Cornerstone Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. James et al

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 5/24/12. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/24/2012)

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Paul Marron, Esq., State Bar No. 128245
Steven C. Rice, Esq., State Bar No. 109659
Mark J. Polland, Esq., State Bar No. 210657
MARRON LAWYERS
320 Golden Shore, Suite 410
Long Beach, CA 90802
Tel.: [phone]
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Attorneys for Defendants LARRY THAXTER
JAMES an individual; DEPLOYHR, INC.,
a California corporation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISCTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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CORNERSTONE STAFFING SOLUTIONS, INC.,
a California Corporation,

Assigned to Hon. Richard Seeborg

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Case No.: 3:12-cv-01527-RS

Plaintiff,
STIPLUATION FOR PROTECTIVE
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vs.

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LARRY THAXTER JAMES, an individual; DAVID
R. BATTON, an individual; TED MANNELLO, an
individual; ANDRE DOUZDJIAN, an individual;
MICHAEL SANTOS, an individual; MARCOS
BARRERA, an individual; BATTON TECHNICAL
ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, INC., a
Michigan Corporation; BATTON DIVERSIFIED
STAFFING SOLUTIONS, a Michigan Corporation;
HANBONCARO I, LLC, a Michigan Limited
Liability Company a/k/a CARO I, LLC; HANBON - MI I, LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability Company
d/b/a TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CONSULTANTS; HANBON - MI II, INC., a
Michigan Corporation d/b/a BATTON
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING CONSULT-ANTS;
HANBON -- MARLETTE, LLC, a Michigan
Limited Liability Company; HANBON -- PA I, LLC
a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company;
HANBON - CT I, LLC a Connecticut Limited
Liability Company; TEC GROUP INC., a Michigan
Corporation d/b/a TEC GROUP ALSO d/b/a TEC-

Hearing
Date: July 19, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Courtroom: 3
Location: 17th Floor, Phillip Burton
Federal Building & United States
Courthouse, 150 Golden Gate Avenue,
San Francisco 94102
Complaint Filed: March 27, 2012

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CHRYSLER; DEPLOY HR, INC., a Pennsylvania
Corpor-ation d/b/a DEPLOY HR STAFFING, INC.;
DEPLOYHR, INC., a California Corporation d/b/a
TEC ALSO d/b/a BATTON; and DOES 1- 100,
Defendants.

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the Parties, that the
following Protective Order may be entered by the Court.
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INTRODUCTION

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This Stipulated Protective Order shall govern any designated document, file, electronic

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information or deposition testimony and exhibits produced or created in this action, pursuant to

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discovery, voluntary disclosure or otherwise. The words “files,” “documents,” “electronic

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information,” “materials” and “information are used interchangeably and as appropriate given

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context. The use of one term is not intended in any instance as exclusion of the other.

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DESIGNATION
Whether in response to formal discovery, pursuant to FRCP Rule 26 voluntary disclosures,

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or otherwise produced, a Party (the “Designating Party”) producing electronic information,

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materials, files or documents pursuant to any other party in the case (the “Inspecting Party” or

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“Receiving Party”), may designate all or any potion of such information, materials, documents or

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deposition.
A designation of “CONFIDENTIAL” may be given to material that the Designating Party
considers trade secrets, confidential technical, business, financial or proprietary information, as
well as personal/private information that would embarrass the Designating Party if publicly

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available. This designation shall be made: (a) by stamping each page of a document containing

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confidential information with the legend CONFIDENTIAL prior to its production [or, if

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previously inadvertently or otherwise produced or disclosed without such legend, by promptly

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furnishing written notice to the receiving party that the information or document shall be

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CONFIDENTIAL under this Protective Order along with appropriately labeled copies of the
documents in question]; (b) by placing the legend CONFIDENTIAL adjacent to an interrogatory

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or interrogatory response setting forth such information; or (c) by designating deposition or other

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sworn testimony. Making documents and things available for inspection shall not constitute a

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waiver of any claim of confidentiality, and all CONFIDENTIAL materials provided for inspection

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by an attorney for the party shall be treated as though designated as CONFIDENTIAL at the time
of the inspection.

