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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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CASE NO. C-05-4762 CW 1 CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

BERTHA MONCADA, INDIANA 

BERRENECHEA, EDDA NIX and 

BERTHA C. MONCADA TRUST, by and 

through Trustee EDDA NIX, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

and DOES 1-10, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C 05-4762 CW 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

WHEREAS, during the course of the above-captioned litigation (the “Action”), the 

parties may need to product documents or portions thereof constituting or containing 

confidential information (“Confidential Material”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to protect the confidential nature of all Confidential 

Material or information derived therefrom (also hereinafter included in the term “Confidential 

Material”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties to this action and third parties have agreed or may agree in the 

future to furnish certain documents constituting or containing Confidential Material subject to 

this Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order without waiving any legal right 

or privilege relating to the confidentiality of such Confidential Material; and 

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In accordance with this Stipulation of the parties, and for the purpose of preserving the 

confidentiality of documents and information that constitute or relate to personal, private or 

confidential business information; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties that a 

protective order shall be entered in this Action that shall apply as follows to all Confidential 

Material, whether contained or referenced in documents, deposition testimony, answers to 

interrogatories or document requests, written responses, answers to requests for admissions, 

affidavits, or declarations; in copies, extracts, and summaries (complete or partial) prepared 

from such documents, or in copies of any of the foregoing: 

1. As used herein, the words “document” or “documents” shall include any “writing,” 

as that term is set forth and defined in Federal Rule of Evidence 1001, including both 

“originals” and “duplicates” of any such writing. 

2. The parties or any third party to this action may designate documents containing 

Confidential Material by marking each page so designated, at the time when it is first produced, 

served, or otherwise disclosed, with the legend “Confidential.” 

3. Any producing party may subsequently de-classify materials that it previously 

designated as “Confidential.” 

4. Any deposition testimony in this litigation, or any portion thereof, may be 

designated as Confidential Material by any party, or by any deponent not employed by any 

party, before or at the time of the deposition by the party’s counsel or by the deponent in 

accordance with the following procedure: 

(a) Such designation shall be made by letter or orally to all counsel. 

(b) If the other party objects to designation of any material as confidential, the party 

requesting confidentiality shall have the burden of moving for the appropriate protective order. 

The non-moving party shall maintain confidentiality of the material for sixty days after the 

deposition, and if a motion is filed within that period, until the Court rules on the motion. If no 

motion is filed and served within sixty days, then the material will not be deemed confidential. 

5. Any document or other material designated by any party as Confidential Material 

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shall not be used for any purpose except in connection with the prosecution or defense of this 

Action (including any appeal) and may be disclosed only to the following persons for the sole 

purpose of prosecution or defense of this Action; 

(a) the parties to this Action who agree to the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 

pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Stipulated Protective Order; 

(b) counsel of record for the parties to this Action and employees of such counsel who 

are assisting counsel in the preparation of this Action for trial; 

(c) independent experts or consultants retained by the parties or their counsel of record 

to assist in the preparation of this Action for trial, pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Confidentiality 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order, but only to the extent such persons need such 

Confidential Information for that preparation; 

(d) judicial officials, jurors, and Court personnel (including stenographic reporters 

employed by the Court), pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Confidentiality Agreement and 

Stipulated Protective Order; 

(e) stenographic reporters not employed by the Court who are reporting deposition 

testimony in this Action, and their employees and agents who are assisting them for that 

purpose; and 

(f) any other person under such terms as may be agreed by the parties in writing or as 

the Court may hereafter order. 

6. As a prerequisite to disclosing Confidential Materials to any person identified in 

paragraph 5(a), (c) and (e), the person to whom the Confidential Materials are to be disclosed 

must first execute a document in which he or she agrees to be bound by the terms of the 

Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order, a copy of which is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A. 

7. Whenever any Confidential Material is submitted to the Court or used in 

connection with any filing or proceeding in this Action, such document shall be submitted under 

seal unless the party whose document or information to be submitted has consented in writing to 

the disclosure or unless the Court otherwise directs. The manner in which confidential 

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documents or information may be handled and disclosed in the course of the trial hereof shall be 

determined by the Court at a pre-trial conference. 

