Progressive Casualty Insurance Company v. Delaney et al
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ORDER that each of the parties and their respective counsel shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the agreement concerning the production is ESI documents. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 10/24/13. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)
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MORRIS LAW GROUP
Robert McCoy, N o. 9121
Email: rrm@morrislawgroup.com
Joni A. Jamison, No. 11614
Email: jaj@morrislawgroup.com
900 Bank of America Plaza
300 South Fourth Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: (702) 474-9400
LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY
Eric D. Olson (pro hac vice)
Email: eolson@lhlaw.com
3501 Jamboree Road, Suite 6000
Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone: (949) 419-8713
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DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
Andrew M. Reidy (pro hac vice)
Email: reidya@dicksteinshapiro.com
Catherine J. Serafin (pro hac vice)
Email: serafinc@dicksteinshapiro.com
Joseph M. Saka (pro hac vice)
Email: sakaj@dicksteinshapiro.com
1825 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 420-2200
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Attorneys for Intervenor Federal Deposit
Insurance Company as Receiver for
Sun West Bank
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,
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JACKIE K. DELANEY; LARRY E.
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Case No. 2:11-cv-00678-LRH-PAL
JOINT PROPOSED ESI
PROTOCOL
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SHIVELY; STEPHEN C. KALB;
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Plaintiff and Defendants have conferred regarding the
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production of electronically stored information in their possession,
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custody, or control (“ESI”), agree to the following, and respectfully move
the Court to enter an Order approving the same.
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As used herein, “Plaintiff” or “Progressive” means
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capacity as Receiver of Sun West Bank (“Sun West” or the “Bank”), and “Ds
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& Os” means Defendants Jackie K. Delaney, Larry E. Carter, Mark A. Stout,
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Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, “FDIC-R” means the FDIC in its
Kenneth Templeton, John Shively, Stephen C. Kalb, Jerome F. Snyder,
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Hugh Templeton, and Rick Dreschler. As used herein, the words “Party” or
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“Parties” include Plaintiff, FDIC-R, and the Ds & Os.
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This Protocol, including the provisions set forth in Exhibit
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A, applies to the ESI provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 16, 26,33, 34, and 37.
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Insofar as it relates to ESI, this Protocol also applies to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, if
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agreed to by the recipient of any subpoena issued pursuant to that rule, in
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all instances in which the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are the same as, or
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substantially similar to, the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 16, 26, 33, 34, or 37.
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Nothing contained herein modifies Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 and, specifically, the
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provision of Rule 45(c)(2)(B) regarding the effect of a written objection to
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inspection or copying of any or all of the designated materials or premises.
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The Parties agree that this Protocol will serve as a guideline for any
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subpoena for documents issued to ABA Insurance Services Inc. (“ABAIS”),
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Progressive’s managing general agent, in this matter. The Parties shall
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meet and confer regarding the appropriateness of this Protocol with respect
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to any subpoena to ABAIS. Nothing in this Protocol shall be deemed to
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constitute a waiver of any objections ABAIS may have with respect to any
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such subpoena. Nothing in this Protocol shall be deemed to prevent a
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Party from seeking the Court’s intervention with respect to any issues that
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may arise regarding the application of this Protocol to a subpoena issued to
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ABAIS and/or any objections ABAIS may have with respect to any such
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subpoena if the Parties are unable to resolve any such issues or objections
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without the Court’s assistance. Likewise, nothing in this Protocol shall be
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deemed to prevent any other Party from opposing any relief sought from
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the Court.
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In this Protocol, the following terms have the following
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“Metadata” means: (i) information embedded in a
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Native File, including but not limited to the information identified in
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Exhibit A hereto, that is not ordinarily viewable or printable from the
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application that generated, edited, or modified such Native File; and (ii)
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information generated automatically by the operation of a computer or
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other information technology system when a Native File is created,
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modified, transmitted, deleted, or otherwise manipulated by a user of such
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system. Metadata is a subset of ESI.
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“Native File(s)” means ESI in the electronic format
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of the software application m which such ESI is normally created, viewed,
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and/or modified. Native Files are a subset of ESI. Native Files include, but
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are not limited to, the files identified in Exhibit A.
