Federal Trade Commission v. Ideal Financial Solutions, Inc. et al

Filing 48

PROTECTIVE ORDER Granting 42 Emergency MOTION for Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 5/9/13. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

1 Thomas W. McNamara
[e-mail]
2 655 West Broadway, Suite 1600
San Diego, California 92101-8494
3 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
619-696-9269
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Receiver
5 Edward Chang (NV 11783)
[e-mail]
6 Andrew Robertson (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
7 Daniel Benjamin (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
8 BALLARD SPAHR LLP
655 West Broadway, Suite 1600
9 San Diego, CA 92101
Tel.: [phone]
10 Fax: [phone]
11 Attorneys for Receiver
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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15 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,

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v.

IDEAL FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC., a
18 corporation; ASCOT CROSSING, LLC, a
limited liability company; BRACKNELL
19 SHORE, LTD., a limited liability company;
CHANDON GROUP, INC., a corporation;
20 AVANIX, LLC, a limited liability company;
FISCAL FITNESS, LLC, a limited liability
21 company; STEVEN SUNYICH, individually
and as an officer and director of the corporate
22 defendants; MICHAEL SUNYICH, individually
and as an officer and director of the corporate
23 defendants; CHRISTOPHER SUNYICH,
individually and as an officer and director of the
24 corporate defendants; SHAWN SUNYICH,
individually and as an officer and director of the
25 corporate defendants; MELISSA SUNYICH
GARDNER, individually and as an officer and
26 director of the corporate defendants; and KENT
BROWN, individually and as an officer and
27 director of the corporate defendants.
Defendants.

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[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE AND
CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER AS TO
DOCUMENT PRODUCTION BY
PAYMENT DATA SYSTEMS

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Upon consideration of the Receiver’s motion for a protective and confidentiality order

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regarding document production by Payment Data Systems (“Producing Party”), and the Court

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having found that the discovery of information that implicates third-party confidentiality rights

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and/or that is confidential or proprietary has been requested in this action, and that the disclosure

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and distribution of such information should be reasonably restricted, the Court finds that good

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cause exists for the entry of this Order, and it is hereby ORDERED as follows:

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I.

DEFINITIONS

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their officers, directors, partners, members, principals or affiliates.

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“Party” means any of the parties to this action, including the Receiver, and any of

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“Counsel” means counsel of record in this action for any of the parties to this action

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and those attorneys’ stenographic, clerical, and paralegal employees, or outside

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support personnel and services whose duties and responsibilities in the conduct of

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this action require access to Confidential Material.

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C.

“Discovery Material” means:

(1) any information, document, tangible thing, or response to discovery

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requests pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33, 34, or 36,;

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(2) any deposition testimony or transcript revealed during depositions upon oral

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or written examination pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30, or 31;

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(3) any document, thing, or premises made available for inspection or produced

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to the Receiving Party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, 33, or 34;

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(4) any document, thing, or premises made available for inspection or produced

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to the Receiving Party in response to a subpoena pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

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45; and

(5) any other similar materials, or portions thereof.

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D.

“Producing Party” means non-party Payment Data Systems, including its directors,
employees, and agents.

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E.

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“Receiving Party” means a party (including the Receiver) to this action, including

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all employees, agents, and directors (other than Counsel) of the Party, who receives

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Discovery Material from a Producing Party.

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“CONFIDENTIAL” means any document, discovery response, testimony, or

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information that the Producing Party reasonably believes embodies: (i) trade

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secrets, proprietary, or other confidential business information; or (ii) information

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invasive of an individual’s legitimate privacy interests.

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“Confidential Material” means any Discovery Material, and any copies, abstracts,

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summaries, or information derived from such Discovery Material, and any notes or

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other records embodying or disclosing the contents of such Discovery Material,

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that is designated as CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with section II below.

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II.

DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

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Any document, any information produced on magnetic disk or other computer-related

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media, and any portion of oral testimony produced or given in this action that is asserted by

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Producing Party to contain or constitute CONFIDENTIAL information shall be so designated by

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Producing Party.

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CONFIDENTIAL information shall be marked on its face with the following legend:

The first page of each document or the front of each disk that contains

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“CONFIDENTIAL”

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Transcript pages containing or constituting CONFIDENTIAL information shall be marked

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CONFIDENTIAL on each such page, and the transcript shall be marked confidential on its cover

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page.

