Gotch v. Milk Specialties Company

Filing 14

PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 12 Motion for Protective Order as provided herein. (Attachments: # 1 Ex. A Disclosure Agreement) Ordered by Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken. (TRL)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA

CORY GOTCH,
Plaintiff,

8:15CV350

vs.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
MILK SPECIALTIES COMPANY,
Defendant.
This matter comes before the court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of
Stipulated Protective Order (Filing No. 12), and the Court being fully advised in the
premises finds that the requested relief should be granted as follows:

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED all information, documents, photographic
evidence, and testimony produced and obtained during the course of discovery which
the producing party claims constitute or contain trade secrets, confidential business
information, or competitively sensitive data and has therefore marked or otherwise
designated as confidential, specifically including but not limited to any and all
photographs or videos of the defendant’s premises, shall only be disseminated as
follows:
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To the parties, their claim administrators, and their counsel, including firm
lawyers, firm paralegals, and firm support personnel who are working on
this action with counsel, who shall collectively be bound by a written
agreement not to disseminate, signed by counsel, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A;



To persons employed by counsel as vendors, consultants or expert
witnesses or consultants in this action, who shall also be bound by and
execute a written agreement not to disseminate, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A;

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To judges, court personnel, and the jury in this action under restricted
access pursuant to NECivR 5.3; and

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To certified court reporters acting as such.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the written agreement not to disseminate, titled
Nondisclosure Agreement, attached to this Protective Order as Exhibit A, is
incorporated herein; that all confidential documents filed shall be filed under restricted
access pursuant to the provisions of the Local Rules of the this Court 5.3 and 7.5; and
nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent any party from seeking such additional or
further protection as deemed necessary or appropriate to protect documents or
information subject to discovery herein;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED nothing herein shall preclude a party from
challenging the designation of any information, document, or testimony as confidential,
by notifying counsel for the disclosing party in writing of such objection, specifying with
particularity the material believed to be improperly classified and the basis for the
contention that such material should not be designated as confidential, whereupon
counsel for the parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute over such
designation, and only upon failure to resolve such dispute, counsel for the disclosing
party may file a motion seeking appropriate relief; provided, however, that in the
absence of resolution or motion within 30 days of service of such objection, the
information, document or testimony at issue will no longer be considered confidential;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the obligations imposed by this Protective Order
shall survive the termination of this action and any related actions.
Dated this 3rd day of March, 2016.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Thomas D. Thalken
United States Magistrate Judge

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