Cave Consulting Group, LLC v. Ingenix, Inc.

Filing 99

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (MODIFIED BY THE COURT). Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on July 26, 2013. (hrllc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/26/2013)

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*E-FILED: July 26, 2013* 1 2 3 Andrew Leibnitz (State Bar No. 184723) aleibnitz@fbm.com FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP 235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 954-4400 Patricia A. Welch (Cal. Bar No. 127889) welch.patricia@dorsey.com DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 305 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 Telephone: (650) 857-1717 David W. Harlan (pro hac vice) B. Scott Eidson (pro hac vice) Richard L. Brophy (pro hac vice) dharlan@armstrongteasdale.com seidson@armstrongteasdale.com rbrophy@armstrongteasdale.com ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd. Suite 1800 St. Louis, MO 63105 Telephone: (314) 621-5070 J. Thomas Vitt (pro hac vice) vitt.thomas@dorsey.com DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500 Minneapolis, MN 55402-1498 Telephone: (612) 340-8779 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Attorneys for Defendant INGENIX, INC. Attorneys for Plaintiff CAVE CONSULTING GROUP, LLC 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 SAN JOSE DIVISION 15 CAVE CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, 16 17 18 Plaintiff, vs. OPTUMINSIGHT, INC., f/k/a INGENIX, INC., 19 Defendant. Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR LITIGATION INVOLVING PATENTS, HIGHLY SENSITIVE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND/OR TRADE SECRETS (MODIFIED BY THE COURT) 20 21 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 22 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 23 confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 24 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 25 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated 26 Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on 27 all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure 28 and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD 26444\3446780.1 1 under applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective 2 Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal. Civil Local Rule 79-5 and 3 General Order 62 set forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be 4 applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 5 2. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 14 produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 15 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 16 2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 17 medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 18 testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 19 responses to discovery in this matter. 20 2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 21 the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or 22 as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a current employee of either Party, or a past employee of 23 the opposing party, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a 24 Party or of a Party’s competitor. 25 2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 26 Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another 27 Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by 28 less restrictive means. Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -1- 26444\3446780.1 1 2 2.8 Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 3 4 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 5 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this 6 action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action 7 on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party. 8 2.11 9 employees. 10 2.12 11 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, and Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this action. 12 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 13 (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 14 organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 15 subcontractors. 16 17 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 18 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 19 Producing Party. 20 3. SCOPE 21 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 22 (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 23 all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 24 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 25 However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 26 information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 27 Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 28 a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -2- 26444\3446780.1 1 becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to 2 the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure 3 from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to 4 the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate 5 agreement or order. 6 4. DURATION 7 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 8 this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court 9 order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all 10 claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after 11 the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 12 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 13 applicable law. For a period of six months after final disposition of this litigation, this Court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this order. 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 14 15 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party 16 or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care 17 to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 18 To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only 19 those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that 20 other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not 21 warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 22 Mass, indiscriminate designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be 23 clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily 24 encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens 25 on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 26 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 27 for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection 28 initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -3- 26444\3446780.1 1 2 withdrawing the mistaken designation. 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 3 (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 4 Disclosure or Discovery 5 6 7 Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 8 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 9 excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 10 Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 11 EYES ONLY” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the 12 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 13 protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for 14 each portion, the level of protection being asserted. 15 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 16 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which 17 material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all 18 of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 19 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 20 copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, 21 qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the 22 Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 23 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”) to each page that contains Protected 24 Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 25 Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate 26 markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being 27 asserted. 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -4- 26444\3446780.1 1 the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 2 proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is 3 impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it 4 appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating 5 Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) 6 a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which 7 protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of 8 the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered 9 by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may 10 specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the 11 entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 12 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 13 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 14 other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 15 authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 16 (Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 17 shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 18 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 19 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page 20 that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all 21 pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and 22 the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall 23 inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the 24 expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been 25 designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless 26 otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as 27 actually designated. 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -5- 26444\3446780.1 1 other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the 2 container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” 3 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of 4 the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall 5 identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted. 6 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 7 designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 8 right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 9 designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 10 treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 11 6. 