United States of America et al v. North East Medical Services

Filing 102

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 101 Stipulation. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/7/2013)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the )
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel.
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LOI TRINH and ED TA-CHIANG HSU, )
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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NORTH EAST MEDICAL SERVICES,
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Defendant.
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Case No. CV 10-1904 CW

WHEREAS, Defendant Northeast Medical Services (“NEMS”) has served a subpoena on
Non-Party San Francisco Health Plan (“SFHP”) seeking the production of material directly from
Non-Party SFHP;
WHEREAS, Non-Party SFHP maintains that a Stipulated Protective Order is needed to
provide adequate protection against misuse or disclosure of its sensitive, proprietary or trade
secret information, and it has requested that Plaintiffs and Defendant voluntarily stipulate to the
entry of a Protective Order in this Litigation (the “Protective Order”) applicable to Non-Party
SFHP.
THEREFORE, Plaintiffs, Defendant, and Non-Party SFHP, by and through their
respective counsel, hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE that the Court may enter the following
Protective Order to provide protection for material produced by Non-Party SFHP:
The documents to be protected by the Protective Order shall be produced or submitted by
Non-Party SFHP with the designation “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and shall be subject to the
following restrictions:

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A.

Definitions

1.

“Party”: any party to this Litigation, including all of its officers, directors,

employees, consultants, retained experts, and outside counsel (and their support staff).
2.

“Material”: all information, documents, testimony, and things generated,

produced, served, or otherwise provided in this Litigation by Non-Party SFHP.
3.

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Material: information, documents, and things

Non-Party SFHP believes in good faith is not generally known to others, and that Non-Party
SFHP (i) would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence, or has undertaken with
others to maintain in confidence, or (ii) believes in good faith is protected by a right to privacy
under federal or state law, or any other applicable privilege or right related to confidentiality or
privacy.
4.

“Receiving Party”: a Party that receives Material from Non-Party SFHP.

5.

“Designated Material”: Material that is designated “ATTORNEYS’ EYES

ONLY” under this Order.
6.

“Counsel of Record”: (i) outside counsel who appears on the pleadings as counsel

for a Party, (ii) partners, principals, counsel, associates, employees and contract attorneys of
such outside counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this
Litigation, including supporting personnel employed by the attorneys, such as paralegals, legal
translators, legal secretaries, legal clerks and shorthand reporters, and/or (iii) independent legal
translators retained to translate in connection with this Litigation, or independent shorthand
reporters retained to record and transcribe testimony in connection with this Litigation.

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7.

“Outside Consultant”: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a

matter pertinent to the Litigation who has been retained by Counsel of Record to serve as an
expert witness, or as a litigation consultant in this Litigation.
8.

“Professional Vendors”: persons or entities that provide litigation support

services (e.g., photocopying; videotaping; translating; designing and preparing exhibits,
graphics, or demonstrations; organizing, storing, retrieving data in any form or medium; etc.) and
their employees and subcontractors who have been retained by Counsel of Record in this
Litigation. This definition includes ESI vendors, professional jury or trial consultants retained in
connection with this Litigation retained by such consultants to assist them in their work.
Professional vendors do not include consultants who fall within the definition of Outside
Consultant.
B.

Scope

9.

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Designated Material (as

defined above), but also any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well as all copies,
excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof. Nothing herein shall alter or change in any way the
discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any applicable local rules or
General Orders.
C.

Access to Designated Material

10.

