Olin Corporation et al v. Continental Casualty Company et al, No. 2:2010cv00623 - Document 65 (D. Nev. 2010)
Court Description: PROTECTIVE ORDER Granting 63 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert J. Johnston on 10/20/10. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)
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Olin Corporation et al v. Continental Casualty Company et al Doc. 65 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 4 OLIN CORPORATION and PIONEER AMERICAS LLC D/B/A OLIN CHLOR ALKALI PRODUCTS, Plaintiffs, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 CASE NO.: 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ZURICH INSURANCE IRELAND LTD., NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, and ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Defendants. 13 14 15 To facilitate discovery during the course of this proceeding, 16 particularly the exchange of documents, things, information, testimony, and 17 other evidence that the parties may consider confidential business information or 18 that may be subject to a claim of privilege, the parties hereby stipulate, pursuant 19 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Federal Rule of Evidence 502, that the 20 following procedures shall be employed in this matter: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 21 22 1. Definition of “Confidential Information.” “Confidential 23 Information” as used herein means nonpublic confidential commercial 24 information that is designated or marked “CONFIDENTIAL” by the supplying 25 person, whether it be a document, deposition testimony, information contained 26 in an interrogatory answer or otherwise, and contains one or more of the 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 Dockets.Justia.com 1 following categories of information: (i) confidential and/or proprietary financial 2 and/or business and/or commercial information; (ii) information that could 3 cause an advantage to competitors by providing them information as to the 4 commercial operations of the person or entity making the disclosure; and/or (iii) personal or employment-related information concerning the producing person or 6 entity or any of their employees. The designation of documents as confidential shall include all copies, extracts and summaries prepared from such documents. 2. 8 Definition of “Qualified Person.” “Qualified Person’ as used herein means: (a) 10 Outside and in-house attorneys for any party to this action and employees of such counsel to whom it is necessary that the Confidential 12 Information be revealed for purposes of this action (including members and 13 associates of such counsel, legal assistants, secretarial and clerical personnel); 14 (b) This Court and all persons employed by this Court; 15 (c) A named party and any of its current officers, directors or (d) Experts or consultants retained by the parties, to the extent it 16 17 employees; 18 is necessary to confer with such persons concerning the prosecution or defense 19 of any claim in this action. Any such person shall execute an agreement in 20 writing, in substantially the same form as the agreement attached hereto at 21 Exhibit A, stating that he or she has read a copy of this Protective Order and 22 agrees to be bound by its terms, which agreement shall be retained by counsel 23 for the party retaining the expert; 24 (e) Persons noticed for depositions or designated as trial 25 witnesses and their counsel, to the extent deemed necessary by counsel for any 26 of the parties in order to prepare or examine such witnesses; 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW OO BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 - 2 — (f) 1 Third parties employed by a party or its counsel in a litigation 2 support capacity to review, organize, encode, copy, store or retrieve documents 3 produced in this action; (g) 4 5 Court reporters and videographers retained to transcribe or record testimony in connection with this matter; (h) 6 Any other person as to whom the parties first agree in writing and who agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order; 8 9 and (i) Any other person who is designated as a Qualified Person by 10 Order of this Court, after notice to all parties and to the person or entity who 11 provided the Confidential Information. 12 3. Disclosure and Use of Confidential Information. 13 Confidential Information produced in this litigation shall be used solely for the 14 purposes of this action, and shall not be disclosed or otherwise made available to 15 persons other than Qualified Persons. However, a party may disclose 16 Confidential Information beyond the terms of this Protective Order provided 17 that it obtains prior consent for such disclosure from the party or entity 18 designating the Confidential Information as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 19 Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Protective Order shall be 20 construed to limit the ability of a party to disclose its own Confidential 21 Information to any person, party or entity, or to use it in any way. Nor shall this 22 Order be construed to prohibit any person, party or entity from using or 23 disclosing documents or other information that was obtained independently of 24 discovery or trial in this lawsuit. 