JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Berson

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Order by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu granting 12 Stipulated Protective Order.(dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/19/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
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Applicant,
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Brian Berson,
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WHEREAS, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase”) served a Subpoena on Brian Berson

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seeking documents relevant to Mansor v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Civil Action No. 1:12-CV-

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10544-JGD, pending in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“Mansor

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Action”);

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WHEREAS, Mr. Berson has documents responsive to the Subpoena which contain confidential
and/or personal identifying information;

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WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to, and the Court hereby enters, this Protective Order

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(“Order”) to limit the inappropriate or unlawful disclosure of such confidential and personal identifying

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information;

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NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure, that the procedures set forth herein shall govern the production and use of all documents

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under the Subpoena.

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DEFINITIONS

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The “Action” means all proceedings in the above-styled action.

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The “Mansor Action” means the case-captioned Mansor v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

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Civil Action No. 1:12-CV-10544-JGD, pending in the United States District Court for the District of

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“Party” means all the current and any future parties to this Action.

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“Third-Party” means any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other

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“Producing Party” means Mr. Berson.

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“Outside Counsel” means the law firm(s) that have entered an appearance for one or

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persons regularly employed by them, and temporary personnel retained by them to perform legal or

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clerical duties or to provide logistical litigation support in the Action.

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“In-House Counsel” means any attorney who is an employee in the legal department of a

Party whose responsibilities include overseeing or other involvement in or with respect to the Action.

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“Expert/Consultant” means experts or other consultants (and their assistants and staff)

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who are not employed by or otherwise regularly affiliated with any Party but are retained to assist a

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Party or Outside Counsel in the Action and who agree in writing to be subject to and bound by the terms

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of this Protective Order.

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“Document” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

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34(a) and shall include all “writings,” “recordings” and “photographs” as those terms are defined in Rule

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1001 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and ESI as defined in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “document” includes the complete original or a true,

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correct and complete copy and any non-identical copies of any written or graphic matter, no matter how

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produced, recorded, stored or reproduced, including, but not limited to, any writing, letter, envelope,

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telegram, meeting minute, memorandum, statement, affidavit, declaration, book, record, survey, map,

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study, handwritten note, working paper, chart, index, tabulation, graph, tape, data sheet, data processing

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card, printout, microfilm, index, computer readable media or other electronically stored data,

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appointment book, diary, diary entry, calendar, desk pad, telephone message slip, note of interview or

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communication or any other data compilation, including all drafts of all such documents. “Document”

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also includes every writing, drawing, graph, chart, photograph, phono record, tape and other data

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compilations from which information can be obtained, and includes all drafts and all copies of every

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such writing or record that contain any commentary, note, or marking whatsoever not appearing on the

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original.

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“Discovery Material” includes without limitation deposition testimony, deposition

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exhibits, interrogatory responses, admissions, affidavits, declarations, and Documents (whether paper or

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electronic and whether generated or received by the Party possessing them) disclosed by a Party or

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Third-Party in connection with the Action, including those produced pursuant to compulsory process or

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voluntarily.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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General Terms.
This Protective Order shall govern all Discovery Material in the Action. This Protective

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Order is binding upon Chase, including its corporate parent, subsidiaries and affiliates and their
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respective attorneys, agents, representatives, officers and employees.
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claim in this Action or the Mansor Action and for no other purpose, including any business purpose.
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All Discovery Material in the Action may be used only to evaluate, prosecute or defend a

Scope. All documents produced by Mr. Berson in response to the Subpoena will be

deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” without the need for Mr. Berson to affix a label on the document or any
physical medium, such as a CD-Rom, DVD, that is produced to Chase. Mr. Berson has a good faith

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belief that the documents responsive to the Subpoena contain information protected from disclosure by
statute or regulation or other law or that should be protected from disclosure as confidential personal

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information, trade secrets, personnel records, or sensitive business or commercial information that Mr.

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Berson believes is not public or otherwise generally known in the relevant industry.

