Titan International Technologies, LTD v. COBRA Firing Systems, LLC et al.
Filing
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PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 40 Stipulation for Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 11/21/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MAM)
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Dustun H. Holmes, Esq.
Bar No. 12776
DHH@mcmenemyholmes.com
Ian M. McMenemy,
Esq., Bar No. 13190
IAN@mcmenemyholmes.com
MCMENEMY | HOLMES PLLC
1645 Village Center Circle, Suite 291
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Telephone: 702.874.4878
Facsimile: 702.874.4969
W. West Allen, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 5566
Jonathan W. Fountain, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 10351
HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS
PLLC
3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 1000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Tel. (702) 257-1483
Email: wwa@h2law.com
Email: jwf@h2law.com
Patrick Bright, admitted pro hac vice
Wagner, Anderson & Bright PC
10524 West Pico Boulevard #214
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Telephone: 213 700-6637
Facsimile: 310 559-9133
Ajit J. Vaidya, Esq.
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
KENEALY VAIDYA LLP
3050 K. Street, N.W., Suite 302
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel. (202) 748-5903
Email: avaidya@kviplaw.com
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Attorneys for Defendants
Cobra Firing Systems, LLC and
Phantom Fireworks, Inc.
Attorneys for Titan International
Technologies Ltd.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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Titan International Technologies, Ltd
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Plaintiff,
Case No.: 2:24-cv-861-CDS-BNW
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v.
STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE
ORDER
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Cobra Firing Systems, LLC and Phantom
Fireworks of Pahrump,
Defendants.
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Plaintiff Titan International Technologies Ltd. ("Plaintiff") and Defendants Cobra Firing
Systems, LLC and Phantom Fireworks of Pahrump (“Defendants” together with Plaintiff, the
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"Parties" and, individually, a "Party"), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby enter
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into this Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order.
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The Parties desire to produce certain documents or other material which may contain
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proprietary and/or confidential information, it is hereby stipulated and agreed, by and between the
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Parties hereto, through their respective counsel of record, that:
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Applicability of this Protective Order: Subject to Sections 2 and 18 below, this
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Protective Order does not and will not govern any trial proceedings in this action but will
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otherwise be applicable to and govern the handling of documents, depositions, deposition
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exhibits, interrogatory responses, responses to requests for admissions, responses to requests for
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production of documents, and all other discovery obtained pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil
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Procedure or other legal process by or from, or produced on behalf of, a party or witness in
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connection with this action (this information hereinafter shall be referred to as "Discovery
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Material"). As used herein, "Producing Party" or "Disclosing Party" shall refer to the parties and
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nonparties that give testimony or produce documents or other information in connection with this
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action; "Receiving Party" shall refer to the parties in this action that receive such information, and
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"Authorized Recipient" shall refer to any person or entity authorized by Sections 10 and 11 of this
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Protective Order to obtain access to Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information,
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or the contents of such Discovery Material.
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The Parties acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12, below, that this Protective Order does
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not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule IA 10-5 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a Party seeks
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permission from the court to file material under seal.
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No Waiver. Nothing in this Protective Order, nor the production of any
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information or document under the terms of this Protective Order, nor any proceedings pursuant
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to this Protective Order shall be deemed to be a waiver of any rights or objections to challenge the
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authenticity or admissibility of any document, testimony or other evidence at trial. Additionally,
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this Protective Order will not prejudice the right of any party or nonparty to oppose production of
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any information on the ground of attorney-client privilege; work product doctrine or any other
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privilege or protection provided under the law.
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Designation of Information: Any Producing Party may designate Discovery
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Material in its possession, custody, or control produced to a Receiving Party as "Confidential" or
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"Highly Confidential" under the terms of this Protective Order if the Producing Party in good
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faith reasonably believes that such Discovery Material contains nonpublic, confidential
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information as defined in Sections 4 and 5 below.
