Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc et al

Filing 66

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 9/22/15. (bpfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/22/2015)

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Brian T. Ashe (SBN 139999)
[e-mail]
Shireen Yvette Wetmore (SBN 278501)
[e-mail]
560 Mission Street, 31st Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Kyle A. Petersen (ISBN 6275689) (admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
131 South Dearborn Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
and ELLEN JACOBS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PAUL SOMERS, an individual,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 3:14-cv-05180 EMC
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

v.

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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation; ELLEN JACOBS, an individual, and
DOES ONE through TEN, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of confidential,

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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for

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any purpose other than 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 Order. The parties

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acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to

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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited

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information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The

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parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3 below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does

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not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the

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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission

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from the court to file material under seal.

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DEFINITIONS
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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information

or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 26(c).

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their support staff).

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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or

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manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony,

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transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery

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in this matter.

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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the

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litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant

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in this action.

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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees or contractors of a party to this action.

House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity

not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action but

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are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf of that

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party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.
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contractors, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,

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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in

this action.

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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g.,

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photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or

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retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.

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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as

“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a

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Producing Party.

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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as

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defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies,

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excerpts, summaries, or 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. However, the protections

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conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that

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is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public

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domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this

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Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information

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known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the

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disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of

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confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a

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separate agreement or order.

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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this

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Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order

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otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and
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defenses in this action, 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, including the time limits

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for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or

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Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit

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any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating

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Party must designate 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, items, or

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communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of

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this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to

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be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber

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or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties)

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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for

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protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties

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that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see,

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e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or

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Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before

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the material is 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 documents, but

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excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix

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the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or

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portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify

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the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need

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not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would

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like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made

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available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified

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the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or

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portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified

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documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains

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Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the

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Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate

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markings in the margins).

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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, unless all

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Parties agree otherwise on the record at the time the deposition testimony is taken, all such testimony

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shall be treated as Protected Material until the expiration of the following: No later than the fourteenth

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day after the transcript is delivered to any Party or the witness, and in no event later than 60 days after

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the testimony was given. Within this time period, a Party may serve a Notice of Designation to all

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Parties of record as to specific portions of the testimony that are designated “CONFIDENTIAL”

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Information and thereafter only those portions identified in the Notice of Designation shall be protected

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by the terms of this Order. The failure to serve a timely Notice of Designation shall waive any

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designation of testimony taken in that deposition as “CONFIDENTIAL” Information, unless otherwise

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ordered by the Court.

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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other

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tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or

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containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion

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or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable,

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shall identify the protected portion(s).

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5.3

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate

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qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure

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protection under this Order for such material; provided, however, that a failure to serve a timely Notice
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of Designation of deposition testimony as required by this Order, even if inadvertent, waives any

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protection for deposition testimony. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must

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make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

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Order. No Party shall be found to have violated this Order for failing to maintain the confidentiality of

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material during a time when that material has not been designated “CONFIDENTIAL” Information,

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even where the failure to so designate was inadvertent and where the material is subsequently designated

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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of

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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality

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designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or

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a significant disruption 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 original designation

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is disclosed.

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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process by

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providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge.

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To avoid ambiguity as to 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 paragraph of the Protective

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Order. The Parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by

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conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) within

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14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for

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its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an

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opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in

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designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed

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to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or

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establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a

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timely manner.

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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention,

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the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7

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(and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of

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challenge or within 14 days 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 competent declaration

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affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding

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paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration

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within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for

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each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a

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confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the

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designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this

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provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with

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the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party.

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Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary

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expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the

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Designating Party has 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 in question the level

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of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the

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challenge.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or

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produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,

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defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the

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categories of persons and 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 (FINAL

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DISPOSITION).

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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a
secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by

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the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any

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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees

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of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for

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this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached

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hereto as Exhibit A;

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(b) the officers, directors, employees, consultants and contractors (including House

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Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who

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have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to

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Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed

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the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless

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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition

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testimony or exhibits 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 Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or
other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER

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LITIGATION

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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels

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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification 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 order to issue in the

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other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this

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Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and

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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 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 with the subpoena or

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court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a

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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the

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Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed

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as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another

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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 a Non-Party in this

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action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection

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with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these

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provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-

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Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-

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Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:

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promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that
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some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

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promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective

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Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the

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information requested; and

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make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14

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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-

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Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a

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protective order, the 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 determination by the court.

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Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in this court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material

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to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the

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Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized

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disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c)

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inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,

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and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”

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that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED

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MATERIAL

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Pursuant to Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the inadvertent disclosure of

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communications, documents, or information protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product

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doctrine, or any other privilege (“Privileged Material”) shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege or

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other protection if the producing party took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure and also took

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reasonable steps to rectify the error in the event of an inadvertent disclosure. The producing party will

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be deemed to have taken reasonable steps to prevent Privileged Material from inadvertent disclosure if
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that party utilized either attorney screening, keyword search term screening, advanced analytical

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software applications and/or linguistic tools in screening for privilege, work product, or other protection.

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In the event of the inadvertent disclosure of Privileged Material, the producing party shall be deemed to

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have taken reasonable steps to rectify the error of the disclosure if, within thirty (30) days from the date

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that the inadvertent disclosure was discovered or brought to the attention of the producing party, the

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producing party notifies the receiving party of the inadvertent disclosure and instructs the receiving

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party to promptly sequester, return, delete, or destroy all copies of the inadvertently produced Privileged

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Material (including any and all work product containing such Privileged Material). The receiving party

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also has an affirmative obligation to notify the producing party if it receives communications,

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documents, or information that appear to constitute Privileged Material. Upon receiving such a request

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from the producing party, the receiving party shall promptly sequester, return, delete, or destroy all

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copies of such inadvertently produced Privileged Material (including any and all work product

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containing such Privileged Material), and shall make no further use of such Privileged Material (or work

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product containing such Privileged Material).

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MISCELLANEOUS
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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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Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order no

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Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or

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item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any

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right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

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12.3

Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a

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court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public

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record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material

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must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a

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court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local

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Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue

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is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a
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Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is

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denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to

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Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each

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Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As

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used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries,

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and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected

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Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the

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Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline

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that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or

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destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations,

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summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding

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this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial,

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deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits,

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expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials

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contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material

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remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: September 16, 2015

/s/ Stephen F. Henry
Stephen F. Henry
Attorney for Plaintiff

DATED: September 16, 2015

/s/ Brian T. Ashe
Brian T. Ashe
Kyle A. Peterson
Shireen Y. Wetmore
Attorneys for Defendants

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 5.1(I)(3)
I, Brian T. Ashe, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this Stipulated

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Protective Order. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5.1(i)(3), I hereby attest that the following attorney has

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concurred in this filing: Stephen F. Henry, counsel for Plaintiff Paul Somers.

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DATED: September 16, 2015

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

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By: /s/ Brian T. Ashe
Brian T. Ashe
Kyle A. Peterson
Shireen Y. Wetmore
Attorneys for Defendants

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print or

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type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the

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Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District

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of California on [date] in the case of ___________ [insert formal name of the case and the number

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and initials assigned to it by the court]. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this

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Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose

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me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in

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any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or

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entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern

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District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if

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such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of

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_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my

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California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to

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enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Date: _________________________________

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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: ______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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