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DESIGNATING

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A Designating Party’s determination that information is CONFIDENTIAL and to be

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covered by this Protective Order shall be made in good faith and after reasonable investigation. As

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a general guideline, any information which is publicly available, including any information which

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can be ascertained from examination of a product, service, or publication sold or distributed by
any party to the general public or which is available within the subject industry and publications
concerning the subject industry (employee staffing) should not be designated as

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"CONFIDENTIAL." CONFIDENTIAL information may include any information that would not

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otherwise be obtainable from public sources. To the extent that a document containing

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information from a public source also contains information which reflects mental impressions,

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conclusions, opinions or other information that would constitute a trade secret, confidential

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financial information or private person’s financial information including but not limited to tax

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returns, financial statements, or accountings, then those portions only of any document may be
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” only when such information has not been disclosed to any third

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party not bound by any order, duty or privilege of “confidentiality.”

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Information may be designated CONFIDENTIAL if it contains trade secrets such as

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information relating to product or services information; confidential business information such as

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customer lists, rates, customers and marketing surveys, marketing plans or strategies; or non-

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public financial information or, including without limitation, sales, profits, liabilities, gross

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income, net income, and asset information, which would put the producing person or entity at a
competitive disadvantage if the information became known to the receiving party or other third

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party. CONFIDENTIAL may also include personal information of a private nature which would
subject a party to embarrassment or ridicule if publicly disclosed.

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Any discovery material produced by a non-party to the litigation may be designated as

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CONFIDENTIAL only if it meets the same standards as for the Parties.

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While associated with Plaintiff CornerStone, Defendant Larry James had a Dell laptop

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LARRY JAMES’ DELL LAPTOP

computer (“the Dell Laptop”) which he used for the following purposes: CornerStone business;
James’ separate businesses such as DeployHR, Inc.; and Personal matters such as financial

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information, investments, family communications, pictures, calendar, personal e-mails and the

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like. After his termination from CornerStone on March 23, 2012 and upon learning he was a

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defendant in this lawsuit, James used the Dell Laptop to continue running his businesses and to

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investigate hiring counsel and communicate with the lawyers he eventually retained.
After the potential significance of electronic information saved on the Dell Laptop

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concerning James’ work and communications at CornerStone and his companies’ businesses
became apparent, and for purposes of document preservation in this matter, Marron Lawyers
(counsel for James) hired an independent computer forensic service, Kroll Ontrack (“Kroll”), to

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make an exact copy of the user files on the Dell laptop, not including the system, program, or

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operating software, onto: 1) a segregated folder on a protected server at Kroll which no one other

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than Kroll has access to; and 2) an external hard drive, Hard Drive No. 1 (“HD 1”). James also

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subsequently stopped using the Laptop; obtained a new laptop which he uses for his personal

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affairs and to operate his companies such as Deploy; and deposited the Dell laptop with his

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lawyers.
Marron Lawyers will review the files/documents/electronic information on HD 1 and

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identify documents that contain James and the Entity Defendants communications which are: A)

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attorney client or otherwise privileged; or B) personal information which has no actual or potential

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bearing on the issues in this case; and C) the business affairs of the Entity Defendants after March

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23, 2012. Marron Lawyers will remove documents in categories A); B) & C) from HD1 and place

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them on a separate hard drive in a segregated folder which will be preserved until the litigation is

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over.
Within ten business days of execution of this Stipulation & Order by the parties,

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Marron Lawyers will provide to Hill, Farrer & Burrill a written privilege log (“James Privilege

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Log”) of all the privileged/personal/post termination business documents they remove. The James

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Privilege Log shall include (a) the date; (b) author(s); (c) recipients (including ccs and blind ccs);

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summary of the subject line (for e-mails, letters, memos and other correspondence/documents); (e)

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a brief statement of the subject matter of the document; and (f) the basis for its removal. Plaintiff

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CornerStone reserves the right to seek discovery of such documents and upon request, James shall
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provide withheld documents to a judicial officer for an in camera inspection on reasonable notice.

