Rustad v. Bank of America Corporation et al

Filing 24

Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Judge Dana L. Christensen on 10/4/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A) (NOS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
MISSOULA DIVISION

CV 16-72-M-DLC

LENNY J. RUSTAD,
Plaintiff,

ORDER
vs.
BANK OF AMERICA
CORPORATION and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
Defendants.
WHEREFORE, the parties having stipulated to entry of the following
Stipulated Protective Order, and good cause appearing,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following Stipulated Protective Order
(the "Order") shall be in effect and govern the designation and handling of
documents and information designated as confidential or proprietary by a party in
this case:
ORDER

By and through their counsel of record, the parties hereby stipulate as
follows:
1. Certain documents (and related information, materials, documents,

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and/or records) produced in the course of this action (the "Litigation") may contain
sensitive, confidential, proprietary, or secret commercial information not designed
or meant for public disclosure or barred from disclosure by law (the "Protected
Information"). Such documents or information produced by Plaintiff or
Defendants may be classified as "Confidential" or "Proprietary" by the producing
party (the "Designating Party"). This Order shall govern the use and dissemination
of all information, documents, or materials that are produced in this action and
designated "Confidential" or "Proprietary."
a. "Confidential" or "Proprietary" documents shall include all documents
and copies of such documents which the Designating Party has
designated as "Confidential" or "Proprietary" by marking each page of
each document "Confidential" or "Proprietary." The Designating Party
may also designate other material, including, but not limited to,
interrogatory responses, responses to requests for admission, deposition
transcripts, deposition videos, information or other written, recorded, or
graphic material produced or disclosed in this Litigation as
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" and thus bring them within the scope of
this Order. In lieu of marking the originals of such documents, any party
may mark the copies of such documents that are produced or exchanged.

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b. Any summary, compilation, notes, copy, electronic image, or database
containing Protected Information shall be subject to the terms of this
Order to the same extent as the material or information from which the
summary, compilation, notes, copy electronic image, or database is made
or derived.
c. Any inadvertent disclosure shall not be construed as a waiver by the
Designating Party of any right to assert the protections of this Protective
Order as to that inadvertently disclosed information.
2. Protected Information used in this Litigation may be disclosed only to
"Qualified Persons." "Qualified Persons" as used in this Order means:
a. This Court and its personnel;
b. Any third party appointed by the Court or retained by the parties for
settlement purposes or resolution of discovery or other disputes and their
staff;
c. Counsel of record for any party, including partners and associate
attorneys assigned to this litigation, and all paralegal assistants,
stenographic and clerical employees when working under the direct
supervision of each such attorney to whom it is necessary that
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" information be shown for purposes of the
Litigation;
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d. Experts, witnesses, potential witnesses, and mock jurors employed,
retained, or consulted by any party for the purpose of assisting in the
preparation for trial or trial of this Litigation;
e. The named parties, or a designated representative of a party, who may be
assisted by stenographic and clerical employees under the direct
supervision of other Qualified Persons as herein defined; and
f. Court reporters and stenographic reporters engaged in activities

necessarily incident to the preparation for trial of the Litigation.
g. The named parties or their employees or agents who use "Confidential"
or "Proprietary" information for on-going business activities, including
the servicing of the subject loan.
3. Any documents or information designated "Confidential" or "Proprietary"
information during a deposition, or which are marked as exhibits or shown to the
deponent or otherwise employed during a deposition shall be considered
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" information and subject to this Order.
4. Unless deemed admissible at the time of trial, any information designated
as "Confidential" or "Proprietary" shall not be made available to any persons other
than the Court (under seal) and those Qualified Persons listed in Subparagraphs
2.a. through 2.f. above. Qualified Persons who receive "Confidential" or

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"Proprietary" information shall use it solely for the purpose of this Litigation, and
for no other purpose whatsoever.
5. The failure to designate any information pursuant to this Protective
Order shall not constitute a waiver of any otherwise valid claim for protection.
Arrangements shall be made for the return to the Designating Party of all copies of
the mis-designated documents for the substitution, where appropriate, of properly
labeled copies.
6. The limitations of this Order shall not apply to any information or
document or thing which, at or prior to disclosure thereof in this action, is or was
publicly available, or which after disclosure thereof, becomes publicly available
other than by act or omission of the Receiving Party or its agents.