25 4. Designation of Confidential Documents. Confidential 26 documents shall include all documents and copies thereof which a person or 27 entity producing or exchanging such documents has designated as confidential 28 by marking each document “CONFIDENTIAL.” In lieu of marking the originals MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW )OO BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 — 3 — of documents, the person or entity may mark the copies that are produced or 2 exchanged. All documents shall be designated as “CONFIDENTIAL’ at the time of production. 5. 4 Applicability to Third Parties. Third parties producing 5 documents in the course of this action may also designate documents as 6 “CONFIDENTIAL” subject to the same protections and constraints as the parties to the action. A copy of this Protective Order shall be served along with any 8 subpoena served in connection with this action. Unless otherwise agreed, all 9 documents produced by such third parties shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” 10 for a period of 15 days from the date of their production, and during that period i any party may designate such documents as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to the 12 terms of this Protective Order. 13 6. Use of Confidential Information in a Deposition. 14 (a) All persons present at the taking of any deposition in which 15 Confidential Information is disclosed shall be made aware of, and will be subject 16 to, this Protective Order. If any person other than a Qualified Person as defined 17 in Paragraph 2 of this Protective Order is present at the deposition, that person 18 shall not be permitted to be present while Confidential Information is used 19 during the deposition. 20 (b) Those portions of the deposition in which Confidential 21 Information is discussed shall be designated as Confidential Information under 22 the terms of this Protective Order. Confidentiality designations for depositions 23 shall be made either on the record or by written notice to the other parties within 24 15 days of receipt of the transcript. Unless otherwise agreed, depositions shall be 25 treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” during the 15-day period following receipt of the 26 transcript. 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEOAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 7. Inadvertent Production of Confidential Information. The inadvertent production of any Confidential Information that does not contain a 4 — — 1 “CONFIDENTIAU’ designation shall not be deemed to be a waiver, in whole or 2 in part, of that person’s or entity’s claim that such material is Confidential 3 Information entitled to protection pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order. Any party who inadvertently fails to designate such documents as 5 “CONFIDENTIAL” shall, promptly upon discovery of its oversight, provide 6 notice of the error to all parties receiving such information, and shall substitute 7 appropriately-designated documents. Any party receiving such notice shall 8 immediately return, expunge or destroy the improperly-designated documents and treat all information contained in or derived from such documents as 10 “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this Order. In the event that the receiving party had previously disclosed improperly-designated documents to any other person 12 or entity, it shall undertake reasonable efforts to retrieve such documents and 13 destroy them or return them to the producing party. Filing of Documents Attaching or Incorporating 14 8. 15 Confidential Information. 16 (a) If documents or information covered by this Protective Order 17 are filed with this Court, or attached to or incorporated in any document filed 18 with this Court, such documents shall be filed under seal in accordance with the 19 local rules of this Court and this Stipulated Protective Order. (b) 20 The title and caption of any document filed with this Court 21 that attaches or incorporates documents or information covered by this 22 Protective Order, shall include the following statement: “Filed Under Seal— 23 Confidential Information in Olin & Pioneer v. Continental Casualty, et al.” (c) 24 In the event a party uses any Confidential Information in any 25 affidavits, briefs, memoranda of law, or other papers filed in Court in this action, 26 such Confidential Information used therein shall be maintained under seal by the 27 Court. 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 900 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 — 5 — (d) 1 Prior to disclosure at trial or a hearing of materials or 2 information designated ‘CONFIDENTIAL,” the parties may seek further 3 protections against public disclosure from the Court. 9. 