GreenCycle Paint, Inc. v. PaintCare, Inc. et al

Filing 90

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James granting 89 Stipulation for Protective Order. (rmm2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/17/2017)

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VENABLE LLP
Thomas E. Wallerstein (SBN 232086)
[e-mail]
505 Montgomery Street, Suite No. 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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HOLLINGSWORTH LLP
Eric G. Lasker (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
1350 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
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Attorneys for PaintCare Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GREENCYCLE PAINT, INC., a California
corporation,

Hon. Maria-Elena James
Plaintiff,

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PAINTCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation;
CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES, INC.; a Massachusetts corporation;
STERICYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL
SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation; and
DOES 1-10,

Action filed:
Removed:
Trial Date:

August 4, 2015
September 4, 2015
October 29, 2018

Defendant.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following

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Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket

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protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from

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public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to

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confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as

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set forth in Section 12.4, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file

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confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be

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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.

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confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public

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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of

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followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to

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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

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

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of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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

well as their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that

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are produced by any Party or Non-Party in disclosures or in responses to discovery as

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the

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

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testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or

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responses to discovery in this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to

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the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or

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as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s

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competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party

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or of a Party’s competitor.
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Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this

action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this

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

action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of

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that party.
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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,

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

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(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and

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organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and

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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 defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2)
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information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a

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Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as

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a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including

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becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to

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

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

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

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agreement or order.

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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following

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conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.

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all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony,

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DURATION

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

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

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order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all

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claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after

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the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this

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action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time

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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

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

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

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To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only

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those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so

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that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is

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not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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

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

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unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary

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expenses and burdens on other parties) 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

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

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parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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

(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,
Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so

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designated before 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

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Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only

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a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also

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must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the

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margins).

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A Party may designate Disclosure or Discovery Material produced by another Party or a

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Non-Party by making the Designation by letter to all Parties and the Non-Party (if applicable),

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specifying the production numbers of the documents deemed to be “CONFIDENTIAL” within

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15 business days of the date the material is received in the litigation by the Designating Party.

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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection

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need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which

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material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all

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of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the

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inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party

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must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
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Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix

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“CONFIDENTIAL” legend 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

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identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the

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Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other

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proceeding, all protected testimony. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of

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testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the testimony

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may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the

such deposition (or applicable portion of the deposition, if such deposition is not completed in

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deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days after date of

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one day) to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought. Only

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those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21

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days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing

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or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only

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authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”

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(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition

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shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page

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that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all

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pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material.

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The Designating Party shall inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that

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is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that

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period as if it had been designated “CONFIDENTIAL” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed.

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After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated.

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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
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container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection,

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the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to

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designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s

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right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a

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designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is

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treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. The Receiving Party or any other Party

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or Non-Party’s distribution or disclosure of Disclosure or Discovery Material prior to the

violation of this Order or subject to sanctions.

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correction of that Disclosure or Discovery Material’s designation shall not be considered to be in

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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

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burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to

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challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the

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original designation is disclosed.

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Judicial Intervention. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution

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process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis

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for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written

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notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this

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specific paragraph of the Protective Order.

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Prior to seeking judicial intervention, the Parties must meet and confer in person for the

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purpose of resolving any dispute. 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

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

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change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. If unable to
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resolve any disputes, the Parties shall file a joint letter that contains the following:
(a) A cover page with the case caption, an attestation that the parties met and conferred in

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person in a good faith attempt to resolve their dispute(s) prior to filing the letter, and the

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signature of both Parties or counsel;

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(b) A joint section setting forth the pertinent factual background and unresolved dispute;

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(c) A detailed summary of each Party’s position, including citations to relevant legal

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authority; and

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(d) Each Party’s proposed compromise on the issue(s) in dispute.

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The joint letter shall be limited to five pages, excluding the cover page, and may not be

production of documents and/or responses, privilege logs, and relevant deposition testimony. It

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accompanied by exhibits or affidavits other than exact copies of interrogatories, requests for

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is preferable that the Parties file a separate letter for each dispute.