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Confidential Information: For purposes of this Protective Order, "Confidential
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Information" means all information that constitutes, reflects, or discloses nonpublic information,
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trade secrets, know-how, or other financial, proprietary, commercially sensitive, confidential
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business, marketing, regulatory, or strategic information (e.g., regarding business plans or
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strategies, technical data, and nonpublic designs), the disclosure of which the Producing Party
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believes in good faith might reasonably result in economic or competitive, or business injury to
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the Producing Party (or its affiliates, personnel, or clients) and which is not publicly known.
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"Confidential Information" shall also include sensitive personal information that is not otherwise
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publicly available, such as home addresses; social security numbers; dates of birth; employment
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personnel files; medical information; home telephone records/numbers; employee disciplinary
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records; wage statements or earnings statements; employee benefits data; tax records; and other
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similar personal financial information. A Party may also designate as "CONFIDENTIAL"
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compilations of publicly available discovery materials that would not be known publicly in a
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compiled form.
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Highly Confidential Information: For purposes of this Protective Order, "Highly
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Confidential Information" is any Confidential Information as defined in Section 4 above that also
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includes extremely sensitive, highly confidential, nonpublic information, consisting either of trade
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secrets or proprietary or other highly confidential business, financial, regulatory, private, or
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strategic information (including information regarding business plans, technical data, and
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nonpublic designs), the disclosure of which would create a substantial risk of competitive,
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business, or personal injury to the Producing Party.
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Designating Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information. If
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any party in this action determines in good faith that any information, documents, things, or
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responses produced in the course of discovery in this action should be designated as Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information (the "Designating Party"), it shall advise any
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party receiving such material of this fact, and all copies of such documents, things, or responses,
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or portions thereof deemed to be confidential shall be marked "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL" (whether produced in hard copy or electronic form) at the expense of the
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designating party and treated as such by all parties. A Designating Party may inform another
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party that a document is Confidential or Highly Confidential by providing the identification
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number of the document in writing.
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produced via an electronic form on a computer readable medium (e.g., CD-ROM), other digital
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storage medium, or via Internet transmission, the Producing Party or Designating Party shall affix
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in a prominent place on the storage medium or container file on which the information is stored,
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and on any container(s) for such medium, the legend "Includes CONFIDENTIAL
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INFORMATION" or "Includes HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION."
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If Confidential or Highly Confidential Information is
Use of Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information. Except
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as provided herein, Confidential Information and Highly Confidential Information designated or
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marked shall be maintained in confidence, used solely for the purposes of this action to the extent
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not otherwise prohibited by an order of the Court, shall be disclosed to no one except those
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persons identified herein in Sections 10 and 11, and shall be handled in such manner until such
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designation is removed by the Designating Party or by order of the Court. Confidential or Highly
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Confidential information produced by another party shall not be used by any Receiving Party for
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any commercial, competitive or personal purpose.
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Designation. Once the Court enters this Protective Order, a party shall have thirty
(30) calendar days to designate as Confidential or Highly Confidential any documents previously
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produced in this action, which it can do by stamping "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL" on the document, or informing the other parties of the Bates-numbers of the
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documents so designated.
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Use of Confidential Information and Highly Confidential Information in
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Depositions. Counsel for any party shall have the right to disclose Confidential or Highly
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Confidential Information at depositions, provided that such disclosure is consistent with this
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Protective Order, including Sections 10 and 11. Any counsel of record may request that all
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persons not entitled under Sections 10 or 11 of this Protective Order to have access to
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Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information leave the deposition room during the
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confidential portion of the deposition. Failure of such other persons to comply with a request to
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leave the deposition shall constitute substantial justification for counsel to advise the witness that
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the witness need not answer the question where the answer would disclose Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information. Additionally, at any deposition session, (1) upon
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inquiry with regard to the content of any discovery material(s) designated or marked as
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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL;" (2) whenever counsel for a party deems
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that the answer to a question may result in the disclosure or revelation of Confidential or Highly
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Confidential Information; and/or (3) whenever counsel for a party deems that the answer to any
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question has resulted in the disclosure or revelation of Confidential or Highly Confidential
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Information, counsel to any party may designate portions of a deposition transcript and/or video
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of any deposition (or any other testimony) as containing Confidential or Highly Confidential
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Information in accordance with this Order by a statement on the record during the deposition or
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by notifying all other parties in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving the transcript
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or video that it contains Confidential or Highly Confidential Information and designating the
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specific pages, lines, and/or counter numbers as containing Confidential or Highly Confidential
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Information. If a designation is made via a statement on the record during a deposition, counsel
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must follow up in writing within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving the transcript or video,
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identifying the specific pages, lines, and/or counter numbers containing the Confidential or
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Highly Confidential Information. If no confidentiality designations are made within the thirty
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(30) day period, the entire transcript shall be considered non-confidential. During the thirty (30)
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day period, the entire transcript and video shall be treated as Confidential Information (or Highly
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Confidential Information).
