Victor v. Walmart, Inc.

Filing 14

ORDER Granting 13 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 2/16/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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ROBERT K. PHILLIPS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 11441
BENJAMIN J. DOYLE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 15210
PHILLIPS, SPALLAS & ANGSTADT, LLC
504 South Ninth Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
[phone]
[phone] (Fax)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
Walmart, Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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TANYA VICTOR, an individual,

Case No.: 2:20-cv-01591-JCM-NJK

Plaintiff,

v.

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
BETWEEN PLAINTIFF TANYA VICTOR
AND DEFENDANT WALMART, INC.

WALMART INC., a foreign corporation, doing
business as WALMART SUPERCENTER
#3351; DOES I through X; and ROE
CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive,
Defendants.

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The parties to this action, Defendant WALMART, INC. (“Walmart” or “Defendant”) and

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Plaintiff TANYA VICTOR (“Plaintiff”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by their respective counsel,

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hereby stipulate and request that the Court enter a stipulated protective order pursuant as follows:

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The Protective Order shall be entered pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure.
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The Protective Order shall govern all materials deemed to be “Confidential

Information.” Such Confidential Information shall include the following:
(a)

Any and all documents referring or related to confidential and proprietary

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human resources or business information; financial records of the parties;

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compensation of Defendant’s current or former personnel; policies, procedures
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and/or training materials of Defendant and/or Defendant’s organizational

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structure;

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(b)

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any current or former employee or contractor;

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(c)

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Any documents relating to the medical and/or health information of any of
Defendant’s current or former employees or contractors;

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(d)

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Any portions of depositions (audio or video) where Confidential Information is
disclosed or used as exhibits.

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Any documents from the personnel, medical or workers’ compensation file of

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In the case of documents and the information contained therein, designation of

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Confidential Information produced shall be made by (1) identifying said documents as confidential in

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Defendants’ FRCP 26(a) disclosures; (2) placing the following legend on the face of the document and

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each page so designated “CONFIDENTIAL;” or (3) otherwise expressly identified as confidential via

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written correspondence. Defendants will use their best efforts to limit the number of documents

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designated Confidential.

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4.

Confidential Information shall be held in confidence by each qualified recipient to

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whom it is disclosed, shall be used only for purposes of this action, shall not be used for any business

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purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person who is not a qualified recipient. All produced

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Confidential Information shall be carefully maintained so as to preclude access by persons who are not

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qualified recipients.

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the Court and its staff and:
Qualified recipients shall include only the following:
(a)

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In-house counsel and law firms for each party and the secretarial, clerical and
paralegal staff of each;

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(b)

Deposition notaries and staff;

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(c)

Persons other than legal counsel who have been retained or specially employed

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by a party as an expert witness for purposes of this lawsuit or to perform

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investigative work or fact research;

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(d)

Deponents during the course of their depositions or potential witnesses of this
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case; and

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(e)
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The parties to this litigation, their officers and professional employees.

Each counsel shall be responsible for providing notice of the Protective Order and the

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terms therein to persons to whom they disclose “Confidential Information,” as defined by the terms of

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the Protective Order.

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Persons to whom confidential information is shown shall be informed of the terms of this

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Order and advised that its breach may be punished or sanctioned as contempt of the Court. Such

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deponents may be shown Confidential materials during their deposition but shall not be permitted to

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keep copies of said Confidential materials nor any portion of the deposition transcript reflecting the

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Confidential Information.

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If either party objects to the claims that information should be deemed Confidential, that

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party’s counsel shall inform opposing counsel in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the

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Confidential materials that the information should not be so deemed, and the parties shall attempt first

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to dispose of such disputes in good faith and on an informal basis. If the parties are unable to resolve

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their dispute, the party deeming such information as Confidential may present a motion to the Court to

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establish such status. The information shall continue to have Confidential status during the pendency

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of any such motion.

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No copies of Confidential Information shall be made except by or on behalf of

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attorneys of record, in-house counsel or the parties in this action. Any person making copies of such

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information shall maintain all copies within their possession or the possession of those entitled to

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access to such information under the Protective Order.

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Any party that inadvertently discloses or produces in this action a document or

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information that it considers privileged or otherwise protected from discovery, in whole or in part,

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shall not be deemed to have waived any applicable privilege or protection by reason of such disclosure

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or production if, within 14 days of discovering that such document or information has been disclosed

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or produced, the producing party gives written notice to the receiving party identifying the document

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or information in question, the asserted privileges or protection, and the grounds there for, with a

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request that all copies of the document or information be returned or destroyed. The receiving party
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shall return or destroy the inadvertently disclosed documents, upon receipt of appropriately marked

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replacement documents.

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The termination of this action shall not relieve the parties and persons obligated

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hereunder from their responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of information designated

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confidential pursuant to this Order.

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Within thirty (30) days of the final adjudication or resolution of this Lawsuit, the party

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receiving Confidential Information shall destroy all Confidential Material, including all copies and

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reproductions thereof, to counsel for the designating party. The only Confidential Material that shall

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be retained is for electronic copies of Plaintiff’s file and that use only.

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Nothing in this Order shall be construed as an admission to the relevance, authenticity,

foundation or admissibility of any document, material, transcript or other information.
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Nothing in the Protective Order shall be deemed to preclude any party from seeking

and obtaining, on an appropriate showing, a modification of this Order.

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DATED this 12th day of February, 2021.

DATED this 12th day of February, 2021.

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ERIC ROY LAW FIRM

PHILLIPS, SPALLAS & ANGSTADT LLC

/s/ Michael Nixon, Esq.
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ERIC ROY, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 11869
MICHAEL T. NIXON, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 12839
703 South Eighth Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

/s/ Benjamin J. Doyle, Esq.
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ROBERT K. PHILLIPS, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 14411
BENJAMIN J. DOYLE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No.15210
504 S. 9th Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
Tanya Victor

Attorneys for Defendant
Walmart, Inc.

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Case Name: Tanya Victor v. Walmart, Inc.
Case No.:
2:20-cv-01591-JCM-NJK
ORDER
The terms of the above stipulation for a protective order by and between Defendant Walmart,
Inc. and Plaintiff Tanya Victor, by their respective counsel, shall hereby be the ORDER of this Court.
DATED this 16th day of February 2021.
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U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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