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After the privileged, personal, post termination business documents are removed from

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HD1, Marron Lawyers shall instruct Kroll & Associates to save the remaining documents and files

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on HD1 on to two duplicate separate storage devices. These devices shall be named Separate

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Storage Device (SSD) 1 (CornerStone Copy) and SSD 1 (James Copy). All documents on the

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respective versions of SSD1 are CONFIDENTIAL documents pursuant to this Protective Order.

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Starting on the first business day after delivery of their respective copies of SSD1, the Parties shall

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have ten business days in which to designate any document on SSD 1 as CONFIDENTIAL

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ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. Use of any document from SSD1 designated CONFIDENTIAL or

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CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be subject to the terms of this Protective

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Order.

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USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
Each party and all persons bound by the terms of this Protective Order shall use any

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information or document designated CONFIDENTIAL only for purposes of prosecution or

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defense of this action. The Parties and their counsel shall exercise reasonable care to insure that

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the information and documents designated CONFIDENTIAL are (i) used only for the purposes

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specified herein, and (ii) disclosed only to authorized persons. Control and distribution of all

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discovery material shall be the responsibility of attorneys of record herein, and shall be solely in

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accordance with the provisions of this Order. Any copying of Confidential Discovery Material
shall be limited to the amount needed to effectuate the litigation of this matter.
Documents and information designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" shall only be inspected,

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examined or read by, and disclosed, described or summarized on a need-to-know basis and only to

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the parties to this action, attorneys for the parties and their authorized secretarial and legal

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assistant staff, in-house counsel, personal counsel, potential witnesses and witnesses (but only if

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needed for testimony or investigation and no copies are to be given to the potential

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witness/witness), investigators, government and private entity representatives (if such disclosure is

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related to the claims, defenses or damages sought by the parties, or will assist the parties in
establishing the claims, defenses and damages sought), the Court, independent consultants and

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experts including but not limited to economists, accountants, forensic examiners, and other

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retained experts whose technical or expert advice and consultations are being, or will, be used in

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connection with the present litigation.
By mutual written agreement or Court order after a noticed motion showing good cause,

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documents/ information designated CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed to any third party not
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authorized per this Section.

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CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY MATERIAL & USE OF SAME.
A Designating Party may designate material as CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS EYES

ONLY. However, such designation shall only occur in a case of exceptional and specific need,
with need being assessed in the context of this litigation. The context of this litigation is that the
claims and allegations raised by Plaintiff, and the claims and allegations which will be raised by
Defendant(s), to a large degree involve the confidential business activities of both sides and is

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information that generally could be characterized as a trade secret, as it involves Defendant’s

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operation of Plaintiff CornerStone, as well as the formation and business activities of Defendants.

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However, in order for both sides to effectively respond to the allegations against them, the parties

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will need to have access to confidential business information and trade secrets, particularly if such

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information was generated or used by either side prior to the termination of Defendant Larry

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James on March 23, 2012. Accordingly, information involving the trade secrets and confidential
business/financial information of the respective parties/sides in this litigation, particularly if

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created prior to James termination, generally will not be characterized as CONFIDENTIAL
ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, but may be designated CONFIDENTIAL.
The Parties further acknowledge the disfavor courts generally have with respect to

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excessive limitations and requirements with respect to confidentiality because they “frequently

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invite nonproductive satellite litigation” concerning the limitations and alleged violations. MGP

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Ingredients, Inc. v. Mars, Inc. (245 FRD 497, 502 (D KS 2007). Accordingly, the Parties shall
adhere in good faith to the basic limitations with respect to documents labeled CONFIDENTIAL

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and use the CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY designation only in cases of
exceptional and specific need.
Except as otherwise provided herein, Confidential Discovery Material designated as

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“CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” may be inspected, examined or read by, and

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disclosed, described or summarized to, only the following persons:

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(a) counsel of record for plaintiff and defendants in this litigation, their partners, associates,
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paralegals and other internal law office employees, and other lawyers specifically retained