Access to “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Material: Unless otherwise ordered by

the United States District Court for the Northern District of California or permitted in writing by
Non-Party SFHP, a Receiving Party may disclose any information, document or thing designated
“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:

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a)

Persons who appear on the face of Designated Material as an author,

addressee or recipient thereof;
b)

Counsel of Record;

c)

Outside Consultants of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is

reasonably necessary for this Litigation, and who have, after the date of this Protective Order,
signed the “Acknowledgement and Agreement To Be Bound By Protective Order” attached
hereto as Exhibit A, and the “Certification Of Consultant” attached hereto as Exhibit B;
d)

Any designated arbitrator or mediator who is assigned to hear this matter,

or who has been selected by the Parties, and his or her staff, who have signed the
“Acknowledgement and Agreement To Be Bound By Protective Order” attached hereto as
Exhibit A, and the “Certification Of Consultant” attached hereto as Exhibit B, as well as any of
the arbitrator’s or mediator's staff who have also signed exhibits A and B;
e)

Court reporters and videographers employed in connection with this

f)

Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

Litigation; and

Litigation, and a representative of which has signed the “Acknowledgement and Agreement To
Be Bound By Protective Order” attached hereto as Exhibit A, subject to following exception:
Designated Material shall not be disclosed to mock jurors without Non-Party SFHP’s express
written consent.
g)
11.

The Court and its personnel.

Absent an order from the United States District Court for the Northern District of

California or agreement of Non-Party SFHP, Designated Material may not be disclosed to
officers, directors or employees of NEMS, including its in-house attorneys and support staff.

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12.

Receiving Party may host “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Material only on either

1) any system inside the firewall of a law firm representing the Receiving Party, or 2) inside the
system of a professional ESI Vendor retained by Counsel of Record of the Receiving Party.
“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Material also cannot be sent or transmitted to any person,
location, or vendor outside of the United States except to Counsel of Record and Outside
Consultants designed in subparagraph c above. To the extent that any “ATTORNEYS’ EYES
ONLY” Material is transmitted from or to authorized recipients outside of the Receiving Party’s
Outside Counsel’s office or system, or outside of the ESI Vendor’s system, the transmission shall
be by hand (and encrypted if in electron format), by a secure transport carrier (e.g., Federal
Express), or by encrypted electronic means.
13.

Each person to whom Designated Material may be disclosed and who is required

to sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement To Be Bound By Protective Order” attached
hereto as Exhibit A and, if applicable, the “Certification Of Consultant” attached hereto as
Exhibit B, shall do so, prior to the time such Designated Material is disclosed to him or her.
Counsel for the Receiving Party who makes any disclosure of Designed Material shall retain
each original executed certificate and, upon written request, shall provide copies to counsel, for
Non-Party SFHP at the termination of this Litigation.
14.

Absent written permission from Non-Party SFHP, persons not permitted access to

Designated Material under the terms of this Protective Order shall not be present as depositions
while Designated Material is discussed or otherwise disclosed. Pre-trial and trial proceedings
shall be conducted in a manner, subject to the supervision of the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California, to protect Designated Material from disclosure to persons not
authorized to have access to such Material. Any Party intending to disclose confidential

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information from Designated Material at pretrial or trial proceedings must give advanced notice
to assure the implantation of the terms of this Protective Order.
D.

Access By Outside Consultants

15.

Notice. If a Receiving Party wishes to disclose Designated Material to any

Outside Consultant, such Receiving Party must provide notice to counsel for Non-Party SFHP,
which notice shall include: (a) the individual’s name and business title; (b) business address; (c)
business or profession; (d) the individual’s CV; (e) any previous or current relationship (personal
or professional) with any of the parties; (f) a list of other cases in which the individual has
testified (at trials or deposition) within the last six years; (g) a list of all companies with which
the individual has consulted or by which the individual has been employed within the last four
years including the dates of the consulting or employment and a brief description of the subject
matter of the consultancy or employment and a brief description of the subject matter of the
consultancy or employment; and (h) a signed copy of the “Acknowledgement and Agreement To
Be Bound By Protective Order” attached as Exhibit A, and the “Certification Of Consultant”
attached hereto as Exhibit B;
16.

