Jarell v. Amerigas Propane, Inc.

Filing 30

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 29 STIPULATION WITH [PROPOSED] ORDER re [Proposed] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER filed by Amerigas Propane, Inc.. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on November 1, 2016. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/1/2016)

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1 Shaun Setareh (SBN 204514) shaun@setarehlaw.com 2 H. Scott Leviant (SBN 200834) scott@setarehlaw.com 3 SETAREH LAW GROUP 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 907 4 Beverly Hills, California 90212 Telephone: (310) 888-7771 5 Facsimile: (310) 888-0109 6 Attorneys for Plaintiff JIMMIE JARELL 7 JOSEPH D. LEE (State Bar No. 110840) joseph.lee@mto.com 8 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, Thirty-Fifth Floor 9 Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 Tel.: (213) 683-9100 / Fax: (213) 687-3702 10 MALCOM A. HEINICKE (State Bar No. 194174) 11 malcom.heinicke@mto.com AARON D. PENNEKAMP (State Bar No. 290550) 12 aaron.pennekamp@mto.com MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 13 560 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2907 14 Tel.: (415) 512-4000 / Fax: (415) 644-6929 15 Attorneys for Defendant AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC. 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 18 JIMMIE JARRELL, an individual, on behalf 19 of himself and all others similarly situated, Case No. 3:16-CV-01481-JST 20 [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 21 Plaintiff, vs. Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar 22 AMERIGAS PROPANE, Inc.; a Pennsylvania corporation; and DOES 1 through 50, 23 inclusive, 24 Defendants. 25 26 27 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 28 confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -1- 1 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation will be warranted. 2 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated 3 Protective Order. 4 5 2. DEFINITIONS 2.1 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Information (regardless of how 6 it is generated, stored, or maintained), testimony, or a tangible thing that reveals or contains 7 commercial or business information that is commercially sensitive, that is maintained as 8 confidential in the normal course of business under the law or custom generally applicable to the 9 business at issue and has not been released into the public domain; personal information 10 (including without limitation social security, driver’s license, resident registration, national 11 pension, and public health insurance numbers; personal address, email address, and phone 12 number; medical records; and compensation information) that is protected from disclosure by a 13 state or federal constitution, statute, regulation, or other legal authority; and any other information 14 for which a good faith claim of need of protection can be made under the Federal Rules of Civil 15 Procedure or applicable law. 16 2.2 Challenging Party: A Party or non-party that challenges the designation of 17 information or items under this Order. 18 2.3 Designating Party: A Party or non-party that designates information or 19 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 20 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 21 2.4 Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 22 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert 23 witness or as a consultant in this action. 24 2.5 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information 25 or Items: Highly sensitive “CONFIDENTIAL Information or Items,” the disclosure of which to 26 another Party or non-party would create a risk of serious competitive or business harm. 27 2.6 House Counsel: Attorneys who are employees of a Party to this action. 28 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel or any other outside counsel. 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -2- 1 2.7 Outside Counsel: Attorneys who are not employees of a Party to this action 2 but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this action and have appeared in this action on 3 behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a law firm that has appeared on behalf of that Party. 4 2.8 Party: Any named party to this action, including all of its officers, 5 directors, and employees. The term “Party” does not include the members of any putative or 6 certified class other than the named class member. 7 2.9 Producing Party: A Party or non-party that produces discovery material in 2.10 Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation support 8 this action. 9 10 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 11 organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium), and their employees and 12 subcontractors. 13 2.11 Protected Material: Any items or information, regardless of the medium or 14 manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 15 transcripts, and tangible things) that are designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 16 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 17 2.12 Receiving Party: A Party that receives discovery material from a Producing 18 Party. 19 20 3. SCOPE The protections conferred by this Protective Order cover not only Protected 21 Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 22 Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any 23 testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their counsel that might reveal Protected 24 Material. However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the 25 following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to 26 a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 27 a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the 28 public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -3- 1 prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who 2 obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating 3 Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 4 4. 5 DURATION Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 6 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing 7 or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal 8 of all claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein 9 after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this 10 action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time 11 pursuant to applicable law. 12 13 5. DESIGNATING CONFIDENTIAL OR HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 5.1 Designating Material for Protection: Each Party or non-party that 14 designates information or items for protection under this Protective Order must exercise its 15 reasonable good faith judgment in so designating. The designation by any Designating Party of 16 any discovery material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 17 EYES ONLY” shall constitute a representation that such discovery material has been reviewed by 18 an attorney for the Designating Party, and that there is a reasonable good faith basis for such 19 designation. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that 20 are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 21 unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 22 expenses and burdens on the other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 23 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations: Except as otherwise provided in this 24 Protective Order (see, e.g., section 5.2.2 below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, discovery 25 material that qualifies for protection under this Protective Order must be clearly so designated 26 before the material is disclosed or produced. 