversity w/20 (promot* OR polic* OR Procedur* OR Program*)) AND (gender OR Women)

2

(Ellis OR Sasaki OR Horstman) w/25 (promot* OR appraisal* OR on?deck OR Ready?Now OR
ReadyNow OR bench OR performance OR complain* OR lawsuit)

3
((complain* OR claim* OR suit OR lawsuit) w/15 (rotat*)) AND (merch* w/2 manager*)
4
(BOLD OR focus?group*) w/15 diversity
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
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