Dugan et al v. Lloyds TSB Bank, PLC

Filing 90

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Nandor J. Vadas re Confidential Protective Order;terminating 82 Discovery Letter Brief; terminating 85 Discovery Letter Brief (njvlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/9/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOHN DUGAN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
LLOYDS TSB BANK, PLC,

Case No.:3:12-cv-02549-WHA (NJV)
ORDER RE CONFIDENTIAL
PROTECTIVE ORDER
Re: Dkt. Nos. 82 & 85

Defendant.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Lloyds TSB Bank, PLC (“Lloyds”) has addressed the issues this court raised in its

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December 20, 2012 order (Doc. No. 83). See Doc. No. 85. The court orders as follows:

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(1) The stipulated protective order may contain the two levels of confidentiality

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designations urged by Lloyds.
(2) The term “competitor,” which Lloyds seeks to include in the definition of “expert,”
shall be limited to those competitors Lloyds identified in Exhibit A to Doc. No. 85.
(3) The parties may challenge confidentiality designations. See, e.g., Doc. No. 82-1 at 8,

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at ¶ 6. Plaintiffs may use a similar procedure to challenge the entities that Lloyds has identified as

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competitors. The court urges the parties to meet and confer in earnest before seeking judicial

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intervention regarding these matters.

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(4) The parties shall file a revised stipulated protective order reflecting the above within
seven days.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 9, 2013
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Nandor J. Vadas
United States Magistrate Judge