Gina McLeod v. Bank of America, N.A. et al
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STIPULATION AND ORDER re 27 (Stipulated Protective Order) filed by Bank of America, N.A. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 3/31/17. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/31/2017)
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APALLA U. CHOPRA (S.B. #163207)
achopra@omm.com
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071-2899
Telephone:
(213) 430-6000
Facsimile:
(213) 430-6407
ADAM P. KOHSWEENEY (S.B. #229983)
akohsweeney@omm.com
SUSANNAH K. HOWARD (S.B. #291326)
showard@omm.com
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-3823
Telephone:
(415) 984-8912
Facsimile:
(415) 984-8701
Attorneys for Defendant
Bank of America, N.A.
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*Additional counsel listed on the following page.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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Gina McLeod, individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,
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Case No. 3:16-cv-03294-EMC
Plaintiff,
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Bank of America, N.A. and DOES 1 through
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Defendant.
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AARON KAUFMANN, SBN 148580
DAVID POGREL, SBN 203787
ELIZABETH GROPMAN, SBN 294156
LEONARD CARDER, LLP
1330 Broadway, Suite 1450
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 272-0169
Facsimile: (510) 272-0174
akaufmann@leonardcarder.com
dpogrel@leonardcarder.com
egropman@leonardcarder.com
EDWARD J. WYNNE, SBN 165819
WYNNE LAW FIRM
Wood Island
80 E. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Suite 3G
Larkspur, CA 94939
Telephone: (415) 461-6400
Facsimile: (415) 461-3900
ewynne@wynnelawfirm.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Gina McLeod and the putative class
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff Gina McLeod
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(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Bank of America, N.A. (“Defendant”), through their respective
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undersigned counsel, that, during this action, all documents, information, tangible items, and
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testimony designated as Confidential by the producing party in the above matter be, and hereby
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are, subject to the following terms and conditions:
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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of
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confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than litigating this case would be warranted.
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Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated
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Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on
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all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords extends only to the
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limited information or items that are entitled under the applicable legal principles to treatment as
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confidential. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 10, below, that this
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Stipulated Protective Order creates no entitlement to file confidential information under seal;
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Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards
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that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
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DEFINITIONS
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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,
consultants, retained experts, and outside counsel (and their support staff).
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the
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medium or manner generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony,
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transcripts, or tangible things) that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to
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discovery in this matter.
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“Confidential” Information or Items: information (regardless of how generated,
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stored, or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under standards developed
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under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c).
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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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Material in this action.
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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as
“Confidential.”
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Designating Party: a Party or non-party that designates information or items that it
produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “Confidential.”
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Producing Party: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosure or Discovery
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Outside Counsel: attorneys who are not employees of a Party but who are retained
to represent or advise a Party in this action.
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party.
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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel and House Counsel (as well as their
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support staffs).
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to
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the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a
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consultant in this action and who is not a past or a current employee of a Party or of a competitor
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of a Party’s and who, at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party
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or a competitor to a Party. This definition includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained
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in connection with this litigation.
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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; organizing,
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storing, retrieving data in any form or medium; etc.) and their employees and subcontractors.
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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material
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(as defined above) but also any information copied or extracted therefrom as well as all copies,
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excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or presentations by
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parties or counsel to or in court or in other settings that might reveal Protected Material.
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DURATION
Even after the termination of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this
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Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order
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otherwise directs.
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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 to
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limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. A
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Designating Party must take care to designate for protection only those parts of material,
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documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that other portions of the
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material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not
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swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
Indiscriminate routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be
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clearly unjustified, or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily
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encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens
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on other parties), expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Party’s or a non-party’s attention that information or items that it
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designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all, or do not qualify for the level of
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protection initially asserted, that Party or non-party must promptly notify all other parties that it is
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withdrawing the mistaken designation.
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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order
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(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a), below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,
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material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the
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material is disclosed or produced.
