BGC Partners, Inc. et al v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc. et al

Filing 110

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER re 109 Stipulation (Revised Protective Order). Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 8/31/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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Gordon & Rees LLP
3770 Howard Hughes Parkway Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89169

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Robert S. Larson, Esq. (NV Bar No. 7785)
Rachel Wise, Esq. (NV Bar No. 12303)
GORDON & REES LLP
3770 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Kristin Sheffield-Whitehead (admitted pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]
Andrew B. Clubok (admitted pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
Avison Young (Canada) Inc.; Avison Young
(USA) Inc.; Avison Young-Nevada, LLC;
Mark Rose and Joseph Kupiec

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BGC PARTNERS, INC., G&E ACQUISITION
COMPANY, LLC, and BGC REAL ESTATE OF
NEVADA, LLC,

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AVISON YOUNG (CANADA) INC.; AVISON
YOUNG (USA) INC.; AVISON YOUNG NEVADA, LLC, MARK ROSE, THE NEVADA
COMMERCIAL GROUP, JOHN PINJUV, and
JOSEPH KUPIEC; DOES 1 through 5; and ROE
BUSINESS ENTITIES 6 through 10

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CASE NO.: 2:15-cv-00531-RFBGWF

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs BGC Partners, Inc., G&E

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Acquisition Company, LLC and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and

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Defendants Avison Young (Canada), Inc., Avison Young (USA), Inc., Avison Young-Chicago,

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LLC, and Mark Rose (collectively, “Defendants”) (hereinafter, together, the “Parties”) through

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their respective counsel, as follows:

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WHEREAS, the Parties expect discovery in this case to require the production of

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information and documents containing trade secrets and other confidential research,

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development, and commercially sensitive information of the parties and non-parties; and

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WHEREAS each party wishes to ensure that such information shall not be used for any
purpose other than this proceeding, and shall not be made public.
THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated, and the parties hereby request, that the Court enter
a protective order as follows:
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This Protective Order shall govern the handling of all pleadings, documents,

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deposition transcripts, exhibits, interrogatory responses, admissions, and affidavits or other

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information produced, given, or exchanged by and among the parties and any other parties or

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non-parties to this litigation. This Protective Order is binding upon the Parties, their agents and

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employees, all counsel for the Parties and their agents and employees, and all persons to whom

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disclosure of Confidential or Highly Confidential Material under the terms of this Protective

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Order is made. The term “document” or “documents” is used with the broadest meaning

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possible, and includes, but is not limited to, any writing, recording, electronically stored

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information, or photographs.

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Except by the prior written consent of the producing party, or by order of this

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Court, all materials or information produced by any party in this action shall be used solely in the

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preparation for and conduct of this litigation (including briefs, memoranda, correspondence, and

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other documents relating thereto) and the cases listed in Exhibit B attached hereto, and shall not

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be used or distributed for any other purpose. Except by the prior written consent of a third party

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that has produced materials or information in this case, or by order of this Court, all materials or

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information produced by said third party in this action shall be used solely for the purposes of
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this litigation and the cases listed in Exhibit B attached hereto, and shall not be used or

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distributed for any other purpose.

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“Confidential Material” includes trade secrets, proprietary business information,

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commercially sensitive information, personal financial information, tax returns, or other personal

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information that the Producing party is under a duty to preserve as confidential, or other

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information the disclosure of which would, in the good faith judgment of the party designating

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the material as Confidential, be detrimental to the conduct of that party’s business or the business

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of any of that party’s customers or clients.

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“Highly Confidential Material” includes (i) personally sensitive information that

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could be embarrassing or otherwise prejudicial to the person whose information was revealed,

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(ii) information that relates to the business strategy of the Producing Party or could prejudice the

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Producing Party in its ongoing business relationships or reasonably prospective business

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relationships, or (iii) information that could provide a competitive advantage to the receiving

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party in light of the parties’ status as competitors in the real estate brokerage market.

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“Confidential Material” or “Highly Confidential Material” shall not include the

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Complaint in this matter or any Answer to such Complaint other than exhibits denominated as

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confidential.

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Confidential or Highly Confidential Material.

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Information or material which is in the public domain shall not constitute

Documents shall be designated as Confidential Material by affixing to them the

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legend “Confidential.”

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affixing to them the legend “Highly Confidential.”

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electronic or digital materials shall be so designated either by electronic tag or by letter

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accompanying the production. The failure to designate any materials with such legend shall not

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constitute a waiver of the right to later request that such documents be stamped as Confidential

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or Highly Confidential Material and thereafter assert that such documents contain protected

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confidential information.

