Lackey v. Ray Klein Inc

Filing 21

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER re Parties' 20 Stipulated MOTION for Protective Order. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (PM)

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The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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AT SEATTLE

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JENNIFER LACKEY,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:19-CV-00590-RSM
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

v.
RAY KLEIN, INC., dba PROFESSIONAL
CREDIT SERVICE,
Defendant.

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or

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private information for which special protection may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties

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hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The

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parties acknowledge that this agreement is consistent with LCR 26(c). It does not confer blanket

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protection on all disclosures or responses to discovery, the protection it affords from public

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disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to

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confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles, and it does not presumptively entitle

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parties to file confidential information under seal.

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER; Lackey v. Ray Klein,
Inc., Case No. 2:19-CV-00590-RSM

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COSGRAVE VERGEER KESTER LLP 
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Portland, OR 97204 
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“CONFIDENTIAL” MATERIAL

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“Confidential” material shall include the following documents and tangible things

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produced or otherwise exchanged: (1) personally identifying information; (2) non-public medical

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records created by health care providers; (3) trade secrets and/or proprietary policies and

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procedures; and (4) confidential financial information.

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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this agreement cover not only confidential material (as

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defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from confidential material; (2)

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all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of confidential material; and (3) any testimony,

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conversations, or presentations by parties or their counsel that might reveal confidential material.

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However, the protections conferred by this agreement do not cover information that is in the

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public domain or becomes part of the public domain through trial or otherwise.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A receiving party may use confidential material that is disclosed

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or produced by another party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,

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defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Confidential material may be disclosed only to

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the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this agreement. Confidential

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material must be stored and maintained by a receiving party at a location and in a secure manner

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that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this agreement.

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4.2

Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise

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ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the designating party, a receiving party may

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disclose any confidential material only to:

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the receiving party’s counsel of record in this action, as well as employees

of counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation;
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the officers, directors, and employees (including in house counsel) of the

receiving party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, unless the parties
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agree that a particular document or material produced is for Attorney’s Eyes Only and is so

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designated;

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experts and consultants to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for

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this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit

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A);

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(d)

the court, court personnel, and court reporters and their staff;

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(e)

copy or imaging services retained by counsel to assist in the duplication of

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confidential material, provided that counsel for the party retaining the copy or imaging service

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instructs the service not to disclose any confidential material to third parties and to immediately

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return all originals and copies of any confidential material;

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(f)

during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”

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(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the designating party or ordered by the court. Pages of

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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal confidential material must

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be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted

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under this agreement;

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the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
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Filing Confidential Material. Before filing confidential material or discussing or

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referencing such material in court filings, the filing party shall confer with the designating party,

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in accordance with Local Civil Rule 5(g)(3)(A), to determine whether the designating party will

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remove the confidential designation, whether the document can be redacted, or whether a motion

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to seal or stipulation and proposed order is warranted. During the meet and confer process, the

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designating party must identify the basis for sealing the specific confidential information at issue,

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and the filing party shall include this basis in its motion to seal, along with any objection to

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sealing the information at issue. Local Civil Rule 5(g) sets forth the procedures that must be
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followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to

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file material under seal. A party who seeks to maintain the confidentiality of its information

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must satisfy the requirements of Local Civil Rule 5(g)(3)(B), even if it is not the party filing the

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motion to seal. Failure to satisfy this requirement will result in the motion to seal being denied,

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in accordance with the strong presumption of public access to the Court’s files.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1

Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each party

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or non-party that designates information or items for protection under this agreement must take

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care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate

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standards. The designating party must designate for protection only those parts of material,

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documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify, so that other portions of the

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material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not

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swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this agreement.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are

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shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to

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unnecessarily encumber or delay the case development process or to impose unnecessary

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expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the designating party to sanctions.

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If it comes to a designating party’s attention that information or items that it designated

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for protection do not qualify for protection, the designating party must promptly notify all other

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parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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5.2

Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this

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agreement (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or

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ordered, disclosure or discovery material that qualifies for protection under this agreement must

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be clearly so designated before or when the material is disclosed or produced.

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Information in documentary form: (e.g., paper or electronic documents

and deposition exhibits, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
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proceedings), the designating party must affix the word “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that

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contains confidential material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for

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protection, the producing party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by

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making appropriate markings in the margins).

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Testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial proceedings: the parties

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and any participating non-parties must identify on the record, during the deposition or other

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pretrial proceeding, all protected testimony, without prejudice to their right to so designate other

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testimony after reviewing the transcript. Any party or non-party may, within fifteen days after

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receiving the transcript of the deposition or other pretrial proceeding, designate portions of the

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transcript, or exhibits thereto, as confidential. If a party or non-party desires to protect

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confidential information at trial, the issue should be addressed during the pre-trial conference.

