Roberts et al v. AT&T Mobility LLC
Filing
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STIPULATION AND ORDER re 126 (Stipulated Protective Order) filed by AT&T Mobility LLC. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 8/9/18. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/9/2018)
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MAYER BROWN LLP
DONALD M. FALK (SBN 150256)
dfalk@mayerbrown.com
ELSPETH HANSEN (SBN 292193)
elspeth.hansen@mayerbrown.com
Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
Telephone: (650) 331-2000
Facsimile: (650) 331-2060
Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857)
msobol@lchb.com
Roger N. Heller (State Bar No. 215348)
rheller@lchb.com
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN &
BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: 415.956.1000
Facsimile: 415.956.1008
ANDREW J. PINCUS (pro hac vice)
apincus@mayerbrown.com
ARCHIS A. PARASHARAMI (pro hac vice)
aparasharami@mayerbrown.com
KEVIN RANLETT (pro hac vice)
kranlett@mayerbrown.com
MAYER BROWN LLP
1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 263-3000
Facsimile: (202) 263-3300
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
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(additional counsel listed on signature page)
Attorneys for AT&T Mobility LLC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MARCUS A. ROBERTS, KENNETH A.
CHEWEY, ASHLEY M. CHEWEY, AND
JAMES KRENN, on behalf of themselves and
all others similarly situated,
Case No. 3:15-cv-03418-EMC
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS
Plaintiffs,
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v.
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AT&T MOBILITY LLC,
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Defendant.
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PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS:
Disclosure and discovery activity in this
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action are likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for
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which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than
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prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, in the interests of promoting an
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efficient and prompt resolution of this action, facilitating discovery by the Parties litigating this
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action, and protecting the Parties’ and Non-Parties’ Confidential Materials from improper
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disclosure or use, plaintiffs Marcus A. Roberts, Kenneth A. Chewey, Ashley M. Chewey, and
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James Krenn (“Plaintiffs”) and defendant AT&T Mobility LLC (“Defendant” or “AT&T”)
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hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter this Stipulated Protective Order Regarding
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Confidential Materials (the “Order”) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G).
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The Parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or
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responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
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only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the
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applicable legal principles. The Parties acknowledge that materials shall only be used for
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purposes of this litigation or an arbitration commenced by Plaintiffs. The Parties further
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acknowledge that this Order does not automatically entitle them to file confidential information
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under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the
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standards that will be applied when a Party or Non-Party seeks permission from the Court to file
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under seal.
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DEFINITIONS: As used in this Order:
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“Materials” shall refer to 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,
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testimony, transcripts, and tangible things).
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b.
“Non-Party” shall refer to any Person who is not a Party.
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c.
“Party” shall refer to any party to this action, including any officers, directors,
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employees, contractors, counsel, and agents.
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d.
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governmental or other legal entity, including, but not limited to, each Party and any Non-
“Person” shall refer to any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
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Party.
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personal telephone number; personal email address; taxpayer identification number; date
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of birth (other than year); home address; driver’s license number or other state
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identification number (or a foreign country equivalent); passport number; personal
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financial information, such as bank account, credit card, or debit card number(s); and
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medical records or other information relating to the Person’s treatment of physical or
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mental health or condition or to the provision of or payment for health care to the Person.
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“Sensitive Personal Information” shall include a Person’s Social Security number;
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS: Consistent with Federal Rule of Civil
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Procedure 26(c), any Materials disclosed, provided, produced, or filed in this proceeding by any
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Party or Non-Party that contain (1) Sensitive Personal Information, or (2) trade secrets or other
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competitively sensitive information (such as confidential research, development, technical,
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commercial, or financial information, as such terms are used in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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26(c)(1)(G)) not otherwise publicly accessible or available, as well as any information that
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discloses the substance of the contents of such Materials, may be designated as Confidential by
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any Party or by the Non-Party that discloses, produces, provides, or files the Materials. The
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designating Party or Non-Party may designate as Confidential only those portions of Materials
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that qualify for Confidential treatment under this Order. A designation that Materials are
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Confidential shall constitute a representation by the designating Party or Non-Party, in good faith
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and after careful determination, that the designated Materials, or portion thereof, are eligible for
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such designation pursuant to this Order. Such designated Materials, as well as any information
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that discloses the substance or contents of such Materials, shall be treated as Confidential
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pursuant to and to the extent permitted by this Order. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a
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Party from redacting Sensitive Personal Information as required by governing law, contract, or
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AT&T’s privacy policy, provided that a receiving Party may seek to un-redact such redacted
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Sensitive Personal Information as may be appropriate. Each Party or Non-Party that designates
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information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation
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to specific Material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The designating Party or Non2
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Party must designate for protection only those parts of Material that qualify – so that other
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portions of the Material for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within
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the ambit of this Order.
