Discover Group, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (Modifed by the Court) re 41 Amended [Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on 1/28/2014. (hrllc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/28/2014)
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SOLOMON F. ANTAR, PC (pro hac vice)
Solomon.Antar@gmail.com
42 Falmouth Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11235
Telephone: 718-769-3200
Facsimile:
718-504-6138
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
DISCOVER GROUP, INC.
AMY P. FRENZEN (SBN #245368)
amy.frenzen@dbr.com
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
50 Fremont Street, 20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2235
Telephone:
(415) 591-7500
Facsimile:
(415) 591-7510
Attorneys for Defendant
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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DISCOVER GROUP, INC., a New York
Corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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Case No. 12-cv-4077 (EJD)
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(MODIFIED BY THE COURT)
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, a
Delaware Corporation,
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Defendant.
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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of
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confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.
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Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated
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Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on
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all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure
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and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
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under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section
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12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential
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information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62 set forth the procedures that
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must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the
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court to file material under seal.
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DEFINITIONS
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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of
information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is
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generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule
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of Civil Procedure 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 Non-Party
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would create a substantial risk of serious injury that could not be avoided by less restrictive
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means.
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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as
well as their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that
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it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” or "Highly
Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only."
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the
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medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things,
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testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or
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responses to discovery in this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to
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the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a
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consultant in this action.
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Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal
entity not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this
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action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action
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on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.
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consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,
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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery
Material in this action.
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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services
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(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and
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organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and
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subcontractors.
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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as
“Confidential” or as “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.”
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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a
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Producing Party.
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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material
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(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2)
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all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony,
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conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following
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information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a
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Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as
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a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the
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public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party
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prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who
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obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating
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Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.
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DURATION
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Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by
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this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court
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order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all
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claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after
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the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action,
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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to
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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.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party
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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.
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The Designating Party must 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
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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are
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shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to
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unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary
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expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. If it comes to a
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Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for protection do not
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qualify for protection, that Designating 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 Order
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(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,
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Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so
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designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
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for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,
but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing
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Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the
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material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the
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protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). A Party or Non-Party
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that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need not designate them for
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protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would like copied and
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produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for
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inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After
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the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing
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Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend to
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each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page
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qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
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(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,
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that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or
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other proceeding, all protected testimony, and further specify any portions of the testimony that
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qualify as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. When it is impractical
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to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection, and when it appears
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that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Party or Non-Party that
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sponsors, offers, or gives the testimony may invoke on the record (before the deposition or
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proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the
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testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted
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(“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”). Only
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those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days
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shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.
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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
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container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL”
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or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions
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of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall
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identify the protected portion(s), specifying whether they qualify as “Confidential” or as “Highly
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Confidential – 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 does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s
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right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a
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designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is
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treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of
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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality
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designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic
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burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to
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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 dispute resolution
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process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis
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for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written
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notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this
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specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in
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good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other
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forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In
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conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality
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designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the
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designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered,
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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
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establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in
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a timely manner.
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court
parties shall comply with the undersigned's Standing Order re: Civil Discovery Disputes.
intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under
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Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if
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applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties
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agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each
Any discovery dispute joint report shall
such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has
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have been satisfied
complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by
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timely seek judicial intervention
the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or
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14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each
seek relief with respect to
challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a
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confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to
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the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to
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this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has
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complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating
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Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose
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unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to
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sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to
seek relief
file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the
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material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s
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designation until the court rules on the challenge.
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or
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produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,
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defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to
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the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has
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been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL
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DISPOSITION).
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and
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in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
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Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the
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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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the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as
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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the
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information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
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Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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House Counsel of a Receiving Party, as well as employees assisting said House
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Counsel, (1) who have no involvement in competitive decision-making involving any product or
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category of product at issue in this litigation, and (2) to whom disclosure is necessary for this
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litigation; and who have signed the "Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound" that is
attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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(c)
Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is
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reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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the Court and its personnel;
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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 “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and
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the author of the document or the original source of the information.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered
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by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any
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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as
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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the
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information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
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Bound” that is attached 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
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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(c)
Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment
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and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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the court and its personnel;
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(e)
court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock
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jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation
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and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is
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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of
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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be
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separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted
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under this Stipulated Protective Order.
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the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
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custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
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LITIGATION
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels
disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” that Party must:
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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to
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issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is
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subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated
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Protective Order; and
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cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by
the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the
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subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a
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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained
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the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of
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seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions
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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a
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lawful directive from another court.
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS
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(a)
The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-
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Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with
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this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these
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provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
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(b)
In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an
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agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the
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Party shall:
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promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party
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that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-
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Party;
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(2)
promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
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Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific
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description of the information requested; and
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make the information requested available for inspection by the
Non-Party.
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If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court
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within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may
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produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-
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Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its
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possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
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determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the
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burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
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Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective
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Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the
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unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the
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Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were
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made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED
When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently
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produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the
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Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This
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provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery
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order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of
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Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a
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communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product
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protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order
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submitted to the court.
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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1
Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to
seek its modification by the court in the future.
12.2
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
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by this Protective Order.
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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party
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or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in
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the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62. Protected
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Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the
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specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, a
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sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is
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privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a
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Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-
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5(d) and General Order 62 is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the
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information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed
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by the court.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each
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Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such
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material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,
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compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
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Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must
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submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the
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Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all
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the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party has
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not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or
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capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to
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retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts,
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legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work
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product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected
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Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to
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this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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14. All disclosure and discovery disputes are subject to the undersigned's Standing Order re: Civil
Discovery Disputes.
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D RINKER B IDDLE &
R EATH LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO
AMENDED [PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
Dated: December 4, 2013
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By:/s/ Amy P. Frenzen
Amy P. Frenzen
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Attorneys for Defendant
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
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Dated: December 4, 2013
SOLOMON E. ANTAR, PC
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By:/s/ Solomon E. Antar
Solomon E. Antar
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
DISCOVER GROUP, INC.
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Attestation Pursuant to Local Rule 5.1(i)(3)
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Pursuant to Local Rule 5.1(i)(3), I, Amy P. Frenzen, hereby attest that I am the ECF user
whose ID and password are being used to file this Stipulated Protective Order and I have
obtained concurrence from Solomon Antar, counsel for Plaintiff, in the filing of this document. I
declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the United States of America that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Dated: December 4, 2013
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/s/ Amy P. Frenzen
Amy P. Frenzen
AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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1/28/14
DATED: ________________________ _____________________________________
Edward J. Davila Howard R. Lloyd
United States District Judge Magistrate Judge
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D RINKER B IDDLE &
R EATH LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO
AMENDED [PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
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EXHIBIT A
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print or
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type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand
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the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the
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Northern District of California on ________[date] in the case of DISCOVER GROUP, INC. v.
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, CASE NO. 12-CV-4077 (EJD), I agree to comply with and
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to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge
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that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt.
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I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject
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to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the
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provisions of this Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern
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District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order,
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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
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number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any
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proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.
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Date: ______________________________________
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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
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Printed name: _______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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D RINKER B IDDLE &
R EATH LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO
AMENDED [PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
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