27 Designation in conformity with this Protective Order requires: 28 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -4- 1 5.2.1 For information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents 2 produced as images, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), 3 that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 4 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page of any document that contains protected material. 5 Where it is not practicable for a Designating Party to affix a confidentiality designation to 6 documents produced in electronic or native form, including Excel and PowerPoint documents, the 7 Designating Party shall include the appropriate “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 8 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” designation in the file name. 9 A Party or non-party that makes original documents or materials available for 10 inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 11 which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the 12 designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY 13 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the 14 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party will determine which documents, or 15 portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Protective Order. Then, before producing the 16 specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” 17 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”) to each document, or 18 portion(s) thereof, that contains Protected Material in accordance with the procedures just 19 described. 20 5.2.2 For testimony given in deposition, that the Designating Party identify on the 21 record before the close of the deposition all protected testimony. Alternatively, a Designating 22 Party may designate a deposition transcript or any portion of a transcript as protected testimony 23 within 30 days after receipt of the final transcript from the court reporter, by sending to Outside 24 Counsel for each Party a written notice identifying the transcript or a portion thereof (by pages and 25 line numbers) that contain protected information and requesting that the transcript be marked as 26 described in the next paragraph. 27 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title 28 page that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -5- 1 all pages and line numbers that have been designated as Protected Material and the level of 2 protection being asserted by the Designating Party. Such legend and list shall be applied by the 3 court reporter for designations that occur on the record of the deposition, and the Designating 4 Party shall inform the court reporter of these requirements. In the event that the transcript or a 5 portion thereof is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 6 ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” after preparation of the final transcript, the legend shall be applied 7 by any recipient of the written notice described in the preceding paragraph, and (in the case of 8 designations of less than the entire transcript) the Designating Party shall provide a list of the 9 designated pages and lines, which the recipient shall affix or append to any copies of the 10 deposition in its possession (including electronic copies). If it so chooses, the recipient of such 11 written notice may comply with the requirements of this paragraph by affixing the Designating 12 Party’s complete written notice, including the list of designated pages and lines, to the cover of 13 each transcript. 14 Prior to the expiration of the 30-day period for designation, all deposition testimony 15 shall be treated as if it had been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 16 ONLY,” unless otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated 17 only as actually designated. 18 Any Party may challenge a proposed designation of testimony given in a deposition 19 as Protected Material. Upon such challenge, the parties shall follow the procedures described in 20 section 6 (“CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS”). Until such challenge is 21 resolved, the designated transcripts or portions of transcripts shall be treated as 22 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” as 23 appropriate. 24 5.2.3 For testimony given in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 25 Designating Party state on the record before the testimony commences that the Designating Party 26 has a reasonable good-faith basis to believe the testimony will contain protected testimony and 27 specify the level of protection being asserted. The court shall take such reasonable steps as 28 appropriate under the circumstances to protect such testimony from public disclosure, such as 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -6- 1 receiving the testimony in camera and designating the appropriate portion of the transcript as 2 protected pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 5.2.2. 3 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate: If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure 4 to designate qualified information or items as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 5 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall not waive the Designating Party’s right 6 to secure protection under this Protective Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 7 designation, the Receiving Party shall thereafter treat materials so designated as 8 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” as the case 9 may be, and such materials, including any notes or other materials derived therefrom, shall be 10 fully subject to this Protective Order as if they had been initially so designated. The Designating 11 Party shall promptly supply replacement material that correctly applies the corrected designation. 12 A Party that has disclosed discovery material that is subsequently designated as 13 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall in 14 good faith assist the Designating Party in retrieving such discovery material from all recipients not 15 entitled to receive such discovery material under the terms of this Protective Order and prevent 16 further disclosures except as authorized under the terms of this Protective Order. 17 18 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges: Any Party or non-party shall challenge a designation 19 of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 20 designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 21 burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 22 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 23 original designation is disclosed. 24 6.2 Meet and Confer: The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 25 resolution process by providing written notice to the Producing Party of each designation it is 26 challenging and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a 27 challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is 28 being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -7- 1 attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly, 2 either in person, via video conferencing service (such as Skype), or by telephone, within 14 days 3 of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its 4 belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an 5 opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change 6 in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party 7 may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and 8 confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet 9 and confer process in a timely manner. 10 6.3 Judicial Intervention: If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 11 intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under 12 Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 30 days of 13 the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer 14 process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be 15 accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet 16 and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to 17 make such a motion including the required declaration within 30 days (or 14 days, if applicable) 18 shall waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation, absent extension 19 agreed to by all Parties in writing, or a showing of a good faith basis for not filing the motion 20 sooner. