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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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NB1:672711.6 1 STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER

CASE NO. C05-04289 

THOMAS M. RIORDAN (S.B. #176364) 

ELIZABETH C. LEMOND (S.B. #216690) 

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor 

Newport Beach, CA 92660-6429 

Telephone: (949) 760-9600 

Facsimile: (949) 823-6994 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK R. CIABATTARI, and all 

other persons similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., 

INC., a California corporation; 

GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES 

NORTH AMERICA, LTD., LLC, an 

Ohio limited liability corporation; 

and DOES 1-30, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C05-04289 SC 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Dept: 1 

Judge: Honorable Samuel Conti 

Subject to the approval of this Court and the provisions of Rule 26 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff Mark R. Ciabattari, defendant Toyota 

Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and defendant Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, 

Ltd., LLC, (collectively, the “Parties”) by and through their respective counsel of 

record, hereby stipulate and agree that, with respect to any information, documents, 

or things obtained by any Party to these actions during settlement negotiations or in 

response to any discovery the following Stipulated Protective Order shall govern: 

1. PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS

 The purpose of this Stipulated Protective Order is to allow the Parties 

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to have reasonable access to sensitive commercial, financial, and confidential 

information from other Parties while protecting the confidentiality or privacy of that 

information. The Parties acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order does 

not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that 

the protection it affords to Discovery Materials (defined below) extends only to the 

limited information or items that are entitled under the applicable legal principles to 

treatment as confidential. The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section

10, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order creates no entitlement to file 

confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures 

that must be followed and reflects the standards that will be applied when a Party 

seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal. 

 2. DEFINITIONS 

 2.1 Party/Parties. “Party” or “Parties” means Mark R. Ciabattari, 

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd., 

LLC, including all of their officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained 

experts, agents, and outside counsel (and their support staff). This definition may 

be modified if and when a plaintiff’s class is certified by the Court, or upon the 

agreement of the original parties to this Stipulated Protective Order. 

 2.2 Discovery Material. “Discovery Material” means any 

information, document, or tangible thing, upon which any expression, 

communication, or representation has been recorded by any means, or response to 

any discovery request, including by way of example, document requests, 

interrogatories, requests for admissions, notices of deposition, requests to inspect, 

initial disclosures, subpoenas and any other similar materials, or portions thereof. 

 2.3 Settlement Materials: “Settlement Materials” means any 

information, document or tangible thing provided to the Receiving Party for the 

purposes of settlement negotiations. 

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 2.4 Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means 

any (1) Settlement Materials or (2) Discovery Materials Producing Party designates 

as sensitive or proprietary business or financial information, personal information, 

or information furnished to it in confidence by any third party, which information is 

not known to the general public. 

2.5 Receiving Party. “Receiving Party” means a Party to the action 

or any third party who receives Discovery Material or Settlement Material from a 

Producing Party. 

2.6 Producing Party. “Producing Party” means a Party to the action 

or any third party who produces or otherwise makes available Discovery Material 

or Settlement Material to a Receiving Party. 

2.7 Designating Party. “Designating Party” means a Party to the 

action or any third party who provides Settlement Materials to one or more Parties 

or third parties or who produces Discovery Materials that it designates as 

“Confidential Information.” 

2.8 Counsel. “Counsel” means counsel of record, an employee inhouse counsel of a Party, and their secretarial and support personnel and other 

assistants to whom it is necessary to disclose Confidential Information for the 

purpose of this action. 

2.9 Expert. “Expert” means a person with specialized knowledge or 

experience in a matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by one Party 

or its Counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action and who 

for the purposes of any settlement discussions and review of Settlement Materials, 

is not or has not been employed by or been a consultant to in the last 7 years 

another Party or of a competitor of another Party and who, at the time of retention, 

is not anticipated to become an employee of another Party or a competitor of 

another Party. For purposes related to this litigation other than settlement, the 

Parties agree to meet and confer about issues related to a Party’s Expert’s past 

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employment or consultant work with another Party or a competitor of another 

Party. If these issues cannot be cannot be resolved informally, either Party may 

move the Court to resolve the dispute. Until such time as these issues are resolved, 

the Parties agree not to disclose Confidential Information to an Expert who was a 

former or is a current employee or consultant of another Party or a competitor of 

another Party. 

