Tahoe eCommerce, LLC v. Rana

Filing 27

PROTECTIVE ORDER re 24 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb on 11/9/12. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JC)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Michael D. Rounds, Esq. State Bar No. 4734 Matthew D. Francis, Esq. State Bar No. 6978 WATSON ROUNDS 5371 Kietzke Lane Reno, NV 89511 (775) 324-4100 Attorneys for Plaintiff Tahoe eCommerce, LLC 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 TAHOE ECOMMERCE, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 v. HUSSAIN RANA, an individual, dba MEATPROCESSINGTOOLS.COM, 16 Defendant. 17 18 19 20 Case No. 3:11-CV-00725-RCJ-WGC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and with the consent of the parties to this action, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. All documents, materials, items, and/or information which are designated as 21 confidential under the terms of this Protective Order, and contain or comprise confidential and 22 sensitive research, development or commercial information produced either by a party or by a 23 non-party to or for any of the parties shall be governed by this Protective Order. 24 2. Any information produced by any party or non-party as part of discovery in this 25 action may be designated by such party or non-party as (1) "Confidential" or (2) "Confidential- 26 Attorneys' Eyes Only." As a general guideline, materials designated "Confidential" shall be 27 those confidential and sensitive things that may be disclosed to the parties for the purpose of the 28 litigation, but which must be protected against disclosure to third parties. As a general guideline, 1 1 materials designated "Confidential-Attorney's Eyes Only" shall be those confidential and 2 sensitive things of a proprietary business or technical nature which might be of value to a 3 potential competitor of the party or non-party holding the proprietary rights thereto, and which 4 must be protected from disclosure to such party and/or third parties. Absent a specific order by 5 this Court, or written permission from the designating party, information once designated as 6 "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorney's Eyes Only" shall be used by parties solely in 7 connection with this litigation, and not for any business, competitive, or governmental purpose or 8 function and such information shall not be disclosed to anyone except as provided herein. 9 3. Any party or non-party wishing to come within the provisions of this Protective 10 Order shall designate, in writing, the documents, information, or portions thereof which he, she 11 or it considers confidential at the time such documents are produced or such information is 12 disclosed, or as soon thereafter as the person or entity seeking protection becomes aware of the 13 nature of the information or materials disclosed and sought to be protected hereunder. In the 14 instance of documents, the items produced must be marked "Confidential" or "Confidential- 15 Attorneys' Eyes Only" by the producing party or non-party. In the instance of depositions, 16 counsel may, in the record of the deposition, designate the transcript or portion thereof as 17 "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only," and only the parties identified in 18 paragraphs 4 and 5 may then be present in the depositions. The witness under deposition or his 19 counsel may invoke the provisions of this Protective Order in a timely manner, giving adequate 20 warning to counsel for the party or non-party that testimony about to be given is deemed 21 "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only." The designations should be made on the 22 record whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of a deposition either 23 "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorney’s Eyes Only" provided written notice of such 24 designation is given to each party no later than (10) ten days following receipt of the deposition 25 transcript. 26 4. Documents, deposition testimony, or answers to interrogatories stamped 27 "Confidential," or copies or extracts therefrom, and compilations and summaries thereof, and the 28 information therein, may be given, shown, made available to, or communicated in any way only 2 1 to those parties or other persons who agree in advance to abide by this Protective Order and to 2 whom it is necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this litigation. 3 5. Documents, deposition testimony, or answers to interrogatories stamped 4 "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" or copies or extracts therefrom, and summaries and 5 compilations thereof, and the information therein, may be given, shown, made available to, or 6 communicated in any way only to (a) the trial counsel designated on the pleadings for the law 7 firms of record in this actions and those of their staff to whom it is necessary that the materials 8 be shown for the purposes of this litigation; (b) consultants as defined in Paragraph 6 hereof and 9 pursuant to the provisions on Paragraph 7 hereof. 10 6. For purposes of Paragraph 5(b) hereof, a consultant shall be defined as a person 11 who is not an employee of a party nor anticipated to become an employee in the near future, and 12 who is retained or employed as a bona fide consultant or expert for purposes of this litigation, 13 whether full or part-time, by or at the direction of counsel for a party. 14 15 16 17 7. The procedure for having a consultant approved for access to information designated "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" shall be as follows: (a) The party seeking to have a consultant, as defined in Paragraph 6 hereof, approved shall provide the producing party with: 18 i) the name of the designated person; 19 ii) the present employer and title of said designated person; 20 iii) a resume or curriculum vitae of said designated person; 21 iv) a written acknowledgment, in the form of Attachment A hereto, signed by 22 the designated person for whom approval is sought, that the person has 23 read this Protective Order and agrees to be bound by its terms. 24 (b) Within seven (7) calendar days after mailing (via overnight delivery) of the 25 information and written acknowledgment described in subparagraph (a), the producing party may 26 object to the person proposed for approval if facts available to the producing party give it 27 genuine reason to believe that there is a reasonable likelihood that the designated person may use 28 information designated "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" for purposes other than the 3 1 preparation or trial of this case. Objections must be based upon a legitimate good faith belief in 2 such unauthorized use and shall not be made for purposes of delaying approval of said 3 designated person. If an objection is found not to be made in good faith by the court, then the 4 party whom the objection was made shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. 5 Failure to object within seven (7) calendar days to a person proposed shall be deemed approval, 6 but shall but not preclude a producing party from objecting to continued access by that person 7 where facts suggesting a basis for objection are subsequently learned by the producing party or 8 its counsel. 