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“Static Image(s)” means a representation of ESI
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produced by converting a Native File, including but not limited to the
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types of files identified in Exhibit A, into a standard image format capable
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of being viewed and printed on standard computer systems. In the absence
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of agreement of the Parties or order of Court, a Static Image, when
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provided, should be provided in 300 dpi resolution, single-page black and
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white CCITT Group IV Tagged Image File Format (TIFF or .TIF files). If a
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TIFF or .TIF file cannot be created, then the Static Image should be
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provided in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Notwithstanding the protocols set forth in this Protocol,
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each Party shall produce any and all ESI it intends to rely upon in support
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of any claim or defense with respect to this matter.
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Tn accordance with Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), to
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information covered by the attorney-client privilege, work-product
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the extent any Party or subpoena recipient discloses a communication or
doctrine, or any other applicable privilege(s) or protection(s) (collectively
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Privilege’) that Privilege is not waived by disclosure connected with the
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litigation pendmg before the Court, and the disclosure is also not a waiver
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in any other federal or state proceeding. Upon discovery by any Party or
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recipient of a subpoena that produces documents subject to this Protocol
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that it inadvertently disclosed materials it believes to be protected by
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Privilege, that Party or subpoena recipient shall promptly notify all Parties
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or their counsel in writing of the disclosure, identify the document that
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contains or consists of material believed to be Privileged, and immediately
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take steps to prevent further disclosure of such material. The provisions of
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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) shall govern the Parties and any
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subpoena recipient that produces documents subject to this Protocol with
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respect to any such material. Similarly, if any Party receives ESI from a
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producing Party or subpoena recipient that it reasonably believes the
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producing Party or subpoena recipient may have inadvertently produced
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because it clearly contains information that may be protected by the
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attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or any other privileges or
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protections, the receiving Party shall notify the producing Party or
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subpoena recipient that it believes that such ESI may have been
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inadvertently produced. The provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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26(b)(5)(B) shall govern the Parties and any subpoena recipients that
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produce documents subject to this Protocol with respect to any such
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material. To the extent the Parties or subpoena recipients disagree
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regarding the application of these principles to any such material, or
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challenge the privileged nature of such material, the receiving Parties shall
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not make use of the material in question until the matter is resolved by the
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Court.
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Nothing in this Protocol requires Progressive, FDIC-R, or
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the Ds & Os to produce again information that was produced before this
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action was commenced and/or before this Protocol has been entered by the
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Court. The Parties reserve the right to address how to deal with any
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productions made before the action commenced.
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The Parties have discussed whether the Party receiving
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ESI should be required to pay to the Party producing ESI six cents ($0.06)
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per Static Image for all ESI produced in Static Image format. The Parties
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have agreed to defer resolution of this issue until a later date. In the event
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that the Parties are unable to reach agreement regarding this issue, all
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Parties reserve the right to raise this issue with the Court if they deem it to
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be necessary. Moreover, nothing in this Protocol shall be deemed to
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constitute a waiver of any Party’s right to do so or a waiver of any Party’s
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right to contest any such effort. Other than the six cents ($0.06) per page
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addressed in this Paragraph, the Parties agree that all other costs associated
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with the production of ESI shall be borne by the producing Party unless
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otherwise specified in this Protocol.
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8. Nothing in this Protocol shall preclude any Party from
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seeking any documents in discovery. However, except for good cause
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shown, further agreement of the Parties, or as provided in this Protocol, the
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procedures set forth in this Protocol shall be the only way in which ESI
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shall be retrieved and produced in this matter.