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III. ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
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Subject to section III(B), III(C), and III(D), in the absence of an order of the Court,

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any CONFIDENTIAL information produced in accordance with the provisions of

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section II above shall be used solely for purposes of the prosecution and defense of

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this action and shall not be disclosed to or discussed with any person other than: (i)

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Counsel for the Receiving Party; (ii) persons employed by, or who are independent

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contractors of, the Receiving Party who are participating in the management of the
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litigation and the preparation of this case for trial; (iii) outside experts or

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consultants who are engaged for the purpose of this action by the Receiving Party

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and such experts’ or consultants’ support personnel; (iv) the individual(s) who

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authored, prepared, or received the information; (v) certified court reporters taking

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testimony involving such CONFIDENTIAL information and their support

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personnel; and (vi) the Court (including any trier of fact) in connection with the

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proceedings in this action.

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B.

Outside Experts and Consultants. Subject to the provisions of this Protective

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Order, all Confidential Material may be disclosed to any outside expert or

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consultant who has agreed to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order by

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signing an Acknowledgement form attached as Exhibit A. Executed copies of the

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Acknowledgment form shall be exchanged between counsel promptly upon

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request, and the absence of a signed Acknowledgment justifies the Producing

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Party’s refusal to provide documents until a signed Acknowledgment is provided

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by the Receiving Party.

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C.

Employees of a Party. Subject to the provisions of this Protective Order, all

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Confidential Material marked CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed to an Employee

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of a Party.

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D.

Acknowledgment of Protective Order. Before obtaining access to any Confidential

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Material covered by this Protective Order, any person who is authorized to have

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access to Confidential Material pursuant to this Protective Order must have agreed

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in writing to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order by signing an

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Acknowledgement form attached as Exhibit A, an executed copy of which shall be

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provided to the opposing party.

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employees of a Party, or Counsel for a Party (including all employees, support

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staff, or those of Counsel’s law firm or agency), or any recipient under Section IX,

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all of whom may access Confidential Information without separately signing

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Exhibit A.
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This provision does not apply to Parties,

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Disclosure Pursuant to Consent. Confidential Material also may be disclosed to

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anyone so authorized by prior written consent of the Producing Party, and no Party

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is restricted in any way by this Protective Order in disclosing its own Confidential

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Material.

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Parties’ Counsel may show Confidential Material in unredacted form to a witness if

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that person has executed Exhibit A or otherwise authorized under this Protective

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Order to have access to such document. Otherwise, prior to being shown to the

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witness, the document shall be redacted to remove all information covered by Fed.

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R. Civ. 5.2.

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The limitations on disclosure contained in this Protective Order shall not apply to

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documents or information that: (i) were in the possession of the Receiving Party

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before disclosure by the Producing Party without a restriction from any Party to this

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action, or (ii) are or become published or available in a manner not in violation of

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this Protective Order

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IV. COURT PROCEDURES
If a document containing CONFIDENTIAL information is filed with the Court, it shall be

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filed with one of the following notations:

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Filed Under Seal - Contains CONFIDENTIAL Information

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Subject to Protective Order
Any papers containing Confidential Material shall indicate clearly what portions are

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designated as CONFIDENTIAL.

V.

HANDLING OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

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Nothing herein shall restrict a person authorized to have access pursuant to

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paragraph III(A) from making working copies, abstracts, digests, and/or analyses of

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Confidential Material for use in connection with this action. Such working copies,

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abstracts, digests, and analyses shall be deemed to have the same level of protection

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as the original Confidential Material under the terms of this Protective Order.

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Further, nothing herein shall restrict an authorized recipient from converting or
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translating such information into machine-readable form for incorporation in a data

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retrieval system used in connection with this action, provided that access to such

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information, in whatever form stored or reproduced, shall be limited to authorized

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recipients.

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B.

If the Producing Party through inadvertence produces any CONFIDENTIAL

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document or thing without labeling, marking, or otherwise designating it as such in

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accordance with the provisions of this Protective Order, the Producing Party may

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give written notice to the Receiving Party that the document or thing produced is

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deemed CONFIDENTIAL and should be treated as such in accordance with the

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provisions of this Protective Order. The Receiving Party must treat such document

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or thing with the noticed level of protection from the date such notice is received.