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Sensitive Personal Information shall be afforded all the protections of this Order
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afforded to other Confidential Materials, and also shall be secured by any receiving Party or
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Non-Party in such a manner as to minimize the possibility of disclosure, intentional or
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unintentional, to unauthorized Persons, including the physical storage thereof in a secure area or
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law office, the electronic storage thereof on a password-protected computer or system which may
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be accessed only by Persons authorized to have access to the Sensitive Personal Information
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pursuant to the terms of this Order, and the transmission thereof only to other authorized Persons
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by a trackable method with restricted delivery to such Persons.
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Any Party or Non-Party who, as part of this proceeding, discloses, provides, or
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produces to any other Party or Non-Party, or files with the Court, Materials that are Confidential
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under this Order shall designate such Materials as Confidential at the time of the disclosure,
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provision, production, or filing. Materials shall be designated as Confidential by placing on or
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affixing to the document or other medium containing Confidential Material (in such manner as
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will not interfere with the legibility thereof), or, if an entire folder or box of documents is
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confidential, by placing or affixing to that folder or box, the designation “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“CONFIDENTIAL – ROBERTS v. AT&T MOBILITY LLC., Case No. 3:15-cv-03418-EMC,”
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or any other appropriate notice that identifies this proceeding, together with an indication of the
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portion or portions of the document considered to be Confidential Material. Confidential
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Materials contained in electronic documents may also be designated as confidential by placing
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the designation “CONFIDENTIAL – ROBERTS v. AT&T MOBILITY LLC., Case No. 3:15-cv-
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03418-EMC” or any other appropriate notice that identifies this proceeding, on the face of the
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CD or DVD or other medium on which the document is produced, in the file name, in the Bates
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stamp legend, or another accessible place. Masked or otherwise redacted copies of Materials may
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be produced where the portions masked or redacted contain privileged matter, provided that the
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copy produced shall indicate at the appropriate point that portions have been masked or redacted
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and the reasons therefor.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 5, if during a deposition in this proceeding, a
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deponent (or the deponent’s counsel) or Party fails to designate as Confidential appropriate
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portions of the deponent’s deposition testimony on the record during the course of or at the close
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of the deposition, the deponent (or the deponent’s counsel) or Party may, no later than ten days
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after the deposition transcript becomes available to the deponent or Party, designate as
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Confidential those portions of the transcript that contain Confidential Materials. The Confidential
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designation may be accomplished by a) marking “CONFIDENTIAL” every page of the
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transcript that contains Confidential Materials, b) notifying all Parties of the transcript page and
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line numbers of the pages deemed to be Confidential, and c) marking the first and last such pages
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of such ranges as “CONFIDENTIAL – START” and “CONFIDENTIAL – END,” respectively,
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or by designating the page range, including all pages as appropriate. Until the earlier of the
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expiration of this ten-day period or the Confidential designation, the entire deposition transcript
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shall be treated as Confidential.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 5, any Party, within thirty days of receiving
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Confidential Materials from a Non-Party consumer as part of this proceeding, may designate
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such Materials as Confidential. Until the earlier of the expiration of this thirty-day period or the
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Confidential designation, such Materials shall be treated as Confidential.
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With respect to all Materials provided by a Party or Non-Party for inspection, all
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Confidential Materials shall be stamped “CONFIDENTIAL – ROBERTS v. AT&T MOBILITY
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LLC., Case No. 3:15-cv-03418-EMC” by the Party or Non-Party desiring such designation, or
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otherwise designated by such Party or Non-Party in writing, within thirty days of production.