4 Disputing Confidential Designation. If any party disputes, 5 in full or in part, the designation of certain information as “CONFIDENTIAL” it 6 shall so inform the designating person or entity in writing, specifying the 7 information at issue and the grounds for questioning the confidentiality 8 designation. The parties shall thereafter confer as to the status of the subject 9 information within ten (10) days of receipt of the objection. If the designating 10 person or entity declines to withdraw the designation before or at the conference, ii the objecting party may raise the issue of the designation with the Court. Until 12 the Court issues an order determining the validity of the designation, the 13 documents shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this Protective 14 Order. 15 10. Return of Documents and Termination of Protective Order. 16 Unless otherwise agreed by the person or entity producing such information, 17 within sixty (60) days after final determination of this action, including any 18 appeals, each party shall return all Confidential Information in its possession or 19 control and all copies thereof to the person or entity who furnished it, and all 20 documents and other material prepared by or on behalf of a party, its counsel or 21 consultants thereto containing any Confidential Information of another person 22 shall be at the same time destroyed to the extent it contains such Confidential 23 Information. However, counsel for the parties shall be entitled to retain a set of 24 all documents filed with the Court or marked as exhibits at any deposition, 25 hearing or trial, and all correspondence generated in connection with the action. 26 11. Removal of Documents from Court File. Within sixty (60) 27 days following the expiration of the last period for appeal from any order issued 28 in connection with this action, the parties shall be allowed to remove any MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 — — i materials designated by that party as “CONFIDENTIAL” from the office of the 2 Clerk of Court. 3 12. 4 been marked as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be given any evidentiary value. PRIVILEGED INFORMATION 5 6 No Evidentiary Value. The fact that a document may have 13. Inadvertent Production of Privileged Material. The 7 inadvertent production of material that is subject to the attorney-client privilege, 8 work-product doctrine or other privilege, protection or immunity from discovery shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the producing party’s right to assert a claim 10 of privilege, work product or other protection or immunity with respect to the 11 produced materials and/or any materials related to the subject matter thereof. 12 14. “Clawback” Agreement. Any person or entity who 13 inadvertently discloses documents that are privileged or otherwise immune from 14 discovery shall, promptly upon discovery of such inadvertent disclosure, so 15 advise the receiving party and request that the documents be returned. The 16 receiving party shall return such inadvertently produced documents, including 17 all copies, within 10 days of receiving such a request. The party returning such 18 inadvertently produced documents may thereafter seek re-production of any 19 such documents pursuant to applicable law. However, the fact that such 20 inadvertently produced material may have been designated as 21 “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be asserted as a basis to compel production. 22 15. “No-Subject Matter Waiver.” The production of a document 23 or information during discovery, whether intentional or inadvertent, will not 24 operate as a “subject-matter waiver” with respect to other undisclosed 25 documents. This provision has no application where the allegedly privileged 26 information or document is affirmatively used by a party producing the 27 document in any deposition, proceeding, or motion or is otherwise affirmatively 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW OO BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 — — 1 used in the litigation by the person or entity producing the information or 2 document. GENERAL PROVISIONS 3 4 16. ESI Discovery Plan. The parties have agreed to the 5 parameters for the discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) and 6 production of hard-copy documents in this litigation, as set forth in their 7 Stipulated ESI Discovery Plan, which is attached hereto at Exhibit B and is 8 hereby incorporated into this Protective Order. 9 17. Modification; Additional Protection. Any party may apply 10 to the Court for a modification of this Protective Order, and nothing in this 11 Protective Order shall be construed to prevent a party from seeking further 12 protections for Confidential Information, or other provisions enhancing or 13 limiting confidentiality as may be appropriate. Moreover, the parties may 14 mutually agree in writing, or by so stating on the record at any hearing or 15 deposition, to disclose any document or testimony designated as 16 “CONFIDENTIAL” to any person, party or entity that may not otherwise be 17 entitled to see such information pursuant to this Protective Order. 18 18. No Waiver of Objections. No action taken in accordance 19 with this Protective Order shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or defense 20 in the action, or of any position as to discoverability, authenticity, materiality, 21 relevance or admissibility of evidence, or any other objection which may be 22 asserted during the course of this litigation. 