Griffin v. Lee Enterprises, Inc.

Filing 16

ORDER granting 14 Motion for Protective Order Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (JLK)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
LORI GRIFFIN,
Plaintiff,
v.
LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
d/b/a LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR,
Defendant.

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Case No. 4:17-cv-3005
PROTECTIVE ORDER

The parties, through counsel, as evidenced by the signatures of their
respective counsel below, have stipulated to the entry of a Protective Order to
preserve the confidentiality of certain documents in this matter, specifically,
any interrogatory answer or any document produced by either party, which
discloses personal information (e.g., age, sex, salary, employment history, etc.)
of any current or former employee of the Lincoln Journal Star.
The Court, being duly advised in the premises, finds as follows:
1.

The records referenced above and any copies thereof shall be

utilized by Plaintiff and Defendant solely in connection with discovery, pretrial
proceedings, preparation for trial, trial, appeal and/or settlement, and for no
other purpose, and shall not be disseminated, published, shown or otherwise
disclosed to any person or entity except as provided herein.
2.

Before counsel discloses the records to any designated expert or

consultant or to their clients, said individual must first execute the following
agreement:

AGREEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY
I hereby certify that I have read the Protective Order entered on
_____________ ___, 2017, (the "Order") in the action now pending in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Nebraska, entitled Lori Griffin v. Lee
Enterprises, Incorporated d/b/a Lincoln Journal Star, (the "Action"), and am
fully familiar with its terms. I understand that in the course of my activities in
connection with the Action I may have occasion to examine, inspect, or be
exposed to records subject to the terms of the Protective Order. I therefore
agree to be bound and comply with all of the terms and prohibitions of the
Order and not to do any act or thing in violation of the Order.
3.

All persons to whom the records are disclosed pursuant to this

Order shall:
a.

b.

not reveal the contents of the records to any person not
already subject to the terms of this Order;

c.

not reveal or use the contents of the records except for the
purposes set forth in Paragraph 1 above; and

d.

4.

be responsible for keeping such custody of control over said
records so as to assure that said records are not lost,
misplaced, or inadvertently disclosed in violation of the
provisions of this Order;

return promptly to counsel for the disclosing party any copy
of any such records entrusted to him or her when no longer
required by him or her for the purposes set forth in
Paragraph 1 above.

The records or any information contained therein shall be treated

as confidential pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order.

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5.

After this action is terminated by the entry of a final and no-

further-appealable order, the records and the information contained therein
shall not thereafter be disclosed to any third party and shall be returned to the
agency which provided said records.
6.

This order is to remain in force until modified by the Court for good

cause shown.
DATED this 21st day of September, 2017.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
Magistrate Judge

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