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The Parties shall exchange a list of electronic data sources
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that will be searched for relevant ESI and a list of all custodians whose
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electronic files will be searched for relevant ESI. Absent agreement among
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the Parties otherwise, all searches shall be run against all electronic data
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sources and custodians’ files disclosed by the producing Party. In the event
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a specific search for ESI will be run against only certain discrete data
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sources or a subset of custodians’ files, then the Parties shall exchange a list
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of the discrete data sources and/or the subset of custodians’ files that will
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be searched. If a Party contends the production of materials sought from
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one or more custodians is unduly burdensome or that the list of custodians
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whose electronic files will be searched is too broad or too narrow, the
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Parties agree to meet and confer to attempt to resolve the issue. Nothing in
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this Protocol shall prevent a Party from seekmg the Court s mtervention
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with respect to any such issue if the Parties are unable to resolve it
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themselves or from preventing any other Party from opposing any relief
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sought.
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Progressive represents it is in possession, custody, or
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control of the following categories of ESI: (1) Email; (2) General Documents;
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(3) Website Documents; and (4) Progress Documents. “General
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Documents” consists of all electronic documents that may include relevant
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ESI not encompassed solely in categories (1), (3), or (4). In addition to the
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foregoing, Progressive has certain ESI stored on backup tapes (“Backup
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Documents”). Upon restoration from backup, Backup Documents also
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would be in Progressive’s possession. Backup Documents are addressed in
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Paragraph 17 below. Progressive represents that, to the best of its
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knowledge, this is a full, complete, and accurate listing of all categories of
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ESI from which materials relevant to this action may be retrieved.
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and the Ds & Os reserve the right to seek additional ESI in the possession,
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custody, or control of Progressive or ABAIS, and nothing contained herein
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shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of their right to do so. Progressive
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and ABAIS reserve the right to object to any efforts by FDIC-R or the Ds &
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Subject to the terms of this Protocol, including, but not
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limited to, Paragraph 9, and the Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated
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Protective Order in this matter (Docket No. 63), and pursuant to an Order
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of this Court which shall be deemed made by approval of this Protocol,
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Progressive shall produce relevant, non-privileged documents in categories
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(1) and (2), collectively referred to as the “Progressive Searchable ESI,” in
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accordance with the procedures set forth in this Protocol and in the format
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specified m Exhibit A hereto. Progressive shall produce relevant, non
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privileged ESI in category (3) as specifically addressed in Paragraph 15
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below. Progressive shall produce relevant, non-privileged ESI in category
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(4) as specifically addressed in Paragraph 16 below.
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The Parties shall collectively agree upon a reasonable set
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of search terms to run across the processed Progressive Searchable ESI. If
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the Parties are unable to agree upon search terms after conferring in good
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faith, any Party may raise the issue with the Court by motion. In order to
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facilitate the good faith negotiation of search terms among the Parties, with
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respect to any search term requested by FDIC-R or the Ds & Os but
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objected to by Progressive on the grounds that it is overly broad or unduly
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burdensome, Progressive shall provide search term hit reports to FDIC-R
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and the Ds & Os which identify the number of unique documents that hit
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upon each identified search term requested by FDIC-R or the Ds & Os and
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objected to by Progressive. This search term process will be iterative and
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therefore might require several iterations of revised search terms and hit
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reports. If requested by FDIC-R or the Ds & Os with respect to any search
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term to which Progressive objects on the grounds that it is overly broad or
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unduly burdensome, Progressive shall also produce statistically random
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subsets of search-term-positive, non-privileged data for FDIC-R and the Ds
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& Os to assess the utility of the search terms prior to final agreement on
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search terms (“test production”). The Parties shall meet and confer to
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determine the specific parameters of the test production, including, but not
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limited to, the sample size and data sources from which the test production
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will be derived. The Parties reserve the right to seek the Court s
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intervention with respect to such issues if they are unable to reach
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agreement. To the extent there is a dispute among the Parties regarding
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documents retrieved by the search terms that Progressive does not
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produce, or an issue arises regardmg the timeliness of Progressive
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producing the documents, the Parties shall meet and confer and determine
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whether there are ways to resolve the dispute without Court intervention.
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Tn the event that the Parties are unable to reach agreement regarding this
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issue, all Parties reserve the right to raise the issue with the Court.
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Progressive shall also provide FDIC-R and the Ds & Os with an exception
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report listing any data that could not be searched or processed (“Exception
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Documents”). The report shall include, without limitation, the file
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extension for each Exception Document contained in the report.