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If the Parties are unable to meet and confer as directed above, or a Challenging Party is

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unable to obtain the opposing Party’s portion of a joint letter after the meet and confer session,

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the moving party shall file a written request for a telephonic conference for the purpose of

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enforcing the Court’s meet and confer requirement, or for the Court to fashion an alternative

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procedure. The written request shall include a declaration which states any attempt to meet and

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confer and/or obtain the joint letter, the reasons for the inability to comply with the standing

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order, and (if possible) three dates and times during which all parties are available for a

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telephonic conference. The moving Party may attach exhibits to the declaration, but the

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declaration and exhibits combined may not exceed seven pages. The Court will not excuse a

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party from the requisite in-person meeting unless good cause is shown.

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

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

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unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to

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sanctions. All parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to

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which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on a 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

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

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prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be

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disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order.

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When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of

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section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and

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The Parties and their Outside Counsel of Record are prohibited from emailing any
Protected Material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” and must use alternative means to

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in a secure manner1 that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.

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electronically transfer Disclosure or Discovery so designated under this Order (e.g. FTP sites,

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electronic delivery or document sites, electronic document management systems, or any other

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electronic system other than email that permits the logging and easy deletion from one place of

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the Protected Materials, and that does not disseminate the Protected Materials in a manner that

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(like electronic emails) may be difficult to trace, log, and destroy following the conclusion of this

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action, in accordance with the terms of this Order).
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise

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

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disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
(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

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

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is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

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The Receiving Party must store any electronic Protected Material in password-protected form if
it was received in password-protected form.

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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving

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Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the

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

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Agreement to 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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have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably

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

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit

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A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of

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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be

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separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted

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under this Stipulated Protective Order.
(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or

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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

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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;
(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.2

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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the

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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

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issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party

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shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material –

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and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving

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Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another 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

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

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connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.

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Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking

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additional protections.
(b)

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In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a

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

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with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:
1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some

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or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order

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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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The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this
Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect
its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued.

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

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

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timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its

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possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a

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determination by the court.3 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the

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burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected
Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

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

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Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were

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made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 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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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently

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produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the

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Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).

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This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-

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discovery order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal

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Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of

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The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality
rights of a Non-Party and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality
interests in this court.

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disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work

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product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order

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submitted to the court.

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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1

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

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Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any

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information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly,
no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material

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covered by this Protective Order.

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12.3

Export Control. Disclosure of Protected Material shall be subject to all applicable

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laws and regulations relating to the export of technical data contained in such Protected Material,

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including the release of such technical data to foreign persons or nationals in the United States or

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elsewhere. The Producing Party shall be responsible for identifying any such controlled technical

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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party

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

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

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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be

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filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected

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Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a

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request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade

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secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party’s request to file

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Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) is denied by the court, then

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the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local

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Rule 79-5(e)(2) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION
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

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material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,

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compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected

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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must

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submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the

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Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all

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the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has

capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to

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retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts,

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legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work

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product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected

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Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to

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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: July 17, 2017

WENDEL, ROSEN, BLACK & DEAN, LLP
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/s/ Greggory C. Brandt
Greggory C. Brandt (CA #189487)
1111 Broadway, 24th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607
510-834-6600
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for GreenCycle Paint, Inc.

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Dated: July 17, 2017

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By:

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Dated: July 17, 2017

BURNHAM BROWN, LLP
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/s/ Thomas E. Wallerstein
Thomas E. Wallerstein (CA #232086)
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-653-3750
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for PaintCare Inc.

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/s/ Thomas M. Downey
Thomas M. Downey (CA # 142096)
1901 Harrison St., 14th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
510-444-6800
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Clean Harbors
Environmental Services, Inc.

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Dated: July 17, 2017

PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER

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/s/ Raymond J. Etcheverry
Raymond J. Etcheverry (UT #1010)
Cory D. Sinclair (UT #11158)
201 South Main Street
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-532-1234
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Stericycle Environmental
Solutions, Inc.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: ____________

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Hon. Maria Elena James
United States District Court Magistrate Judge

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I, Thomas E. Wallerstein, attest that all signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing
is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

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Dated: July 17, 2017

VENABLE LLP

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/s/ Thomas E. Wallerstein
Thomas E. Wallerstein (CA #232086)
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-653-3750
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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

California on [date] in the case of Greencycle Paint Inc. v. Paintcare Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-04059-

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MEJ. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I

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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in

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the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item

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that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with

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the provisions of this Order.

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

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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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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: ______________________________
[printed name]

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