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Documents shall be designated as Highly Confidential Material by
Confidential or Highly Confidential

For electronically stored information (“ESI”), if it is not feasible for a party or

third party to mark each file or image as specified in Paragraph 6 at the time of production, then
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that party or third party shall designate the Confidential or Highly Confidential Material in a

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cover letter accompanying the production of such ESI. Where feasible, the designating party or

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third party shall mark the disk, tape, or other electronic media on which said ESI is produced

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with legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”

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printed out or copied, every print out or copy shall be marked with the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Whenever such ESI is

Unless otherwise provided herein, Confidential Material may be disclosed only to

the following persons, except upon order of the Court or prior written consent of the party

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producing the Confidential Material: (a) the parties’ employees, officers, and directors that are

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actually engaged in assisting in the preparation of this action for trial or other proceeding, and

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who have been advised of their obligation hereunder; (b) the parties’ legal counsel and their staff

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in this litigation, (c) the parties’ legal counsel in the cases listed in Exhibit B, provided they

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review this order and shall execute a Declaration in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A prior

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to disclosure of those documents to such person; (d) the parties’ vendors, independent

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consultants, accountants and/or experts retained to assist in the litigation; (e) commercial copy

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services, e-discovery vendors, graphics or trial preparation consultants hired by and assisting

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outside counsel for a party; (f) the Court, court personnel, the jury, and court reporters and

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videographers, (g) deponents and trial witnesses; and (h) mediators.

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Unless otherwise provided herein, Highly Confidential Material may be disclosed

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only to the following persons, except upon order of the Court or prior written consent of the

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party producing the Highly Confidential Material: (a) the parties’ in-house legal department,

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including regular and temporary employees of such counsel; (b) the parties’ legal counsel and

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their staff in this litigation; (c) the parties’ legal counsel in the cases listed in Exhibit B, provided

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they review this order and shall execute a Declaration in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A

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prior to disclosure of those documents to such person; (d) the parties’ vendors, independent

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consultants, accountants and/or experts retained to assist in the litigation; (e) commercial copy

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services, e-discovery vendors, graphics or trial preparation consultants hired by and assisting

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outside counsel for a party; (f) the Court, court personnel, the jury, and court reporters and

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videographers; (g) deponents and trial witnesses; and (h) mediators.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a party or third party provides

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Confidential or Highly Confidential Material for inspection only, no marking need be made by

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the producing party or nonparty in advance of the initial inspection and the following procedures

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The producing party or third party shall not be considered to have waived the

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status of Confidential or Highly Confidential Material by not marking it as such prior to such

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initial inspection; and

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Upon selection of materials or information by the inspecting party, the producing

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party or third party shall, within twenty-one (21) days (or such longer period as may be agreed

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upon in writing or ordered by the Court), provide the selected materials in the fashion stated in

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Paragraphs 1-7 above.

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All persons to whom documents marked as Confidential or Highly Confidential

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are disclosed in accordance with the terms of this Order (excepting the Court, court personnel,

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the jury, the parties to these proceedings and their employees, reinsurers, and counsel) shall

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review this order and shall execute a Declaration in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A prior

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to disclosure of those documents to such person. The parties shall maintain copies of all such

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executed Declarations.

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All depositions shall be treated presumptively as Highly Confidential Material

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and subject to this Stipulation during the deposition and for a period of fourteen (14) days after a

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final transcript of said deposition is received by counsel for each of the parties. At or before the

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end of such fourteen-day (14) period, counsel for the party asserting that Confidential or Highly

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Confidential Material is contained within the deposition testimony shall notify all counsel in

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writing of those portions that are to be designated Confidential or Highly Confidential Material.

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Counsel may also request that deposition testimony be designated Confidential or Highly

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Confidential Material on the record during the deposition.