8. Confidential Material may be disclosed to and discussed with the persons identified 

in paragraph 5(b), (e) and (f) only if, prior to any disclosure or discussion of Confidential 

Material, the party or the party’s counsel shall inform each such person of the existence of this 

Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order and instruct that such persons 

respect its provisions. 

9. Counsel receiving Confidential Material shall not make more copies of such 

Confidential Material than counsel deems reasonably necessary for the prosecution or defense 

of this Action. All copies of Confidential Material shall be kept and stored in a manner which 

counsel deems reasonably calculated to preserve confidentiality. 

10. Promptly at the end of this action (including appeals, any satisfaction of judgment, 

or any settlement of the Action), all copies of Confidential Material, including all copies in the 

possession of experts and consultants, shall be returned by the counsel receiving such 

Confidential Material to the counsel of the party or third party who produced or provided it. 

Counsel for the parties may retain legal memoranda or opinion letters that contain references to 

or information extracted from Confidential Material; however, the confidentiality of any such 

memoranda or letters is to be protected in accordance with the terms of this Confidentiality 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order. 

11. The provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order, 

insofar as they relate to the communication and use of Confidential Material, shall continue in 

effect after the conclusion of this Action and until further order of the Court or agreement by the 

parties in writing. 

12. If any dispute arises about whether a document constitutes Confidential Material, 

the parties will try to resolve the dispute informally. If informal resolution is not possible, the 

party asserting confidentiality of the document will bring a motion to have the document 

designated as Confidential Material with notice to all parties and upon a showing of good cause. 

13. This Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order may be modified 

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by written agreement of the parties or by order of the Court. Any such agreement by the parties 

shall be filed in this Action. 

14. By entering this agreement, no party waives any right it may have to object to any 

discovery upon the grounds of privacy, confidentiality, or privilege, or to withhold information 

or documents from discovery on such grounds. 

15. This agreement shall be enforceable between the parties as a contract regardless of 

whether the Court enters it as an Order of the Court. The parties to this agreement may exercise 

any rights they may have, at law or in equity, to enforce its terms. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 3, 2006 LIEBERSON & WOLFORD LLP 

By /s/ 

 Joel Liberson 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BERTHA MONCADA, INDIANA 

BERRENECHEA, EDDA NIX and BERTHA C. 

MONCADA TRUST 

Dated: October 3, 2006 KAHN BROWN & POORE LLP 

By /s/ 

 David M. Poore 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BERTHA MONCADA, INDIANA 

BERRENECHEA, EDDA NIX and BERTHA C. 

MONCADA TRUST 

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Dated: October 3, 2006 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

By /s/ 

 Sonia Martin 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. But 

see Local Rule 79-5. 

Dated: October 6, 2006 

 

 ___________________________________ 

Honorable Claudia Wilken 

United States District Judge 

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EXHIBIT A

I hereby acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of the Confidentiality 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order in the action entitled Bertha Moncada, Indiana 

Berrenechea, Edda Nix, and Bertha C. Moncada Trust, by and through Trustee Edda Nix v. 

Allstate Insurance Company, and Does 1-10, United States District Court, Northern District of 

California, Case No. C 05-4762 CW. I agree to be bound by the provisions of that 

Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order with respect to any “Confidential 

Material” disclosed to me, and I specifically agree that I will not communicate, reveal, or use 

any “Confidential Material” except in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order. I further agree to return any Confidential Material 

provided to me and all copies thereof to the party or counsel who provide such Confidential 

Material to me. 

I hereby submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court, Northern 

District of California, for all purposes relating to the enforcement of the provisions of the 

Stipulated Protective Order. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true and correct. 

Executed this _____ day of ________________ 2006 at ______________________ 

 (City, State) 

 _________________________________ 

 Signature 

 _________________________________ 

 Name (typed) 

27248497 

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