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Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information shall be prominently marked
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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL " on the cover thereof and, if and when filed
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with the Court, the portions of such transcript so designated shall be filed under seal. Counsel
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must designate portions of a deposition transcript as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL" within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving the transcript. Any DVD or
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other digital storage medium containing Confidential or Highly Confidential deposition testimony
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shall be labeled in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.
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All originals and copies of deposition transcripts that contain
Persons Authorized to Receive Confidential Information.
Confidential
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Information produced pursuant to this Protective Order may be disclosed or made available only
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to the Court, its employees, other court personnel, any discovery referee, mediator or other
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official who may be appointed by the Court, and to the persons below:
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(a)
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A party, or officers, directors, employees, and agents of a party deemed necessary
by counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action;
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Counsel for a party (including in house attorneys, outside attorneys associated with
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a law firm(s) of record, and paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed by
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such counsel);
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Persons retained by a party to provide litigation support services (photocopying,
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videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, organizing, storing,
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retrieving data in any form or medium, etc.);
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(d)
Consultants or expert witnesses (together with their support staff) retained for the
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prosecution or defense of this litigation, provided that such an expert or consultant
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is not a current employee of a direct competitor of a party named in this action, but
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a party may seek leave of court to provide information to consultant employed by a
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competitor;
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Court reporter(s) and videographers(s) employed in this action;
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Any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information;
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A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action, who shall sign the
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Confidentiality Agreement attached as "Exhibit A" to this Protective Order before
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being shown a confidential document; and
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Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree or that the Court in these
proceedings so designates.
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Any person to whom Confidential Information is disclosed pursuant to subparts (a)
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through (h) hereinabove shall be advised that the Confidential Information is being disclosed
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pursuant to an order of the Court, that the information may not be disclosed by such person to any
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person not permitted to have access to the Confidential Information pursuant to this Protective
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Order, and that any violation of this Protective Order may result in the imposition of such
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sanctions as the Court deems proper. Any person to whom Confidential Information is disclosed
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pursuant to subpart (c), (d), (g) or (h) of this section shall also be required to execute a copy of the
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form Exhibit A. The persons shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Protective
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Order by executing a copy of Exhibit A (which shall be maintained by the counsel of record for
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the party seeking to reveal the Confidential Information) in advance of being shown the
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Confidential Information. No party (or its counsel) shall discourage any persons from signing a
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copy of Exhibit A. If a person refuses to execute a copy of Exhibit A, the party seeking to reveal
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the Confidential Information shall seek an order from the Court directing that the person be bound
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by this Protective Order. In the event of the filing of such a motion, Confidential Information
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may not be disclosed to such person until the Court resolves the issue. Proof of each written
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agreement provided for under this Section shall be maintained by each of the parties while this
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action is pending and disclosed to the other parties upon good cause shown and upon order of the
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Court.
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Persons Authorized to Receive Highly Confidential Information. "HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL" documents and information may be used only in connection with this case and
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may be disclosed only to the Court and the persons listed in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and
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(h) Section 12 above, but shall not be disclosed to a party, or an employee of a party, unless
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otherwise agreed or ordered. Any person to whom Highly Confidential Information is disclosed
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pursuant to sub-sections (d), or (h) of Section 10 above shall also be required to execute a copy of
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the form Exhibit A.
