Minshall v. Network Appliance, Inc. et al

Filing 23

ORDER RE STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (As Modified by the Court). Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on 10/13/2011. (hrllc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/13/2011)

** E-filed October 13, 2011 **

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ANDREW ALTSCHUL (SBN 226008)
BUCHANAN ANGELI ALTSCHUL & SULLIVAN LLP
321 SW Fourth Avenue, Suite 600
Portland, OR 97204
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 971-230-0337
Attorneys for Defendants
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN and STANDARD INSURANCE
COMPANY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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(SAN JOSE DIVISION)
CONRAD MINSHALL,

Case No. CV 10-4745 LHK
Plaintiff,

v.

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE
ORDER AND PROPOSED ORDER
(AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN and
STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendants.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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

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

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

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stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties

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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 extends only to the limited information or items that are

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entitled under the applicable legal principles to treatment as confidential. The parties further

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acknowledge, as set forth in Section 10, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order creates no

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entitlement to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures

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that must be followed and reflects the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission

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from the court to file material under seal.
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DEFINITIONS
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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,

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

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the

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medium or manner generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony,

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

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in this matter.

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“Confidential” Information or Items: information (regardless of how generated,

stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under standards developed under
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c).
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“Highly Confidential—Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Information or Items: extremely

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sensitive “Confidential Information or Items” whose disclosure to another Party or nonparty would

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

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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a

Producing Party.
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Producing Party: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosure or Discovery

Material in this action.
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Designating Party: a Party or non-party that designates information or items that

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it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “Confidential” or “Highly

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Confidential―Attorneys’ Eyes Only.”

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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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Outside Counsel: attorneys who are not employees of a Party but who are

retained to represent or advise a Party in this action.

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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party.

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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel and House Counsel (as well as

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their support staffs).

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

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to 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 and who is not a past or a current employee or of a competitor of a Party’s and

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

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Party’s. This definition includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained in connection with this

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litigation.

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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services

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(e.g., photocopying; videotaping; translating; preparing exhibits or demonstrations; organizing, storing,

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retrieving data in any form or medium; etc.) and their employees and subcontractors.

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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 any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well as all copies, excerpts,

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summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or presentations by parties or

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counsel to or in court or in other settings that might reveal protected material. any information in the

This Order does not cover
public domain not due to a violation of this order. Any use of

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Even after the termination of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this

DURATION Protected Material at trial shall be governed by separate
agreement,

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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. For a period of six months after final disposition of this litigation,
this court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this order.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each

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Party or non-party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care

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

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Designating Party must take care to designate for protection only those parts of material, documents,

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items, or oral or written communications that qualify—so that other portions of the material,

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documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably

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within the ambit of this Order. Designations that are clearly unjustified or made for an
improper purpose expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

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If it comes to a Party’s or a non-party’s attention that information or items that it
designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all, or do not qualify for the level of
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protection initially asserted, that Party or non-party must promptly notify all other parties that it is

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withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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

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

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material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material

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is disclosed or produced.

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) for information in documentary form (apart from transcripts of depositions

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or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the. legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” at the top or bottom of each page that

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contains protected material.

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

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

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

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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”) at the top or bottom of each page that contains protected Material.

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

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that the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the testimony identify on the record, before the close

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of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony, and further specify any

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portions of the testimony that qualify as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY.” When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to

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protection, and when it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection,

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the Party or non-party that sponsors, offers, or gives the testimony may invoke on the record (before

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the deposition or proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 20 days after receipt of transcripts from
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the court reporter to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and

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to specify the level of protection being asserted (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”). Only those portions of the testimony that are

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appropriately designated for protection within the 20 days shall be covered by the provisions of this

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Stipulated Protective Order.

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Transcript pages containing Protected Material must be separately bound by the court reporter,

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who must affix to the top of each such page the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” as instructed by the Party or nonparty offering or

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sponsoring the witness or presenting the testimony.

