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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

American Family Mutual Insurance

Company, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

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Kevin William Rubinstein, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-07-2039-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties Stipulated Protective Order (Dkt. 33), to expedite the flow 

of discovery, facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality, protect

adequately material entitled to be kept confidential, and ensure that protection is afforded

only to material so entitled, pursuant to the stipulation between the parties, and for good

cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this Order:

A. This “Action” shall refer to the above-captioned proceeding in the 

United States District Court for the District of Arizona and any appeal thereof through

final judgment.

B. “Producing Party” shall mean any person or entity producing documents, 

information or other materials in this Action, including any party to this Action or any

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third parties.

C. “Confidential” information shall be defined as such documents, 

deposition testimony or other information disclosed during discovery in this Action which

the Producing Party or another party reasonably and in good faith contends contains

information that should be protected from disclosure pursuant to this Order. Any party

may designate any documents Confidential in the reasonable exercise of such party’s sole

discretion; provided, however, by agreeing to this Order, no party waives the right to

challenge any other party’s designation of any document as Confidential.

D. “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information shall be defined as such documents,

deposition testimony or other information disclosed during discovery in this Action that

the Producing Party or another party reasonably and in good faith contends contains

Confidential information of a nature requiring extraordinary protection and that the

Producing Party believes should not be in the physical possession of an opposing party to

this Action, including but not limited to trade secret information. Any party to this Action

or any Producing Party may designate sensitive documents Attorneys’ Eyes Only in the

reasonable exercise of such party’s sole discretion; provided, however, by agreeing to this

Order, no party waives the right to challenge any other party’s designation of any

documents as Attorneys’ Eyes Only.

E. “Legend” as used herein shall mean a large, bold stamp or similar

insignia stating Confidential or Attorneys Eyes Only.

F. When reference is made in this Order to any document or party, the

singular shall include the plural, and plural shall include the singular.

2. Confidential Designations. When any document or material produced under this

Order is designated Confidential or Attorneys Eyes Only a Legend shall be affixed to the

first page and all pages containing information for which the Producing Party seeks

protection.

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3. Limitations.

A. This Order shall govern only documents and other information and

materials generated or produced in response to any method of discovery conducted by

any

party to this Action.

B. Persons obtaining access to Confidential or Attorneys Eyes Only 

information under this Order shall use the information only for this Action or any other

lawsuit in which the Plaintiffs and Defendants as designated in the caption above are also

adverse parties, and shall not use such information for any other purpose, including

business, commercial, administrative or judicial proceedings.

C. Nothing contained in this Order shall require any party to treat as 

Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only documents or information lawfully obtained by

means other than through discovery in this Action and under circumstances that would

lead a reasonable person to conclude that the documents or information were not intended

to be kept confidential by the recipient; provided, however, that nothing in this Order

shall authorize any use of documents or information which is otherwise impermissible.

4. Permissible Disclosures.

A. Except as set forth herein, Confidential information, and any facts or

information contained therein or derived therefrom, shall be disclosed only to the Court or

any other court in which the parties are adverse on the condition that the Court enters an

order similar to this Order and/or to: (a) the parties in this Action, including their officers,

directors and employees, but only to the extent that such disclosure is necessary for the

conduct of litigation in this Action; (b) outside counsel for the parties hereto and their

agents, employees, paralegals, or other secretarial and clerical employees or agents; (c)

experts, independent contractors, consultants, or advisors who are employed or retained

by, or on behalf of, one or more of the parties to this Action or their counsel to assist in

preparation of this Action for trial; (d) deponents and their counsel who have a need to

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review this material during the course of, or in connection with, depositions taken in or

for this Action; (e) stenographic reporters who are involved in depositions, the trial or any

hearings or proceedings before the Court in this Action; (f) people who have previously

received or created the document; and (g) witnesses in this Action who need to review

this material in connection with their testimony in this Action. Confidential information

may be disclosed to persons listed in this paragraph only after such person has been

shown a copy of this Order and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Order in the form

attached hereto as Exhibit A; provided, however, a party who has produced Confidential

information may disclose such information to any persons, with or without any conditions

to such disclosure, as it deems appropriate.