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Until the end of such thirty-day period, the document production will be deemed to be designated
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Confidential in its entirety under the terms of this Order. A designation of Confidential by
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stamping or labeling need not be made until after counsel for the inspecting party has inspected
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the Materials and selected Materials to be copied. Making Materials available for inspection shall
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not constitute a waiver of any claim to designate such Materials as Confidential, and all
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Materials provided by a Party or Non-Party for inspection shall be treated as though designated
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Confidential at the time of inspection.
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The disclosure of Confidential Materials or information that discloses the
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substance of the contents of Confidential Materials (including through any writing or
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communication reproducing, paraphrasing, or otherwise disclosing the content of Confidential
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Materials) shall be limited to the following Persons:
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a. The Court presiding over this proceeding and related officials involved in this
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proceeding or any other related proceeding (such as appellate review of this
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proceeding) in which the Confidential Materials are used, including judges,
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magistrates, commissioners, referees, jurors, court reporters and Persons preparing
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transcripts of testimony, and other personnel of the Court.
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b. Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ counsel of record in this proceeding, as well as associated
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attorneys and other employees or contractors assisting such counsel in the preparation
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or hearing of this proceeding under the direction and control of such counsel.
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c. Defendant’s outside counsel of record in this proceeding, as well as outside counsel’s
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associated attorneys and other employees or contractors assisting such counsel in the
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preparation or hearing of this proceeding under the direction and control of such
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counsel; and AT&T counsel, employees, legal staff, contractors, or agents, with
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responsibility for litigation of this case.
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d. Any independent experts or consultants retained or consulted by the Parties in this
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proceeding, including the employees of such experts or consultants who are assigned
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to assist such experts or consultants, in connection with services in the preparation or
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hearing of this proceeding.
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e. Any Person who, based on a good faith and objectively reasonable belief or
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understanding of counsel of record for the disclosing Party (defined as the Party that
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intends to share Confidential Materials of that Party, another Party, or any Non-
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Party), created, sent, received, or reviewed the Confidential Materials, or who as an
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employee of a producing Party or Non-Party has had access to the Confidential
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Materials independent of this proceeding.
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f. Any trial or deposition witness, and the witness’s counsel, if the Confidential
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Materials are, based on a good faith and objectively reasonable belief or
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understanding of counsel of record for the disclosing Party, reasonably related to the
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witness’s testimony.
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g. Any Person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon such terms as the
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Court deems proper.
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Prior to disclosing Confidential Materials to any Person on the basis of
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subparagraph 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f), the disclosing Party shall provide to such Person a copy of this
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Order and obtain from such Person a signed statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Such signed statement shall be retained by counsel for the disclosing Party and need not be filed
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with the Court or served upon opposing counsel, unless requested for good cause or ordered by
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the Court. A Person’s refusal or practical inability to sign this statement, after the disclosing
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Party’s good faith effort to secure signature, shall not restrict the disclosing Party (or its counsel)
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from disclosing the materials to the Person during trial or deposition.
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Disclosure of Confidential Materials, or information that discloses the substance
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of the contents of Confidential Materials, to any Person described in Paragraph 9 of this Order
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shall be only for the purposes of the preparation and hearing of this proceeding, any appeal
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therefrom, or an arbitration commenced by Plaintiffs, and for no other purpose whatsoever. Any
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such receiving Person to whom Confidential Materials are disclosed in this proceeding shall (a)
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use such Confidential Materials, or information that discloses the substance of the contents of
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Confidential Materials, only for purposes permitted by this Order; and (b) not disclose or divulge
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the content of Confidential Materials, or information that discloses the substance of the contents
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of Confidential Materials, other than as permitted by this Order. However, nothing contained in
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this Order shall be construed as imposing these or any other obligations on the Court or court
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personnel, except to the extent that such Confidential Materials are sealed by the Court.
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Nothing in this Order shall restrict the use, outside of this litigation, of
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Confidential Materials by, or the disclosure of Confidential Materials to any Person (or that
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Person’s counsel) who: (a) originally disclosed, provided, or produced such Materials in this
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proceeding; (b) has had such Materials in its possession, custody, or control independent of this
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proceeding; or (c) has discovered such materials independent of this proceeding.