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After the Parties have agreed upon search terms or
established search terms with the assistance of the Court, Progressive shall
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apply the search terms to the documents in categories (1) and (2), review
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the documents retrieved, and produce to FDIC-R and the Ds & Os, at its
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option, either all non-privileged documents captured by the agreed-upon
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search terms or all non-privileged documents captured by the agreed-upon
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search terms that are responsive to FDIC-Rs or the Ds’ & Os’ document
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requests and relevant pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
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subject to any proper objections Progressive may have to such requests.
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Progressive shall advise FDIC-R and the Ds & Os which option it selects.
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FDIC-R and the Ds & Os agree that Progressive need not review the
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option. Progressive shall advise FDIC-R and the Ds & Os whether it has
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reviewed documents for relevance or responsiveness prior to production
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and, if so, whether it has withheld documents on the grounds that they are
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responsiveness prior to production but that Progressive may do so at its
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documents captured by the agreed-upon search terms for relevance or
not relevant or responsive. Progressive shall produce documents in the
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format specified in Exhibit A. The Parties agree that Progressive will, as
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practicable, produce documents on a rolling basis and will produce
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documents as soon as practicable after the Parties have agreed upon search
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terms or established search terms with the assistance of the Court. To the
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extent Progressive does not produce documents retrieved by the agreed
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upon search terms based on its determination that such documents are not
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relevant or an issue arises regarding the timeliness of Progressive’s
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production, the Parties shall meet and confer and determine whether there
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are ways to resolve the issue without Court intervention. In the event that
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the Parties are unable to reach agreement regarding this issue, all Parties
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reserve the right to raise the issue with the Court.
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The Parties may make multiple, reasonable requests for
production of ESI utilizing this process. In the event the producing party
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believes a subsequent request is not reasonably calculated to lead to the
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discovery of admissible evidence and objects to the subsequent request,
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then the burden shall be on the requesting party to demonstrate that such
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subsequent request is reasonable and necessary.
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Progressive represents that ESI in category (3), Website
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Documents, consists of: (a) the website located at http://www.abais.com
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as of August 20, 2012 (the “ABAIS Website”); (b) previous iterations of the
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ABAIS Website, if any, maintained by ABAIS; (c) the website located at
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http://banks.progressive.com as of March 8, 2013 (the “Progressive
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Website”); and (d) previous iterations of the Progressive Website, if any,
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maintained by ABAIS or Progressive. Progressive shall produce the ABAIS
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Website (item (a)) and the Progressive Website (item (c)) in a form that will
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allow them to be viewed in their entirety in a standard web browser, i.e.,
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Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome. Progressive shall produce previous
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iterations of the ABAIS Website (item (b)), if any, and previous iterations of
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the Progressive Website (item (d)), if any, in this same form where
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available and, when not available in a readable electronic format, by
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printing out copies and producing them in accordance with the procedures
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for producing physical documents agreed to by the Parties. Progressive
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shall produce all documents within category (3) as soon as practicable after
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execution of this Protocol by all Parties.
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Progressive represents that ESI in category (4), Progress
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Documents, consists of documents maintained in a proprietary computer
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system utilized by Progressive, commonly referred to as “Progress.”
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Among other things, Progress contains information also contained in
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physical copies of Progressive’s claim and underwriting files. Progressive
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represents that ESI stored in Progress is not amenable to production as ESI
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in accordance with the terms of this Protocol. Therefore, Progressive shall
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produce all relevant, non-privileged documents and information stored in
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Progress, that it is not otherwise producing as part of its production of
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physical documents, in a manner that most accurately reflects the
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appearance and content of such documents when viewed using the
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Progress software. At the time it produces such documents, Progressive
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shall provide a description of the manner in which it selected or procured
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them and of the ways in which the appearance or content of the documents
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as produced differs from the appearance or content of the documents when
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viewed using Progress. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to
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constitute acknowledgement or agreement by FDIC-R or the Ds & Os
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concerning Progressive’s representation that ESI stored in Progress is not
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amenable to production as ESI in accordance with the terms of this
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Protocol. Further, the Parties reserve the right to re-address the
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methodology of how ESI in this category is produced in the event it can be
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produced in its electronic format. In the event that the Parties are unable to
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reach agreement regarding this issue, all Parties reserve the right to raise
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this issue with the Court if they deem it to be necessary. Moreover,
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nothing in this Protocol shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any
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Party’s right to do so or a waiver of any Party’s right to contest any such
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effort. Progressive shall produce all documents within category (4) as soon
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as practicable after execution of this Protocol by all Parties.