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality 21 designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so. Any motion brought pursuant to this 22 provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has 23 complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph. 24 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 25 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass 26 or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party 27 to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to 28 file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -8- 1 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s 2 designation until the court rules on the challenge. 3 4 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles: A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 5 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for 6 prosecuting or defending this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the 7 categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Protective Order. When the 8 litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 9 below (“FINAL DISPOSITION”). 10 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 11 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under 12 this Protective Order. 13 7.2 Additional Parties: In the event additional persons or entities become 14 Parties to this Action, none of such Parties’ counsel, experts, or expert consultants retained to 15 assist said counsel, shall have access to “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 16 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information or items produced by or obtained from any 17 Designating Party until that Party has executed and filed with the Court its agreement to be fully 18 bound by this Protective Order. No “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 19 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” discovery material may be provided to such Parties’ counsel, 20 experts, or expert consultants unless and until such Party has executed and filed such an agreement 21 with the Court. Thereafter, all the provisions of this order shall apply to such Party and its 22 counsel, experts, and experts consultants, including those provisions requiring execution of a 23 Declaration of Compliance substantially in the form attached to this Protective Order as Exhibit A. 24 7.3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information and Items: Unless 25 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designated Party, a Receiving Party 26 may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 27 7.3.1 The Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel in this action, as well as employees 28 of said Outside Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -9- 1 litigation and who have signed the “Declaration of Compliance” that is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 A; 3 7.3.2 Any named class representative who has signed the “Declaration of 4 Compliance” (Exhibit A) and the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of 5 the Receiving party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 6 signed the “Declaration of Compliance” (Exhibit A); 7 7.3.3 Experts (as defined in this Protective Order) of the Receiving Party to 8 whom disclosure is necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Declaration of 9 Compliance” (Exhibit A), provided that such Experts must return to the Producing Party or 10 destroy the original, any copy, or any notes of any “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 11 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” materials no later than 60 days following final 12 disposition of this action; 13 7.3.4 The court and its personnel; 14 7.3.5 Court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock 15 jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and 16 who have signed the “Declaration of Compliance” (Exhibit A); 17 7.3.6 During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 18 reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Declaration of Compliance” (Exhibit A), unless 19 otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court; and 20 7.3.7 The author or any recipient of a document containing Protected Material or 21 a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew that material. 22 7.4 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 23 ONLY” Information or Items: Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by 24 the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 25 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: 26 7.4.1 The Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel in this action, as well as employees 27 of said Outside Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 28 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -10- 1 litigation and who have signed the “Declaration of Compliance” that is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 A; 3 7.4.2 Experts of the Receiving Party (a) to whom disclosure is reasonably 4 necessary for this litigation; and (b) who have signed the “Declaration of Compliance” (Exhibit 5 A); 6 7.4.3 The court and its personnel; 7 7.4.4 Court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 8 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 9 signed the “Declaration of Compliance” (Exhibit A); and 10 7.4.5 The author or any recipient of a document containing the Protected Material 11 or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew that material. 12 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 13 OTHER LITIGATION 14 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that 15 compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 16 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” that Party must: 17 8.1 Promptly notify in writing the Designated Party. Such notification shall 18 include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 19 8.2 Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 20 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is 21 subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated 22 Protective Order; and 23 8.3 Cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by 24 the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 25 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 26 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 27 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a 28 determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -11- 1 the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of 2 seeking protection in that court of its confidential material, and nothing in this protective order 3 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a 4 lawful directive from another court. 5 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN 6 THIS LITIGATION 7 9.1 The terms of this Protective Order are applicable to information produced 8 by a non-party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 9 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by non-parties in 10 connection with this litigation, whether pursuant to subpoena or by agreement, is protected by the 11 remedies and relief provided by this Protective Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 12 construed as prohibiting a non-party from seeking additional protections. 13 9.2 In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request in this 14 litigation, to produce a non-party’s Protected Material in its possession, and the Party is subject to 15 an agreement with the non-party not to produce the non-party’s Protected Material , then the Party 16 shall: 17 9.2.1 Promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the non-party that some 18 or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a non-party; 19 9.2.2 Promptly provide the non-party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective 20 Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of 21 the information requested; and 22 9.2.3 Make the information requested available for inspection by the non-party. 