B. Attorneys’ Eyes Only information, and any facts or information

contained therein or derived therefrom, shall be disclosed only to the Court or any other

court in which the parties are adverse on the condition that the Court enters an order

similar to this Order and/or to: (a) litigation counsel of record for the parties hereto and

such counsel’s employees, paralegals or other secretarial and clerical employees and

clerical agents; (b) persons who prepared or assisted in the preparation of such documents

or material, or to whom the documents or copies thereof were addressed or delivered, but

only to the extent that such disclosure is necessary for the conduct of litigation; (c)

experts, independent contractors, consultants, or advisors who are employed or retained

by, or on behalf of, one or more of the parties to this Action or their counsel to assist in

preparation of this Action for trial; and (d) stenographic reporters who are involved in

depositions, the trial, or any hearings or proceeding before the Court in this Action.

Attorneys’ Eyes Only information may be disclosed to the authorized persons listed in

this paragraph only after such persons have been shown a copy of this Order and agree to

be bound by the terms of this Order in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; provided,

however, a party who has produced Attorneys’ Eyes Only information may disclose such

documents to any persons, with or without any conditions to such disclosure, as it deems 

appropriate.

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5. Declassification. Unless and until otherwise ordered by the Court, or otherwise

agreed by the parties, all documents and other discovery materials designated

Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only shall be treated as such under this Order. In the

event that any party objects to the designation of any document, the objecting party may

seek modification of the designation or the disclosure of the redacted information in

accordance with the following procedure:

A. At any time at least ninety (90) days before the date set for trial herein, 

the receiving party of any document or information designated Confidential or Attorneys

Eyes Only may notify the Producing Party, in writing, that the receiving party does not

concur in the designation or redaction. The parties shall attempt to resolve such

challenges informally. In the event that such attempts are not successful, the receiving

party may file a motion challenging the designation, and the Court shall make an

independent determination as to whether or not any given document or information is

Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only and/or properly redacted based upon facts then

existing, and in so doing, the Court shall not be bound by any party’s designation;

provided, however, that such documents or discovery material shall be deemed

Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only unless and until the Court rules otherwise. The

party or entity objecting to confidentiality must show by a preponderance of the evidence

that there is not good cause for the document or information to have such protection.

B. In the event that any party files a motion challenging a designation or 

redaction of information, the document or information shall be submitted to the Court for

in camera inspection.

6. Designated Information in Depositions.

A. In the case where Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only information is 

revealed during a deposition, if designation of a transcript or any portion thereof,

including exhibits, as Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only is made by a statement by the

witness or his counsel to that effect on the record, or is otherwise made before the

stenographer transcribing such deposition has disseminated to counsel for the parties the

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transcript of the deposition, the stenographer shall affix a Legend to the cover page and

all appropriate pages of the transcript and to each copy thereof.

B. A party or a witness may designate a deposition or trial transcript, or a 

portion thereof, disclosing, containing or referring to any Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes

Only information hereunder as “Confidential” or “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” by informing

counsel for all other parties to this Action in writing within twenty (20) days after receipt

of the transcript as to the specific pages deemed confidential, and thereafter such pages

shall constitute Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only information pursuant to this Order.

Upon receipt of such notice, any party in possession of copies of such designated

transcript shall affix the appropriate Legend thereto. During the 20-day interval following

receipt of a deposition transcript, the transcript shall be treated as Attorneys’ Eyes Only. 

7. Designated Information in Briefs. In the event that any Confidential or

Attorneys’ Eyes Only information derived therefrom is included with, or the contents

thereof are disclosed in any documents filed with the Clerk of this Court or any other

court, including, without limitation, any pleadings, motion papers, briefs or deposition

transcripts, such documents shall be filed under seal in an envelope bearing the words:

“Confidential pursuant to Protective Order entered by the Court on May 8, 2008” and,

subject to the Court’s convenience and needs, kept under seal by the Clerk until further

order of the Court.

8. Designated Information of Record in the Action. Confidential information may

be offered in evidence at trial or any Court hearing in this Action, provided that the

proponent of the evidence gives five (5) days advance notice to counsel for the other side

or other person that designated the information as confidential. Any party may move the

Court for an order that the evidence be received in camera or under other conditions to

prevent unnecessary disclosure. The Court will then determine whether the proffered

evidence should continue to be treated as Confidential or Attorneys Eyes Only and, if so,

what protection, if any, may be afforded to such information at the hearing or trial. 