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Progressive represents that Backup Documents consist of
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documents maintained by Progressive on backup tapes. Progressive shall
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provide to FDIC-R and the Ds & Os a description of ESI maintained solely
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in the form of Backup Documents. Progressive contends that Backup
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Documents are not readily available and that the production of Backup
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Documents by Progressive would be unduly burdensome and would
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require the expenditure of significant time and resources. For that reason,
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Progressive does not intend to produce Backup Documents. In the event
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that FDIC-R or the Ds & Os believe that Progressive should produce such
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documents, they may file a motion with the Court seeking an order
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compelling such production. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
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constitute a waiver of their right to do so or a waiver of Progressive’s right
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to contest any such motion.
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Progressive has converted, or will convert, to electronic
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format, ESI, relevant documents that exist solely in physical, hard-copy
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format. With respect to hard-copy documents Progressive converted to ESI
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prior to the execution of this Protocol in this matter, such documents were
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subject to an Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”) process when they
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were collected. To the extent not previously produced by Progressive prior
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to execution of this Protocol, Progressive shall produce such relevant, non
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privileged ESI in the format specified in Exhibit A along with metadata
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created when the hard-copy documents were converted to ESI, if any. For
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purposes of this paragraph, metadata means the following: (1) Custodian
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(Name of Custodian from whom the document was collected); (2) Author;
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(3) Doc Title (Title of file or email subject); (4) Doc Date (Visible data on
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loose files or Sent Date on emails); (5) Doc Type; (6) Page Count; (7) Bates
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Begin (Beginning Production Number); and (8) Bates End (Ending
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Production Number). Progressive shall not be required to create metadata
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with respect to such hard-copy documents that does not presently exist.
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The load file shall indicate document breaks. With respect to relevant,
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hard-copy documents Progressive has not yet converted to ESI, Progressive
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will convert such documents to ESI and shall subject them to an OCR
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process. Progressive shall produce such relevant, non-privileged ESI in the
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format specified in Exhibit A. The load file shall indicate document breaks,
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and, where readily available, the metadata created when the hard-copy
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documents were converted to ESI. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
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deemed to require Progressive to produce again any hard-copy documents
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it produced prior to execution of this Protocol, regardless whether its prior
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production(s) conformed to the requirements of this Protocol.
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Documents withheld by Progressive on the basis of
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privilege, work product, or any other privilege or protection shall be
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logged, and Progressive shall provide the log to FDIC-R and the Ds & Os
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together with Progressive’s ESI production or within thirty (30) days after
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its production of the ESI material the privileged documents relate to.
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FDIC-R represents it is in possession, custody, or control
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of ESI related to Sun West Bank (“SWB ESI”). The SWB ESI includes the
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following databases: (1) S5 Forensic Data; (2) S5 Scanned Documents; (3)
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S5 Forensic Data Email; (4) various loan-related databases (S5 Director
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Loan Reports, S5 Laserpro Loan Origination Information, S5 OMS Loan
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Info); and (5) network file shares database (S5 Fileshares). A complete list
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of available databases is attached hereto as Exhibit B. FDIC-R represents
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that, to the best of its knowledge, Exhibit B is a full, complete, and accurate
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listing of all categories of ESI from which materials relevant to this action
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may be retrieved. As it relates to ESI in the possession or control of FDIC
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R, this Protocol applies only to SWB ESI as defined herein. Progressive and
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the Ds & Os reserve the right to seek additional ESI in the possession,
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custody, or control of the FDIC and/or FDIC-R, and nothing contained
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herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of their right to do so. FDIC
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R and the FDIC-Corporate reserve the right to object to any efforts to seek
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any such additional ESI, to the extent it exists.
