Raig Chaquico v. David Freiberg et al

Filing 40

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James granting 38 Stipulation for Protective Order. (rmm2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/6/2017)

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LEAVENS, STRAND & GLOVER, LLC
TRAVIS W. LIFE (SBN 236033)
[e-mail]
203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2550
Chicago, Illinois, 60601
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 312.488.4177
Attorney for Defendants
David Freiberg, Donny Baldwin, Chris Smith, Jude Gold,
And Catherine Richardson

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CRAIG CHAQUICO,
Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 3:17 CV 02423 MEJ

vs.
DAVID FREIBERG, an Individual; DONNY
BALDWIN, an Individual; CHRIS SMITH, an
Individual; JUDE GOLD, an Individual;
CATHERINE RICHARDSON, an Individual;
and DOES 1 to 20,

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Defendants.
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
REGARDING THE DISCLOSURE AND USE
OF DISCOVERY MATERIALS
Courtroom B, 15th Floor
Judge Maria-Elena James
Trial Date: None

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Defendants David Freiberg (“Freiberg”), Donny Baldwin (“Baldwin”), Chris Smith
(“Smith”), Jude Gold (“Gold”), and Catherine Richardson (“Richardson”) (herein after
collectively referred to a “Jefferson Starship” or “Defendants”) anticipate that documents,

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testimony, or information containing or reflecting confidential, proprietary, trade secret, and/or
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commercial sensitive information are likely to be disclosed or produced during the course of
discovery, initial disclosures, and supplemental disclosures in this case and request that the Court
enter this Order setting forth the conditions for treating, obtaining, and using such information.
Pursuant to Rule 26(c), the Court finds good cause for the following Agreed Protective

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Order Regarding the Disclosure and Use of Discovery Materials (“Order” or “Protective Order”).

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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

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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for

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any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby

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stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties
acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited
information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The

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parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 14.4, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does
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not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures
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that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court
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to file material under seal.
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DEFINITIONS
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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or

items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated,

stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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26(c).
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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

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

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produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”.
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or

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

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transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in

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this matter.

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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the

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litigation who (1) 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, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor, and (3)

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at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor.

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items:

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extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or Non-

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Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.

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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity

not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action but

are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf of that
party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.
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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,

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consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in

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this action.
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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g.,

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photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or
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retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 2.14
Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing Party.

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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as

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defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies,

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

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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections

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conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that is

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in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain

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after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order,

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

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

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

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

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order.

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

shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise
directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this
action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all
appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits for filing any

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motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or Non-

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Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such
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designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent it is practical
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to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents,
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items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents,
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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the
ambit of this Order.
Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be
clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or

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retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties)

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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for

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protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection initially asserted,

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that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken

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designation.

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

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e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or

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Discovery 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:
(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but
excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix
the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each
page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for

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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
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appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being
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asserted.
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need
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not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would
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like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made
available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party
must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then,

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before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend

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(“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” ) to each page

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that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for

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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making

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appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being

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asserted.

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

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

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all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is impractical to

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identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial

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portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record

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(before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days to identify
the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level of
protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for
protection within the 21 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period
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is properly invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or
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other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only
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authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition
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shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page
that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all

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

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the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform

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the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a

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21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise

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

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designated.

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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other

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tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or

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containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” . If only a portion or portions of the information or

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item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted.
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate

qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure

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protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving
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Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions
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of this Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of

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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality designation
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is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant
disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality
designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process by

providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge.

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To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the

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challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective

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Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by

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conferring directly, in person, within 14 days of the date of service of notice, and shall otherwise meet

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and confer in compliance with the Discovery Standing Order for Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James and

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applicable Federal and Local Rules. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its

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belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an

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opportunity 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 proceed

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to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or

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establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely
manner.
The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party.
Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary

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expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the
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Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain
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confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of
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protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention,

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they shall comply with the Discovery Standing Order for Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James and
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applicable Federal and Local Rules. Specifically, the parties shall file a joint letter to the Court which
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contains the following: a) A cover page with the caption, an attestation that the parties met and conferred
in person in a good faith attempt to resolve their disputes(s) prior to file the letter, and the signature of
both parties or counsel; b) a joint section setting forth the pertinent factual background and unresolved
dispute; c) a detailed summary of each party’s position, including citations to relevant legal authority; and

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d) each party’s proposed compromise on the issue(s) in dispute. The joint letter should be limited to five

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pages, excluding the cover page, and may not be accompanied by exhibits or affidavits other than exact

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copies of interrogatories, requests for production of documents and/or responses, privilege logs, and

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relevant deposition testimony. It is preferable that the parties file a separate letter for each dispute.

