Richard Sotelo v. Rawlings Sporting Goods Company Inc, No. 2:2018cv09166 - Document 52 (C.D. Cal. 2019)
Court Description: ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Maria A. Audero: re Stipulation for Protective Order 51 . (sbou)
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Richard Sotelo v. Rawlings Sporting Goods Company Inc Doc. 52 5 David R. Shoop (220576) david.shoop@shooplaw.com Thomas S. Alch (136860) thomas.alch@shooplaw.com SHOOP, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 350 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 330 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310.277.1700 Telephone 310.277.8500 Facsimile 6 Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Class 7 Michael R. Annis (pro hac vice) Mike.Annis@huschblackwell.com A. James Spung (pro hac vice) James.Spung@huschblackwell.com HUSCH BLACKWELLthLLP 190 Carondelet Plaza, 6 Floor St. Louis, Missouri 63105 314.480.1500 Telephone 314.480.1505 Facsimile 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 15 Eric Y. Kizirian Eric.Kizirian@lewisbrisbois.com LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 633 West 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 213.580.3981 Telephone 213.250.7900 Fascimile 16 Attorneys for Defendant 12 13 14 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 19 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 20 21 RICHARD SOTELO, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 22 Plaintiff, 23 v. 24 RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC., 25 26 Case No.: 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Defendant. 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 1 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 1.A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, 3 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 4 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may 5 be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to 6 enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this 7 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 8 discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends 9 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 10 under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth 11 in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to 12 file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the 13 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a 14 party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 15 16 1.B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 17 This action, which is a class action against a sporting goods company 18 regarding the specifications, marketing, and labeling of its baseball bats, is likely to 19 involve trade secrets, customer and pricing lists and other valuable research, 20 development, commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information for 21 which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other 22 than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary 23 materials and information consist of, among other things, confidential business or 24 financial information, information regarding confidential business practices, or other 25 confidential research, development, or commercial information (including 26 information implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise 27 generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 2 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, 2 or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the 3 prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to 4 adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure 5 that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in 6 preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the 7 litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is 8 justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be 9 designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys Eyes Only” for 10 tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it 11 has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause 12 why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 13 14 2. DEFINITIONS 15 2.1 Action: [this pending federal law suit]. 16 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that 17 18 challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless 19 of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 20 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified 21 above in the Good Cause Statement. 22 23 24 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates 25 information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to 26 discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 27 ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.” 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 3 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, 2 regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or 3 maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible 4 things), that are produced or generated in disclosures, responses to discovery, or 5 discussions regarding resolution in this matter. 6 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a 7 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel 8 to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. Any employee of 9 a Receiving Party who is designated as an Expert shall be bound by Section 7, 10 11 below. 2.8 ”HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 12 Information or Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” 13 disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk 14 of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 15 16 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 17 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 18 party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action 19 and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a 20 law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 21 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, 22 directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of 23 Record (and their support staffs). 24 25 26 27 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action. 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 4 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or 2 medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 3 4 5 6 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing Party. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3. SCOPE The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure of the Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 5 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 2 4. DURATION Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 3 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 4 otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be 5 deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, 6 with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and 7 exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, 8 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of 9 time pursuant to applicable law. 10 11 12 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for 13 Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for 14 protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to 15 specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 16 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 17 designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for 18 the level of protection initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly 19 notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 20 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 21 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 22 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 23 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 24 produced. 25 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 26 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 27 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 6 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend 2 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS EYES 3 ONLY,” to each page that contains protected material or to another appropriate 4 location (such as, for example,a filename or storage device label for electronic or 5 native files. 6 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials 7 available for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the 8 inspecting Party has indicated which documents or material it would like copied 9 and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material 10 made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- 11 ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the 12 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine 13 which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. 14 Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix 15 the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- 16 ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY”) to each page that contains Protected Material. If 17 only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 18 Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making 19 appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level 20 of protection being asserted. 21 (b) for testimony given in depositions or in other pretrial or trial 22 proceedings, that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of 23 the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony and specify 24 the level of protection being asserted. When it is impractical to identify separately 25 each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that 26 substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating 27 Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 7 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 30 days to identify the specific 2 portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level 3 of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are 4 appropriately designated for protection within the 30 days shall be covered by the 5 provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party 6 may specify, at the deposition or up to 30 days afterwards if that period is properly 7 invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 9 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a 10 deposition, hearing or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the 11 other parties can ensure that only authorized individuals who have signed the 12 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present at those 13 proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any 14 way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL– 15 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Transcripts containing Protected Material shall 16 have an obvious legend on the title page that the transcript contains Protected 17 Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of pages (including line 18 numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and the 19 level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party 20 shall inform the court reporter of the requirements. Any transcript that is prepared 21 before the expiration of a 30-day period for designation shall be treated during that 22 period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ 23 EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that 24 period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated. 25 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and 26 for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on 27 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 8 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ 2 EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants protection, 3 the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 4 portion(s). 