2.10 Trial Preparation Materials. “Trial Preparation Materials” 

means documents and materials such as pleadings, court papers and briefs, exhibits, 

depositions, interrogatories, and the like, and summaries thereof or notes pertaining 

thereto. 

 2.11 Other Plaintiffs: “Other Plaintiffs” means the named plaintiffs, 

and their heirs, successors, and assigns, and their attorneys in the following 

lawsuits: 

 a. Stanley Monk v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc., et al.

(05CV10562, USDC, So. Dist. N.Y.) 

 b. Jess Collinson, Scott M. Pollack and Thomas Hunt v. 

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., et al. (05CV05471, USDC, Dist. N.J.) 

 c. Kyle Bressler v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. et al.

(05CV544, USDC, Mid. Dist. FL.)) 

 d. Patricia and Michael Beaird v. Toyota Motor Sales, 

U.S.A., Inc., et al., (05CH22370, Circuit Court of Cook County) 

 e. Thomas F. Pear v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. et al.,

(05CV01778, USDC, Dist. CT.) 

3. SCOPE

 The protection conferred by this Stipulated Protective Order covers not 

only Confidential Information, but also any information copied or extracted 

therefrom, as well as copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus 

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testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or Counsel to or in Court or in 

other settings that might reveal Confidential Information. 

 4. DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

 4.1 Designation in General. Any Party or non-party may designate 

as “CONFIDENTIAL,” by so marking any Discovery Material– and any copies, 

abstracts, excerpts or analyses thereof – given, used, served or produced by the 

Party or non-party in connection with this action, including without limitation in 

response to formal discovery demands or subpoenas or in compliance with the 

initial disclosure requirements prescribed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 

26(a), that the Designating Party or non-party in good faith believes to contain, 

reflect, regard, or disclose any confidential, non-public, or proprietary business or 

financial information. Further, any Party or non-party may designate as 

“SETTLEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL,” by so marking any Settlement Material – and 

any copies, abstracts, excerpts or analyses thereof – given, used, served or produced 

by the Party or non-party for the purposes of settlement negotiations. All materials 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “SETTLEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL” shall be 

referred to in this Stipulated Protective Order as Confidential Information. 

 4.2 Inadvertent Failure to Designate. A Party or non-party that 

inadvertently fails to mark an item as Confidential Information at the time it is 

given, used, served or produced may correct its failure in writing, accompanied by 

substitute copies of each item, container or folder, appropriately marked as 

Confidential Information. Failure to designate is not a waiver of the confidential 

nature of the material. 

 4.3 Settlement Negotiations. All documents provided to any Party 

in connection with any settlement negotiations, whether marked so or not, are 

Confidential Information and all copies must be returned to the Designating Party 

immediately upon request. The Receiving Party agrees not to challenge the 

confidential designation of any Settlement Materials. Further, the Parties agree that 

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all discussions about and information exchanged in connection with settlement 

negotiations shall be kept strictly confidential, including but not limited to the fact 

that such settlement negotiations are about to or have occurred. 

5. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

 5.1 Meet and Confer. Except as provided in 4.3, the acceptance by 

a Receiving Party of Confidential Information shall not constitute an admission or 

concession or permit an inference that the Confidential Information is, in fact, 

confidential. Should a Receiving Party object in good faith to such designation, 

that Party must notify the Designating Party or Parties in writing of such objection, 

specifying the basis thereof. The Parties shall then negotiate in good faith to 

attempt to resolve their dispute regarding the confidentiality of the subject 

materials. In conferring, the Receiving Party must explain the basis for its belief 

that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating 

Party an opportunity to review the designated material and to explain the basis for 

the designation. 

 5.2 Judicial Intervention. Should such meet-and-confer efforts fail, 

the Designating Party may then apply to the Court for a protective order covering 

the designated information within twenty (20) days from the receipt of such written 

notice from the Receiving Party. Or the Receiving Party may file and serve a 

motion under Civil Local Rule 7 that identifies the challenged material and sets 

forth in detail the basis for the challenge. Each such motion must be accompanied 

by a competent declaration that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet 

and confer requirements and that sets forth with specificity the justification for the 

designation provided by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall bear 

the burden of establishing the confidentiality of any material (except for Settlement 

Materials as provided supra ¶ 4.3 which is deemed confidential) designated as 

Confidential Information. The information which is the subject of such dispute 

shall continue to be treated as confidential subject to this Stipulated Protective 

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Order for a period of twenty (20) court days following written notice of objection 

unless a motion for a protective order is filed within that time, in which case the 

information shall be treated as confidential pending the outcome of such motion. In 

the absence of such a motion, the documents or information shall not be treated as 

confidential upon the expiration of twenty (20) court days after written notice of 

objection.

6. USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 

 6.1 General. No Confidential Information shall be made public by 

the Receiving Party or divulged to anyone other than as set forth herein. Absent a 

specific order by the Court or if the Designating Party otherwise agrees, once 

designated as Confidential Information, such materials and information shall be 

used by the Parties solely in connection with this litigation, and not for any other 

purpose, including any business, competitive, or governmental purpose or function. 

 6.2 Maintenance. Confidential Information shall be held in custody 

and confidence by Counsel of the Receiving Party. Confidential Information 

(except for Trial Preparation Material, but including Confidential Information that 

is attached to Trial Preparation Material as exhibits, appendices, and the like) shall 

be maintained by each person Receiving it, when not in actual use, in a secure 

location inaccessible to any person not authorized by this Stipulated Protective 

Order to use such Confidential Information. 

 6.3 Advice of Counsel. Nothing under this Stipulated Protective 

Order shall bar or otherwise restrict Counsel from rendering advice to a Party with 

respect to this action, and in the course thereof, relying in a general way upon 

examination of any Confidential Information. However, in rendering such advice 

and in otherwise communicating with a Party, such Counsel shall not disclose the 

contents of any Confidential Information contrary to the terms or intent of this 

Protective Order. 

 6.4 Right to Disclose. Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order 

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shall preclude any person or entity from disclosing or using, in any manner or for 

any purpose, any information or document if that information or document is 

lawfully obtained from a third party under no obligations of confidentiality with 

respect thereto and having the right to disclose such information. Similarly, the 

terms of this Stipulated Protective Order shall in no way affect a Party’s right to 

reveal or disclose to anyone any information designated by that Party itself as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Nothing herein shall prohibit a Party from 

disclosing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to the person the document 

identifies as the author, addressee or recipient of such material. 

7. ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

 7.1 Permissible Disclosures. Confidential Information shall be 

treated by each Receiving Party as confidential unless and until the Court rules to 

the contrary or the Designating Party agrees otherwise. Unless and until the Court 

rules or the Designating Party otherwise agrees, and except as set forth in Paragraph 

7.2 herein, access to or disclosure of Confidential Information shall be limited to 

the following persons and the following persons are bound by the terms of this 

Stipulated Protective Order, subject to the qualification provisions of Paragraph 7.2 

herein: 

 a. The Court and those employed by the Court, in which event 

such information shall be filed under seal (and kept under seal until further 

order of the Court); 

 b. Each of the named Parties to the litigation who has, through that 

Party’s respective Counsel, signed this Stipulated Protective Order (or who 

has accepted the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order by the Party’s 

counsel’s execution of Appendix A hereto), including any representative of 

the Party (officers, directors, partners, employees) assisting in the 

prosecution or the defense of the litigation, and such Party’s counsel, 

including the clerical, secretarial, and paralegal staff employed by such 

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counsel; 

 c. Other Plaintiffs provided, however, that in all such cases, before 

disclosure, the Other Plaintiffs’ lawyers to whom disclosure is made must 

signify assent to the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, on behalf of 

their clients as well as themselves, by executing the acknowledgement 

attached as Appendix A hereto, indicating that he or she has read and 

understands this Stipulated Protective Order and has agreed to be bound by 

its terms. 

 d. Court reporters and employees of court reporters engaged by 

counsel to record and transcribe testimony in this litigation, and translators 

engaged for any purpose in the litigation; 

 e. Experts retained for the purpose of assisting counsel in the 

litigation to the extent reasonably necessary for the litigation of this action; 

provided, however, that in all such cases the person to whom disclosure is 

made must signify assent to the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order by 

executing the acknowledgement attached as Appendix A hereto, indicating 

that he or she has read and understands this Stipulated Protective Order and 

has agreed to be bound by its terms; and 

f. Persons from whom testimony is taken or is to be taken in the 

litigation, either in a deposition or at trial, provided that Confidential 

Information may be disclosed to such persons only in the preparation for, 

review of, or in the course of his or her testimony, and that such person shall 

not retain such Confidential Information after his or her testimony is 

concluded; provided, however, that in all such cases the person to whom 

disclosure is made must signify assent to the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order by executing the acknowledgement attached as Appendix A 

hereto, indicating that he or she has read and understood this Stipulated 

Protective Order and has agreed to be bound by its terms. 