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Filing of Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information With
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Court. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a court order secured after
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appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action
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any material designated as Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information. A Party
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that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Local Rule IA 10-5. The
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Designating Party will have the burden to provide the Court with any information necessary to
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support the designation as Confidential or Highly Confidential Information. If a Receiving Party's
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request to file under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected
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Material in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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Papers filed with the Court under seal must be accompanied with a concurrently-filed
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motion for leave to file those documents under seal. See Local Rule IA 10-5(a). Parties seeking to
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maintain the secrecy of documents attached to dispositive motions must show compelling reasons
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sufficient to overcome the presumption of public access.
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Notice to Nonparties. Any party issuing a subpoena to a nonparty shall enclose a
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copy of this Protective Order and advise the nonparty that it may designate any Discovery
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Material it produces pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order, should the nonparty producing
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party wish to do so. This Order shall be binding in favor of nonparty designating parties to the
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maximum extent permitted by law. Any nonparty invoking the Protective Order shall comply
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with, and be subject to, all applicable sections of the Protective Order.
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Knowledge of Unauthorized Use or Possession. If a party receiving Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information learns of any possession, knowledge, use or
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disclosure of any Confidential or Highly Confidential Information in violation of the terms of this
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Protective Order, the Receiving Party shall immediately notify in writing the party that produced
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the Confidential or Highly Confidential Information. The Receiving Party shall promptly furnish
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the Producing Party the full details of such possession, knowledge, use or disclosure. With
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respect to such unauthorized possession, knowledge, use or disclosure the Receiving Party shall
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assist the Producing Party in remedying the disclosure (e.g., by retrieving the Confidential
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Information from an unauthorized recipient) and/or preventing its recurrence.
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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL " and shall be considered Confidential or
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Highly Confidential Information subject to the terms and conditions of this Protective Order.
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Attorney-client communications and attorney work product regarding Confidential or Highly
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Confidential Information shall not be subject to this section, regardless of whether they
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summarize, abstract, paraphrase, or otherwise reflect Confidential Information or Highly
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Confidential Information.
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Copies, Summaries or Abstracts. Any copies, summaries, abstracts or exact
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Confidential
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Highly
Confidential
Information
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marked
Information Not Confidential. The restrictions set forth in this Protective Order
shall not be construed to apply to any information or materials that:
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Were lawfully in the Receiving Party's possession prior to such information being
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designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential Information in this action, and
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that the Receiving Party is not otherwise obligated to treat as confidential;
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Were obtained without any benefit or use of Confidential or Highly Confidential
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Information from a third party having the right to disclose such information to the
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Receiving Party without restriction or obligation of confidentiality;
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(c)
Were independently developed after the time of disclosure by persons who did not
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have access to the Producing Party's Confidential or Highly Confidential
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Information;
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Have been or become part of the public domain by publication or otherwise and
not due to any unauthorized act or omission on the part of a Receiving Party; or
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Under law, have been declared to be in the public domain.
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Challenges to Designations.
Any party may object to the designation of
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Confidential or Highly Confidential Information on the ground that such information does not
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constitute Confidential or Highly Confidential Information by serving written notice upon counsel
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for the Producing Party specifying the item(s) in question, the grounds for the objection, and
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arranging for a meet and confer conference to attempt to informally resolve the dispute. If the
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parties cannot resolve the matter, the party challenging the designation may file a motion with the
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Court to resolve the dispute. This Protective Order will not affect the burden of proof on any such
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motion, or impose any burdens upon any party that would not exist had the Protective Order not
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been entered; the burden shall be on the person making the designation to establish the propriety
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of the designation. Any contested information shall continue to be treated as confidential and
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subject to this Protective Order until such time as such motion has been ruled upon.
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Use in Court. If any Confidential or Highly Confidential Information is used in
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any pretrial Court proceeding in this action, it shall not necessarily lose its confidential status
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through such use, and the party using such information shall take all reasonable steps consistent
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with Section 14 to maintain its confidentiality during such use.
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Reservation of Rights. The parties each reserve the right to seek or oppose
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additional or different protection for particular information, documents, materials, items or things.
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This Protective Order shall neither enlarge nor affect the proper scope of discovery in this Action.