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by them in connection with the litigation and members of said counsels’ clerical and
secretarial staff who are working on this case under the direction of such counsel, to whom

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it is necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this case;
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(b) other persons requested or retained by or on behalf of any party or counsel to provide

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or furnish technical, analytical or other expert assistance or testimony, or who are

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consulted with, in connection with this litigation, and their employees (“experts”);

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(c) stenographic reporters engaged in deposition proceedings; and

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(d) the Court.
Each person authorized to review CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY material

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shall use any information or documents only for purposes of prosecution or defense of this action.
The Parties and their counsel shall exercise reasonable care to insure that the information and

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documents designated CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY are (i) used only for the

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purposes specified herein, and (ii) disclosed only to authorized persons. Control and distribution of

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all discovery material shall be the responsibility of attorneys of record herein, and shall be solely

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in accordance with the provisions of this Order. Any copying of CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS

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EYES ONLY material shall be limited to the amount needed to effectuate the litigation of this

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matter.
By mutual written agreement or Court order after a noticed motion showing good cause,

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documents/ information designated CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY may be
disclosed to any third party not authorized per this Section.

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USE BY EXPERTS
A party desiring to disclose documents or things designated CONFIDENTIAL or

CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to outside, independent experts or consultants
shall first obtain from each expert or consultant a signed undertaking in the form of Exhibit A

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hereto, reciting that such person had read the Stipulated Protective Order Respecting Confidential

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Material and promises to comply fully therewith, and instructs their staff on compliance, and

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consents to the jurisdiction of the Court in connection with the enforcement of this Order, as well

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as his agreement to be bound by its terms. Copies of this attestation shall be retained by counsel

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directing the disclosure.

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In the event CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY

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DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE COURT

information is utilized in briefs or documents filed with the Court, its confidential nature shall be
indicated by appropriate footnote, and either party may request that the Court maintain the brief or

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document under seal.

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Deposition transcripts, or portions thereof, may be designated as subject to this Protective

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DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS

Order either (1) at the time of such deposition, in which case the transcript of the designated
testimony shall be bound in a separate volume and marked CONFIDENTIAL or
CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by the reporter, as the designating party may
direct, or (2) within thirty (30) days following receipt of the deposition transcript by providing

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written notice to the reporter and all counsel of record, in which case all counsel receiving such

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notice shall mark the copies or portions of the designated transcript in their possession or under

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their control as directed by the designating party.

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DESIGNATION AT HEARING OR ARGUMENT
With respect to testimony or argument presented during hearings and other proceedings,

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whenever counsel for any party deems that any question(s) or argument(s) call for the disclosure
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of information that should be kept CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL -ATTORNEYS EYES

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ONLY, subject to Court approval, counsel may designate the disclosure as CONFIDENTIAL or

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CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.

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DISCLOSURE TO AUTHOR OR RECIPIENT
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Order, nothing herein shall prohibit counsel

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for a party from disclosing a document, whether designated as CONFIDENTIAL or
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CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to any person whom the document clearly

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identifies as an author, addressee, or carbon copy recipient, or otherwise was a recipient of such

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document; and regardless of designation pursuant to this Order.

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CONFIDENTIALITY OF PARTY’S OWN DOCUMENTS
Nothing herein shall affect the right of the designating party to disclose to its officers,
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directors, employees, consultants or experts, or to any other person, information or documents

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designated by it as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. Such

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disclosure shall not waive the protections of this Protective Order and shall not entitle other parties
or their attorneys to disclose such information or documents in violation of this Protective Order.

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PREPARATION OF WITNESSES AND EXHIBIT DESIGNATION

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Any party may mark any designated material as an exhibit to a deposition, hearing, or

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other proceeding and examine any witness thereon, provided the exhibit and related transcript

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pages receive the same type of confidentiality designation and treatment as the original document.

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Said documents may be used for purposes of witness preparation and examination. Witnesses shall
not be allowed to retain copies of designated documents shown to them.