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(c)

Other tangible items: the producing party must affix in a prominent place

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on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the word

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“CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection,

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the producing party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
5.3

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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to

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designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the designating party’s

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right to secure protection under this agreement for such material. Upon timely correction of a

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designation, the receiving party must make reasonable efforts to ensure that the material is

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treated in accordance with the provisions of this agreement.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1

Timing of Challenges. Any party or non-party may challenge a designation of

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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a designating party’s confidentiality

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designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic

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burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a party does not waive its right to

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Portland, OR 97204 
(503) 323‐9000

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challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the

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original designation is disclosed.

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Meet and Confer. The parties must make every attempt to resolve any dispute

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regarding confidential designations without court involvement. Any motion regarding

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confidential designations or for a protective order must include a certification, in the motion or in

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a declaration or affidavit, that the movant has engaged in a good faith meet and confer

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conference with other affected parties in an effort to resolve the dispute without court action. The

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certification must list the date, manner, and participants to the conference. A good faith effort to

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confer requires a face-to-face meeting or a telephone conference.

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Judicial Intervention. If the parties cannot resolve a challenge without court

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intervention, the designating party may file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under

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Local Civil Rule 7 (and in compliance with Local Civil Rule 5(g), if applicable). The burden of

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persuasion in any such motion shall be on the designating party. Frivolous challenges, and those

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made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on

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other parties) may expose the challenging party to sanctions. All parties shall continue to

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maintain the material in question as confidential until the court rules on the challenge.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER

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LITIGATION

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If a party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels

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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that

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party must:

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promptly notify the designating party in writing and include a copy of the

subpoena or court order;
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promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to

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issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is

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subject to this agreement. Such notification shall include a copy of this agreement; and
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900 SW Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor 
Portland, OR 97204 
(503) 323‐9000

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(c)

cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued

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by the designating party whose confidential material may be affected.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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If a receiving party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed confidential

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material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this agreement, the receiving

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party must immediately (a) notify in writing the designating party of the unauthorized

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disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the protected material,

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(c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of

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this agreement, and (d) request that such person or persons execute the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED

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MATERIAL

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When a producing party gives notice to receiving parties that certain inadvertently

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produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the

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receiving parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This

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provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery

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order or agreement that provides for production without prior privilege review. The parties

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agree to the entry of a non-waiver order under Fed. R. Evid. 502(d) as set forth herein.

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NON TERMINATION AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS
Within 60 days after the termination of this action, including all appeals, each receiving

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party must return all confidential material to the producing party, including all copies, extracts

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and summaries thereof. Alternatively, the parties may agree upon appropriate methods of

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destruction.

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Notwithstanding this provision, counsel are entitled to retain one archival copy of all
documents filed with the court, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, correspondence,

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900 SW Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor 
Portland, OR 97204 
(503) 323‐9000

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deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert

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work product, even if such materials contain confidential material.

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The confidentiality obligations imposed by this agreement shall remain in effect until a

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designating party agrees otherwise in writing or a court orders otherwise.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: November 25, 2019

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ANDERSON SANTIAGO, PLLC

COSGRAVE VERGEER KESTER LLP

By: _s/ T. Tyler Santigo __________
T. Tyler Santiago, WSBA #46004
Email: [e-mail]
Jason D. Anderson, WSBA #38014
Email: [e-mail]
787 Maynard Ave. S., Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

By: s/ Timothy J. Fransen __________
Robert E. Sabido, WSBA #29170
Email: [e-mail]
Timothy J. Fransen, WSBA #51110
Email: [e-mail]
900 SW Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor
Portland, OR 97204
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

Attorneys for Defendant

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Portland, OR 97204 
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ORDER

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PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), the production of any

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documents in this proceeding shall not, for the purposes of this proceeding or any other

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proceeding in any other court, constitute a waiver by the producing party of any privilege

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applicable to those documents, including the attorney-client privilege, attorney work-product

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protection, or any other privilege or protection recognized by law.

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DATED: December 3, 2019

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER; Lackey v. Ray Klein,
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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, ____________________________________ [print or type full name], of

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____________________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of

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perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was

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issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on _________

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in the case of Jennifer Lackey v. Ray Klein, Inc., Case No. 2:19-CV-00590-RSM. I agree to

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comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, and I

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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and

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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner

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any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity

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except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the

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Western District of Washington for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated

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Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

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Date:

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City and State where sworn and signed:

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Printed name:

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Signature:

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER; Lackey v. Ray Klein,
Inc., Case No. 2:19-CV-00590-RSM

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900 SW Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor 
Portland, OR 97204 
(503) 323‐9000