12 CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 13 confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 14 designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 15 burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 16 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 17 original designation is disclosed. 18 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 19 process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis 20 for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written 21 notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this 22 specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in 23 good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other 24 forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In 25 conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 26 designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the 27 designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, 28 to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -6- 26444\3446780.1 1 stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or 2 establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in 3 a timely manner. 4 6.3 6 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court parties shall comply with the undersigned's Standing Order re Civil intervention, the Challenging Party shall file and serve a motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in Discovery Disputes compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if applicable) within 21 days of the 7 initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer 8 process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be Any Discovery Dispute Joint Report shall affirm that accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet 5 9 10 and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. have been satisfied. 11 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 12 Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 13 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to 14 sanctions. All parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to 15 which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the challenge. 16 7. 17 ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 18 produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 19 defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to 20 the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has 21 been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 14 below (FINAL 22 DISPOSITION). 23 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 24 in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 25 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered 26 by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 27 information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -7- 26444\3446780.1 1 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 2 information for this litigation; 3 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 4 Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 5 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 6 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 7 reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 8 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 9 (d) the court and its personnel; 10 11 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation; 12 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 13 reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 14 (Exhibit A); 15 16 17 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 18 Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the 19 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY 20 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: 21 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 22 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 23 information for this litigation; 24 (b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 25 for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 26 (Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been 27 followed; 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 (c) the court and its personnel; STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -8- 26444\3446780.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation; and (e) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items to Designated House Counsel or Experts. (a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the 8 Designating Party information designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 9 ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) shall not be disclosed to House Counsel. The parties agree 10 that it may be productive for House Counsel to have access to certain, limited information 11 designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” for certain purposes, for 12 example to evaluate and advise concerning settlement or to assist with trial preparation. The 13 parties agree that consent to such access shall not be unreasonably withheld if a party requests 14 access to information that is reasonably necessary for House Counsel to assist in the evaluation 15 concerning possible settlement of the matter, or to assist with trial preparation. 16 (a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the 17 Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any 18 information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 19 EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a written request to the Designating 20 Party that: (1) identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 21 EYES ONLY” information that the Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert; 22 (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence; (3) 23 attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume; (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s); (5) 24 identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for 25 work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, 26 including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years; and (6) 27 identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in 28 connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a declaration, Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD -9- 26444\3446780.1 1 report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years. 2 (b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 3 preceding respective paragraph 7.4(a)(2) may disclose the subject Protected Material to the 4 identified Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written 5 objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on 6 which it is based. 7 (c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 8 Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by 9 10 agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party the parties shall comply with the undersigned's Standing Order re Civil Discovery Disputes. seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 11 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if applicable) seeking 12 permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with 13 specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary, 14 assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that 15 could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a 16 competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the 17 extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced 18 by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure. 19 In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden 20 of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed) 21 outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert. 22 8. 23 PROSECUTION BAR Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who receives access to 24 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information of a technical nature 25 shall not be involved, on behalf of the Receiving Party or any party that is competing or 26 attempting to compete with the Producing Party, in the prosecution of patents or patent 27 applications relating to the subject matter of the patented inventions and the highly confidential 28 technical information to be produced before any foreign or domestic agency, including the Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 10 - 26444\3446780.1 1 United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). For purposes of this paragraph, 2 “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting, amending, advising, or otherwise affecting 3 the scope or maintenance of patent claims. To avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as used in this 4 paragraph does not include representing a party challenging a patent before a domestic or foreign 5 agency (including, but not limited to, a reissue protest, ex parte reexamination or inter partes 6 reexamination). This Prosecution Bar shall begin when access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 7 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information of a technical nature is first received by the affected 8 individual and shall end two (2) years after final termination of this action. 9 9. 10 SOURCE CODE (a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a 11 Producing Party may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” 12 if it comprises or includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code. 13 (b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 14 CODE” shall be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 15 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information, including the Prosecution Bar set forth in Paragraph 16 8, and may be disclosed only to the individuals to whom “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 17 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may be disclosed, as set forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 18 7.4, with the exception of Designated House Counsel. 19 (c) Any source code produced in discovery shall be made available for inspection, in a 20 format allowing it to be reasonably reviewed and searched, during normal business hours or at 21 other mutually agreeable times, at an office of the Producing Party’s counsel or another mutually 22 agreed upon location. The source code shall be made available for inspection on a secured 23 computer in a secured room without Internet access or network access to other computers, and the 24 Receiving Party shall not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any portion of the source code onto 25 any recordable media or recordable device. The Producing Party may visually monitor the 26 activities of the Receiving Party’s representatives during any source code review, but only to 27 ensure that there is no unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of the source code. 