Holley et al v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Filing 68

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR STANDARD LITIGATION re #61 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER re Stipulated Protective Order filed by Gilead Sciences, Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on April 29, 2019. (wsnS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/29/2019)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ADRIAN HOLLEY, et al.,

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Case No. 3:18-cv-06972-JST
Plaintiffs,

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
FOR STANDARD LITIGATION

v.
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GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.,

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Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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CHARANDA DOWDY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 3:19-cv-00481-JST
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
FOR STANDARD LITIGATION

v.

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GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.,
Defendant.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of

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

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and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly,

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the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective

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Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures

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or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends

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only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the

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applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that

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this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal;

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Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be

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applied when a party seeks permission from the court 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

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generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of

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Civil Procedure 26(c), including, but not limited to, Protected Health Information, as that term is

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defined in § 2.11 herein, and Sensitive Personal Information, as that term is defined in § 2.16 herein.

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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record or outside counsel and

House Counsel (as well as their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it

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

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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

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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

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the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a

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consultant in this action.

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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

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

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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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Protected Health Information: information as that term is used in the Health

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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and defined in 45 C.F.R. §§ 160 & 164 (2003).

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Protected Health Information includes, but is not limited to, health information, including

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demographic information, relating to either: the past, present, or future physical or mental condition

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of an individual; the provision of care to an individual; and the payment for care provided to an

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individual that identifies the individual or which reasonably could be expected to identify the

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individual. Protected Health Information will be designated as CONFIDENTIAL. Except for

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Protected Health Information concerning Plaintiffs, the Parties will make best efforts to redact

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Protected Health Information that is personally identifying before it is disclosed or produced.

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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,

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storing, 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.”
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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a

Producing Party.
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Sensitive Personal Information: any personal identifying number, including social

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security numbers and drivers’ license numbers; dates of birth; names of minor children; individual

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financial information, including financial account numbers; home addresses; e-mail addresses; and

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telephone numbers. The Parties will make best efforts to designate Sensitive Personal Information

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as CONFIDENTIAL or redact it before it is disclosed or produced. Furthermore, information

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disclosing the identity of any patients and/or voluntary reporters shall be treated as confidential

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discovery material and/or Sensitive Personal Information (as appropriate), regardless of whether

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the document or material containing such names is designated as CONFIDENTIAL. The person(s)

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identified in such records shall not be contacted, either directly or indirectly, based on information
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so disclosed without the express written permission of the Producing Party, or by order of Court.

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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

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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

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

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

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

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DURATION
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

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time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1

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

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Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to

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limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited, but this does not restrict a

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party’s ability to designate for protection categories of information or items that qualify under the

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appropriate standards. Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made
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for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or

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to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to

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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, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties

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that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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

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

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Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so

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designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but

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excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party

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affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page of each document that contains protected material.

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In the case of a native file production the file name shall indicate the item is confidential.

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

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need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it

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would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material

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made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has

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identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which

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documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the

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specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page

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that contains Protected Material.
(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 or in writing within 21 days of receipt of the final transcript

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of the deposition or other proceedings, all protected testimony. All testimony will be treated as

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CONFIDENTIAL until the expiration of such 21-day period, unless mutually agreed by the Parties

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in writing.
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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.” If only a

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portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent

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practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to

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designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s

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right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a

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designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in

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accordance with the provisions of this Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1

Timing of Challenges. Any Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at

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any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary

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to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant

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

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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

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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

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

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of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must

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begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication

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are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging

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

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must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the

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circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen

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designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it

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has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is
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unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court

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intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil

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Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 30 days of the

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initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process

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will not resolve their dispute, whichever is later. Each such motion must be accompanied by a

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competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer

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requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a

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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

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motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration

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

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preceding paragraph.

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

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Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose

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unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions.

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Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to meet and

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confer to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in

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question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until

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the court rules on the challenge.

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

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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

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

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been 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

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of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for

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this litigation;

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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving
Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;
(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

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to Be 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, 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

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

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

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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately

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bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this

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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;
(h) any mediator who is assigned to hear this matter, and his or her staff, subject to the
agreement to maintain confidentiality to the degree required by this Protective Order; and

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(i) Professional Vendors and Counsel managing such vendors as necessary for services

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related to the production of information in discovery; such Professional Vendors and Counsel may
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execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) at the enterprise level.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER

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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,” that Party

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

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or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL”

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

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obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and

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expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these

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provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to

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disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS
LITIGATION
(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this

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action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in

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connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.