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 7.2 Other Persons. Counsel desiring to qualify a person or persons 

to receive Confidential Information under paragraph 7.1(c), (d), (e) or (f) shall first 

obtain from each such person a signed undertaking in the form of Appendix A 

hereto. 

 7.3 Additional Parties. In the event that additional persons become 

parties to this action, they shall not have access to Confidential Information 

produced by or obtained from any Party or nonparty until the newly joined party or 

his or her counsel executes the acknowledgment attached as Appendix A hereto, 

indicating to all other Parties that he or she has read this Stipulated Protective Order 

and agrees to be bound by its terms. 

 7.4 Disclosure Pursuant to Subpoena. Should any non-party serve a 

subpoena calling for the production of any Confidential Information on any Party or 

Counsel for a Party who has received such information, the subpoenaed Party in 

such instance shall provide notice in writing via facsimile to the Designating Party 

immediately and in no event more than three days after Receiving the subpoena. 

Such notification must include a copy of the subpoena. It shall be the obligation of 

the Designating Party, prior to the response date on the subpoena, to seek a 

protective order or any other appropriate relief from the Court if the Designating 

Party wishes to maintain the confidentiality of the material. A Designating Party 

that fails to seek judicial relief to preclude the disclosure of any Confidential 

Information in response to a subpoena shall be deemed to have waived any claim of 

confidentiality with respect to such material. 

 7.5 Objection to Disclosure to Other Persons. Should any Party 

seek to disclose Confidential Information to such other persons not authorized to 

receive Confidential Information pursuant to paragraph 7(a-f), said Party shall 

identify in a written notice to the Designating Party (1) the specific Confidential 

Information; (2) the purpose of such disclosure; (3) the person(s) to receive the 

Confidential Information, by name, address and telephone number; (4) counsel for 

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that person(s), by name address and telephone number; and (4) any litigation, 

administrative proceeding or proceeding, by caption and docket number. This 

written notice will be provided at least sixty (60) days in advance of the intended 

date of disclosure. The Designating Party in such instance shall provide any 

objection to such disclosure in written notice to the other Party within thirty (30) 

days after receipt of that Party’s intent to disclose. No Confidential Information 

shall be disclosed to that person(s) until the validity of the objection has been 

resolved, either by an agreement between the Parties or by order of the Court. If no 

objection is made by the Designating Party, then the identified Confidential 

Information may be divulged by the Receiving Party to the identified person upon 

his or her execution of the acknowledgement attached as Appendix A hereto, 

indicating that he or she has read and understood this Stipulated Protective Order 

and has agreed to be bound by its terms. 

8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 Before obtaining access to any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

covered by this Stipulated Protective Order, each person (other than Counsel) who 

is permitted to have access to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION under this 

Stipulated Protective Order must signify assent to the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order by executing the acknowledgement attached as Appendix A 

hereto, indicating that he or she has read and understands this Protective Order and 

agrees to be bound by its terms. If a deponent or the attorney for a deponent refuses 

to execute the acknowledgement attached as Appendix A hereto, he or she shall be 

requested on the deposition record to agree to the terms of this Stipulated Protective 

Order. Every deposition witness whose appearance at deposition is obtained 

pursuant to the process of this Court and to whom CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION is disclosed at deposition is hereby ordered (1) to maintain all 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in confidence, and (2) not to disclose 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to anyone other than in accordance with the 

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terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

9. HANDLING OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

 9.1 Deposition Transcripts. In the case of depositions and pretrial 

proceedings, the Parties agree to provisionally treat the entire transcript of the 

deposition or pretrial proceeding as Confidential Information. Within thirty (30) 

days of receipt of the transcript, any Counsel may designate portions of the 

transcript as Confidential Information by informing the reporter and other Counsel 

in writing of such designations by page and line number. The reporter, who shall 

first have agreed to abide by the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, shall be 

instructed to seal the transcript and include on the cover page the legend: “This 

transcript portion contains information subject to a Protective Order and shall be 

used only in accordance therewith.” 

