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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP 

 Kathryn A. Visosky (Bar. No. 246438) 

 David E. Jang (Bar No. 258914) 

10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 23rd Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90067-4008 

Telephone: (310) 712-6100 

Facsimile: (310) 712-6199 

kvisosky@kelleydrye.com 

djang@kelleydrye.com 

LAW OFFICES OF DAVID DORNBLASER 

 David Dornblaser (Bar No. 200566) 

2000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Suite 242 

San Mateo, CA 94403 

Telephone: (408) 209-5879 

Facsimile: none 

dd@dornblaser.net 

KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP 

 Robert I. Steiner (admitted pro hac vice) 

101 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10178 

Telephone: (212) 808-7533 

Facsimile: (212) 808-7897 

rsteiner@kelleydrye.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Covance Inc. 

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

 Joel H. Spitz (admitted pro hac vice) 

 Michael R. Phillips (admitted pro hac vice) 

77 W Wacker Drive, Suite 4100 

Chicago Illinois 60601 

Telephone: (312) 849-8100 

Facsimile: (312) 849-3690 

jspitz@mcguirewoods.com 

mphillips@mcguirewoods.com 

 MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

 Michael D. Mandel (State Bar No. 216934) 

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: (310) 315-8200 

Facsimile: (310) 315-8210 

mmandel@mcguirewoods.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

COVANCE INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

INCLIN, INC., a California corporation; 

HOPE DAVIES, an individual; and DOES 1-

50, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 4:16-CV-00429-YGR 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER 

*AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT* 

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WHEREAS, on January 25, 2016, Plaintiff Covance Inc (“Covance”) commenced this 

action against Defendants InClin, Inc. (“InClin”) and Hope Davies (“Davies,” collectively with 

InClin, “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 

on the grounds that Davies had, among other things, misappropriated trade secrets, confidential, 

and/or proprietary information belonging to Covance in violation of her contractual, statutory and 

common law obligations; and 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to a full and final settlement of their dispute which 

includes a Confidential Settlement Agreement and the entry of the within Permanent Injunction by 

Consent (the “Order”). 

UPON AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Davies and InClin, along with InClin’s officers, directors, and employees, are 

enjoined and restrained from using or disclosing any Confidential Information of Covance which 

they obtained from Davies or any other former Covance employee, including the Former Covance 

Employees identified in the Complaint. Confidential Information shall mean Information as 

defined in Davies’ Confidentiality and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (attached as Exhibit A, 

hereto)1

 and shall specifically include, without limitation, any documents concerning Covance’s 

business or business practices that Davies e-mailed to her personal e-mail account from her 

Covance e-mail account. 

2. Nothing in this Order shall preclude InClin from using any Covance Confidential 

Information that InClin has lawfully received or will receive pursuant to a valid non-disclosure 

agreement. InClin’s use of such Confidential Information of Covance shall be subject to the terms 

 

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 “Information” in the Confidentiality and Restrictive Covenant Agreement is defined as “trade 

secrets or information which has been created, discovered, developed by or become known to 

Covance, or which property rights have been or will be conveyed to Covance, all of which has 

value to Covance, all of which has value to Covance (collectively, ‘Information’). This 

Information includes: (1) sales, costs, customers, employees, products, services, apparatus, 

equipment, processes, formulae and marketing information, (2) the organization, business or 

finances of Covance, and (3) any information that I know Covance would like to treat as 

confidential for any purpose.” 

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of any such applicable non-disclosure agreement. 

3. If at any time, Covance believes that InClin or Davies are in violation of the Order, 

Covance shall give notice of the alleged violation to InClin and Davies. InClin and Davies shall 

have fifteen (15) business days in which to investigate and respond to the allegations prior to 

Covance instituting any action for contempt or other relief. 

4. This Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter for purposes of enforcing this 

Order for a period of three (3) years from the date of this Order. 

DATED: December 5, 2016 KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP 

 Robert I. Steiner (pro hac vice) 

 Kathryn A. Visosky 

 David E. Jang 

 

By 

 

 /s/ Robert I. Steiner 

 Robert I. Steiner 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Covance Inc. 

DATED: December 5, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID DORNBLASER 

 David Dornblaser 

MCGUIRE WOODS LLP 

 Joel H. Spitz (pro hac vice) 

 Michael R. Phillips (pro hac vice) 

 Michael D. Mandel 

 

By 

 

 /s/ Michael R. Phillips 

 Michael R. Phillips 

Attorneys for Defendants 

InClin, Inc. and Hope Davies 

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The Court further VACATES all pending motion, case management, and trial dates. A 

compliance hearing shall be held on the Court’s 9:01 a.m. calendar on Friday, January 6, 2017, 

in the Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, Courtroom 1. 

By December 30, 2016, the parties shall file either (i) a Stipulation of Dismissal or (ii) a 

one-page JOINT STATEMENT setting forth an explanation regarding the failure to comply. If 

compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off 

calendar. 

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Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement in a 

timely fashion. 

DATED: ________________________ _____________________________________ 

 Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers 

 United States District Judge 

December 5, 2016

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