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Subject to the terms of this Protocol, including, but not
limited to, Paragraph 9, and the Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated
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Protective Order in this matter (Docket. No. 63), and pursuant to an Order
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of the Court which shall be deemed made by approval of this Protocol,
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FDIC-R shall produce relevant, non-privileged documents from databases
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(1) through (4) in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Protocol
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and in the format specified in Exhibit A hereto.
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The Parties shall collectively agree upon a reasonable set
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of search terms to run across the processed SWB ESI. If the Parties are
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unable to agree upon search terms after conferring in good faith, any Party
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may raise the issue with the Court by motion. In order to facilitate the
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good faith negotiation of search terms among the Parties, with respect to
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any search term requested by Progressive or the Ds & Os but objected to by
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FDIC-R on the grounds that it is overly broad or unduly burdensome,
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FDIC-R shall provide search term hit reports to Progressive and the Ds &
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Os which identify the number of unique documents that hit upon each
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identified search term requested by Progressive or the Ds & Os and
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objected to by FDIC-R. This search term process will be iterative and
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therefore might require several iterations of revised search terms and hit
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reports. If requested by Progressive or the Ds & Os with respect to any
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search term to which FDIC-R objects on the grounds that it is overly broad
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or unduly burdensome, FDIC-R shall also produce statistically random
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subsets of search-term-positive, non-privileged data for Progressive and
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the Ds & Os to assess the utility of the search terms prior to final agreement
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on search terms (“test production”). The Parties shall meet and confer to
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determine the specific parameters of the test production, including, but not
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limited to, the sample size and data sources from which the test production
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will be derived. The Parties reserve the right to seek the Court’s
27
intervention with respect to such issues if they are unable to reach
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agreement. FDIC-R shall also provide Progressive and the Ds & Os with
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an exception report listing any data that could not be searched or processed
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(“Exception Documents’ The report shall include, without limitation, the
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file extension for each Exception Document contained in the report.
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After the Parties have agreed upon search terms or
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established search terms with the assistance of the Court, FDIC-R shall
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apply the search terms to the documents in databases (1) through (4) and,
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at its option, may perform an initial review of the documents captured by
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the search terms for privilege, responsiveness, or relevance pursuant to the
9
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. FDIC-R shall make the documents
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available to Progressive and the Ds & Os in an online Relativity database as
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soon as practicable after the Parties have agreed upon search terms or
12
established search terms with the assistance of the Court. FDIC-R shall
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advise Progressive and the Ds & Os whether it has reviewed documents for
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privilege, responsiveness, or relevance prior to making them available in
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Relativity and, if so, whether there are any documents retrieved by the
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search terms that FDIC-R is not making available to Progressive and the Ds
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& Os based on that review. To the extent there is a dispute among the
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Parties regarding documents retrieved by the agreed-upon search terms
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that FDIC-R does not make available in Relativity or an issue arises
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regarding the timeliness of FDIC-R making documents available in
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Relativity, the Parties shall meet and confer and determine whether there
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are ways to resolve the dispute without Court intervention. In the event
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that the Parties are unable to reach agreement regarding this issue, all
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Parties reserve the right to raise the issue with the Court. The Parties agree
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that FDIC-R is not required or obligated to conduct a relevancy,
26
responsiveness, or privilege review on the documents captured by the
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agreed-upon search terms prior to making the documents available on
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Relativity. The Parties further agree that FDIC-R will not be deemed to
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have waived any privilege by not conducting a privilege review before
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making documents available on Relativity. Once FDIC-R has made
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documents available to Progressive and the Ds & Os on Relativity,
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Progressive and the Ds & Os wifi review the documents made available by
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FDIC-R and advise FDIC-R which, if any, of those documents they want
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FDIC-R to produce to them. FDIC-R shall then produce all such non
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privileged documents identified by Progressive or the Ds & Os in the
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format specified in Exhibit A. The Parties agree that FDIC-R will, as
9
practicable, produce documents on a rolling basis and will produce
10
documents as soon as practicable after Progressive and/or the Ds & Os
11
have provided notice to FDIC-R as to which documents they want
12
produced. In the event that a dispute arises among the Parties regarding
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documents identified for production by Progressive and/or the Ds & Os
14
but withheld by FDIC-R, or an issue arises regarding the timeliness of
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FDIC-R s production, the Parties shall meet and confer and determme
16
whether there are ways to resolve the issue without Court intervention. In
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the event that the Parties are unable to reach agreement regarding this
18
issue, all Parties reserve the right to raise the issue with the Court.