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

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

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

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CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only portions of the information or item

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warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portions,

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specifying whether they qualify as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—

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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to

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designate qualified information or items as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—

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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure

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protection under this Order for such material. If material is appropriately designated as

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” after the

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material was initially produced, the Receiving Party, on timely notification of the designation, must

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make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

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Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges: Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s

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confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable substantial unfairness, unnecessary

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economic burdens, or a later significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its
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right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the

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original designation is disclosed.

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Meet and Confer.

The Challenging Party shall initiate the process by
providing written notice of each designation it is
challenging and must recite this paragraph of the order
A Party that elects to initiate a challenge to a Designating to avoid
ambiguity.

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Party’s confidentiality designation must do so in good faith and must begin the process by conferring

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directly (in voice-to-voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) with counsel for
within 14 days of the date of service of notice.

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the Designating Party. In conferring, the challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the

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confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to

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review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is

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offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A challenging Party may proceed to the next

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stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first. or establishes
that the Designating Party is unwilling to timely participate in the process.

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Judicial Intervention. A Party that elects to press a challenge to a confidentiality

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designation after considering the justification offered by the Designating Party may file and serve a

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motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) that

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identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for the challenge. Each such motion

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must be accompanied by a competent declaration that affirms that the movant has complied with the

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meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph and that sets forth with specificity

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the justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by the Designating Party in the meet

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and confer dialogue. **See page 6.1, below.

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

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Until the court rules on the challenge, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the

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

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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

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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for

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prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be

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disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the

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litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 11, below

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(FINAL DISPOSITION).
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6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge after complying with the

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meet and confer requirements above, the parties shall file a Discovery Dispute Joint Report

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(“DDJR”), pursuant to the undersigned’s Standing Order re Civil Discovery Disputes. The DDJR

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shall affirm that the above meet and confer requirements have been satisfied. The DDJR must be

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filed within 5 business days after the conclusion of the meet and confer sessions (or 5 business days

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after reaching impasse as to a particular issue). In no event may a DDJR be filed later than 7 days

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after the discovery cut-off date(s) as prescribed in Civil L.R. 37-3. Failure by the Designating Party

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to defend its confidentiality designation(s) through the DDJR shall automatically waive the

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confidentiality designation for each challenged designation.

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

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

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any 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

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employees of said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this

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litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” 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

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

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“Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” (Exhibit A);

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(c) experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure

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is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by

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Protective Order” (Exhibit A);

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(d) the Court and its personnel; and anyone as may be ordered by the court;

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(e) court reporters, their staffs, and professional vendors to whom disclosure is

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

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Protective Order” (Exhibit A);

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

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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order”

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(Exhibit A). Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected

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Material must be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as

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permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g) the author of the document or the original source of 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”

Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the

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Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY

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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

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employees of said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this

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litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” that is attached

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hereto as Exhibit A;

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(b) House Counsel of a Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary for this litigation and who has signed the “Agreement to be Bound by Protective Order”

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(Exhibit A);

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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) to whom disclosure is reasonably

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necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order”

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(Exhibit A).

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(d) the Court and its personnel; and anyone as may be ordered by the court;

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(e) court reporters, their staffs, and professional vendors to whom disclosure is

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

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Protective Order” (Exhibit A); and

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(f) the author of the document or the original source of the information. or a
custodian or other person who possessed or otherwise knew the information.

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Procedures for Approving Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items to “Experts”
(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed in writing by the

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Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an “Expert” (as defined in this Order) any

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information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES

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ONLY” first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the specific

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HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information that the Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the

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Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence,

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(3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resumé, (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s),

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(5) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation for work in his or

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her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services at any time during the
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preceding five years, and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of

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court) any litigation in connection with which the Expert has provided any professional services during

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the preceding five years.

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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the

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preceding paragraph may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Expert unless, within

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seven court days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from the Designating

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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 Party (through direct voice-to-voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by
parties must comply with Section 6.3 of this Order.

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agreement. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may file

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a motion as provided in Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking

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permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with specificity,

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set forth in detail the reasons for which the disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the

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risk of harm that the disclosure would entail and suggest any additional means that might be used to

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reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration in

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which the movant describes the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and

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the content of the meet and confer discussions) and sets forth the reasons advanced by the Designating

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Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure.