23 19. Successor Parties. This Protective Order shall apply to all 24 parties and counsel that presently are part of, or may become part of, this action 25 (including any appeal), and their respective successors or assigns. 26 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 — 8 — 20. 1 Survival of Obligations. The obligations imposed by this 2 Protective Order shall survive the termination of this action, and shall continue 3 in effect until expressly released by the person or entity furnishing documents or 4 information. The Court shall retain jurisdiction subsequent to settlement or 5 entry of judgment to enforce the terms of this Order. 6 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT 7 8 MORRIS PETERSON FISHER KANARIS, P.C. By: By: /s/Megan E. Ritenour Peter E. Kanaris (admitted pro hac vice) Megan E. Ritenour (admitted pro hac vice) David E. Heiss (admitted pro hac vice) 200 S. Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 pkanaris@fisherkanaris.com mritenour@fisherkanaris.com dheiss@fisherkanaris.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 /s/Akke Levin Steve Morris, Bar No. 1543 Akke Levin, Bar No. 9102 900 Bank of America Plaza 300 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorney for Plaintiffs Olin Corporation and Pioneer Americas LLC and Craig C. Martin (admitted pro hac vice) Eamon P. Kelly (admitted pro hac vice) JENNER & BLOCK LLP 353 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 cmartin@jenner.com ekelly@jenner.com and and HALL PRANGLE & SCHOONVELD LLC Michael E. Prangle, Bar No. 8619 Jonquil L. Urdaz, Bar No. 10783 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 225 Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 mprangle@hpslaw.com jurdaz@hpslaw.com Attorneys for Defendant Continental Casualty Co. 24 and 25 26 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 900 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 -9- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lorelie S. Masters (admitted pro hac SNELL & WILMER JENNER & BLOCK LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 lmasters@jenner.com By: vice) - - Attorneys for Plaintiffs Olin Corporation and Pioneer Americas LLC Attorneys for Defendants Factory Mutual Insurance Co.; Zurich American Insurance Co.; National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Ace American Insurance Co. 7 8 9 10 ORDER 11 12 /s/ Amy Samberg Amy M. Samberg, Bar No. 10212 Chad R. Fears, War No. 6970 3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy #110 Las Vegas, Nevacfa 89169 asamberg@swlaw.com IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 UNITED STATES XXXXXXXXXX[MAGISTRATE] JUDGE [DISTRICT] 15 DATED: October 20, 2010 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 - 10 - EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA OLIN CORPORATION and PIONEER AMERICAS LLC D/B/A OLIN CHLOR ALKALI PRODUCTS, 5 CASE NO.: 2:1O-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Plaintiffs, 6 8 10 11 12 CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ZURICH INSURANCE IRELAND LTD., NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, and ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, 13 Defendants. 14 15 I, 16 1. Iresideat CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 1 I shall not use or disclose to others, except in accordance with the 2 Order, any “CONFIDENTIAL’ documents or information. If I fail to abide by the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement or the Order, I understand that I shall be subject to sanctions by way of contempt of court and to separate legal and equitable recourse by the adversely affected party. I further consent to the 6 ‘ 8 jurisdiction and authority of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in the event of any violation of this agreement or dispute related to this agreement. 6. 10 I state under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW )OO BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 Executed on the day of EXHIBIT B EXHIBIT B Case 2:10cv-00623-GMNRJJ 1 4 5 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA OLIN CORPORATION and PIONEER AMERICAS LLC D/B/A OLIN CHLOR ALIKALI PRODUCTS, CASE NO.: 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Plaintiffs, 6 STIPULATED ESI DISCOVERY PLAN V. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FACTORY MUTtJAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ZURICH INSURANCE IRELAND LTD., NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, and ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, V 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Filed 10/13/10 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 3 Document 62 V V Defendants. Plaintiffs Olin Corporation and Pioneer Americas, LLC (collectively 16 “Plaintiffs”); and Defendants Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Zurich American 17 Insurance Co., National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 18 and Ace American Insurance Co. (collectively “Property Insurers”) and 19 Defendant Continental Casualty Co. (‘Continental’ 20 Property Insurers, “Defendants”), each agree to the following parameters 21 regarding the discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) and hard 22 copy production format in the above-captioned case. To the extent this Plan does and, together with the 23 not address certain issues, such issues remain open for resolution in a separate 24 plan or plans, either negotiated by the parties or ordered by the Court. 