Reinke Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Elecsys Corporation et al

Filing 54

ORDER granting 52 Motion for Protective Order Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (Zwart, Cheryl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
REINKE MANUFACTURING CO., INC., a
Nebraska Corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
ELECSYS CORPORATION and
AGJUNCTION f/k/a HEMISPHERE, a/k/a
AGJUNCTION INC. f/k/a HEMISPHERE GPS
INC., a/k/a AGJUNCTION LLC f/k/a
HEMISPHERE GPS LLC,
Defendants,
AGJUNCTION f/k/a HEMISPHERE, a/k/a
AGJUNCTION INC. f/k/a HEMISPHERE GPS
INC., a/k/a AGJUNCTION LLC f/k/a
HEMISPHERE GPS LLC,
Third Party Plaintiff,
v.
HEMISPHERE GNSS,
Third Party Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 4:16-cv-03115

AMENDED STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER

THIS MATTER came on for consideration pursuant to the agreement of the parties,
Reinke Manufacturing Co., Inc., Elecsys Corporation, AgJunction, and Hemisphere GNSS
(USA) Inc., herein as evidenced by the signatures of their respective counsel below, for entry of
a protective order to preserve the confidentiality of certain documents, information, records, and
material to be produced in this case.
Being fully advised on the premises and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), the Court
hereby ORDERS that the following terms and procedures shall govern the handling of

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confidential, trade secret, and/or proprietary information produced by any party, third party, or
witness in this action:
1.

“Confidential Information” means any type of information, document or

tangible object, including but not limited to electronic files, electronic mail, photographs,
voicemails, videotape recordings, plans, drawings and designs, that is designated in good faith as
confidential by the supplying party, whether it be a tangible thing, a document, information
contained in a document, information revealed during a deposition or during an inspection of the
facilities of the parties, or information revealed in an interrogatory answer or other discovery.
2.

“Qualified Person” means:
(a)

The Court, court personnel, jurors, and the attorneys and their law firms of
record in this action and any associated counsel including associated
outside and in-house counsel for each party or the partner of a party, and
stenographic, clerical or paralegal employees of those attorneys and
counsel to whom it is necessary that the information be disclosed for
purposes of this action. Persons identified in this subparagraph (a) need
not physically sign the Confidentiality Agreement, the general form of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference
herein.

(b)

Independent experts or consultants employed by a party or its attorneys of
record in this action who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Protective Order. The independent expert or consultant must read this
Protective Order and complete and sign the Confidentiality Agreement in
the general form of Exhibit A, attached. Any such form signed by an

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expert or consultant shall be kept in the respective counsel’s file until the
time for disclosure of such experts and/or consultants, if applicable.
(c)

Officers, directors, committee members, board members, and employees
of the parties including, where applicable, those of the partners and partner
entities comprising the parties designated specifically by each party in
good faith as necessary to receive designated information and who agree,
in writing, to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order. The officers
or employees must read this Protective Order and complete and sign the
Confidentiality Agreement in the general form of Exhibit A, attached.

(d)

Any person carrying on an insurance business which may be liable to
satisfy part or all of a judgment which may be entered in the action or to
indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the judgment and
such person’s employees and attorneys. Any person designated under this
subparagraph must read this Protective Order and complete and sign the
Confidentiality Agreement in the general form of Exhibit A, attached.

(e)

Any other person who is designated as a Qualified Person by Order of the
Court, after notice to all parties, or who, by agreement of the parties, is
designated as a Qualified Person.

Any person designated under this

subparagraph must read this Protective Order and complete and sign the
Confidentiality Agreement in the general form of Exhibit A, attached.
3.

Documents and things produced by any party or non-party which contain

Confidential Information shall be designated as such by marking each page of the document or
thing at or before the time of production substantially as follows: CONFIDENTIAL. In the

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event a non-party produces information, any party may designate the information under the terms
of this Protective Order within thirty (30) days of receipt of such information. Only a Qualified
Person under Paragraph 2 shall have access to documents or information designated as
CONFIDENTIAL.
4.

Documents and things produced by any party or non-party which contain

confidential and proprietary business information may be designated “ATTORNEY EYES
ONLY” information. Each page of the document or thing shall be marked substantially as
follows:

ATTORNEY EYES ONLY.

Only Qualified Persons under Paragraph 2(a) and

independent experts designated under Paragraph 2(b) to whom it is necessary that the
information be disclosed for purposes of this action shall have access to information designated
ATTORNEY EYES ONLY.
5.

Testimony taken or information disclosed at a deposition may be designated as

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY by indicating on the record at the deposition
or within fifteen (15) days from the receipt of the transcript, and the entire deposition shall be
treated as Confidential until the fifteen (15) day period has lapsed. After the expiration of the
fifteen (15) days, only those portions of the deposition transcript designated as containing
CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY are subject to this Protective Order.
6.