9 (c) If the producing party so objects, the producing and requesting party shall, within 10 seven (7) calendar days from the date of the mailing of notice of objection, confer and attempt to 11 resolve the dispute. At the conference, the producing party shall inform the requesting party of 12 its reasons for objecting to the designated person. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute, or if 13 the conference does not take place, then the producing party may move the Court for an order 14 that access to information designated "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" be denied to the 15 designated person. The time periods are not to restrict either party from moving for a court order 16 earlier if the circumstances so require. 17 18 19 (d) The parties agree that the information identified above in subparagraph 7(a) shall constitute sufficient information from which to approve said designated person. 8. All confidential information covered by this order shall be kept in secure facilities 20 at trial counsel's offices and in no event be taken to or stored on the premises of a party without 21 having first received written permission from the party designating the document confidential, 22 and access to those facilities shall be permitted only to those designated persons set forth in 23 Paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of this Protective Order as persons properly having access thereto under 24 the appropriately designated degree of confidentiality. All counsel for the parties who have 25 access to confidential information under this Protective Order acknowledge they are bound by 26 this Order and submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for purposes of enforcing this Order. 27 28 9. No party or non-party shall file or submit for filing as part of the court record any documents under seal without first obtaining leave of court. Notwithstanding any agreement 4 1 among the parties, the party seeking to file a paper under seal bears the burden of overcoming the 2 presumption in favor of public access to papers filed in court. 3 10. If any document or information designated to be "Confidential" or "Confidential- 4 Attorneys' Eyes Only" pursuant to this Protective Order is used during the course of a deposition 5 herein, that portion of the deposition record reflecting such confidential information shall be 6 sealed and stamped with the designated degree of confidentiality, and access thereto shall be 7 limited pursuant to the other terms of this Protective Order. 8 9 11. A party should designate as “Confidential” or “Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only” only such information or documents as the party reasonably and in good faith believes 10 require and justify protection under this Protective Order. If, at any time during the pendency or 11 trial of this action, counsel for any party claims that counsel for any other party is unreasonably 12 claiming certain information produced herein to be confidential, objecting counsel may make an 13 appropriate application to this Court, with confidential portions thereof to be kept under seal, 14 requesting that specifically identified documents, information, and/or deposition testimony be 15 excluded from the provisions of this Protective Order or downgraded in terms of the degree of 16 protection provided. Before filing any such application, the party seeking relief shall confer with 17 the other party to determine whether the matter can be resolved by agreement. 18 12. The pretrial order submitted by the parties in this action shall address the 19 treatment at trial of documents, information or testimony designated "Confidential" or 20 "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" pursuant to this Protective Order unless the confidentiality 21 of such information has been removed by agreement of counsel or by this Court in accordance 22 with the provisions of Paragraph 11 of this Protective Order. 23 13. At any hearing relating to this litigation prior to trial before any judicial officer, 24 subject to the rules of evidence and order of the Court, a party may use any “Confidential” or 25 “Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information or documents for any purpose, provided that 26 adequate prior notice of such use is given to counsel for the opposing party to permit the 27 opposing party the opportunity to obtain appropriate protection from the Court, including a 28 request to the Court that the courtroom be cleared and that the court employees be advised as to 5 1 the terms of this Protective Order. If any party reasonably anticipates that “Confidential” or 2 “Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information or documents will be presented in any hearing 3 in this litigation, it may request that the Court close the courtroom during such presentation. If 4 the Court denies any such request, the use of the “Confidential” or “Confidential-Attorneys’ 5 Eyes Only” information or documents in court shall not affect its coverage by this Protective 6 Order or constitute a waiver of secrecy with respect thereto. 14. 7 The terms of this Protective Order shall apply to all manner and means of 8 discovery, including entry onto land or premises and inspection of books, records, documents, 9 and tangible things. 10 15. This Protective Order shall be effective on the date entered by the Court. 11 16. Within ninety (90) days after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise 12 agreed by the parties, all confidential materials and/or information shall be returned to the party 13 or non-party who produced such materials, or to their respective counsel, or such information 14 shall be destroyed, at the election of the receiving party, and if destroyed, the receiving party 15 /// 16 /// 17 /// 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 6 1 shall provide written notice of such destruction within the time period prescribed by this 2 paragraph. 3 IT IS SO STIPULATED: 4 Dated: Dated: 6 By: /s/ Matthew D. Francis WATSON ROUNDS Michael D. Rounds Matthew D. Francis 5371 Kietzke Lane Reno, Nevada 89511 Telephone: (775) 324-4100 Email: mrounds@watsonrounds.com Email: mfrancis@watsonrounds.com By: /s/ Marc Picker MARK PICKER, ESQ., LTD. Marc Picker, Esq. 729 Evans Avenue Post Office Box 3344 Reno, NV 89505-3344 Telephone: (775) 324-4533 mpickesq@msn.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendants 7 8 9 10 11 November 1, 2012 November 7, 2012 5 12 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED: ____________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 November 9, 2012. DATED:_____________________________ 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7 1 2 3 Attachment A 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT 5 I, , do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar with the terms of 6 the Stipulated Protective Order entered in Tahoe eCommerce, LLC v. Rana, et al., United States 7 District Court for the District of Nevada, Case No. 3:11-CV-00725-RCJ-WGC, and hereby agree 8 to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of said Order unless and until modified 9 by further Order of this Court. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of 10 11 enforcing this Order. Dated:______________________ Signed____________________ 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8

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