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
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for information in documentary form (apart from transcripts of depositions
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or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend
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“CONFIDENTIAL” at the bottom of each page that contains protected material. If only a portion
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or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must
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clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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A Party or non-party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection
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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 the legend
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“CONFIDENTIAL” at the bottom of each page that contains Protected Material. If only a
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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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for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,
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that Counsel for the deponent or witness providing testimony, within twenty (20) days after the
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final version of the transcript has been received by such Counsel, designate any portions of the
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transcript which contain testimony concerning CONFIDENTIAL information. Upon request of
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Counsel on the record (i.e., before the deposition or proceeding is concluded), deposition or other
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pretrial hearing or trial testimony in its entirety shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL until
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expiration of the 20-day designation period.
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for information produced in some form other than documentary, and for
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any other 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 “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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If only portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent
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practicable, shall identify the protected portions.
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Need for Higher Level of Confidentiality. In the event the Producing Party
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believes that the material to be produced, or testimony to be given, is deserving of a higher level
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of confidentiality than the protections currently provided herein for “Confidential” materials, the
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Producing Party shall contact the party to whom disclosure would otherwise be made to explain
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the need for and the specifics of the higher level of protection. The Parties shall meet and confer
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in good faith to come to agreement on the designation and its scope. If the Parties cannot reach
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agreement, the Producing Party shall submit the matter to the Court for resolution per paragraph
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6.3 of this Order, and shall not be required to produce the material in question until the Court
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issues a decision.
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to
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designate qualified information or items as “Confidential” or as some other level of
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confidentiality, does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection
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under this Order for such material. If material is appropriately designated as “Confidential” or
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some other level of confidentiality after the material was initially produced, the Receiving Party,
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on timely notification of the designation, must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material
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is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1.
Timing of Challenges. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s
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confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable substantial unfairness, unnecessary
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economic burdens, or a later significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not
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waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge
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promptly after the original designation is disclosed.
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Meet and Confer. A Party that elects to initiate a challenge to a Designating
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Party’s confidentiality designation must do so in good faith and must begin the process by
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conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue in person or by telephone; a mere exchange of
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letters, e-mails, telephone calls, or facsimile transmissions is not sufficient) with counsel for the
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Designating Party. In conferring, the challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that
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the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity
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to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in
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designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A challenging Party may
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proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer
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process first.
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6.3.
Judicial Intervention. A Party that elects to press a challenge to a confidentiality
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designation after considering the justification offered by the Designating Party will, along with
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the Designating Party, prepare a concise joint statement of 5 pages or less explaining the
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Designating Party’s basis for the chosen designation as well as the challenging Party’s basis for
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its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper. The Designating Party and the
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challenging party may each elect to submit a brief individual statement of 2 pages or less, and the
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challenging party may file and serve a motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with
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Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) that identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail
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the basis for the challenge. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration
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that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the
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preceding paragraph and that sets forth with specificity the justification for the confidentiality
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designation that was given by the Designating Party in the meet and confer dialogue.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating
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Party. Until the court rules on the challenge, all parties shall continue to afford the material in
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question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation.
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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 prosecuting,
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defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only
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to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation
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has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 11, below
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and
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in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise
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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:
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the Receiving Party and the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of record in
this action, as well as employees of said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose
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the information for this litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to be Bound by Protective
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Order” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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the officers, directors, and employees (including in-house counsel) of the
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Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have
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signed the “Agreement to be Bound by Protective Order” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to be
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Bound by Protective Order” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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the Court and its personnel;
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court reporters, their staffs, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure
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is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to be Bound by
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Protective Order” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is
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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Agreement to be Bound by Protective Order” that
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is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and,
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information.
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the author of the Protected Material or the original source of the
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER
LITIGATION
If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or an order issued in other litigation that
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would compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL,” the Receiving Party must so notify the Designating Party in writing (by fax
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or e-mail, if possible) immediately and, in no event, more than three court days after receiving the
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subpoena or order. Such notification must include a copy of the subpoena or court order.