25 26 ESI DISCOVERY PLAN A party on whom a Request for Production under Federal Rule of 27 Civil Procedure 34 is served shall search for and produce responsive ESI in 28 accordance with the following custodial search protocol. (As used herein, th 1ORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW )0 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 00 SOUTH FOURTH STREET ..AS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 I V Case 2:1O-cv-00623GMN-RJJ Document 62 Filed 10/13/10 Page 2 of 12 1 term ‘Responding Party” means the party responding to the Request for 2 Production and the term “Requesting Party” means the party that made and 3 served the Request for Production.) 4 I. 5 6 Identification of Responsive Electronic Documents. A. Custodians. 1. The parties agree to collaborate in good faith to identify the 7 relevant custodians whose ESI will be searched in response to a Request for 8 Production. The parties agree that the Plaintiffs shall be required to produce ESI 9 in this matter from no more than 15 custodians, that the Property Insurers shall 10 be required to produce ESI in this matter from no more than 15 custodians, and 11 that Continental shall be required to produce ESI in this matter from no more 12 than 15 custodians. 13 2. Within ten (10) days after service of a Request for 14 Production, the Responding Party will provide all opposing counsel in writing a 15 list of proposed custodians whose ESI will be searched. 16 3. Within five (5) days of receipt of such a proposed custodian 17 list, the opposing parties shall provide all counsel, in writing, either (i) notice that 18 the proposed custodian list is acceptable, or (ii) a proposed list of alternative 19 and/or additional custodians whose ESI should be searched. 20 21 4. Within five (5) days of receipt of a Requesting Party’s proposed list of alternative and/or additional custodians, the parties shall meet 22 and confer in good faith to reach agreement on the custodians whose ESI will be 23 searched. To the extent the parties are unable to reach agreement on all 24 custodians, the Responding Party shall search and produce ESI from all agreed- 25 upon custodians, without delay, and the parties shall reserve their rights to seek 26 appropriate relief from the court with respect to any disputed custodians. 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 00 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTh FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 2 Case 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ 1 2 B. Document 62 Filed 10/13/10 Page 3 of 12 Search Terni and Time Period Selection and Objections. 1. The parties agree to collaborate in good faith to identify the relevant search terms and date restrictions to use for purposes of searching the ESI for identified custodians. 8 6 2. Within ten (10) days after service of a Request for Production, the Responding Party will provide all opposing counsel in writing with a list of proposed search terms and date restrictions for use in searching for 8 responsive ESI. 9 3. Within five (5) days of receipt of such a proposed custodian 10 list, the Requesting Party shall provide all opposing counsel, in writing, either (i) notice that the proposed search terms and date restrictions are acceptable, or (ii) a 12 proposed list of alternative and/or additional search terms or date restrictions to 13 use in searching for responsive ESI. 14 4. Within five (5) days of receipt of a Requesting Party’s 15 proposed list of alternative and/or additional search terms or date restrictions; 16 the parties shall meet and confer in good faith to reach agreement on the relevant 17 search terms or date restrictions. To the extent the parties are unable to reach 18 agreement on all search terms or date restrictions, the Responding Party shall 19 search and produce ESI from all agreed-upon custodians, using the agreed-upon 20 search terms and date restrictions, without delay, and the parties shall reserve 21 their rights to seek appropriate relief from the court with respect to any disputed 22 search terms or date restrictions. 23 24 5. Attachments Included. Queries will be run against all ESI collected from agreed-upon custodians, including emails and their attachments. 25 If a query returns an email or an attachment to an email, both the email and any 26 attachment(s) will be reviewed and produced, if responsive and non-privileged, 27 and subject to the parties’ objections to discovery requests and any agreements 28 reached in the parties’ meet-and-confer process. 4ORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW O BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 100 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEOAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702)474-9422 Case 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Document 62 1 2 3 C. FUed 10/13/10 Page 4 of 12 Sources of ESI. 1. Sources to be Searched. For each custodian who is identified as provided herein, the parties will search for ESI that resides in the following 4 repositories associated with that custodian: 5 6 a. active email servers, email archives wherever located, group share folders and document management systems as described below, 7 work (both laptop and desktop) hard drives, and assigned network folders. 8 2. Group Share Folders and Document Management Systems. 9 Each party shall make a reasonable effort to identify documents in group share 10 folders and document management systems associated with the identified 11 12 13 14 custodians and shall include the same in the custodial ESI search. 3. Back-up Tapes. a. No Search Required. No party is required to search back-up tapes for responsive documents in the first instance. Each party reserves 18 its right to request a search of back-up tapes later. Each party further reserves its 16 right to seek cost shifting or cost sharing in the event that it is compelled to 17 search back-up tapes. 18 b. 19 rotation recycling programs as follows: 20 Back-up Tape Recycling. Parties can apply back-up tape i. Plaintiffs can continue and/or restart a 90-day 21 back-up tape recycling rotation at all of its locations. 22 Plaintiffs provided the Defendants a list of back 23 up tapes for the Henderson plant that are currently being preserved, attached as 24 Exhibit A. The parties will preserve these back-up tapes until December 1, 2010. 28 if no party objects to the destruction of these back-up tapes at that time, the back26 up tapes will be recycled. 27 28 N1ORRIS PETERSON ATrORNEYS AT LAW O BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA EOO sOLrrH FOURTh STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 4 Case 2:10cv-00623-GMN-RJJ 1 4. 2 Document 62 Filed 10/13/10 Page 5 of 12 No Other Sources. A party’s obligation to conduct a reasonable search for 3 documents responsive to a discovery request is limited to a search of the sources 4 of ESI specifically identified in this section as described above. The parties shall 5 have no obligation to search for or produce any ESI from any source of ESI, 6 V except the sources specifically identified in this section. 7 P. 1. 8 9 Responsiveness Presumption. With respect to ESI, (i) a party’s obligation to conduct a reasonable search for ESI in response to propounded discovery requests shall be 10 deemed to be satisfied by searching the specifically indentified ESI sources of the 11 agreed-upon custodian using the agreed-upon search terms, pursuant to the 12 protocol set forth herein; and (ii) a party shall have no obligation to produce any 13 ESI, except documents captured by one or more of the agreed-upon search terms 14 and that are non-privileged and responsive to a specific propounded discovery 15 request. V 2. 16 The fact that a document is captured by application of search 17 terms to the records of identified custodians pursuant to this protocol does not 18 mean that such document is responsive to any propounded discovery request or 19 otherwise relevant to this litigation. Propounded discovery requests shall govern 20 the scope of documents to be produced, subject to the parties’ objections and any 21 agreements reached in the parties’ meet-and-confer process. 22 23 E. Reservation of Rights. 1. Notwithstanding this protocol, the parties reserve all rights 24 to object to a Request for Production for any reason permitted under the Federal 25 Rules of Civil Procedure. Further, the fact that any ESI or other document is 26 produced pursuant to the protocols set forth herein shall not be construed as an 27 acknowledgement that such ESI or other document is relevant to the subject 28 matter of this action. The parties expressly reserve any and all objections to the 4ORR1S PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW )O BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS. NEVAA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 5 Case 2:10cv-00623GMN-RJJ 1 Document 62 Hod 10/13/10 Page 6 of 12 relevance, materiality and admissibility of the ESI and other documents 2 produced pursuant to this Stipulated ESI Discovery Plan. 3 II. Privilege Protocol. A. 4 In-House Counsel. 1. 5 Each party will disclose the names and full business titles of 6 all in-house counsel. 7 8 2. counsel can be excluded from the production, as potentially privileged. 9 10 V All emails or other documents to, from, or ccing in-house 3. The parties can search all ESI for the names of counsel and exclude it from production as potentially privileged. 1 4. A log of the documents resulting from this search for 12 potentially privileged documents will be generated from the metadata fields to 13 the extent they exist as electronic metadata associated with the original electronic 14 documents (“Expedited Privilege Log”), and shall promptly be produced to the 15 Requesting Party 16 5. Documents identified on the Expedited Privilege Log need 17 not be reviewed before being logged and withheld from production, or at any 18 time thereafter, unless the Requesting Party requests further review as described 19 below. V 13. 20 21 Outside Counsel. 