Any information designated as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES

ONLY shall not be disclosed by any party to this action to any persons or entities as except as
provided herein or as provided upon further Order of this Court.
7.

Any information designated as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES

ONLY shall not be used by the non-designating party or non-designating parties for any purpose
other than in connection with this action.

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8.

A party designating information as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES

ONLY has the affirmative obligation to do so in the good-faith belief that such information is
entitled to protection from disclosure.
9.

A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation for

protection at the time the designation is made, and a failure to do so shall not preclude a
subsequent challenge. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any point in these
proceedings with any designation made under this Protective Order, the parties shall first try to
resolve such dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved
informally, the party objecting to the designation may seek appropriate relief from this Court.
The party seeking to protect information shall have the burden of proving the appropriateness of
the level of protection sought. All parties shall continue to treat any information designated as
CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY consistent with the terms of this Protective
Order pending any motion to challenge such a designation and until such designation is altered
or amended by Order of this Court or agreement of the parties.
10.

Any documents or exhibits produced and any transcripts of depositions taken in

any prior litigation that contain Confidential Information and are subject to protective orders in
those cases shall be produced under, and made subject to, the protections provided in this
Protective Order, only if such production is permitted under the terms of the applicable
protective orders.
11.

Nothing shall prevent disclosure beyond the terms of this Order if the party

designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY consents, in
writing, to the disclosure or, if the Court, after notice to all parties, orders such disclosure.

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12.

Discovery, testimony, exhibits and other material filed with the Court, including,

inter alia, transcripts of depositions, exhibits, briefs, and memoranda, which comprise or contain
CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY information, shall be filed and kept by the
Court pursuant to NECivR 5.3(c) and NECivR 7.5. The information filed under seal shall
include only those portions of the filing that are designated CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY
EYES ONLY. The remainder of the filing need not be filed under seal.
13.

Not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the conclusion of this action,

including appeal, by entry of a final order, any originals or reproductions of any documents
designated as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY information shall be returned
to the designating party or destroyed. The provisions of this Paragraph 13 do not apply to
pleadings, deposition transcripts or exhibits. If the CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES
ONLY information is destroyed rather than returned to the designated party, the non-designating
party must provide written confirmation of the destruction of the CONFIDENTIAL or
ATTORNEY EYES ONLY information to the designating party.
14.

The designation of any material in accordance with this Order as constituting or

containing CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY EYES ONLY information is intended to
facilitate the preparation and trial of this action and to protect such information from being used
outside of this litigation to the detriment of any of the parties. Treatment of such designated
material by counsel of record for named parties in conformity with such designation shall not be
an admission or agreement by any party that the designated material constitutes or contains any
confidential or proprietary information.
15.

The inadvertent or unintended disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY

EYES ONLY pursuant to discovery in this lawsuit shall not be a waiver of a subsequent claim

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of protected treatment under this Protective Order, either as to the specific information and/or
documents, provided that written notice of the claim of confidentiality is given to all counsel of
record.
16.

When a producing party gives notice to receiving parties that certain

inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the
obligations of the receiving parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
26(b)(5)(B). The parties agree that inspection or production of documents (including physical
objects) shall not constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work product immunity
or any other applicable privilege or immunity from discovery in this litigation or any other
Federal or State proceeding if, as soon as reasonably possible after the producing party
becomes aware of any inadvertent or unintentional disclosure, the producing party designates
any such documents as within the attorney-client privilege or work product immunity or any
other applicable privilege or immunity and requests return of such documents to the producing
party. Upon request by the producing party, the receiving party shall immediately return all
copies of such inadvertently produced document(s). Nothing herein shall prevent the receiving
party from challenging the propriety of the attorney-client privilege or work product immunity
or other applicable privilege or immunity designation by submitting a written challenge to the
Court.
17.

All documents, materials, information, exhibits, testimony, and anything else

produced or exchanged in the course of the above-captioned litigation, and all copies thereof,
shall be used solely for the purpose of the above-captioned litigation and for no other purpose
whatsoever, and will be destroyed by the receiving parties upon the termination of the abovecaptioned litigation.

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18.

The parties agree to be bound by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement set

forth above regardless of whether, or when, the Court enters this Protective Order.
DATED this
June 13, 2017. _____ day of ____________, 2017. THE COURT:
BY
BY THE COURT:

_______________________

__________________________________________
Cheryl R. Zwart
United States District Court Judge
United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
1.

I have been asked by _______________________ or its counsel to receive and

review certain materials or testimony that have been designated as CONFIDENTIAL and/or
ATTORNEY EYES ONLY within the terms of the Protective Order entered in the action
entitled, Reinke Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Elecsys Corporation et al., Civil Action No. 16-cv03115, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
2.

I have read the aforementioned Protective Order, and agree to be bound by it.

3.

I hereby agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for

the District of Nebraska, for enforcement of the undertakings I have made.
4.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing

is true and correct.

Executed on: _________________________

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