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 (d) The Receiving Party may request paper copies of limited portions of source code STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 11 - 26444\3446780.1 1 that are reasonably necessary for the preparation of court filings, pleadings, expert reports, or 2 other papers, or for deposition or trial, but shall not request paper copies for the purpose of 3 reviewing the source code other than electronically as set forth in paragraph (c) in the first 4 instance. The Producing Party shall provide all such source code in paper form, including bates 5 numbers and the label “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” The Producing Party 6 may challenge the amount of source code requested in hard copy form pursuant to the dispute 7 resolution procedure and timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 whereby the Producing Party is the 8 “Challenging Party” and the Receiving Party is the “Designating Party” for purposes of dispute 9 resolution. 10 (e) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has inspected 11 any portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall maintain all 12 paper copies of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. The Receiving 13 Party shall not create any electronic or other images of the paper copies and shall not convert any 14 of the information contained in the paper copies into any electronic format. The Receiving Party 15 shall only make additional paper copies if such additional copies are (1) necessary to prepare 16 court filings, pleadings, or other papers (including a testifying expert’s expert report), (2) 17 necessary for deposition, or (3) otherwise necessary for the preparation of its case. Any paper 18 copies used during a deposition shall be retrieved by the Producing Party at the end of each day 19 and must not be given to or left with a court reporter or any other unauthorized individual. 20 10. 21 PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 22 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that 23 compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” 24 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: 25 26 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 27 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue 28 in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 12 - 26444\3446780.1 1 to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; 2 and 3 4 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 5 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 6 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 7 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a 8 determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained 9 the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of 10 seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions 11 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a 12 lawful directive from another court. 13 11. 14 A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 15 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non- 16 Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 17 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with 18 this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these 19 provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 20 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 21 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an 22 agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the 23 Party shall: 24 1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that 25 some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non- 26 Party; 27 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 13 - 26444\3446780.1 1 the information requested; and 2 3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 3 (c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court 4 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 5 produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non- 6 Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its 7 possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 8 determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 9 burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. See Paragraph 16. 10 12. 11 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 12 Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 13 Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the 14 unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the 15 Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were 16 made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 17 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 18 13. 19 20 INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 21 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 22 Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 23 provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery 24 order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of 25 Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a 26 communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product 27 protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order 28 submitted to the court. Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 14 - 26444\3446780.1 1 14. 2 3 MISCELLANEOUS 14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the court in the future. 4 14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 5 Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 6 information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no 7 Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered 8 by this Protective Order. 9 14.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party 10 or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in 11 the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 12 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62. Protected 13 Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 14 specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, a 15 sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is 16 privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a 17 Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79- 18 5(d) and General Order 62 is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected 19 Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by 20 the court. 21 15. 22 FINAL DISPOSITION Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, 23 each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such 24 material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 25 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 26 Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must 27 submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 28 Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 15 - 26444\3446780.1 1 the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has 2 not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 3 capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 4 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 5 legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 6 product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected 7 Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 8 this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 9 ** IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 10 11 Dated: November 29, 2012 12 Respectfully submitted, FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP **16. 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. By: /s/ Andrew Leibnitz Andrew Leibnitz 13 14 15 16 17 Attorneys for Plaintiff CAVE CONSULTING GROUP, LLC 18 19 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE, LLP David W. Harlan (pro hac vice) B. Scott Eidson (pro hac vice) Richard L. Brophy (pro hac vice) Dated: November 29, 2012 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 20 21 By: /s/ J. Thomas Vitt J. Thomas Vitt (pro hac vice) 22 Patricia A. Welch (Cal. Bar No. 127889) 23 Attorneys for Defendant INGENIX, INC. 24 25 26 27 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 16 - 26444\3446780.1 1 2 3 CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the undersigned filer of this document certifies that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. 4 /s/ Andrew Leibnitz Andrew Leibnitz 5 6 7 8 9 [PROPOSED] ORDER AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT, 26th PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED this ____ day of November, ^ 2012. July, 2013. 10 11 12 HON. EDWARD J. DAVILA United States District Judge HON. HOWARD R. LLOYD United States Magistrate Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 17 - 26444\3446780.1 1 2 3 EXHIBIT A ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I 5 have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the 6 United States District Court for the Northern District of California on [date] in the case of Cave 7 Consulting Group, Inc. v. Ingenix, Inc., Case No. 5:11-CV-469 EJD. I agree to comply with and 8 to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge 9 that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. 10 I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject 11 to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the 12 provisions of this Order. 13 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 14 Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 15 Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 16 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 17 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone 18 number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any 19 proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 20 21 Date: _________________________________ 22 23 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 24 25 26 27 28 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1800 Saint Louis, MO 63105 (314) 621-5070 Printed name: ______________________________ [printed name] Signature: _________________________________ [signature] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 5:11-cv-0469-EJD - 18 - 26444\3446780.1

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