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The Parties may make multiple, reasonable requests for
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production of ESI utilizing this process. In the event the producing party
21
believes a subsequent request is not reasonably calculated to lead to the
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discovery of admissible evidence and objects to the subsequent request,
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then the burden shall be on the requesting party to demonstrate that such
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subsequent request is reasonable and necessary.
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25.
With respect to database (5), the database has not been
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processed or OCRd and is not in a full text searchable form pursuant to
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this Protocol. Database (5) is searchable by the current limited metadata of
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file name and file path. FDIC-R, after the Parties have agreed-upon search
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terms or established search terms with the assistance of the Court, shall
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apply the search terms to the metadata available in database (5) and, at its
3
option, may perform an initial review of the documents captured by the
4
search terms for privilege, responsiveness, or relevance pursuant to the
5
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. As soon as practicable after the Parties
6
have agreed upon search terms or established search terms with the
7
assistance of the Court, FDIC-R shall make the documents available to
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Progressive and the Ds & Os in an online Relativity database. To the extent
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there is a dispute among the Parties regarding documents retrieved by the
10
agreed-upon search terms that FDIC-R does not make available in
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Relativity or an issue arises regarding the timeliness of FDIC-R making
12
documents available in Relativity, the Parties shall meet and confer and
13
determine whether there are ways to resolve the dispute without court
14
intervention. The Parties agree that FDIC-R is not required nor obligated
15
to conduct a relevancy, responsiveness, or privilege review on the
16
documents captured by the agreed-upon search terms prior to making the
17
documents available on Relativity. The Parties further agree that FDIC-R
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will not be deemed to have waived any privilege by not conducting a
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privilege review before making documents available on Relativity. Once
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FDIC-R has made documents available to Progressive and the Os & Os on
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Relativity, Progressive and the Ds & Os will review the documents made
22
available by FDIC-R and advise FDIC-R which, if any, of those documents
23
they want FDIC-R to produce to them. FDIC-R shall then produce all such
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non-privileged documents identified by Progressive or the Ds & Os in the
25
format specified in Exhibit A. The Parties agree that FDIC-R will, as
26
practicable, produce documents on a rolling basis and will produce
27
documents as soon as practicable after Progressive and/or the Ds & Os
28
have provided notice to FDIC-R as to which documents they want
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produced. In the event that a dispute arises among the Parties regarding
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documents identified for production by Progressive and/or the Ds & Os
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but withheld by FDIC-R, or an issue arises regarding the timeliness of
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FDIC-R’s production, the Parties shall meet and confer and determine
5
whether there are ways to resolve the issue without Court intervention. In
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the event that the Parties are unable tO reach agreement regarding this
7
issue, all Parties reserve the right to raise the issue with the Court.
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Additionally, upon review of the documents produced, if Progressive or
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the Ds & Os determine that they require OCR searches of this database, the
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Parties will discuss and attempt to reach an agreement regarding the OCR
11
processing and production of responsive, non-privileged documents in this
12
database and the costs involved in doing so. If the Parties are unable to
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reach an agreement, the Parties will have the right to address issues
14
relating to this database with the Court. Nothing contained herein shall be
is
deemed to constitute acknowledgement or agreement by Progressive or the
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Ds & Os that the means of production of documents contained in database
17
(5) described in this paragraph are sufficient or that FDIC-R is not required
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to OCR the documents contained in database (5) at its expense to facilitate
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retrieval and production of relevant ESI contained in that database.