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In any such proceeding the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden of

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proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed)

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outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
OTHER LITIGATION

If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or an order issued in other litigation that would

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compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” the Receiving Party must so notify the

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Designating Party, in writing (by fax or electronic mail, if possible) immediately and in no event more

promptly

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than three court days after receiving the subpoena or order. Such notification must include a copy of

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the subpoena or court order.

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The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the Party who caused the

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subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all the material covered by the subpoena

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or order is the subject of this Protective Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must deliver a copy of

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this Stipulated Protective Order promptly to the Party in the other action that caused the subpoena or

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The Receiving Party shall cooperate with all reasonable
Designating Party to protect its Protected Material. if
order to seeks a protective order, the Party served shall not produce
issue.
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Confidential or Highly Confidential before a determination from the

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procedures sought by
Designating Party
any information designated
issuing court without the
The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this Designating
Party's
Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this ease an opportunity to try to protect its permission.

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confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. The Designating Party

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shall bear the burdens and the expenses of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material—

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and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in

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this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected

UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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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 copies of the Protected. Material, (c) inform the

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person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and

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(d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that

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is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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Without written permission from the Designating Party or a court order secured after

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appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any

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Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with

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Local Rule 79-5.

FILING PROTECTED MATERIAL

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Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the Producing Party, within 60 days after the

FINAL DISPOSITION

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final termination of this action, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the

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Producing Party. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,

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

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With permission in writing from the Designating Party, the Receiving Party may destroy some or all of

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the Protected Material instead of returning it. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed,

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the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same

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person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that identifies (by category, where

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appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and that affirms that the

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Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or other forms of

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reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are

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entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, transcripts, legal memoranda,

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correspondence or attorney work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such

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archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as

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set forth in Section 4 (DURATION), above.

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

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

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Order 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 this

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Protective Order.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

** See Sec. 13, below.

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Dated: August 31, 2011

FLYNN ROSE & PERKINS

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/s/ Charles B. Perkins
Charles Balch Perkins (SBN 126942)

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Attorney for Plaintiff
CONRAD MINSHALL

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Dated: September 7, 2011

BUCHANAN ANGELI ALTSCHUL & SULLIVAN LLP

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/s/ Andrew Altschul
Andrew Altschul (SBN 226008)
Attorneys for Defendants
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN and STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY

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13. In the event of any discovery or disclosure dispute, the parties and any
affected non-parties shall comply with the undersigned's Standing Order re Civil
Discovery Disputes.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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October 13, 2011
Dated: _________________

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The Honorable Lucy H. Koh Howard R. Lloyd
United States District Court Judge
United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, ____________________________[print or type full name], of ____________________

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[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and

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

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District of California (San Jose Division) on in the case of Conrad Minshall v. Network Appliance, Inc.

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Employee Benefit Plan and Standard Insurance Company, Case No. CV 10-4745-LHK. I agree to

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comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Protective Order and I understand and

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acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of

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contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is

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subject to this Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions

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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 (San Jose Division) for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated

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

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

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_______________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent

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

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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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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROPOSED ORDER

CASE NO. CV 10-4745 LHK

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I, Andrew Altschul, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this Joint

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Case Management Statement. In compliance with the Northern District of California General Order

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45, X.B., I hereby attest that Charles Perkins concurred in this filing.

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Dated: September 7, 2011.

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BUCHANAN ANGELI ALTSCHUL
& SULLIVAN LLP
/s/ Andrew Altschul
Andrew Altschul

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Attorneys for Defendants
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN and STANDARD INSURANCE
COMPANY

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROPOSED ORDER

CASE NO. CV 10-4745 LHK

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C10-04745 LHK (HRL) Notice will be electronically mailed to:

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Charles Balch Perkins
Andrew M. Altschul
Shawn Hanson
Ezekiel Lee Rauscher
Maria Ellinikos

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not
registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.