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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Order to the contrary, if any third

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party requests production of Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, the party receiving

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such request shall, to the extent permitted by law, promptly upon receipt, give written notice to

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all counsel of record via email, stating the nature of the request and attaching a copy of the

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request. Any party objecting to the production or disclosure to such third parties shall within the

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earlier of the deadline for complying with the request or fourteen (14) days of receipt of the

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request, take action in the appropriate court or courts to prevent or limit such disclosure. If a

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timely objection is raised in the appropriate court or courts, the Confidential or Highly

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Confidential Material that is the subject of the objection shall not be produced to the third parties

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until the objection is ruled on.
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In the event that a party disagrees with a designation of information or a

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document as Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, the parties shall attempt to resolve the

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matter without Court intervention. The challenging party must notify the producing party in

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writing that it disputes the designation of a document or other material as Confidential or Highly

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Confidential Material. If the producing party does not agree to de-designate such document or

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material within fourteen (14) days of receipt of such notice, the receiving party may move the

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Court for an order declassifying those documents or materials; however, disputed documents or

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material shall continue to be treated as Confidential or Highly Confidential Material until the

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Court rules otherwise. If such a motion is filed, the burden of proving the Confidential or Highly

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Confidential nature of the information at issue shall be borne by the party asserting that the

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information is Confidential or Highly Confidential. If no such motion is filed despite the

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challenging party giving written notice of its dispute, such documents or material also shall

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continue to be designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential Material. In the event of any

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alleged violation of this Order, the parties shall first seek to resolve the alleged violation through

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prompt and reasonable discussion. In the event such informal efforts fail to resolve the alleged

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violation promptly, any party to this Order may seek relief from the Court.

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Nothing contained in this Order shall be construed to prejudice any party’s right

to use documents marked as Confidential or Highly Confidential Material in deposition
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preparation and/or testimony, provided that such documents may only be disclosed to: (a) a

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person who is identified on the face of the document or otherwise to be its originator, author, or

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recipient of a copy; (b) officers, directors, agents or employees of the party that produced the

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document; (c) persons entitled to obtain access to Confidential or Highly Confidential Material

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under this Order; (d) persons otherwise agreed to by counsel (on a witness by witness basis); or

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(e) as authorized by the Court.

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The inadvertent production of any privileged material shall be without prejudice

to any claim that such material or information is protected by the attorney-client privilege, the

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work-product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or ground for withholding production.

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Upon written demand, the receiving party shall return any such inadvertently produced

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documents and all copies of such documents to the producing party. To the extent that the

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parties disagree over the application of these principles to any such production or challenge the

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privileged nature of such material, the receiving party shall not make use of the material in

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question until the matter is resolved by the Court.

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Producing or receiving Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, or otherwise

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complying with the terms of this Order shall not operate as an admission by a receiving person

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that any particular document labeled Confidential or Highly Confidential contains or reflects

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Confidential or Highly Confidential information.

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No receiving person or other person or entity having access to any Confidential or

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Highly Confidential Material shall reveal such Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, or

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the information contained in the Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, to anyone not

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entitled to receive such Confidential or Highly Confidential Material under the terms of this

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Order.

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Material shall not be deemed a waiver of a party’s claim of confidentiality either as to the

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specific information disclosed or as to any other information relating to that information or to the

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same or related subject matter. If a receiving person inadvertently or unintentionally discloses

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Confidential or Highly Confidential Material to persons not authorized to receive such

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information, the receiving person must immediately inform counsel for the producing person and
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take all reasonable steps to retrieve the Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, restore the

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confidentiality status of the information, and prevent further unauthorized disclosure.

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Upon discovery by a designating party or third party that it has disclosed

information that was misdesignated, that party or third party shall provide notice to the parties

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that the information was misdesignated. The notice shall specify with particularity, and by Bates

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number if possible, the misdesignated information.

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fourteen (14) days in which to correct the misdesignation by undesignating or redesignating the

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information in accordance with the procedures herein. Upon notice that any information should

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be redesignated as Confidential or Highly Confidential Material, the parties receiving such notice

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shall make a reasonable, good faith effort to ensure that any analyses, memoranda, or notes that

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were generated based upon such material before its redesignation shall immediately be treated in

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conformity with any such redesignation.

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The designating party shall then have

Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent a producing party from using its

own Confidential or Highly Confidential Material for any purpose.
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If any party seeks to include Confidential or Highly Confidential Material with, or

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disclose the content thereof, in any pleading, motion, deposition transcript, or other paper filed

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with the Court, that party must file a motion seeking leave of court to file such documents and

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related materials under seal. A redacted version of any under-seal filing should be filed within

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two (2) business days after any under-seal filing. Any subsequent under-seal filing shall be made

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in accordance with the procedures of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

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If a receiving party wishes to disclose Confidential or Highly Confidential

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Material at a pretrial hearing, the receiving party must provide advance notice to the disclosing

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party, and the disclosing party must make a request for the closure or sealing of the transcript of

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proceedings, and/or the exclusion of persons from the courtroom, to the judge then presiding.