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If the parties are unable to meet and confer as directed above, or the moving party is unable to

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obtain the opposing party’s portion of the joint letter after the meet and confer session, the moving party

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shall file a written request for a telephonic conference for the purpose of enforcing the Court’s meet and

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confer requirement, or for the Court to fashion an alternative procedure. The written request shall include

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a declaration which states any attempt to meet and confer and/or obtain the joint letter, the reasons for the

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inability to comply with the standing order, and (if possible) three dates and times during which all parties

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are available for a telephonic conference. The moving party may attach exhibits to the declaration, but

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the declaration and exhibits combined may not exceed seven pages. The Court will not execute a party
from the requisite in-person meeting unless good cause is shown.
In the event the parties are participating in a deposition or a site inspection and a dispute arises,
the parties may contact the courtroom deputy, Rose Maher, to inquire whether Magistrate Judge James is

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available to address the dispute telephonically. In the event she is unavailable, the parties shall follow the
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procedures for requesting a telephonic conference as set forth above. In such a case, the deposition or site
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inspection shall proceed with objections noted for record.
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No motion for sanctions may be filed until after the moving party has complied with the
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requirements set forth above. Motions for sanctions shall be filed separately, pursuant to Federal Rule 37
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and Civil Local Rules 7 and 37-3. The parties shall comply with Civil Local Rule 6 regarding any
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requests to change time. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 11-4(c), with the exception of communication with
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the courtroom deputy regarding scheduling, no party may contact the Court ex parte without prior notice
to the opposing party. All communications or questions to the Court shall be presented in writing,
properly filed, and include a certification that all parties were served. The parties do not need to submit
chambers copies, with the exception of documents that exceed ten pages when combined. For these

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documents only, the submitting party must comply with the timing requirements in Civil Local Rule 5-

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1(e)(7). All chambers copies must be double-sided when possible and included (1) the running header

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crated by the ECF system at the top of each page, and (2) exhibits, if any, that are clearly delineated with

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tabbed dividers. These printed copies shall be marked “Chambers Copy” and submitted to the Clerk’s

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Office (not chambers), in an envelope marked with “Magistrate Judge James,” the case number, and

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“Chambers Copy.”
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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7.1

Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or

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

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or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of

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persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a
Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 15 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a
secure manner1 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 ordered by the

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It may be appropriate under certain circumstances to require the Receiving Party to store any electronic Protected Material in
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court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or
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item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only itself and to:

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees
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of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this
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litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached
hereto as Exhibit A;
(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving

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Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the
“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

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Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional

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

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

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(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless

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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition

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testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court
reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or
other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”

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Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating
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Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:
(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees

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of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this
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litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached
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hereto as Exhibit A;
(b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for
this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and
(3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed];

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(c) the court and its personnel;

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(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional

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

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

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(e) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or
other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items to Experts.
(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating

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Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item that

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has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to

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paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general
categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that the
Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and
the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4)
identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has

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received compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has
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provided professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding
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five years,2 and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any

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litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a
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declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years.
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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding
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respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Designated House
Counsel or Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection
from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based.
(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the

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Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement

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within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the

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disclosure to the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with

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Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must

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describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the

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Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any

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additional means that could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be

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accompanied by a competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement

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(i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced

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by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure.

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In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden of
proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed) outweighs
the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert.

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2 If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a third-party, then the Expert should
provide whatever information the Expert believes can be disclosed without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the
Party seeking to disclose to the Expert shall be available to meet and confer with the Designating Party regarding any such
engagement.

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8.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER
LITIGATION

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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels

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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a

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copy of the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the

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other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this

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Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the

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Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.3

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

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subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a

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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the

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Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed

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as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another
court.

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The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this Protective Order and to afford the
Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS
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The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in

this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
EYES ONLY”. Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected

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by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as

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prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
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Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the

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

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all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

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2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in

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this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information

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requested; and

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3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.
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If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within

14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the
Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a
protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is
subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.4 Absent a

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court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this
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court of its Protected Material.
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4 The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality rights of a Non-Party and to
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform
the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d)
request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED
MATERIAL
When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently

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

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Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended

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to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production

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without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties

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reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the

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attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the

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stipulated protective order submitted to the court.
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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 Order no

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Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or
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item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right
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to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a

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court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public
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record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material
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must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a
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court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule
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79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is
privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving
Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) is denied by the
court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record pursuant to Civil

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

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FINAL DISPOSITION
Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each

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Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As

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used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries,

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and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected

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Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing

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Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1)

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identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and

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(2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any

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other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision,

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Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and
hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports,
attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected
Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this

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Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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DATED: November 3, 2017

KINSELLA WEITZMAN ISER KUMP & ALDISERT LLP

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___/s/ David Swift________________
David Swift

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
Craig Chaquico

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DATED: November 3, 2017

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LEAVENS, STRAND & GLOVER, LLC

___/s/ Travis W. Life___________________
Travis W. Life
Attorney for Defendants
David Frieberg, Donny Baldwin, Chris Smith,
Jude Gold, and Catherine Richardson

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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November 6, 2017
DATED: _______________________

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HON. MARIA-ELENA JAMES
United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________
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[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand
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the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California on [date] in the case of Chaquico v. Freiberg, et al. Case No. 3:19 CV 02423
MEJ. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in

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

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

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the provisions of this Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the

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Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order,

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even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of

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_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my

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California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to

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enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Date: _________________________________
City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: ______________________________
[printed name]
Signature: __________________________________
[signature]

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