23 9.3 If the non-party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court 24 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 25 produce the non-party’s Protected Material responsive to the discovery request. If the non-party 26 timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its 27 possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the non-party before a 28 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -12- 1 determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the non-party shall bear the 2 burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 3 10. 4 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has or may have 5 disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 6 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the 7 Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures; (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all 8 unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, including any notes or other materials derived 9 therefrom; (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all 10 the terms of this Protective Order; (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Declaration 11 of Compliance” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and (e) provide a copy of the executed 12 “Declaration of Compliance” to the Producing Party. 13 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 14 PROTECTED MATERIAL 15 The inadvertent production or disclosure of any discovery material that is 16 privileged or otherwise protected from discovery under Federal Rule of Evidence 502 or any other 17 statutory or common-law rule, including without limitation under the attorney-client privilege and 18 the work product doctrine, shall not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege or protection, 19 and no Party or non-party shall be held to have waived any rights by such inadvertent production 20 or disclosure. As provided in Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), disclosure connected with the 21 present litigation shall not constitute a waiver in the present litigation or in any other federal or 22 state proceeding. 23 If a claim of inadvertent production or disclosure is made pursuant to this 24 Paragraph with respect to information then in the custody of another Party or non-party, such 25 Party or non-party shall promptly return to the claiming Party or non-party, sequester, or destroy 26 that material as to which the claim of inadvertent production or disclosure has been made and all 27 copies thereof, and the receiving Party or non-party shall not use such information for any 28 purpose, except as provided by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). If a Receiving Party 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -13- 1 encounters any discovery material produced by another Party or non-party that the Receiving 2 Party believes may be privileged or protected from discovery, and may have been produced 3 inadvertently, such Receiving Party shall immediately cease any review of such material, 4 sequester it, and promptly notify the Producing Party, in writing (which may be email), of the 5 possibility that such material may be privileged and may have been inadvertently produced. The 6 Producing Party shall promptly advise the Receiving Party as to whether, in fact, such material 7 was inadvertently produced. 8 12. 9 MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Right to Further Relief: Nothing in this Protective Order abridges the right 10 of any person to seek its modification by the court in the future. 11 12.2 Filing Protected Material: Without written permission from the Designating 12 Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file 13 in the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 14 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed 15 under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at 16 issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request 17 establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or 18 otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected 19 Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then the Receiving 20 Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless 21 otherwise instructed by the court. 22 23 13. FINAL DISPOSITION Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in section 4 24 (“DURATION”), each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party 25 or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, 26 abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 27 Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party 28 must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -14- 1 the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (a) identifies (by category, where appropriate) 2 all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (b) affirms that the Receiving Party 3 has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, or any other format reproducing 4 or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, counsel are entitled to 5 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 6 legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 7 product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected 8 Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 9 this Protective Order as set forth in section 4. 10 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 11 DATED: November 1, 2016 SETAREH LAW GROUP 12 By: 13 /s/ H. Scott Leviant H. Scott Leviant Counsel for Plaintiff Jimmie Jarrell 14 15 DATED: November 1, 2016 16 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP JOSEPH D. LEE MALCOLM A. HEINICKE AARON D. PENNEKAMP 17 By: 18 /s/ Joseph D. Lee Joseph D. Lee Attorneys for Defendant AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC. 19 20 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(ii)(3), the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this 21 document has been obtained from each of the above signatories. 22 23 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 DATED: November ___ , 2016 1 26 By: Honorable Jon S. Tigar United States District Judge 27 28 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -15- 1 EXHIBIT A 2 DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE 3 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read 5 in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States 6 District Court for the Northern District of California on October ___, 2016 in the case of Jarrell v. 7 AmeriGas Propane, No. 16-CV-01481-JST. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the 8 terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 9 comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly 10 promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this 11 Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions 12 of this Order. 13 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for 14 the Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 15 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 16 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 17 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] 18 as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings 19 related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 20 21 Date: ______________________________________ 22 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 23 24 Printed name: _______________________________ 25 26 Signature: __________________________________ 27 28 3:16-CV-01481-JST [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER -16-

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