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Without written permission from the Party or Non-Party who designated the
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Materials Confidential or an order of the Court, a Party may not file in the public record in this
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action any Confidential Materials. Instead, a Party that seeks to file Confidential Material must
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comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5, including its provisions for filing Materials under seal.
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Nothing in this Order shall be construed to affect in any way the admissibility of
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any Materials, testimony, or any other evidence in this proceeding. This Order shall have no
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effect upon, and its scope shall not extend to, any Party’s use of its own discovery Materials in
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this proceeding.
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Any Party or Non-Party who designates any Materials as Confidential pursuant to
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this Order may consent to the removal of such designation by so notifying counsel of record for
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the other Parties in writing, after which time such Materials shall no longer be treated as
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Confidential in this proceeding. Any Party or Non-Party that, acting in good faith, inadvertently
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or mistakenly designates Materials as Confidential may withdraw that designation by notifying
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counsel of record for the other Parties in writing immediately after discovering the erroneous
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designation, after which time such Materials shall no longer be treated as Confidential in this
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proceeding.
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Any Party may, at any time, challenge a designation of any Materials as
Confidential and request removal of the designation as follows:
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a. The Party seeking such removal shall give the Party or Non-Party who designated the
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Materials as Confidential written notice thereof specifying the Materials as to which
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such removal is sought and the reason for the request.
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b. If the Parties and/or Non-Party cannot reach agreement concerning the matter within
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fifteen days after such notice, they shall jointly address a letter to the Court pursuant
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to the procedures set forth in paragraph 4 (“Discovery Motions”) of Honorable U.S.
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District Judge Edward M. Chen’s Civil Standing Order on Discovery.
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c. For Confidential Materials other than Sensitive Personal Information, the Party or
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Non-Party desiring to maintain their designation as Confidential shall have the burden
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of establishing grounds for such treatment. The burden of establishing that any
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Sensitive Personal Information should not be designated Confidential shall be upon
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the Party seeking to remove the designation.
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Neither the taking of any action in accordance with the provisions of this Order,
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nor the failure to object thereto, shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or defense in this
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proceeding. Moreover, the failure to designate Materials as Confidential in accordance with this
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Order and the failure to object to such designation at a given time shall not preclude the filing of
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a motion at a later date seeking to impose such designation or challenging the propriety thereof.
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The entry of this Order shall neither be construed as a waiver of any Person’s right to object to
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the furnishing of Materials in response to discovery in this proceeding, nor relieve any Person of
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the obligation to produce Materials in the course of discovery in this proceeding.
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If a Party or Non-Party through inadvertence discloses, produces, or provides any
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Confidential Materials without designating them as Confidential as provided in this Order, that
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Party or Non-Party shall promptly give written notice to the receiving Person that the Materials
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are Confidential and should be treated as such in accordance with this Order. The receiving
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Person shall treat such Materials as Confidential from the date it receives such notice.
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Disclosure of such Materials prior to receipt of such notice to a Person not authorized to receive
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Confidential Materials shall not be deemed a violation of this Order; however, each Person to
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whom disclosure has been made is to be advised that the Materials disclosed are Confidential
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and must be treated in accordance with this Order.
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In the case of any accidental or inadvertent disclosure of Confidential Materials or
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any other disclosure not in accordance with this Order, the Person responsible for the disclosure
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(or the Person’s counsel) shall promptly notify counsel for the Party or Non-Party who
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designated the Materials as Confidential, or any such Person who is not represented by counsel,
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of the disclosure, and shall make every effort to prevent further disclosure, including attempting
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to retrieve all copies of the Confidential Materials from the recipients thereof, and attempting to
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secure the agreement of the recipients not to further disseminate the Confidential Materials in
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any form.