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In addition, this Protective Order shall not limit or circumscribe in any manner any rights the
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parties (or their respective counsel) may have under common law or pursuant to any state, federal,
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or foreign statute or regulation, and/or ethical rule.
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Inadvertent Failure to Designate.
The inadvertent failure to designate
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information produced in discovery as Confidential or Highly Confidential shall not be deemed, by
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itself, to be a waiver of the right to so designate such discovery materials as Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information. Within a reasonable time of learning of any
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such inadvertent failure, the Producing Party shall notify all Receiving Parties of such inadvertent
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failure and take such other steps as necessary to correct such failure after becoming aware of it.
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Disclosure of such discovery materials to any other person prior to later designation of the
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discovery materials in accordance with this section shall not violate the terms of this Protective
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Order. However, immediately upon being notified of an inadvertent failure to designate, all
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parties shall treat such information as though properly designated, and shall take any actions
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necessary to prevent any future unauthorized disclosure, use, or possession.
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No Waiver of Privilege: Disclosure (including production) of information after
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the parties' entry of this Protective Order that a party or nonparty later claims was inadvertent and
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should not have been disclosed because of a privilege, including, but not limited to, the
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attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine ("Privileged Information"), shall not constitute
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a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any claim of attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or
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other ground for withholding production as to which the Disclosing or Producing Party would be
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entitled in this action.
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Effect of Disclosure of Privileged Information: The Receiving Party hereby
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agrees to promptly return and destroy any Privileged Information disclosed or produced by
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Disclosing or Producing Party upon request by Disclosing or Producing Party regardless of
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whether the Receiving Party disputes the designation of Privileged Information. If any party
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disputes the privilege claim ("Objecting Party"), that Objecting Party shall object in writing by
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notifying the Producing Party of the dispute and the basis therefore. The parties thereafter shall
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meet and confer in good faith regarding the disputed claim. In the event that the parties do not
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resolve their dispute, the Objecting Party may bring a motion for a determination of whether a
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privilege applies within fifteen (15) court days of the meet and confer session, but may only
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contest the asserted privileges on ground other than the inadvertent production of such
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document(s). In making such a motion, the Objecting Party shall not disclose the content of the
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document(s) at issue, but may refer to the information contained on the privilege log. Nothing
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herein shall relieve counsel from abiding by applicable ethical rules regarding inadvertent
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disclosure and discovery of inadvertently disclosed privileged or otherwise protected material.
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The failure of any party to provide notice or instructions under this Paragraph shall not constitute
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a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any claim of attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or
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other ground for withholding production as to which the Disclosing or Producing Party would be
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entitled in this action.
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Inadvertent Production of Non-Discoverable Documents. If a Producing Party
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inadvertently produces a document that contains no discoverable information, the Producing Party
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may request in writing that the Receiving Party return the document, and the Receiving Party will
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return the document. If a Producing Party inadvertently fails to redact personal information (e.g.,
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a social security number), the Producing Party may provide the Receiving Party a substitute
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version of the document that redacts the personal information, and the Receiving Party shall
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return the original, unredacted document to the Producing Party.
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Return of Information. Within thirty (30) days after the final disposition of this
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action, all Confidential Material and/or Highly Confidential Material produced by an opposing
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party or nonparty (including, without limitation, any copies, extracts or summaries thereof) as part
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of discovery in this action shall be destroyed by the parties to whom the Confidential Material
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and/or Highly Confidential Material was produced, and each counsel shall, by declaration
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delivered to all counsel for the Producing Party, affirm that all such Confidential Material and/or
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Highly Confidential Material (including, without limitation, any copies, extracts or summaries
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thereof) has been destroyed; provided, however, that each counsel shall be entitled to retain
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pleadings, motions and memoranda in support thereof, declarations or affidavits, deposition
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transcripts and videotapes, or documents reflecting attorney work product or consultant or expert
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work product, even if such material contains or refers to Confidential Material and/or Highly
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Confidential Material, but only to the extent necessary to preserve a litigation file with respect to
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this action.
