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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF CALIFORNIA 

SOUTHERN DIVISION 

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

H. THOMAS MORAN, II, CourtAppointed Receiver of LYDIA 

CAPITAL, LLC and DAWSON AND 

OZANNE, as Trustee of the Alvin 

Fischbach Irrevocable Trust, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 08-CV-0569-BTM (BLM) 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, the Court 

hereby enters the following Stipulated Protective Order (the “Stipulation”): 

1. As used herein, the term “Confidential Material” shall mean 

documents that a Party (the "Producing Party") in good faith deems to be 

confidential pursuant to the terms of this Stipulation, except that such documents 

and information that are publicly available shall not be deemed Confidential 

Material. 

2. The Producing Party shall designate in good faith particular 

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Material.” If the non-producing Party (the "Receiving Party") objects to the 

designation of particular documents as Confidential Material, the Receiving Party 

shall state such objection in writing to the Producing Party, and the Parties shall 

endeavor in good faith to resolve such objection. If such objection cannot be 

resolved, then the Producing Party shall, within ten (10) days of receiving an 

objection, move the Court for an order approving such designation. 

3. The recipient of documents designated as Confidential Material shall 

not use such documents for any purpose other than for the preparation or 

presentation of the Receiving Party's case in this action or other litigation between 

the Parties, except as set forth below. 

4. Counsel for the Receiving Party shall not disclose any document 

marked Confidential Material, except to the following persons: 

 (a) To a Party, or an employee of a Party, or a deponent, to the 

extent necessary to the preparation or presentation of the Receiving Party's case in 

this action or other litigation between the Parties. 

 (b) To an expert or experts who has or have been retained or 

specially employed by the attorneys in this action; or 

 (c) To the Court. 

5. The Parties recognize that a Receiving Party is not prohibited from 

using any document marked Confidential Material in the investigation of such 

Party’s case or defense, provided that, such Party does not show or quote a 

document so designated to any person other than as described in paragraph 4, 

subject to any exceptions set forth in paragraph 6 below. Deposition testimony 

concerning any document designated Confidential Material, which testimony 

reveals the contents of such materials shall be deemed confidential, and the 

transcript of such testimony, together with any exhibits referred to therein, shall, at 

the request of the Producing Party to the Court reporter, be separately bound with a 

cover page prominently marked Confidential Material. Such portion of the 

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transcript shall be deemed to be Confidential Material within the meaning of this 

Stipulation. 

6. Before disclosing documents labeled Confidential Material, or the 

contents thereof, to any person falling within the categories set forth in paragraphs 

4(a), 4(b), and 4(c) above who are not employed by or affiliated with the 

Producing Party, counsel shall explain to each such person that the documents are 

confidential and are subject to a this Stipulation. Before disclosing any 

Confidential Material, or the contents thereof, to any such person, counsel for the 

Party indenting to make such disclosure shall advise the intended recipient of the 

provisions of this Stipulation and provide the intended recipient with a copy of this 

Stipulation. In addition, the intended recipient shall sign a written certification in 

the following form: 

I hereby acknowledge that I, [name], [position of employment], am about to receive confidential information supplied in 

connection with the litigation entitled AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company v. H. Thomas Moran, II, Court-Appointed Receiver of Lydia Capital, et al., Case No. 08-CV-0569. I 

understand that such information is to be provided pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order attached 

hereto (as the “Stipulation”). I have been given a copy of the Stipulation and I have read the Stipulation. I understand that Confidential Material as defined in the Stipulation, or any notes or other records that may be disclosed to me or made by me regarding any such materials, must not be disclosed to any persons except as permitted by the Stipulation. I agree to be bound by the terms of the Stipulation. 

7. No copies of any documents labeled as Confidential Material, shall be 

made except to the extent necessary for the preparation of the Receiving Party's 

case in this action or other litigation between the Parties, including, but not limited 

to, preparation for trial and for any and all appeals involving this action or other 

litigation between the Parties, and, if the duplicating process by which copies of 

documents labeled as Confidential Material are made does not reproduce the 

Confidential Material stamp appearing on the original, all copies shall be stamped 

with a Confidential Material designation. 

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8. This Stipulation shall not be deemed a waiver of: 

 (a) Any Party's right to object to any discovery request for any 

reason; 

 (b) Any Party's right to seek an order compelling discovery with 

respect to any discovery request; and 

 (c) Any Party's right at any hearing to object to the admission of 

any evidence for any reason. 

9. The provisions of this Stipulation shall continue in effect with respect 

to any Confidential Material unless expressly released by the Producing Party, and 

such effectiveness shall survive the use of any such Confidential Material in any 

court proceeding and the entry of any final judgment, dismissal or settlement 

herein. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce or modify this Stipulation. 

10. Counsel shall attempt to agree upon procedures to protect the 

confidentiality of information designated as Confidential Material at any hearing or 

trial. Prior to such hearing or trial, counsel shall submit proposed procedures, 

including any disputes relating thereto, to the Court for its approval or 

modification. 

11. This Stipulation is agreed upon without prejudice to the right of any 

Party to waive the applicability of this Stipulation to any Confidential Material 

produced by that Party. 

12. The failure to designate a document as Confidential Material does not 

constitute a waiver of such claim, and the Producing Party may so designate a 

document after such document has been produced, with the effect that such 

document is subject to the protections of this Stipulation only on and after the date 

of the Receiving Party learning of such designation. 

13. If information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, attorney 

work product, or any other ground on which production of such information should 

not be made to any Party is nevertheless inadvertently produced to such Party(ies), 

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such production shall in no way prejudice or otherwise constitute a waiver of, or 

estoppel as to, any claim of privilege, work product, or other ground for 

withholding production to which the Producing Party would otherwise be entitled 

(collectively, a “privilege”). If a claim of inadvertent production is made pursuant 

to this paragraph with respect to information then in the custody of the Receiving 

Party, the Receiving Party shall promptly return to the Producing Party that 

material (or the portion thereof) as to which the claim of inadvertent production 

has been made, including any copies that are not destroyed, and the Receiving 

Party shall not use such information for any purpose until the Court issues an order 

concerning the Producing Party’s claim that the documents were inadvertently 

produced. The Party returning such material may subsequently move the Court for 

an order compelling production of the material, but any such motion shall not 

assert as a ground for entering such an order the fact or circumstances of the 

inadvertent production, unless the moving Party asserts that there was no valid 

basis for withholding production of the documents. 

14. In the event that any person or Party bound by this Stipulation is 

served with a subpoena or is otherwise ordered by any other court and/or 

administrative agency to produce Confidential Material obtained under the terms 

of this Stipulation, such persons or Parties shall promptly notify counsel for the 

Producing Party by electronic mail and facsimile of the pendency of such subpoena 

or other order to produce on or no later than ten (10) days before the return date of 

the subpoena or other order to produce. 

15. Any Party may apply at any time to the Court to enforce this 

Stipulation; for relief from, modification of or exception to this Stipulation; or for 

such other relief as may be appropriate with respect to this Stipulation. 

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16. This Stipulation has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, a Party’s 

use or disclosure of its own Confidential Material for any purpose. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 7, 2008 

Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz 

United States District Court, 

Southern District of California 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notwithstanding any provision above, no 

document may be submitted under seal to the Court unless the party claiming 

confidentiality first establishes good cause for sealing. 

Dated: May 7, 2008 ___________________________________ 

 Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz 

 United States District Judge 

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