Objections. Non-Party SFHP shall have five (5) business days from receipts of

the notice specified in Paragraph 15 to object in writing to such disclosure (plus three (3) extra
days if notice is given other than by hand delivery, email delivery or facsimile transmission).
After the expiration of the 5-day (plus 3-days, if appropriate) period, if no objection has been
asserted, then Designated Material may be disclosed to the Outside Consultant pursuant to the
terms of this Protective Order. Any objection by Non-Party SFHP must set forth in detail the
grounds on which it is based. Should the Receiving Party disagree with the basis for the
objections), the Receiving Party must first attempt to resolve the objection(s) informally with

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Non-Party SFHP. If the informal efforts do not resolve the dispute within five (5) business days,
the Receiving Party may file a motion requesting that the objection(s) be quashed after that five
(5) day period has passed. Non-Party SFHP shall have the burden of proof by a preponderance
of the evidence on the issue of the sufficiency of the objection(s). Pending a ruling by the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California upon any such objection(s), the
discovery material shall not be disclosed to the person objected to by Non-Party SFHP.
F.

Use of Designated Material

17.

Use of Designated Material By Receiving Party. Unless otherwise ordered by the

United States District Court for the Northern District of California, or agreed to in writing by
Non-Party SFHP, all Designated Material, and all information derived therefrom, shall be used
by the Receiving Party only for purposes of this Litigation, and shall not be used in any other
way, or for any other purpose. Information contained or reflected in Designated Material shall
not be disclosed in conversations, presentations by parties or counsel, in court or in other settings
that might reveal Designated Material, except in accordance with the terms of this Order.
18.

Use of Designated Material By Non-Party SFHP. Nothing in this Order shall limit

Non-Party SFHP’s use of its own documents and information, nor shall it prevent Non-Party
SFHP from disclosing its own confidential information, documents or things to any person. Such
disclosure shall not affect any designations made pursuant to the terms of this Order, so long as
the disclosure is made in a manner that is reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality of
the information.
19.

Use of Designated Material at Depositions. Except as may be otherwise ordered

by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, any person may be
examined as a witness at depositions and trial, and may testify concerning all Designated

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Material of which such person has prior knowledge, without in any way limiting the generality of
the following:
a)

A witness testifying on behalf of Non-Party SFHP pursuant to a subpoena may be

examined concerning all Designated Material that has been produced by Non-Party SFHP; and
b)

A former director, officer, agent and/or employee of Non-Party SFHP may be

interviewed, examined and may testify concerning all Designated Material of which he or she
has prior knowledge, including any Designated Material that refers to matters of which the
witness has personal knowledge, that has been produced by Non-Party SFHP and that pertains to
the period or periods of his or her employment.
20.

Use of Designated Material at Hearing or Trial. The parties will give Non-Party

SFHP prior notice of, and an opportunity to object to, any intended use of the Designated
Material at any hearing or trial in this case. Said notice shall (1) be served by facsimile or email
on counsel for Non-Party SFHP at least five (5) business days prior to the hearing or the first day
of trial, (2) identify the Designated Material with specificity and (3) identify the measures the
party intends to propose to the Court to protect the Designated Material when used at any hearing
or trial consistent with this Protective Order.
G.

Procedure for Designating Materials

21.

Subject to the limitations set forth in this Order, Non-Party SFHP may: designate

as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that it believes, in good faith, meets the
definition set forth in Paragraph 3 above.
22.

Except as provided above in Section E with respect to “ATTORNEYS’ EYES

ONLY” Material, any material (including physical objects) made available by Non-Party SFHP
for initial inspection by counsel for the Receiving Party prior to producing copies of selected

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items shall initially be considered, as a whole, to constitute “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
information, and shall be subject to this Order. Thereafter, Non-Party SFHP shall have ten (10)
calendar days from the inspection to review and designate the appropriate documents as
“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” prior to furnishing copies to the Receiving Party.
23.