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Attorney's Fees. Nothing in this Protective Order is intended to either expand or
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limit a prevailing party's right under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable
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state or federal law to pursue costs and attorney's fees incurred related to confidentiality
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designations or the abuse of the process described herein.
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Other Actions and Proceedings.
If a Receiving Party (a) is subpoenaed in
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another action, investigation, or proceeding, (b) is served with a demand in another action,
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investigation, or proceeding, or (c) is served with any legal process by one not a party to this
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Protective Order, seeking materials which were produced or designated as Confidential or Highly
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Confidential pursuant to this Protective Order, the Receiving Party shall give prompt actual
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written notice by electronic transmission to counsel of record for such Producing Party within
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five (5) business days of receipt of such subpoena, demand or legal process, or such shorter notice
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as may be required to provide other parties with the opportunity to object to the immediate
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production of the requested discovery materials to the extent permitted by law. The burden of
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opposing enforcement of the subpoena shall fall upon the party or nonparty who produced or
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designated the Discovery Material as Confidential or Highly Confidential Information. Unless
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the party or nonparty who produced or designated the Confidential or Highly Confidential
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Information obtains an order directing that the subpoena not be complied with, and serves such
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order upon the Receiving Party prior to production pursuant to the subpoena, the Receiving Party
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shall be permitted to produce documents responsive to the subpoena on the subpoena response
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date. Compliance by the Receiving Party with any order directing production pursuant to a
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subpoena of any Confidential or Highly Confidential Information shall not constitute a violation
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of this Protective Order. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed as authorizing a
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party to disobey a lawful subpoena issued in another action.
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Execution in Counterparts. This Protective Order may be signed in counterparts,
and a fax or "PDF" signature shall have the same force and effect as an original ink signature.
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Order Survives Termination. This Protective Order shall survive the termination
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of this action, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of
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information disclosed hereunder.
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DATED this 20th day of November, 2024.
DATED this 20th day of November, 2024.
By:
By:
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/s/ Dustun H. Holmes
Dustun H. Holmes, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12776
MCMENEMY | HOLMES PLLC
1645 Village Center Circle, Suite 291
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Patrick Bright, Esq.
California Bar No. 68709
(admitted pro hac vice)
WAGNER, ANDERSON &
BRIGHT PC
10524 West Pico Boulevard, Suite 214
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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/s/ Ajit Vaidya, Esq.
W. West Allen, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 5566
Jonathan W. Fountain, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 10351
HOWARD & HOWARD PLLC
3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 1000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Ajit Vaidya, Esq.
(admitted pro hac vice)
KENEALY VAIDYA LLP
3050 K Street, NW, Suite 302
Washington, D.C. 20007
Attorneys for Defendants
IT IS SO ORDERED:
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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DATED: ___________________
11/21/2024
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EXHIBIT "A"
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CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
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I, ______________________________ do hereby acknowledge and agree, under penalty
of perjury, as follows:
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I have read the Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order ("the
Protective Order") entered in Titan International Technologies, Ltd. v. Cobra Firing Systems,
LLC,et al., Case No.: 2:24-cv-861-CDS-BNW
on __________________, _____, and I fully understand its contents.
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I hereby agree and consent to be bound by the terms of the Protective Order and to
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comply with it in all respects, and to that end, I hereby knowingly and voluntarily submit and subject
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myself to the personal jurisdiction of the United State District Court, District of Nevada so that the said
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court shall have the power and authority to enforce the Protective Order and to impose appropriate
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sanctions upon me for knowingly violating the Protective Order, including punishment for contempt of
court for a knowing violation of the Protective Order.
3.
I understand that by signing this instrument, I will be eligible to receive
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"Confidential Information" and/or "Highly Confidential Information" under the terms and
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conditions of the Protective Order.
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"Confidential Information" and/or "Highly Confidential Information" in accordance with the
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terms and conditions of the Protective Order, and that, if I should knowingly make a disclosure of
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I further understand and agree that I must treat any
any such information in a manner unauthorized by the Protective Order, I will have violated a
court order, will be in contempt of court, and will be subject to punishment by the court for such
conduct.
DATED:
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(Signature)
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(Printed Name)
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(Address)
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