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9. Subpoena by Court or Other Agencies. If at any time any document or

information protected by this Order is subpoenaed by any court, administrative or

legislative body, or is requested by any other person or entity purporting to have authority

to require the production of such information, the party to whom the subpoena or other

request is directed shall immediately give written notice thereof to any party which has

designated such information Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only. The party that

received the subpoena shall object to production under Rule 45, Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, or any similar rule protecting the production of confidential documents in that

proceeding. After receipt of the notice specified under this paragraph, the designating

party shall have the sole responsibility for obtaining any order it believes necessary to

prevent disclosure of documents designated, and the party to whom the referenced

subpoena or other request is directed shall produce such document or information only

upon an order issued by a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction requiring such

production.

10. Client Consultation. Nothing in this order shall prevent or otherwise restrict

counsel from rendering advice to their clients and, in the course thereof, relying generally

on examination of stamped Attorneys’ Eyes Only information; provided, however, that in

rendering such advice and otherwise communicating with such clients, counsel shall not

make specific disclosure of any items so designated except pursuant to the procedures in

Paragraphs 4A and 4B above.

11. Copies of Designated Information. The attorneys of record and unrepresented

parties are responsible for employing reasonable measures, consistent with this Order, to

control duplication of, access to, and distribution of copies of Confidential or Attorneys

Eyes Only information. Parties shall not duplicate Confidential or Attorneys Eyes Only

information except working copies and for filing in court under seal. All copies of any

Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only information shall be treated as provided in this

Order. Any party making, or causing to be made, copies of any such documents shall

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make certain that each such copy bears the appropriate Legend pursuant to the

requirements of this Order.

12. No Waiver. 

A. No Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only information shall lose such 

status under this Order as the result of the use of such document or information in any

hearing, trial, or other court proceeding in this Action, provided that such use is consistent

with the terms of this Order. Counsel to the parties in this Action shall confer at least five

(5) days before any such hearing, trial, or other court proceeding in order to work out any

objections to the use of any Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only information in such

court proceeding and to make such amendments to this Stipulation and Order which the

parties agree are necessary to assure the continued confidentiality of such information.

B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all objections 

as to admissibility in evidence of the discovery material subject to this Order are reserved

and are not waived by any terms of this Order. The use of Confidential or Attorneys’

Eyes Only information as evidence at trial shall be subject to this Order unless modified

by the Court. 

C. The inadvertent disclosure of Confidential or Attorneys Eyes Only

information shall not, under any circumstances, be deemed a waiver, in whole or in part,

of any party’s claims of confidentiality.

D. The inadvertent production of any document or other information during 

discovery in this Action shall be without prejudice to any claim that such material is

privileged or prohibited from discovery as work product, and no party shall be held to

have waived any rights by reason of such inadvertent production.

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13. Non-Termination. The termination of proceedings in this Action shall not

relieve the parties from the obligation of maintaining the confidentiality of all documents

and information produced and designated pursuant to this Order, unless the Court orders

or permits otherwise. Upon the final disposition of this Action and any other lawsuit in

which the parties are adverse, including appeal, the parties shall, within thirty (30) days

after request made therefor by the Producing Party, return to the Producing Party or

destroy all documents designated by the Producing Party as Confidential or Attorneys’

Eyes Only and all copies thereof, and shall destroy all extracts, excerpts and summaries of

data from such documents, except that trial counsel for each party may retain one copy of

each pleading, motion, or other paper filed with the Court, for record purposes only.

DATED this 8th day of May, 2008.

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EXHIBIT A

UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT REGARDING

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION

I hereby state that I have read and received a copy of the Stipulated Protective

Order Governing the Confidentiality of Documents and Information (the “Order”) in

American Family Mutual Insurance Company, et al., v. Kevin William Rubinstein, et al.,

Case No. 2:07-cv-2039-SMM, pending in the United Stated District Court for the District

of Arizona (the “Court”). I understand the terms of the Order, agree to be bound by those

terms, and consent to the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to enforcement of the

Order.

Signature: ___________________________________

Printed Name: _________________________________

Date: _________________________________________

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