Designation in conformity with this Order shall be made as follows:

a)

For information in documentary form (apart from transcripts of depositions, or

other pretrial or trial proceedings), Non-Party SFHP shall affix the legend “ATTORNEYS’
EYES ONLY” on each page that contains Designated Material.
b)

For testimony given in deposition, or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, Non-

Party SFHP shall specify any portions of the testimony that it wishes to designate as
“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” In the case of depositions, Non-Party SFHP may also designate
any portion of a deposition transcript as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by informing the
reporter, and the Parties, in writing within thirty (30) calendar days of completion of the
deposition of the designations to be applied. All deposition transcripts involving Designated
Material and not marked at least “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” during the deposition will be
nonetheless be treated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” until the thirty (30) day period as
expired. Transcript pages containing Designated Material must be separately bound by the court
reporter, who must affix to the top of each such page the legend “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
as instructed by Non-Party SFHP.
c)

For information produced in some form other than documentary, and for any

other tangible items, Non-Party SFHP shall affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the
container or containers in which the information or thing is stored the legend “ATTORNEYS’
EYES ONLY.”

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H.
24.

Waiver of Privilege
Subject to the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any

applicable local rules or General Orders, inspection or production of documents (including
physical objects) shall not constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege, work product
immunity, or any other applicable privilege or immunity, if, after Non-Party SFHP becomes
aware of any such inadvertent disclosure, Non-Party SFHP designates any such documents as
within the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or any other applicable privilege or
immunity, and requests in writing return of such documents to Non-Party SFHP. Upon request
by Non-Party SFHP, the Receiving Party shall immediately retrieve and return all copies of such
document(s). Nothing herein shall prevent the Receiving Party from challenging the propriety of
the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or other applicable privilege or immunity
designation by submitting a written challenge to the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California; provided, however, that such challenge shall not assert as a ground for
challenge the fact of the initial or inspection of the documents later designated as attorney-client
privileged, work, product, or subject to another applicable privilege or immunity.
I.
25.

Inadvertent Failure to Designate
An inadvertent failure to designate qualified information, documents or things as

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” does not, standing alone, waive Non-Party SFHP’s right to
secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon discovery of an inadvertent failure to
designate, Non-Party SFHP may notify the Receiving Party in writing that the material is to be
designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Upon receipt of such notice, the Receiving Party
must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the terms of

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this Order, subject to the right to challenge the propriety of such designation(s). Non-Party SFHP
shall provide substitute copies of documents bearing the confidentiality designation.
J.
26.

Filing Designated Material
Without written permission from Non-Party SFHP or an Order from the United

States District Court for the Northern District of California secured after appropriate notice to all
interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this Litigation any Designated
Material, but must move to file such Designated Material under seal in conformance with the
rules and procedures of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. If
such a motion is filed by a Party, within the time specified in Northern District local rule 79-5(d),
SFHP shall serve and file a declaration establishing that the Designated Material is sealable and
lodge and serve a narrowly-tailored proposed sealing order, or withdraw the Designated
Material’s confidentiality designation. Material served and lodged for filing under seal shall bear
the title of this matter, an indication of the nature of the contents of such sealed filing, the words
“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” as appropriate, and a statement substantially in the following
form: “UNDER SEAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER – CONTAINS
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – TO BE OPENED ONLY BY OR AS DIRECTED BY
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA.” If the court grants the motion to seal, the moving Party shall file the Designated
Material in the public record. If the Court denies the motion to seal, the moving Party shall be
permitted to file the Designated Material in the public record.
K.
27.

Challenges to Confidentiality Designations
Non-Party SFHP will use reasonable care when designating documents or

information as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Nothing in this Order shall prevent a Receiving

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Party from contending that any or all documents or information designated as “ATTORNEYS’
EYES ONLY” have been improperly designated. A Receiving Party may, at any time, request
that Non-Party SFHP cancel or modify the confidentiality designation with respect to any
document or information contained therein.
28.

