Kao v. Abbott Laboratories Inc. et al

Filing 63

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 60 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER [Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order filed by Abbott Laboratories Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on March 25, 2019. (wsnS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/25/2019)

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Jonathan Weissglass (SBN 185008)
[e-mail]
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Mark McKane (SBN 230552)
[e-mail]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

J. Gerard Stranch, IV (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Benjamin A. Gastel (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Michael Isaac Miller (SBN 266459)
[e-mail]
BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS,
PLLC
223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone: [phone]
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Gregg F. LoCascio, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Anders Fjellstedt (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: [phone]
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Attorneys for Defendant
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

Attorneys for Plaintiff
Crystal Kao and Nina Barwick, individually and on
behalf of herself and all others similarly situated

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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CRYSTAL KAO and NINA BARWICK,
individually and on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated,

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) [PROPOSED] STIPULATED
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Plaintiffs,

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vs.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC. an Illinois
corporation d/b/a Abbott Nutrition,
Defendant.

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

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hereby 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

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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited

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information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles.

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The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective

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Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth

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the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks
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permission from the court to file material under seal.

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2. 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

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Civil Procedure 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

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

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discovery in 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,

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

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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 NonParty would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive
means.
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House Counsel

does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal

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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

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

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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,

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
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Privileged Material: communications, documents, or information protected by the

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attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or any other privilege or protection from disclosure.
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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material

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

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photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing,
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or 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

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

Producing Party.
3. SCOPE

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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

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

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

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

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information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving

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

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publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record
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through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure

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or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information

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lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected

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Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

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4. DURATION

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Even after final disposition 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. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and

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defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion
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and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time
limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or

Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit
any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent

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it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must 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 swept

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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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

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to be 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 on

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other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for

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

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asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the

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mistaken designation.

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

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

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Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before

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the material is disclosed or produced.

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but excluding
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transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the

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legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each

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page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies

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for 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
asserted.

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

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available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the

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Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under

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this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
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appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY”) to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material

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on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected

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portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion,

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the level of protection being 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
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proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is

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

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that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke

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on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to
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21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify

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the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately

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designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated

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Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days

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afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as
“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

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Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or
other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only authorized

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individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are

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present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way

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affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY.”

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Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page that
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the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages

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

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

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reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period

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for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the

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expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other tangible

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

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in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information

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

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the provisions of this Order.
6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of

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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality

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designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens,

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

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

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is disclosed.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process

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

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

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

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Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the
process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not

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sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must

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explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the

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Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances,

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and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A
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Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this

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meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the

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meet and confer process in a timely manner.

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Judicial Intervention.

If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil
Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial

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notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not
resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent

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declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in

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the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the

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required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the

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confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may

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file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so,
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including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion

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brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the

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movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

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

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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

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of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the

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challenge.

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7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed 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 to the

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categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been

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terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL

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DISPOSITION).

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

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

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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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

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hereto as Exhibit A;

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

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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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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably

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

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(Exhibit A);

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(d) the court and its personnel;
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(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and

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

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signed the “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 necessary

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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;
(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 – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of

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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;

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(b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement in

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competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, (3)

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who has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (4) as to whom

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the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been followed;
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(c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and

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(3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed];

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(d) the court and its personnel;
(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and
Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have

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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and
(f) 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 Designated House Counsel or Experts.
(a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party,

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a Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any information or item that has been
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designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph

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7.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full name of the

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Designated House Counsel and the city and state of his or her residence, and (2) describes the

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Designated House Counsel’s current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and

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responsibilities in sufficient detail to determine if House Counsel is involved, or may become

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involved, in any competitive decision-making.

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(a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party,

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

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

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7.3(c) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general
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categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that the

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Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert

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and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current

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resume, (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom

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the Expert has received compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom
the expert has provided professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at any time

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during the preceding five years, and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and
location of court) any litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony,

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including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five

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years.

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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding
respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Designated House

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Counsel or Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written
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objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on
which it is based.

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(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the Designating

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

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

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Designated House Counsel or the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and in

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compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the court to do so. Any
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such motion must describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the

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disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm

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that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that

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risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration describing the
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parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and

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confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to

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approve the disclosure.

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In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to Designated House Counsel or 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

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its Designated House Counsel or Expert.
8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
OTHER LITIGATION
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels
disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of
the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other
litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective
Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and

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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating
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from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s

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permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that

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9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN
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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-Party’s
confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party
not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:

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(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or all
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this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the

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information requested; and
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the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized

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disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized 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 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

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The production of Privileged Material, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is not a
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disclosed Privileged Material, the Receiving Party shall not review the disclosed Privileged Material

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in any respect; shall within seven days return, sequester, delete or destroy all copies of the disclosed

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Privileged Material (including any and all work-product containing such Privileged Material); shall

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take reasonable steps to retrieve such Privileged Material if the Receiving Party disclosed it before

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such Privileged Material).
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If the Receiving Party receives documents, ESI, or other forms of information from the

Producing Party that, upon inspection or review, appears in any respect to contain or constitute

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potentially Privileged Material, the Receiving Party shall immediately stop review of such

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information, promptly sequester the potentially Privileged Material, and immediately identify the

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its receipt of a written demand for the return of the disclosed Privileged Material. Any such objection

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shall be resolved by the Court after an in camera review of the disclosed Privileged Material. Pending

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resolution of any such dispute by the Court, the Receiving Party shall not review and shall not use the

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This Order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed by Federal

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a review of documents, ESI or information (including metadata) for relevance, responsiveness and/or

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segregation of privileged and/or protected information before production.

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Voluntary and Subject Matter Waiver. This Order does not preclude a party from

voluntarily waiving any applicable privilege and/or protection.

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its modification by the court in the future.
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or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives

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any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a

court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public
record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material

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a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local

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Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at

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issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a

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Receiving Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) is

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denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record
pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e)(2) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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

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

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

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the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day

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returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,

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

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Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion

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papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and

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trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if

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such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: March 25, 2019

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/s/ Benjamin A. Gastel
Jonathan Weissglass (SBN 185008)
[e-mail]
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
J. Gerard Stranch, IV (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Benjamin A. Gastel (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC
223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
Crystal Kao and Nina Barwick, individually and on
behalf of herself and all others similarly situated

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DATED: March 25, 2019

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/s/ Anders P. Fjellstedt
Gregg F. LoCascio, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Anders Fjellstedt (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Mark McKane (SBN 230552)
[e-mail]
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

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ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I attest that concurrence in the
filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories.

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DATED: March 25, 2019

/s/ Anders P. Fjellstedt
Anders P. Fjellstedt

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: _March 25, 2019____

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Honorable Jon S. Tigar
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I,

_____________________________

[print

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type

full

name],

____________________________________________________ [print or type full address], declare
under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand 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 Crystal Kao, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Case No. 3:17-CV-02790. 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 the nature of
contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is
subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the
provisions of this Order.
I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even
if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.
I

hereby

appoint

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[print

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type

full

name]

my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to
enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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

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of

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

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Printed name: ______________________________
Signature: __________________________________

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