20
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by FDIC
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R of its right to object to any effort by Progressive or the Ds & Os to require
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it to OCR the documents contained in database (5).
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26.
Progressive shall pay a monthly fee of $10 per gigabyte of
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ESI hosted on the Relativity database until such time as Progressive
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determines that such ESI need no longer be hosted on the Relativity
26
database and provides written notification of this to FDIC-R and the Ds &
27
Os. Progressive will pay the monthly fee for the entire month in which it
28
provides such notification to FDIC-R and the Ds & Os. In no event shall
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Progressive be required to pay the monthly fee for any period of time after
2
the month of notification. If one or more of the Ds & Os wish for such ESI
3
to be hosted on the Relativity database after Progressive has provided such
4
notification, the Ds & Os shall pay the monthly fee of $10 per gigabyte
5
beginning the month after that in which Progressive provides notice to
6
FDIC-R and the Ds & Os that such ESI need no longer be hosted in
7
Relativity and continuing until such time as the Ds & Os notify FDIC-R that
8
such ESI need no longer be hosted on the Relativity database. The Ds & Os
9
will pay the monthly fee for the entire month in which they provide such
10
notification to FDIC-R. In no event shall the Ds & Os be required to pay
11
the monthly fee for any period of time after the month of notification.
12
27.
FDIC-R has converted, or will convert, to electronic
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format, ESI, relevant documents that exist solely in physical, hard-copy
14
format. With respect to hard-copy documents FDIC-R converted to ESI
is
prior to the execution of this Protocol in this matter, such documents were
16
subject to an Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”) process when they
17
were collected. To the extent not previously produced by FDIC-R prior to
18
execution of this Protocol, FDIC-R shall produce such relevant, non
19
privileged ESI in the format specified in Exhibit A along with metadata
20
created when the hard-copy documents were converted to ESI, if any. For
21
purposes of this paragraph, metadata means the following: (1) Custodian
22
(Name of Custodian from whom the document was collected); (2) Author;
23
(3) Doc Title (Title of file or email subject); (4) Doc Date (Visible data on
24
loose files or Sent Date on emails); (5) Doc Type; (6) Page Count; (7) Bates
25
Begin (Beginning Production Number); and (8) Bates End (Ending
26
Production Number). FDIC-R shall not be required to create metadata
27
with respect to such hard-copy documents that does not presently exist.
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The load file shall indicate document breaks. With respect to relevant,
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hard-copy documents FDIC-R has not yet converted to ESI, FDIC-R will
2
convert such documents to ESI and shall subject them to an OCR process.
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FDIC-R shall produce such relevant, non-privileged ESI in the format
4
specified in Exhibit A. The load file shall indicate document breaks, and,
5
where readily available, the metadata created when the hard-copy
6
documents were converted to ESI. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
7
deemed to require FDIC-R to produce again any hard-copy documents it
8
produced prior to execution of this Protocol, regardless whether its prior
9
production(s) conformed to the requirements of this Protocol.
10
28.
Documents withheld by FDIC-R on the basis of privilege,
11
work product, or similar exemption shall be logged, and the log shall be
12
provided to Progressive and the Ds & Os together with FDIC-R’s ESI
13
production or within 30 days after its production of the ESI material the
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privileged documents relate to.
Ds’&Os’ESI
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29.
if the Ds & Os are in possession of any ESI that is
17
responsive to document requests issued to them by Progressive or FDIC-R,
18
including, without limitation, email and documents of various types,
19
subject to this Protocol and the Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated
20
Protective Order in this matter (Docket. No. 63), and pursuant to an Order
21
of this Court which shall be deemed made by approval of this Protocol, the
22
Ds & Os shall produce to FDIC-R and Progressive any such non-privileged
23
ESI. With respect to any such ESI that the Ds & Os contend is protected
24
from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, the work-product doctrine,
25
or any other applicable privileges or protections, the Ds & Os shall produce
26
to Progressive and FDIC-R a log identifying any such documents together
27
with their production of ESI or within 30 days after the production of the
28
ESI material the privileged documents relate to.
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Lewis K. Loss
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Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP
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1133 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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