 9.2 Exclusion of Unauthorized Persons. When testimony 

designated as Confidential Information is (or is sought to be) elicited during a 

deposition or pretrial proceeding, persons not entitled to receive such information 

under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order shall be excluded from 

attendance at the deposition or pretrial proceeding of this action during such time as 

the Confidential Information is being disclosed, unless the Parties otherwise agree 

or the Court otherwise orders. 

 9.3 Inadvertent Production. If during document production, the 

Producing Party inadvertently produces a document entitled to protection under the 

attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or other provisions of 

applicable law: (a) the Parties agree that the erroneous or inadvertent production 

shall not constitute a waiver of such protection as to either the subject matter of the 

material or as to related documents or communications; and (b) the Producing Party 

may request the return of the inadvertently produced document at any time before 

the commencement of trial, but no more than thirty (30) days after the document is 

first marked as a deposition exhibit, identified as a potential trial exhibit, or 

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otherwise identified by any Party in any pleading or correspondence served on all 

Parties to this action. Any such request shall be made in writing, and shall identify 

the basis for the claimed protection. If the Party (or Parties) that received the 

inadvertently produced document agrees that the document is entitled to protection 

(without regard to its inadvertent production), all copies of the inadvertently 

produced document shall be returned to the producing Party or destroyed, and no 

reference to such document shall be made in discovery, at trial, or any other 

manner. If the Parties do not agree that the document is entitled to protection, the 

burden is on the producing Party to file an appropriate motion with the Court within 

forty-five (45) days after the document is first marked as a deposition exhibit, 

identified as a potential trial exhibit, or otherwise identified by any Party in any 

pleading or correspondence served on all Parties to this action. Further, the Parties 

agree that in camera review of such documents or testimony is not a waiver of 

privilege. 

 9.4 Unauthorized Disclosure. If a Receiving Party learns that, by 

inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Confidential Information to any persons 

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 copies of the 

Confidential 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 attached as Appendix A hereto. 

10. FILING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

 Without written permission from the Designating Party or a court 

order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file 

in the public record in this action any Confidential Information. A Party that seeks 

to file under seal any Confidential Information must comply with Civil Local Rule 

79-5. 

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11. FINAL DISPOSITION 

 11.1 Termination of Participation in Action. Once participation in 

this action by any person obtaining Confidential Information has been terminated or 

otherwise concluded, all Confidential Information in the possession of such person 

shall be returned by such person within thirty (30) calendar days to the Counsel 

from whom he or she obtained such Confidential Information. 

 11.2 Termination of Action. Within sixty (60) days after the final 

termination of this action, counsel for the Receiving Party shall return all copies of 

the Confidential Information to counsel for the Designating Party, or shall, at the 

option of the Designating Party, destroy such Confidential Information, and certify 

in writing that said destruction has occurred to counsel for the Designating Party. 

12. RIGHT TO FURTHER RELIEF - NO WAIVER 

 12.1 Right to Further Relief. This Stipulated Protective Order shall 

not prevent a Party from applying to the Court for relief from this Order or any of 

its terms or provisions, or from applying to the Court for further or additional 

protective orders. 

 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. Nothing in this Stipulated 

Protective Order shall be construed as a waiver of the right of any Party to object to 

the taking or admissibility of any testimony, the production of documents or 

tangible things, or the admissibility of other evidence where such an objection is 

based on a ground or grounds other than that the testimony or evidence involves 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

 12.3 No Waiver Due to Review. Review of Confidential Information 

by Counsel or Experts shall not waive the confidentiality of the documents or 

objections to production. 

13. EFFECTIVE PERIOD 

 The terms of this Stipulated Protective Order shall be effective and 

binding upon a Party upon the signature of its Counsel below. The restrictions on 

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use of Confidential Information set forth in this Stipulated Protective Order shall 

survive the conclusion of this litigation and, after conclusion of this litigation, the 

Court shall exercise limited jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing this Stipulated 

Protective Order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: March 1, 2006 /s/ 

 Thomas M. Riordan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., 

INC. 

Dated: February 28, 2006 /s/ 

 Mark F. Anderson 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 MARK R. CIABATTARI 

Dated: February 23, 2006 /s/ 

 Ralph W. Robinson 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES 

 NORTH AMERICA, LTD., LLC, 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________, 2006 

 United States District Court Judge 

 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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