1. Without disclosing the name of outside counsel, each party 22 may search the text of electronic documents and any associated metadata fields 23 for names of outside counsel who were retained by the party: 2. 24 28 The documents resulting from the above-described search shall be logged in an Expedited Privilege Log in the same manner described in 26 Section llI.A above and such logs shall be promptly produced to the Requesting 27 Party. 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 00 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTN FOURTN STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 6 Case 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Document 62 3. 1 FUed 10/13/10 Page 7 of 12 Documents identified on the Expedited Privilege Log need 2 not be reviewed before being logged and withheld from production, or at any 3 time thereafter, unless the Requesting Party requests further review as described 4 below. S C. 6 Requesting Review. 1. The Requesting Party shall review the Expedited Privilege 7 Log upon receipt. If the Requesting Party in good faith has reason to believe 8 particular entries on the Expedited Privilege Log may not reflect privileged 9 documents, it can request that the Responding Party review those particular 10 documents. 11 2. If the Responding Party determines upon review that the 12 particular entries at issue reflect documents that are privileged, it shall generate a 13 privilege log for that entry in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5). 3. 14 If the Responding Party determines upon review that the 15 particular entries at issue reflect documents that are non-responsive to the 16 Requesting Party’s Requests for Documents, it shall inform the Requesting Party 17 of this determination in writing. 18 4. If the Responding Party determines the particular entries at 19 issue reflect non-privileged and responsive documents, it shall promptly produce 20 the same to opposing counsel. 21 22 D. Other Documents. To the extent responsive documents are not identified and logged 23 using the metadata-generated privilege log, yet are withheld from production 24 because they contain privileged materials or information, the Responding Party 25 shall generate a privilege log for each such document in compliance with Fed. R. 26 Civ. P. 26(b)(5). 27 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 00 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTh FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 7 Case 2:10-cv00623-GMN-RJJ 1 E. FUed 10/13110 Page 8 of 12 Nonwaiver and Clawback Agreement. 1. 2 Document 62 Non-Waiver. The inadvertent production of material that is subject to the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other privilege, 4 protection or immunity from discovery shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the 5 Responding Party’s right to assert a claim of privilege, work product or other 6 protection or immunity with respect to the produced materials and/or any 7 materials related to the subject matter thereof. 2. 8 9 Clawback. Any party who inadvertently discloses documents that are privileged or otherwise immune from discovery shall, 10 promptly upon discovery of such inadvertent disclosure, so advise the Receiving ii Party and request that the documents be returned. The Receiving Party shall 12 return such inadvertently produced documents, including all copies, within 10 13 days of receiving such a written request. The party returning such inadvertently 14 produced documents may thereafter seek re-production of any such documents 15 pursuant to applicable law. 16 III. Production Formats for EleEtronic Documents. A. 17 Production Format. Electronic documents and any associated metadata should be 18 produced in any reasonable form requested by the Requesting Party as agreed to 20 by the parties after consultation among the parties and with any electronic 19 21 discovery vendors retained by the parties. B. 22 Production Rules. 1. 23 De-duplication. Parties may de-duplicate globally. Each party 24 will disclose the methodology it used to de-duplicate (e.g., MD5 Hashing, SHA 28 26 1). 2. Near De-duplication. The parties agree that the use of near-de 27 duplication protocols can reduce the cost of the review and production of ESI. 28 Parties are not required to use near-de-duplication protocols, but, if they choose MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW DO BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA OO SOUTT-4 FOURTh STREET LAS VECTAS, NEVADA 8910) 702/474.9400 FAX 702/474-9422 Case 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Document 62 Filed 10113/10 Page 9 of 12 1 to do so, the Responding Party shall disclose to the Receiving Party the riear-de 2 duping protocol intended to be used prior to employing such protocol. The 3 Receiving Party shall have up to 3 days to object to the Near De-Duplication. 4 The parties will conference in good faith if the Receiving Party objects to the 5 Near De-Duplication protocol. 6 3. Presumption. Documents excluded by the de-duplication or 7 near de-duplication process are deemed non-responsive. The parties shall have 8 no obligation to search or produce any document excluded by this protocol. 