Hill et al v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. et al

Filing 262

ORDER regarding motion for protective order at ECF No. 255. (Attachments: #1 Standing Order)(Beeler, Laurel) (Filed on 1/29/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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San Francisco Division

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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BRENDA HILL, et al.,

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Case No. 10-cv-02833-LB

Plaintiffs,
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v.

ORDER

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KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN,
INC., et al.,

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Re: ECF No. 255

Defendants.

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The next issue is Mr. Friedman’s request for a protective order so that he may share protected

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information with consultants or witnesses. (See Motion, ECF No. 255.1) Kaiser opposes the

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proposed order as insufficiently tethered to an identified need. (Opposition, ECF No. 258.)

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The main issues are entitlement to fees (through fee agreements or otherwise) and the

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reasonableness of fees and rates, all illuminated through declarations and exhibits. (See, e.g.,

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Order, ECF No. 236 at 20; Order, ECF No. 249 at 2.) It might be that Mr. Friedman needs to share

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confidential information in aid of his motion or perhaps more so with his reply.
The court attaches its standing order, which describes its procedures for resolving discovery

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disputes. The court is confident that on their own, the parties can devise a protective order (or use

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Citations are to the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pin cites are to the ECF-generated page
numbers at the tops of the documents.
ORDER (No. 10-cv-02833-LB)

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the court’s model protective order at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/model-protective-orders) to

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fashion appropriate safeguards to address Kaiser’s concern about disclosure to lawyers or others

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adverse to it in litigation. Mr. Friedman will need to identify what he wants to disclose, and it

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seems likely that he needs to identify who he wants to disclose it to given the issues that Kaiser

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identifies.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

January 29, 2016

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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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ORDER (No. 10-cv-02833-LB)

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