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7. If the Court orders, or if the Designating Party agrees in writing,
access to, or dissemination of, information submitted by the Designating Party as
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" information may be made to persons other than
those included in Paragraph 2, but such matter shall only be accessible to, or
disseminated to, such person in conformity with the written consent and agreement
of the Designating Party or, if pursuant to a court order, based upon the conditions
pertaining to, and obligations arising from this Order, and such persons shall be
considered subject to it, unless the Court first finds that the information is not
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" information as defined in Paragraph 1 hereof.
8. In the event the party receiving information designated as "Confidential"
or "Proprietary" disputes whether the information is properly designated as such,
the Receiving Party shall, within sixty (60) days, move for an order designating the
information as not "Confidential" or Proprietary". The parties shall comply with
any ruling thereon. Nothing in this Paragraph 8 shall be construed as shifting the
applicable burden of proof for establishing the privilege or protection.
9. The parties shall not be precluded by this Order from timely complying
with the demand or subpoena of any authority having jurisdiction. The parties,
shall, however, use reasonable, diligent efforts to obtain confidential
treatment of any Protected Information disclosed pursuant to this paragraph (or any
other applicable provision hereof), and shall promptly notify the other party of
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such demand or subpoena, providing full particulars thereof, together with full
explanation and details regarding the other party's diligent efforts to obtain
confidential treatment of Protected Information subject to this Order.
10. No "Confidential" or "Proprietary" documents shall be filed with the
Court except under seal, or unless deemed non-Confidential and non-Proprietary in
accordance with the procedure set forth in Paragraph 8 above. If a party wishes to
file a document with the Court under seal, the party shall comply with the
procedures set forth in Local Rule 5 .1 for doing so.
11. With sole exception of counsel and their employees, each person to
whom disclosure of "Confidential" or "Proprietary" information is to be made shall
be advised of this Protective Order and shall execute an agreement (the form of
which is Exhibit "A" hereto) (the "Confidential Agreement") signed pursuant to
the terms of this Protective Order. Each such writing shall be retained by counsel
and shall be made available to the other party upon request following settlement or
judgment.
12. At the conclusion of the litigation, any originals or reproductions of any
documents produced by a party shall be returned to the Designating Party or
destroyed within 30 days upon request. Other than attorney work product, any and
all copies, analyses, compilations, summaries and extracts in the possession or
control of one party and "Qualified Persons" associated therewith which reflect or
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include information derived from documents or testimony designated as
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" by the other party shall be destroyed.
"Confidential" or "Proprietary" information contained in attorney work product
shall not be disseminated by the attorney, except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in this Order.
13. If "Confidential" or "Proprietary" information submitted in
accordance with this Order is disclosed to any person other than in the manner
authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the disclosure must immediately
bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of the
Designating Party and the Court and, without prejudice to other rights and
remedies of the Designating Party, make every effort to prevent further disclosure
by it or by the person who was the recipient of such information.
14. The production of any document or information protected by the
attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, and/or any other applicable
privilege shall not constitute a waiver of any such privilege or doctrine. Upon
receipt of notice of such production from the Designating Party or upon the
Receiving Party seeing that such production has been made, the Receiving Party
shall, within fourteen ( 14) days, return all copies of such document( s) (the
"Identified Materials") to the Designating Party other than copies containing
attorney's notes or other attorney work product that may have been placed thereon
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by counsel for the Receiving Party and shall destroy all copies of such documents
that contain such notes or other attorney work product. The Identified Materials
shall be deleted from any systems used to house the documents, including
document review databases, e-rooms and any other location that stores the
documents. The Receiving Party may make no use of the Identified Materials
during any aspect of this matter or any other matter, including in depositions or at
trial, unless the documents are later designated by the Court as not privileged or
protected. The contents of the Identified Materials shall not be disclosed to anyone
who was not already aware of the contents of them before the notice was made.
The party returning the Identified Materials may move the Court for an order
compelling production of some or all of the materials returned or destroyed, but the
basis for such a motion may not be the fact or circumstances of the production.
This Paragraph 14 does not constitute a concession by any party that any
documents are subject to protection by the attorney-client privilege. This
Paragraph 14 also is not intended to waive or limit in any way either party's right
to contest any privilege claims that may be asserted with respect to any of the
documents produced except to the extent stated herein.
15. Any Party may seek a modification of this Order at any time by filing an
appropriate motion with the Court. Nothing in this Order shall abridge the right of
any person to seek further judicial review or to pursue other appropriate judicial
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action with respect to any ruling made by the Court concerning the issue of the
status of "Confidential" or "Proprietary" information. Nothing contained herein
shall be construed as a waiver of any objections which might be raised as to the
admissibility of any evidentiary material at any time during the Litigation,
including, but not limited to, at trial.
16. The provisions of this Order shall continue to be binding after the
conclusion of the litigation, except that a party may seek the written permission of
the Designating Party or further order of the Court with respect to dissolution or
modifications of the Order which may also be made by any party at any time
during the pendency of this litigation.
Pursuant to L.R. 11.2(a)(l), all signors to this document have consented to
filing this Stipulation using the "Isl ' electronic signature.
DATED this 2nct day of October, 2017.
PAOLI LAW FIRM, PC
By: Isl Paul M Leisher (with consent)
Paul M. Leisher
Attorneys for Plaintiff

BROWNING, KALECZYC, BERRY & HOVEN, P.C.
By: Isl Mark D. Etchart
Mark D. Etchart
Attorneys for Defendant Bank of America, N.A.
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DATED this

4-~ day ofOcto

r, 2017.

"
Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge
United States District Court

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