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At the time that any consultant, expert, or other Person retained to assist a Party’s
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counsel in this proceeding concludes his or her participation in this proceeding, such Person shall
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return to counsel of record for the retaining Party all copies of Confidential Materials, together
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with all notes, memoranda, or other papers reproducing, paraphrasing, or otherwise disclosing
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Confidential Materials, or certify as to their destruction. Furthermore, within thirty days after the
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completion of this proceeding, all Confidential Materials, including any writing or
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communication reproducing, paraphrasing, or otherwise disclosing such Confidential Materials,
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shall be collected by counsel for the receiving Party and either destroyed or returned to the Party
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or Non-Party who disclosed, produced, or provided the Materials; provided, however, that
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attorney work product, expert reports, deposition transcripts and other sworn statements, or
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pleadings reproducing, paraphrasing, or otherwise disclosing Confidential Materials may be
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retained in counsel’s files subject to this Order and providing that such Confidential Materials
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shall not be used for any purpose outside of those permitted by this Order. For purposes of this
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Order, this proceeding shall be considered completed when the entire proceeding has been
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resolved and any related orders have become final and non-appealable.
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All Persons who receive Confidential Materials shall remain under a continuing
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duty not to disclose such Materials, except as permitted in this Order. This duty shall continue in
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full force and effect after the completion of this proceeding. However, nothing contained in this
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Order is intended to be construed as authorizing a Person to disobey a lawful court order or
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subpoena issued in another proceeding.
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
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OTHER LITIGATION: If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other
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litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as
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Confidential, that Party must:
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a. promptly notify in writing the designating Party or Non-Party. Such notification shall
include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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
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subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this
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Stipulated Protective Order; and
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c. cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the
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designating Party or Non-Party whose Confidential Materials may be affected.
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If the designating Party or Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served
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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as
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Confidential before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless
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the Party has obtained the designating Party or Non-Party’s permission. The designating Party or
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Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its
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confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or
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encouraging a receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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The Parties, in conducting discovery from any Non-Party as part of this
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proceeding, shall provide to each such Non-Party a copy of this Order so as to inform the Non-
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Party of the Non-Party’s rights and obligations under this Order.
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The Parties reserve their rights to seek, through stipulated agreement or otherwise,
additional protections for the use of Confidential Materials at trial.
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In the event that any additional Person becomes a Party to this proceeding, that
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Person, upon proper notice, shall be bound by this Order unless and until a different Protective
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Order is entered with respect to that Person.
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This Order also governs assertion of claims that otherwise discoverable material
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is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation material, and treatment of disclosure of
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privileged or protected materials (“protected” materials). In the event of the disclosure of
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protected materials, the Parties shall adhere to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B)
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and the following procedures for materials produced in discovery in this action by both Parties
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and Non-Parties.
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a. If a receiving Party discovers material produced to it by a Party or Non-Party in this
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action that the receiving Party reasonably believes to be privileged or protected
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material, the receiving Party shall promptly notify the producing Party in writing and
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segregate that material (or the privileged or protected portion) until it receives a
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response from the producing Party or the passage of five business days, whichever is
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earlier.
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b. If a producing Party (acting through counsel who has made an appearance in this
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litigation) determines that it has disclosed privileged or protected materials to another
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Party, it shall promptly notify the receiving Party in writing.
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c. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), the inadvertent production of a
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privileged or work-product-protected document during discovery in this action is not
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a waiver of privilege as to such document or information, or as to the subject matter
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of the document or information, in this action or in any other federal or state
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proceeding, if the producing Party claims privilege or protection in accordance with
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subparagraphs (a) or (b) above. If the producing Party fails to claim privilege or
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protection in accordance with subparagraphs (a) or (b) above, it shall be deemed to
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have waived all claims of privilege or protection for those materials. The mere
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production of privileged or work-product-protected documents in this case as part of
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document production is not itself a waiver in this case or in any other federal or state
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proceeding. This Order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection
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allowed by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d).
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d. Once a Party or Non-Party notifies recipients of the production of privileged or work-
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product-protected documents or information and demands the return or destruction of
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such documents or information, all recipients shall within five business days confirm
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the destruction or return of such documents or information, including removing from
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any document databases any copies of such documents, and taking any necessary
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steps related to any outside consultants or experts working for any Party. To the
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extent any Party in possession of such information disagrees with the assertion of
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privilege or work product protection, the Party shall nonetheless return or destroy all
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copies, or alternatively, notify the producing Party of the disagreement within five
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business days and, within fourteen days thereafter, present the information to the
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Court under seal for a determination of the claim.