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The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the Party who caused the
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subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is the subject of this Protective Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must
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deliver a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order promptly to the Party in the other action that
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caused the subpoena or order to issue.
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The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of
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this Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to
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protect its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. The
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Designating Party shall bear the burdens and the expenses 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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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected
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Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective
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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 copies of the Protected Material, (c)
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inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this
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Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Agreement to be Bound by
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Protective Order” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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FILING PROTECTED MATERIAL
Without written permission from the Designating Party or a court order secured after
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appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action
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any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply
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with Civil Local Rule 79-5.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the Producing Party, within sixty (60)
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days after the final termination of this action, each Receiving Party must return all Protected
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Material to the Producing Party. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all
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copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, or any other form of reproducing or capturing any of
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the Protected Material. The Receiving Party may at its election destroy some or all of the
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Protected Material instead of returning it. Whether the Protected Material is returned or
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destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if
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not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the sixty (60) day deadline that
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identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or
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destroyed and that affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
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compilations, summaries, or other forms of reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
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Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all
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pleadings, motion papers, transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, or attorney work
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product even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain
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or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4
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(DURATION), above.
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MEDIATION
This Order will apply to documents and information disclosed, formally or informally, in
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connection with any mediation of this matter, regardless of whether or not the information is
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expressly designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Additionally, all documents and information
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produced in connection with a mediation will be promptly returned to the producing party or
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destroyed (followed by a letter confirming such destruction) when the mediation process
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concludes (regardless of whether the process is successful or unsuccessful), pursuant to the terms
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of Section 11 herein – except to the extent the undersigned parties agree in writing to an alternate
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process. The undersigned parties expressly understand and agree that the production and/or
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disclosure of documents or information in connection with mediation will be without prejudice to
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the producing party’s ability to argue against the disclosure of the same documents or information
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in connection with litigation. Except to the extent that the terms of this Order provide greater
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protection, the undersigned parties further expressly recognize and agree that documents and
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information provided in connection with mediation or settlement will be governed by the
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provisions of California Evidence Code § 1119 and Local Rule 16-8.
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MISCELLANEOUS
13.1.
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,
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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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Dated: March 23, 2017
APALLA U. CHOPRA
ADAM P. KOHSWEENEY
SUSANNAH K. HOWARD
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
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By: _/s/ Adam P. KohSweeney_
Adam P. KohSweeney
Attorneys for Defendant
Bank of America, N.A.
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Dated: March 23, 2017
AARON KAUFMANN
DAVID POGREL
ELIZABETH GROPMAN
LEONARD CARDER, LLP
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By: _/s/ Aaron Kaufman_ _
Aaron Kaufmann
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Gina McLeod
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Dated: March 23, 2017
EDWARD J. WYNNE
WYNNE LAW FIRM
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By: /s/ Edward J. Wynne___
Edward J. Wynne
Attorney for Plaintiff
Gina McLeod
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ATTESTATION
The filing attorney attests that he has obtained concurrence regarding the filing of this
document from the signatories to this document.
Dated: March 23, 2017
By: _/s/ Adam P. KohSweeney____
Adam P. KohSweeney
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94111-3823
Telephone: (415) 984-8912
Facsimile: (415) 984-8701
akohsweeney@omm.com
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PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, THE FOREGOING PROTECTIVE
ORDER IS APPROVED, AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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EXHIBIT A
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Gina McLeod, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
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CERTIFICATION OF AGREEMENT TO
BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER
v.
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Case No. 3:16-cv-03294-EMC
Bank of America, N.A. and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive,
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Defendant.
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1.
My name is ______________________________________.
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I live at _________________________________________________.
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I am employed as (state position) ______________________________________
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by (state name and address of employer) ______________________________________.
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I have read the Stipulated Protective Order Regarding Confidential Documents and
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Information that has been entered in this case, and a copy of it has been given to me. I understand
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the provisions of this Order and agree to comply with and to be bound by its provisions.
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Executed on __________________________ (date)
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by ___________________________________ (signature)
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