A Receiving Party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of an

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” designation at the time made, and the failure to do so shall not
preclude a subsequent challenge thereto. Such a challenge shall be written, shall be served on
counsel for Non-Party SFHP, and shall identify particularly the documents or information that
the Receiving Party contends should be differently designated. The parties shall use their best
efforts to resolve promptly and informally such disputes in accordance with all applicable rules.
If agreement cannot be reached, the Receiving Party shall request that the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California cancel or modify an “ATTORNEYS’ EYES
ONLY” designation.
L.
29.

Designated Material Subpoenaed or Ordered Produced In Other Litigation
If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or a court order that would compel

disclosure of any information, documents or things designated in this Litigation as
“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” the Receiving Party must so notify Non-Party SFHP, in writing
(by fax and email) promptly, and in no event more than ten (10) calendar days after receiving the
subpoena or order. Such notification must include a copy of the subpoena or order. The
Receiving Party also must immediately inform, in writing, the party who caused the subpoena or
order to issue that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this
Protective Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must deliver a copy of this Protective Order
promptly to the party in the other action that caused the subpoena or order to issue. The purpose

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of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this Protective Order
and to afford Non-party SFHP an opportunity to try to protect its confidentiality interests in the
court from which the subpoena or order issued. Non-Party SFHP shall bear the burdens and the
expenses of seeking protection in that court of Designated Material. Nothing in these provisions
should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Litigation to disobey
a lawful directive from another court.
M.
30.

Unauthorized Disclosure of Designated Material
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

Designated Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Order, the
Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing Non-Party SFHP of the unauthorized
disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the Designated Material, (c) inform the
person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,
and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as
limiting Non-Party SFHP’s right to seek remedies for a violation of this Order.
O.
31.

Duration
Even after the termination of this Litigation, the confidentiality obligations

imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until Non-Party SFHP agrees otherwise in writing or
court order otherwise directs. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this
Protective Order after the dismissal of this Action. Plaintiffs and Defendants agree that any order
of dismissal of the Action as to any or all parties shall include a specific provision that the Court
shall retain jurisdiction to enforce this Protective Order following dismissal. Plaintiffs,

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Defendants, and any individual who receives any Designated Material consent to the personal
jurisdiction of the Court for that purpose.
P.
32.

Final Disposition
Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by Non-Party SFHP, within sixty

(60) days of the termination of all this Litigation, whether through settlement or final judgment
(including any and all appeals therefrom), each Receiving Party, including outside counsel for
each Receiving Party, will destroy all Material designated “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
produced by Non-Party SFHP in this Litigation, as well as all work product, pleadings, motion
papers, legal memoranda, correspondence, trial transcripts and trial exhibits admitted into
evidence containing information from Designated Material (“derivations”) and all copies thereof,
with the exception of copies stores on backup tapes or other disaster recovery media. Within
sixty (60) days of the date of settlement or final judgment, each Receiving Party shall serve NonParty SFHP with a certification stating that it, including its outside counsel, has complied with its
obligations under this paragraph. With respect to any copy of Material of Non-Party SFHP or
derivation thereof that remains on back-up tapes and other disaster storage media of a Receiving
Party, neither the Receiving Party nor its consultants, experts, counsel or other party acting on its
behalf shall make copies of any such information available to any person for any purpose other
than backup or disaster recovery unless compelled by law and, in that event, only after thirty (30)
days prior notice to Non-Party SFHP or such shorter period as required by court order, subpoena,
or applicable law.

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Q.
33.

Miscellaneous
Any of the notice requirements herein may be waived, in whole or in part, but

only by writing signed by the Counsel of Record for the Party or Non-Party SFHP against whom
such waiver will be effective.
34.

This Order is entered without prejudice to the right of any Party or Non-Party

SFHP to apply to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California at any
time for modification of this Order, when convenience or necessity requires. Nothing in this
Order abridges the right of any person to seek to assert other objections. No Party or Non-Party
SFHP waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any
information, documents, or things on any ground not addressed in this Protective Order.
Similarly, no Party or Non-Party SFHP waives any right to object on any ground to the use in
evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. The United States District
Court for the Northern District of California shall take appropriate measures to protect
Designated Material at trial and any hearing in this Litigation.
35.