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Promptly upon providing such notice to the Receiving Party, the Producing Party

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shall provide the Receiving Party with another copy of the document or thing that

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bears the new confidentiality designation under this Protective Order.

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C.

concerning all CONFIDENTIAL information produced by that Party.

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A Party or present employee of a Party may be examined and may testify

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Non-parties may be examined and may testify concerning any document containing

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CONFIDENTIAL information of a Producing Party that clearly appears on its face

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or from other documents or testimony to have been prepared by, received by,

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known by, or communicated to the non-party.

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E.

If no confidentiality designation of deposition testimony is made at the time of the

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deposition, any transcript containing CONFIDENTIAL information shall be

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designated as containing such information by no later than thirty (30) calendar days

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after receipt of the transcript of the deposition. Otherwise, such transcript shall not

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be deemed Confidential Material.

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F.

This Protective Order shall not prevent any Party from moving the Court for an

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order that a non-party may be examined and may testify concerning any document

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containing CONFIDENTIAL information of a Producing Party.
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Prior to so

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moving, the Party seeking to examine the non-party or have the non-party testify

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may (but is not required to) instead seek the Producing Party’s agreement by

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requesting, in writing, to examine the non-party or have the non-party testify and

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shall identify the documents designated as about which it seeks to examine the non-

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party or about which it seeks to have the non-party testify. In any motion, the

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Producing Party shall have the burden of establishing before the Court the need to

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prevent the non-party from being examined about or testifying about the

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CONFIDENTIAL document. Alternatively, a Party may use the document in the

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examination of a witness in court without further order of the Court after redacting

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the information required by FRCP 5.2.

VI. PROCEDURE TO CHALLENGE DESIGNATIONS

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This Protective Order shall not prevent any Party from moving the Court for an order that

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information designated as CONFIDENTIAL by Producing Party is not, in fact, CONFIDENTIAL

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information. Prior to so moving, the Party seeking to reclassify the information shall seek the

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Producing Party’s agreement by objecting, in writing, to the designation by specifying to

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information at issue and the grounds for questioning the designation. The Producing Party shall

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have ten (10) court days to respond to such request. In any motion, the Producing Party shall have

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the burden of establishing before the Court the need for classification as CONFIDENTIAL. In

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connection with any such motion, the Producing Party’s designation shall be given NO WEIGHT.

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VII. RIGHT TO FURTHER RELIEF

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Nothing in this Protective Order shall abridge the right of any person to seek judicial

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modification or amendment of this Protective Order.

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VIII. RIGHT TO ASSERT OTHER OBJECTIONS

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This Protective Order shall not be construed as waiving any right to assert a claim of
privilege, relevance, or other grounds for not producing Discovery Material.

IX. RIGHTS OF THE FTC

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Protective Order shall impose any

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restrictions on the use or disclosure of Confidential Discovery Material by the FTC as provided
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by: (1) the FTC’s Rules of Practice and any cases construing them, (2) Sections 6(f) and 21 of the

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Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 46(f) and 57b-2, and any cases so construing them;

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(3) any other legal obligation imposed on the FTC.

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X.

SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS

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The obligations created by this Protective Order shall survive the termination of this action

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unless otherwise modified by the Court. The Court shall retain jurisdiction, even after termination

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of this action, to enforce this Protective Order and to make such amendments and modifications to

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this Protective Order as may be appropriate.

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Miranda DuFOLEY, JR.
GEORGE
United States District Court Judge
United States Magistrate Judge

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DATED: May 9, 2013

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Attachment A

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Acknowledgment of Receipt of Protective and

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Confidentiality Order and Contempt for Violation of Order

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The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Protective Order (the

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“Order”) entered by the Court in Federal Trade Commission v. Ideal Financial Solutions Inc. et.

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al., Case No. 2:13-CV-0143-MMD-GWF. The undersigned states that he or she has read, fully

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understands, and agrees to be bound by the provisions of said Order with respect to documents or

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information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” including the prohibition on the communication of

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any information contained in such documents or information except pursuant to the explicit terms

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of the Order, and is aware that for any violation of the provisions of said Order, he or she is

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subject to such penalties as the Court may direct.

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acknowledges that the disclosure in any manner of “CONFIDENTIAL” information other than as

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allowed by the Confidentiality Order will constitute a violation of an Order of the Court.

The undersigned further expressly

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