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PRIOR OR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
The restrictions and obligations set forth herein relating to documents and information

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marked CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall not apply to

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any information which (a) was or becomes public knowledge other than as a result of disclosure

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by a receiving party, (b) has come or shall come into the receiving party’s lawful possession

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independently of the designating party; or, (c) is obtained by the receiving party from a third party
that has no direct or indirect obligation of confidentiality to the designating party with respect

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thereto. The restrictions and obligations herein re confidentiality shall not be deemed to prohibit

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discussions with any person about any documents or things marked CONFIDENTIAL or

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CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY if that person already had or obtained lawful

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possession thereof other than pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order. Nothing in this

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Stipulated Protective Order shall affect or restrict use or disclosure of documents or things

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obtained other than through discovery (including pursuant to FRCP Rule 26 disclosures) pursuant
to this Stipulated Order.

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NON-PARTY MATERIAL
The terms of this Protective Order are also applicable to CONFIDENTIAL or

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CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information submitted by a non-party, and such

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information produced by a non-party in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies

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and relief provided by this Protective Order. A non-party providing information to all the parties
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through either formal or informal discovery means shall a) have the same right as a party to

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designate any such information under this

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Protective Order and b) shall have standing to enforce the terms of this Protective Order with
respect to disclosure and use of that non-party’s designated information.

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INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE
If a Designating Party through prior disclosure or inadvertence produces a document or

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copy thereof which contains CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES

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ONLY information without marking it with such annotation, it may be disclosed to others until the

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receiving party is notified of the error. It shall be the Designating Party’s responsibility to notify
all Receiving Parties promptly after discovery of the error, and provide the Receiving Parties with
substitute documents bearing the correct CONFIDENTIAL notation.

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INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF PRIVILEGED MATERIALS.
Particularly given the volume of documents that may have some bearing on the issues in

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this case, the Parties agree that the distribution of SSD1 and/or disclosures of other documents

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voluntarily or pursuant to discovery may result in inadvertent disclosure of information that is

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protected by the attorney client or work product privilege. The parties agree that any such
disclosure would fall under the protection of Federal Rule of Evidence 502(b) and that upon

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discovery of attorney client or work product information on SSD1 or in voluntary or discovery

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disclosures/production, the parties will take reasonable steps to remove/not use the information or

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otherwise rectify the error.

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NO WAIVER OR TERMINATION WITHOUT MUTUAL AGREEMENT
No part of the restrictions imposed by this Protective Order maybe waived or terminated,

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except by the written agreement executed by counsel of record for each designating party or by the
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Court for good cause shown. The restrictions provided for herein shall not terminate upon the
conclusion of this lawsuit, but shall continue until further Order of the Court.

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MODIFICATION OF ORDER BY AGREEMENT
This Stipulated Protective Order may be modified, and any matter related to it may be

resolved, by written stipulation of the parties without further order of the Court.
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OTHER PROTECTION & CHALLENGE TO DESIGNATION
This Protective Order shall not preclude any party from seeking and obtaining, on an

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appropriate showing, such additional protection with respect to the confidentiality of documents or
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other discovery material as that party may consider appropriate. Nor shall any party be precluded

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from (i) claiming that any matter designated hereunder as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL

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ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY in fact is not entitled to such designation; or the protections of this

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Protective Order, (ii) applying to the Court for an Order removing a CONFIDENTIAL or

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CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY designation; or permitting a disclosure or use of

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information or documents otherwise prohibited by this Protective Order, or (iii) applying for an
Order modifying this Protective Order in any respect.
The Parties stipulate that the Court may reduce the time by Ex Parte Application to hear a
confidentiality discovery dispute motion.

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No party shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any confidentiality designation

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and failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety of such designation.

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On any motions challenging the designation of any document or other record of

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information as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, the burden
of justifying the designation shall lie with the Designating Party.