This Order shall not diminish any existing obligation or right with respect to

Designated Material, nor shall it prevent a disclosure to which Non-Party SFHP consents in
writing before the disclosure takes place.
36.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is

responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of this Protective Order. All disputes
concerning Designated Material produced under the protection of this Protective Order shall be
resolved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Every
individual who receives any Designated Material agrees to subject himself or herself to the
jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for the

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purpose of any proceedings related to performance under, compliance with, or violation of this
Order.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: October 1, 2013

Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP
By: /s/ Matthew W. Powell
Matthew W. Powell
400 Capitol Mall, Twenty-Second Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
Tel: [phone]
Counsel for Non-Party San Francisco Health Plan

STUART F. DELERY
Assistant Attorney General
MELINDA HAAG
United States Attorney
Dated: October 1, 2013

By: /s/ Melanie L. Proctor
Ila C. Deiss (NYBN 3052909)
Melanie L. Proctor (CABN 228971)
Assistant United States Attorneys
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055
San Francisco, California 94102
Telephone: [phone] (Proctor)

Michael D. Granston
Daniel R. Anderson
Edward C. Crooke
Meredith L. Toole
Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Attorneys, Civil Division
United States Department of Justice
Ben Franklin Station, Box 261
Washington, D.C. 20044
Telephone: [phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for the United States

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KAMALA D. HARRIS
Attorney General for the State of California
Dated: October 1, 2013

By: /s/ Lora Fox Martin
Lora Fox Martin (CABN 168012)
Deputy Attorney General
California Attorney General’s Office
Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse
1455 Frazee Road, Suite 315
San Diego, CA 92108
Telephone: [phone]
Counsel for the State of California

Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Dated: October 1, 2013

By: /s/ Nicole M. Bacon
James L. Feldesman
Matthew S. Freedus
Marisa B. Guevara
Nicole M. Bacon 1
1129 20th Street, NW, Fourth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: [phone]

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
10/17/2013
DATED: _______________

__________________________
Honorable Claudia Wilken
United States District Court

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I, Nicole M. Bacon, hereby attest that I gained the concurrence of all parties whose signatures
are represented by a conformed “/s/” signature in the filing of this document.
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EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
BY PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING DISCOVERY
FROM NON-PARTY SFHP IN THIS LITIGATION
I, ____________________________ [print or type full name], of ______________ [print
or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that
1.

My present employer is _________________________________

2.

My present occupation or job description is _____________________________

3.
I have been informed of and have reviewed the Protective Order Governing
Discovery From Non-Party SFHP In This Litigation (“Protective Order) entered in this
Litigation, and understand and agree to abide by its terms. I agree to keep confidential all
information provided to me in the matter of United States et al., v. North East Medical Services,
Inc., Case No. 10-CV-1904 CW (N.D. Cal.), in accordance with the restrictions in the Protective
Order, and to be subject to the authority of the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California in the event of any violation or dispute related to this Protective Order.
4.
I state under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America
that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on _________________ ________________________
[Printed Name]
___________________________
[Signature]

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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATION OF CONSULTANT
TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER
GOVERNING DISCOVERY FROM NON-PARTY SFHP
I, ________________________________________ [print or type full name], of
_________________________ am not an employee of the Party who retained me or of a
competitor of any Party or Non-Party SFHP and will not use any information, documents, or
things that are subject to the Protective Order Governing Discovery From Non-Party SFHP and
will not use any information, documents, or things that are subject to the Supplemental
Protective Order Governing Discovery From Non-Party SFHP (“Designated Material”) in the
matter of United States et al., v. North East Medical Services, Inc., Case No. 10-CV-1904 CW
(N.D. Cal.), to which I have access for any purpose other than this Litigation.
I state under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on _____________________

______________________________
[Printed Name]
______________________________
[Signature]

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