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Disclosure of “Personal Identifying Information.”
“Personal Identifying Information,” shall mean any information that constitutes

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“nonpublic personal information” within the meaning of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. §
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6802 et seq., and its implementing regulations, including, but not limited to, any portion of a mortgage

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loan file or other document which includes financial or credit information for any person (including any

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credit history, report or score obtained on any such person to determine the individual’s eligibility for

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credit), together with personally identifiable information with respect to such person, including, but not

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limited to, name, address, Social Security number, loan number, telephone number, or place or position

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of work. As set forth in Section 3(b) below, this Order authorizes the disclosure of such Personal

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Identifying Information in this action.
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(b)

To the extent any federal or state law or other legal authority governing the disclosure or

use of Personal Identifying Information (hereinafter, “Personal Identifying Information Law”) permits
disclosure of such information pursuant to an order of a court, this Order shall constitute compliance

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with such requirement. To the extent any Personal Identifying Information Law requires a Party to
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obtain a court-ordered subpoena or give notice to or obtain consent, in any form or manner, from any

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person or entity before disclosure of any Personal Identifying Information, the Court finds that, in view

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of the protections provided for the information disclosed in this Order, the volume of documents to be

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this Order shall constitute an express direction that the Party is exempted from obtaining a court-ordered
subpoena or having to notify and/or obtain consent from any person or entity prior to the disclosure of

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Personal Identifying Information. To the extent that any Personal Identifying Information Law requires
that any person or entity be notified prior to disclosure of Personal Identifying Information except where

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the information disclosed in this Order, the volume of documents to be produced and the ongoing

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oversight of the Court, the parties are explicitly prohibited from providing such notice; provided,

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however, that this Order shall not prohibit either Party from contacting any person or entity for any other

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purpose. Any Producing Party may seek additional orders from this Court that such party believes may
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be necessary to comply with any Personal Identifying Information Law.
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All Parties shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations related to the protection

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of Social Security numbers, financial institution account numbers and records, and any other “personal

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identifying information,” as defined by applicable laws or regulations.

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Chase will redact personal identifying information from all documents produced by Mr.

Berson prior to further dissemination of those documents to others, including to other counsel in the

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Control of Documents. Counsel for Chase shall make reasonable efforts to prevent

unauthorized disclosure of Documents designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to the terms of this
Order. Counsel for Chase will, prior to disclosing the Documents, affix to each document or to the label

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on the document or any physical medium, such as a CD-Rom, DVD, a label designating the material as
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Copies. Prior to disclosure by Chase to any person authorized under this Order, all

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copies, electronic images, duplicates, extracts, summaries or descriptions (hereinafter referred to

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collectively as “copies”) of Documents designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Order, or any

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individual portion of such a Document, shall be affixed with the appropriate designation if the

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designation does not already appear on the copy. All such copies shall thereafter be entitled to the
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protection of this Order. The term “copies” shall not include indices, electronic databases or lists of

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documents provided these indices, electronic databases or lists do not contain substantial portions or

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images of the text of Documents or otherwise disclose the substance of the confidential information

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contained in those Documents.

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Protection of Confidential Documents.
General Protections. Documents designated “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Order, and

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any summaries, copies, abstracts or other documents derived in whole or in part from Documents so
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designated shall be disclosed only to the persons identified in Paragraphs 5(b) below, and such

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Documents shall be used only in connection with the prosecution, defense, appeal, or settlement of this

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Action or the Mansor Action.

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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Material. Disclosure of Documents provided by Mr.

Berson is limited to the following:

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Outside Counsel for Chase and employees of Outside Counsel who have

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responsibility for the preparation and trial of the Mansor Action;
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Plaintiffs and other potential members of the putative class in the Mansor

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Chase and employees of Chase, expressly including In-House Counsel;

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Court reporters and recorders engaged for depositions or other

Action;

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proceedings in the Mansor Action;
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Contractors, such as those persons specifically engaged for the limited

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purpose of making copies of Documents or organizing or processing Documents and completing other

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litigation support tasks but only after each such person has completed the certification contained in

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Attachment A, Acknowledgment of Understanding and Agreement to Be Bound or, if such contractors
are already bound by separate confidentiality agreements, no additional certification is needed;

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(6)

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Consultants, investigators, and Experts/Consultants (hereinafter referred to

collectively as “Experts/Consultants”) employed or retained by Chase, its Outside Counsel or Plaintiffs’

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counsel in the Mansor Action to assist in the preparation and trial of the Mansor Action but only after

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such persons have completed the certification contained in Attachment A, Acknowledgment of

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Understanding and Agreement to Be Bound;

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Persons who authored the Document, persons who received the Document

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prior to the date of this Order, or persons who had lawful access to it while employed by a party to the
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Mansor Action, or any witness whose deposition is noticed to be taken in and/or who has been identified

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as a witness in the trial of the Mansor Action where there is evidence that such witness has personal

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knowledge of the information or documents containing the information;

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The Court and court personnel in the above-styled action and in the

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Other persons only by written consent of Mr. Berson or upon order of this

Mansor Action; and

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Court and on such conditions as may be agreed or ordered.