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27.
Except as set forth in Paragraph 28, any Party that withholds any material that is
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otherwise discoverable by asserting that the material is privileged or protected shall provide a log
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of such material in conformance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(A). If either
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Party contends that a log should describe voluminous documents by category, that Party shall
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propose the categorization to the requesting Party and the Parties agree to meet and confer
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regarding the request. In addition, no Party shall be required to provide a privilege log with
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respect to documents that were created on or after October 28, 2014.
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28.
Expert discovery in this case will be conducted in accordance with Federal Rule
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of Civil Procedure 26, except that no Party needs to preserve, produce in discovery, or include on
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a privilege log the following documents or materials:
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a. Any form of oral or written communication or correspondence: between any of
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Defendant’s counsel and its testifying or nontestifying expert(s) or consultant(s), or
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the Plaintiffs’ counsel and their testifying or nontestifying expert(s) or consultant(s);
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this case, or between a consultant(s) and the consultant’s staff, agents, or anyone
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Dated: August 6, 2018
MAYER BROWN LLP
/s/ Kevin Ranlett
DONALD M. FALK (SBN 150256)
dfalk@mayerbrown.com
ELSPETH HANSEN (SBN 292193)
elspeth.hansen@mayerbrown.com
Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
Telephone: (650) 331-2000
Facsimile: (650) 331-2060
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ANDREW J. PINCUS (pro hac vice)
apincus@mayerbrown.com
ARCHIS A. PARASHARAMI (pro hac vice)
aparasharami@mayerbrown.com
KEVIN RANLETT (pro hac vice)
kranlett@mayerbrown.com
1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 263-3000
Facsimile: (202) 263-3300
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Attorneys for Defendant AT&T Mobility LLC
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LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN &
BERNSTEIN, LLP
/s/ Alexander H. Schmidt
Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857)
Roger N. Heller (State Bar No. 215348)
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Facsimile: (415) 956-1008
Alexander H. Schmidt, Esq.
Fairways Professional Plaza
5 Professional Circle
Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722
Telephone: (732) 226-0004
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D. Anthony Mastando
Eric J. Artrip
MASTANDO & ARTRIP, LLC
301 Washington St., Suite 302
Huntsville, AL 35801
Telephone: (256) 532-2222
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Daniel M. Hattis (SBN 232141)
HATTIS LAW
Post Office Box 1645
Bellevue, Washington 98009-1645
Telephone: (650) 980-1990
Facsimile: (425) 412-7171
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
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MAYER BROWN LLP
DONALD M. FALK (SBN 150256)
dfalk@mayerbrown.com
ELSPETH HANSEN (SBN 292193)
elspeth.hansen@mayerbrown.com
Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
Telephone: (650) 331-2000
Facsimile: (650) 331-2060
Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857)
msobol@lchb.com
Roger N. Heller (State Bar No. 215348)
rheller@lchb.com
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN &
BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: 415.956.1000
Facsimile: 415.956.1008
ANDREW J. PINCUS (pro hac vice)
apincus@mayerbrown.com
ARCHIS A. PARASHARAMI (pro hac vice)
aparasharami@mayerbrown.com
KEVIN RANLETT (pro hac vice)
kranlett@mayerbrown.com
MAYER BROWN LLP
1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 263-3000
Facsimile: (202) 263-3300
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CHEWEY, ASHLEY M. CHEWEY, AND
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Case No. 3:15-cv-03418-EMC
EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL
MATERIALS
AT&T MOBILITY LLC,
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EXHIBIT A – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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By signing below, I acknowledge that I have received and read the Protective Order
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entered by the Court in the above-captioned case on _________________ [date] and I agree to
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be bound by the terms of that Protective Order.
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As a condition of my receipt or review of any Materials designated Confidential
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pursuant to that Protective Order, I hereby agree that the Protective Order shall be deemed to be
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directed to and shall include me, and that I shall observe and comply with all of its provisions. I
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further understand and agree that I am not permitted to use, and I shall not use, Confidential
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