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Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional

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protections.

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non9

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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;
(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

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information requested; and

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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.

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(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14

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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the

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Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely

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seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or

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control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by

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the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of

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seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected

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Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order,

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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

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Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL
Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), the production of a privileged or work-product-protected

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document, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is not a waiver of privilege or protection from

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discovery in this case or in any other federal or state proceeding, arbitration, patent proceeding, or

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other administrative proceeding. For example, the mere production of privileged or work-product10

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protected documents in this case as part of a mass production is not itself a waiver in this case or

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in any other federal or state proceeding, arbitration, patent proceedings, or other administrative

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proceedings. Nor shall the fact of production by any producing party in this action be used as a

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basis for arguing that a claim of privilege or work-product has been waived in any other

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proceeding. This non-waiver order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection

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allowed by law.

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In the event that a producing party claims that it failed to designate or withhold any

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production materials or other information as privileged or work-product materials, it shall

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promptly notify, in writing, all parties to whom such privileged material was produced or

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disclosed of the producing party’s intent to assert a claim of privilege or work-product over such

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materials.

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Upon written notification from the Producing Party to the Receiving Party identifying

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disclosed Privileged Material, the Receiving Party shall not review the disclosed Privileged

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

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disclosed Privileged Material (including any and all work-product containing such Privileged

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Material); shall take reasonable steps to retrieve such Privileged Material if the Receiving Party

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disclosed it before being notified; and shall make no further use of such Privileged Material (or

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work product containing such Privileged Material). Contemporaneously with the written notice,

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the Producing Party must provide to the Receiving Party a privilege or redaction log, in the form

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agreed to by the Parties, from which the Receiving Party can assess the claim of privilege.

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The Receiving Party may object to the Producing Party’s designation of disclosed

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information as Privileged Material by providing written notice of such objection within ten days of

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its receipt of a written demand for the return of the disclosed Privileged Material. The Parties

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must meet and confer in good faith in an attempt to resolve any dispute regarding the designation

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of information as Privileged Material. If the Parties are unable to resolve any such dispute, the

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issue shall be resolved by the Court, which – in the Court’s discretion – may involve an in camera

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review of the disclosed Privileged Material. However, the Receiving Party agrees not to argue in

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connection with a dispute over Privileged Material that the information may not have been
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reviewed by the Producing Party prior to its disclosure or that the Producing Party did not take

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reasonable steps to prevent disclosure.

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

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and shall not use the disclosed Privileged Material in any respect. Where the parties agree, or the

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Court orders, that a document is protected by the attorney-client, work-product, or other privilege,

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and such document was originally produced in electronic format on media containing production

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materials that are not subject to any exemption from production, the producing party shall

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promptly provide replacement production to the receiving party.

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Nothing in this Order shall relieve Counsel for any Receiving Party of any existing duty or

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obligation, whether established by case law, rule of court, regulation or other source, to sequester,

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return, and not to review, any privileged or work-product materials without being requested by the

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producing party to do so.
This Order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed by law.

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Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall serve to limit a party’s right to conduct a review

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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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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1

Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek

its modification by the court in the future.
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Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order

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no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any

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information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no

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Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by

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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

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public record in this action any Protected Material. The Parties may, without prior Court approval,

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redact from their public filings Sensitive Personal Information and information disclosing the
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identity of any patients and/or voluntary reporters. Excluding these exceptions, a Party that seeks to

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file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material

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may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific

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Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a

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request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or

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otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected

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Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then the Receiving

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Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless

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

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

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

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certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party)

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by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material

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

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

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Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all

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pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,

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correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: April 22, 2019

/s/ Robert C. Hilliard
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: April 22, 2019

/s/ Alycia A. Degen
Attorneys for Defendant

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: ________________________

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United States District/Magistrate Judge

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

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I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the foregoing

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document. Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i), I hereby attest that the concurrence in the filing of this

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document has been obtained from each of the other signatories.

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DATED: April 22, 2019
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/s/ Alycia A. Degen
Alycia A. Degen

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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 _________________ [print or

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type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the

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Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern

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District of California on _________________ [date] in the case of Holley, et al. v. Gilead Sciences,

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Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-06972-JST, and Dowdy, et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., Case No. 3:19-cv-

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00481-JST. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective

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Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and

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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any

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information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except

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in strict compliance with 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 Northern

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

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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

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

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to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Date: ______________________________________

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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: _______________________________

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Signature: __________________________________

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