All such persons shall execute the

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certification contained in Attachment A, Acknowledgment of Understanding and Agreement to Be

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Bound.

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Action by the Court.

Applications for an order relating to Documents designated

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or to disclose redacted Personal Identifying Information shall be by motion to this
Court under the applicable rules. Nothing in this Order or any action or agreement of a Party under this
Order limits either this Court’s power or the Mansor Court’s power to make orders concerning the

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Use of Confidential Documents or Information at Trial.

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“CONFIDENTIAL” Documents or information derived therefrom may be presented at a trial in the

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Mansor Action, the parties to the Mansor Action shall identify the issue, not the information, in the
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pretrial memorandum to the Mansor Court. The Mansor Court may thereafter make such orders as are

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Obligations on Conclusion of Litigation.

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Order Remains in Effect. Unless otherwise agreed or ordered, this Order shall remain in

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force after dismissal or entry of final judgment not subject to further appeal in the Mansor Action.

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Return of Designated Documents. Within thirty days after dismissal or entry of final

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judgment not subject to further appeal, all Documents produced under this Order, including copies as
defined in paragraph 4(a), shall be returned to Mr. Berson unless: (1) the Document has been offered

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into evidence or filed without restriction as to disclosure; (2) the parties agree to destruction in lieu of

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return; or (3) as to Documents bearing the notations, summations, or other mental impressions of the

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receiving Party, that party elects to destroy the documents and certifies to the producing party that it has

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done so. Notwithstanding the above requirements to return or destroy Documents, counsel may retain

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attorney work product, including an index which refers or relates to information designated as
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confidential. This work product shall continue to be subject to the restrictions and confidentiality

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Order Subject to Modification. This Order shall be subject to modification by the Court

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on its own motion or on motion of a Party or any other person with standing concerning the subject
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No Prior Judicial Determination. This Order is entered based on the representations and

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agreements of the Parties and for the purpose of facilitating discovery.

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construed or presented as a judicial determination that any Document or information designated

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Nothing herein shall be

“CONFIDENTIAL” is subject to protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or

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otherwise until such time as the Court may rule on a specific document or issue.
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Persons Bound. This Order shall take effect when entered and shall be binding upon Mr.

Berson and Chase, and all other persons receiving Documents subject to this Order.

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Miscellaneous.

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Nothing in this Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any Outside Counsel or In-House

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Counsel from discussing this action and/or rendering legal advice to his or her client with respect to the
Mansor Action and, in the course thereof, relying upon his or her examination of designated Documents

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provided, however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating with his or her client,
such person shall not make any disclosure of designated Documents to any person not entitled to have
access to it.

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(b)

Nothing in this Order shall preclude any Party or its counsel of record from disclosing or

using, in any manner or for any purpose, any information or Documents from the Party’s own files
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If any authority subpoenas or orders Chase to produce documents or information

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designated “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Order, Chase shall promptly notify Mr. Berson of the
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pendency of the subpoena or order as to enable Mr. Berson with reasonable time to object or to take

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any Documents in a manner that might prejudice Mr. Berson’s ability to take such action.

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December 9, 2016

/s Thomas F. Carlucci
Attorneys for JP Morgan Chase, N.A.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
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Brian Berson,
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The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the Protective Order (“Order”) dated

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understands the terms thereof, and agrees to be bound by its terms. The undersigned submits to the
jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in matters relating
to the Order and understands that the terms of the Order obligate him/her to use documents designated
CONFIDENTIAL solely for the purposes of the above-captioned action and the Mansor Action, and not
to disclose any such documents or information derived directly therefrom to any other person, firm or
concern.
The undersigned acknowledges that violation of the Order may result in penalties for contempt

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