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Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the parties shall provide each other with a

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list of documents and things designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential Material that the

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party intends to use at trial, unless the use would be solely for impeachment or rebuttal, at such

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time as the list of exhibits is to be exchanged among the parties, but in no event later than thirty
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(30) days in advance of trial. Each producing third party whose documents and things will be

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used at trial, in whole or in part, also will be provided notice within that time by the party that

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intends to use the same. Any such documents or things may be offered into evidence in open

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court unless the opposing party or third party obtains a protective order from the Court.

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The provisions of this Order shall remain in effect and continue to be binding

after the conclusion of these proceedings. Any court with jurisdiction over this action shall

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retain such jurisdiction with respect to this Order for purposes of enforcing its terms. Within

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fourteen (14) days after the final resolution of the litigation by entry of a final, non-appealable

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judgment governing the rights and obligations of the parties, the parties shall destroy any

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Confidential or Highly Confidential Material belonging to any other party and, upon written

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request, send a written certification to counsel for the other party, within fourteen (14) days

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thereafter, that such destruction was done, except that Counsel for each party may retain for its

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own files (and not for further dissemination) copies of documents and things filed with the Court

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or used in the preparation of documents and things filed with or presented to the Court.

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Nothing in this order shall prevent Plaintiffs or Defendants from seeking relief

under, or seeking to modify the terms of, a protective order in another jurisdiction.

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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DATED: August 31, 2017

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: August 30, 2017

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/s/ Seth A. Horvath
Todd L. Bice
Nevada Bar No. 4534
Jordan T. Smith
Nevada Bar No. 12097
Pisanelli Bice PLLC
3883 Howard Huges Pkwy, Suite 800

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/s/_Robert S. Larsen
Robert S. Larsen, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 7785
Rachel Wise, Esq.
Nevada Bar. No. 12303
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Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

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Tina B. Solis
F. Thomas Hecht
Seth A. Horvath
Nixon Peabody LLP
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3500
Chicago Illinois 60602
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(admitted pro hac vice)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel. [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs BGC Partners, Inc.,

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G&E Acquisition Company, LLC and
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

/s/ Anthony J. DiRaimondo
Anthony J. DiRaimondo
Nevada Bar No. 10875
David Carroll
Nevada Bar No. 7643
Rice, Reuther Sullivan & Carroll LLP
3800 Howard Huges Pkwy, Suite 1200
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Attorneys for Defendants Avison Young

(Canada) Inc.; Avison Young (USA) Inc.;
Avison Young-Nevada, LLC; Mark Rose
and Joseph Kupiec

Attorneys for Defendants The Nevada
Commercial Group LLC and John Pinjuv

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EXHIBIT A

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DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE

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I, ___________________________, declare as follows:

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My address is _________________________________________________.

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My present employer is __________________________________________.

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My present occupation and job description is _________________________.

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I received a copy of the Protective Order entered in the proceedings captioned

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BGC Partners, Inc., et. al. v. Avison Young (Canada). Inc., et. al., Case No. 2:15-cv-00531-RFB-

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GWF (the “Litigation”) on __________________________.

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I have carefully read and understood the provisions of the Protective Order.

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I will comply with all the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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I will hold in confidence, and will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the

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Stipulated Protective Order, any information, documents or other materials produced subject to

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this Stipulated Protective Order.

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I will use such information, documents or other materials produced subject to this

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Stipulated Protective Order only for purposes of this present action and the cases listed in Exhibit

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B attached hereto.

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Upon termination of this action, or upon request, I will return and deliver all

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information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective Order,

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and all documents or things which I have prepared relating to the information, documents or

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other materials that are subject to the Stipulated Protective Order, to my counsel in this action, or

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to counsel for the party by whom I am employed or retained or from whom I received the

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documents.

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I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purposes of enforcing the

Stipulated Protective Order in this action.
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I understand that a violation of the Protective Order is punishable as a contempt of

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Court and may subject me to civil liability. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of

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the United States that the following is true and correct.
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Executed this _____ day of ________________, 2017 at ________________________.

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EXHIBIT B

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BGC Partners, Inc., et al. v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc., et al., No. 15-cv-426 (D.D.C)

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BGC Partners, Inc.. et al. v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc., et al., Index No. 652669 2012 E

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(N.Y. Sup. Ct.)
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BGC Partners, Inc., et al. v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc., et al., No. 2015-CP-10-2068
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BGC Partners, Inc., et al. v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc., et al., No. 2015 L 2186 (Ill.)

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BGC Partners, Inc., et al. v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 15-

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0001028 (D.C. Super. Ct.)

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