5 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 6 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive 7 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such 8 material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make 9 reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the 10 provisions of this Order. 11 12 13 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 14 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with a scheduling or 15 other order of the Court. 16 17 18 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be 19 on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper 20 purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other 21 parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating 22 Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall 23 continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is 24 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the 25 challenge. 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 9 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 2 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 3 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 4 Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such 5 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under 6 the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a 7 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL 8 DISPOSITION). 9 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 10 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 11 authorized under this Order. 12 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 13 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 14 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 15 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 16 (a) the Receiving Party’s Counsel in this Action, as well as employees of 17 said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 18 information for this Action; 19 (b) the officers, directors, and employees of the Receiving Party to whom 20 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 21 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 22 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 23 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 24 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 25 (d) the court and its personnel; 26 (e) court reporters and their staff; 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 10 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 2 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 3 (g) the author, addressee or carbon copy recipient of a document 4 containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed 5 or knew the information. In addition, regardless of its designation, if the document 6 makes reference to the actual or alleged conduct or statement of a person, Counsel 7 may discuss such conduct or statements with such person, provided that such ; 8 discussions do not disclose or reveal any other Protected Material. Notwithstanding 9 any other provision, nothing in this Order shall prohibit Counsel for a party from 10 disclosing Protected Material of a Producing Party to any witness appearing on 11 behalf of that Producing Party, including expert witnesses, witnesses appearing at 12 trial, or witnesses appearing in a Rule30(b)(1) or Rule30(b)(6) deposition; and 13 (h) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 14 15 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES 16 ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted 17 in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 18 information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ 19 EYES ONLY” only to: 20 (a) the Receiving Party’s Counsel in this action, as well as employees of 21 said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 22 litigation; 23 (b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably 24 necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 25 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 26 (c) the court and its personnel; 27 (d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 11 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 2 litigation; and 3 (e) the author, addressee, or carbon copy recipient of a document 4 containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed 5 or knew the information. In addition, regardless of its designation, if the document 6 makes reference to the actual or alleged conduct or statement of a person, Counsel 7 may discuss such conduct or statements with such person, provided that such 8 discussions do not disclose or reveal any other Protected Material. 9 10 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 11 OTHER LITIGATION 12 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 13 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 14 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS’ EYES 15 ONLY,” that Party must: 16 17 18 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 19 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the 20 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall 21 include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 22 23 24 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served 25 with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in 26 this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS 27 EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 12 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. 2 The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in 3 that court of its confidential or highly confidential material and nothing in these 4 provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in 5 this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 6 7 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED 8 IN THIS LITIGATION 9 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 10 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 11 CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by 12 Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and 13 relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 14 prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 15 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 16 produce a Non-Party’s confidential or highly confidential information in its 17 possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to 18 produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 19 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 20 that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality 21 agreement with a Non-Party; 22 23 24 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information requested; and 25 26 27 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party, if requested. (c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 13 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 court within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the 2 Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential or highly confidential 3 information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a 4 protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its 5 possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non- 6 Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the 7 Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of 8 its Protected Material. 9 10 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 14 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 2 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure 3 of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or 4 work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the 5 stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 6 7 12. MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 8 9 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 10 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 11 Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 12 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in 13 this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on 14 any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective 15 Order. 16 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 17 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material 18 may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 19 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material 20 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information 21 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.. 22 23 24 25 26 27 13. FINAL DISPOSITION After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 15 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order 1 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 2 Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the 3 Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if 4 not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that 5 (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 6 returned or destroyed and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any 7 copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 8 capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel 9 are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, 10 deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition 11 and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert 12 work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival 13 copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this 14 Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 15 16 17 14. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate 18 measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary 19 sanctions. 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 23 Dated: July 12, 2019 ___________________________________ Hon. Maria A. Audero United States Magistrate Court Central District of California 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-09166-GW-MAA 16 [Proposed] Order re Stipulated Protective Order
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