9 C. The parties and any electronic discovery vendors they retain shall 10 11 Production Sample. consult in good faith in advance of any large scale production to identify and 12 resolve any format or compatibility concerns in advance of the production. HARD COPY DOCUMENTS 13 The parties shall conduct a reasonable search for hard copy 14 15 documents consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Responsive and 16 non-privileged documents should be provided as follows: 17 A. 18 Format. The parties agree to produce hard copy documents in an electronic, 19 text searchable format as agreed to by the parties after consultation among the 20 parties and with any electronic discovery vendors they retain. 21 B. 22 23 Unitizing of documents. In scanning paper documents, distinct documents should not be merged into a single record, and single documents should not be split into 24 multiple records (i.e., paper documents should be logically unitized). 25 26 C. Parent-Child Relationships. Parent-child relationships (the association between an attachment and its parent document) should be 27 preserved. 28 MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 00 BANk OF AMERICA PLAZA 300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 9 Case 2:10cv-00623-GMN-RJJ 1 D. 2 3 4 Document 62 Filed 10/13/10 Page 10 of 12 Objective Coding Fields. At least the following objective coding fields should be provided for all hard copy documents: a. Beginning Bates Number 5 b. Ending Bates Number 6 c. Beginning Attachment Number d. Ending Attachment Number e. Source and Custodian Information 8 10 E. Production Sample. The parties and any electronic discovery vendors they retain shall consult in good faith in advance of any large scale production to identify and resolve any format or compatibility concerns in advance of the production. 14 SCOPE OF AGREEMENT 15 The parties agree that this Plan shall govern the conduct of ESI and hard 16 copy document production with respect to the issues addressed in this Plan. The parties may seek to alter the scope and requirements of this Plan for good cause 18 by Order of the Court. Nothing in this Plan is intended to waive any privileges 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 26 27 28 iORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEVS AT LAW )O SANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 00 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 7021474-9422 10 Case 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Document 62 Filed 10/13/10 Page 11 of 12 or, except as specifically provided herein, to impose obligations different than 2 those contained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 3 AGREED this 4 \ S’. day of October, 2010. 8 6 MORRIS PETERSON HALL PRANGLE & SCHOONVELD 7 8 By: 9 loll 11 Steve’ar No. 1543 Akke Levin, Bar No. 9102 900 Bank of America Plaza 300 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorney for Plaintiffs Olin Corporation and Pioneer 12 Americas LLC 13 and 14 Craig C. Martin (pro hac application 18 pending) Eamon P. Kelly (admitted pro hac vice) 16 JENNER & BLOCK LLP 353 N. Clark Street 17 Chicago, IL 60654-3456 Telephone: 312) 222-9350 18 Facsimile: 312) 527-0484 cmartin@jenner.com 19 ekelly@jenner.com 20 - and Mel.rangle,ao.8619 Jonquil rdaz, B o. 10783 777 N. R inbow Blvd., Suite 225 Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 . - and Peter E. Kanaris (admitted pro hac vice) Megan E. Ritenour (admitted pro hac vice) David E. Heiss (admitted pro hac vice) FISHER KANARIS, P.C. 200 S. Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor Chicago, illinois 60606 Attorneys for Defendant Continental Casualty Co. my M. Samberg, B No. 10212 Chad R. Fears, Br’No. 6970 3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy #110 Las Vegas, Nevacfa 89169 - Lorelie S. Masters (admitted pro hac vice) 22 JENNER & BLOCK LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW Suite 900 23 Washington, DC 20001 Telephone: (202) 639-6000 24 Facsimile: (202) 631-4924 Imasters@jenner.com 25 Attorneys for Plaintiff 26 Olin Corporation 21 - - Attorneys for Defendants Factory Nutual Insurance Co.; Zurich American Insurance Co.; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Ace American Insurance Co. IT IS SO ORDERED. 27 C24 UNITED STATSjGISTRATE JUDGE 28 DATE: MORRIS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 00 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 300SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 702/474-9400 FAX 702/474-9422 11 OCTOBER 13, 2010 Case 2:10-cv-00623-GMN-RJJ Document 62 1 2 3 FHed 10113/10 EXHIBIT A Henderson Back-Up Tape Inventory as of August 25, 2010 4 Tape Number La Backup Date 3 9/28/2009 I 5 6 i1/19;2d0- 7 5 i 11 12 1/23/2010__— 11 10 1/7/2010 8 9 12/3/2009 4 8 2/4/2010 1i2o1o F 10 2/25/2010 14 6 3/4/2010 15 2 16 1 5/20/2010 12 6/10/2010 1.7 6/17/2010 19 6/24/2010 20 7/1/2010 13 7/15/2010 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 --- j 18 4/8/2010 — 1 24 7/22/2010 7/29/2010 8/5/2010 26 27 28 ORRfS PETERSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 SOUTH FOURTH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVAQA 89101 ?02/474-9400 FAX 702/474.9422 Page 12 of 12 12 —
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