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SCOPE OF ORDER; ENFORCEABLITY

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This Order shall be binding upon any future unaffiliated party to this litigation, and no

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discovery materials produced hereunder shall be disclosed to any such party until they or their

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counsel agree to be bound by the terms of this Order. This Order shall be binding in any

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jurisdiction in which this litigation or discovery proceedings in this litigation may be conducted.

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Applications to enforce or modify this agreement may be made to any court with jurisdiction,
including specifically: the court which orders this agreement; any court to which this case may be

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transferred; and any court issuing a subpoena or otherwise having jurisdiction over discovery
proceedings.

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RETURN OF DESIGNATED INFORMATION
Upon final termination of this action, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by an attorney

for the designating party, each party shall assemble and return all designated material, including
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all copies, extracts and summaries thereof, to the party from whom the designated material was

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obtained within ninety (90) days, if so requested by the producing party, or shall destroy all such

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documents except that counsel may retain, subject to the terms of this Order, a file copy of all
papers, including testimony transcripts, filed or served in this action. All copies of documents, and

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all information and notes derived from them, excluding attorney work product, shall be destroyed.

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For all Confidential Discovery Material retained by counsel, the terms of this Stipulated Protective

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Order shall be considered continuing in nature.

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This Order is ongoing and shall survive termination of this lawsuit. The Court of

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CONTINUING JURISIDICTION

competent jurisdiction shall retain jurisdiction o enforce the Protective Order even after
termination of this lawsuit.

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EXHIBIT A

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I, the person named below, declare that the following information is true:
Name:_____________________________________________________

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Address:___________________________________________________
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Employer name and address:___________________________________

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Title:______________________________________________________

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Occupation/job description:____________________________________

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I am executing this undertaking on behalf of (check all that are applicable):

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________myself

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__________my employer

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I have received a copy of the agreed confidentiality Protective Order in this action.

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I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the protective order. I agree to be

bound by it, and specifically agree that I will not disclose to anyone any of the contents of any

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protected information received under the protection of the protective order in violation thereof and

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consent to the jurisdiction of the Arbitrator or any court of competent jurisdiction for the purposes

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of any action to enforce this protective order.

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been designated as CONFIDENTIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY in a

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I understand that I am to retain all copies of any of the materials that I receive that have

container, cabinet, drawer, room or other safe place in a manner consistent with the protective
order and that all copies are to remain in my custody until I have completed my assigned or legal

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duties.

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have prepared relating to such documents and things, to counsel for the party by whom I am

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retained. I acknowledge that such return or the subsequent destruction of such materials shall not

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relieve me from any of the continuing obligations imposed on me by the protective order. If I am

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I will return all confidential documents and things that come into my possession, or that I

executing this undertaking on behalf of my employer as indicated above, I agree on its behalf that
it too will be bound by the provisions of the protective order and that it too will abide by the

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requirements set out in Sections 3 and 4 of this undertaking.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the United States and the laws of the

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State of California that the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on

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________________, 20_____ at ______________, ______________.

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Dated: __________, 20____

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Signature

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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 to this action. I
am employed in the city of Long Beach, California; my business address is Marron Lawyers, 320
Golden Shore, Suite 410, Long Beach, CA 90802.

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On the date below I served a copy of the following document:

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON
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on all interested parties in said case as follows:
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Served Electronically via Court’s CM/ECF System

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Philip Burkhardt, Esq.
Burkhardt & Larson
6002 El Tordo
P.O. Box 1369
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[Attorneys for Defendants Marcos Barrera]

Neil D. Martin, Esq.
Clayton J. Hix
HILL, FARRER & BURRILL LLP
One California Plaza
300 South Grand Avenue, 37th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071·3147
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[Attorneys for Plaintiff]

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Served via Mail

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Briny Adam Woods, Esq.
WOODS LAW GROUP, P.C.
16520 Bake Parkway, Suite 220
Irvine, CA 92618
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[Attorneys for Defendants Michael Santos and Hanbon CT I, LLC]

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[X] FEDERAL: I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court as
whose direction this service was made.
Executed this 24th day of May, 2012, in Long Beach, California.

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/s/ Mark Polland
Mark Polland

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