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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Anti-trust

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[Counsel listed on signature page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: DITROPAN XL ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

CASE NO. MDL Docket No. 1761 (JSW) 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO 

ALL CASES 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED INTERIM 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Based upon the representations and submissions of the parties, the Court’s records and files in 

this matter, and good cause appearing therefore, the Court enters the following Interim Protective 

Order to govern the discovery of confidential materials in this action until such time as the parties 

have an opportunity to be heard by the assigned Magistrate Judge on issues pertaining to the 

disclosure of confidential materials to retained experts and consultants. This Order shall remain in 

effect until or unless it is superseded by an order from the assigned Magistrate Judge as to which no 

objection is made, or such objection period has expired. See Civil L.R. 72-2. Accordingly, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, as defined herein, disclosed by a plaintiff, a 

defendant, or a third party (hereinafter "producing party") to any other party (hereinafter "receiving 

party") pursuant to discovery in this action shall be used solely for purposes of this action. 

2. Each page of each document produced pursuant to discovery in this action shall bear, 

by party, a unique identifying number. If a third party produces documents without labeling them 

with unique identifying numbers, the party that requested the third party’s documents shall label the 

third-party documents and distribute them to all parties to this litigation. 

3. As used herein, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION refers to information that a 

producing party claims in good faith to be its confidential business information or commercial 

information within the meaning of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(7). Such information may be designated as 

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“[producing party] CONFIDENTIAL,” where [producing party] corresponds to the party whose 

information is being protected by the designation. Confidential information the disclosure of which 

would be injurious to the business interests of the producing party, including but not limited to 

information regarding ongoing research, current or future clinical trials, current or future regulatory 

submissions, business or financial information or projections, and current or future marketing plans, 

may be designated as “[producing party] RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION,” where 

[producing party] corresponds to the party whose information is being protected by the designation. 

Information to be treated under this Protective Order as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall include: 

a. Initial and pretrial disclosure and information set forth in responses to 

discovery requests made under Fed. R. Civ. P. 31, 33, or 36, or in documents produced under Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 33(d) or 34, provided that, prior to delivery to the receiving party, the responses or copies of 

documents are marked by the producing party with either a "CONFIDENTIAL" or a "RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL" legend. 

b. Information revealed by inspection of things or premises under Fed. R. Civ. P. 

34 under terms to be agreed upon by the parties through good-faith negotiations in connection with 

any such inspection. Designation by stamping or labeling as CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL need not be made with respect to all materials provided for inspection by a 

producing party’s counsel until copies of the materials are requested after inspection and selection by 

counsel. Making documents and things available for inspection shall not constitute a waiver of any 

claim of confidentiality, and all materials provided for inspection by the producing party’s counsel 

shall, consistent with the instructions of the producing party, be treated as CONFIDENTIAL or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION at the time of the inspection. 

c. Information revealed during a deposition upon oral examination under Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 30, for thirty (30) days following receipt of the transcript by counsel for the producing party, 

but not thereafter, unless, before the 30-day period has expired, counsel for the producing party 

notifies counsel for the receiving party in writing that CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is set forth in the transcript and specifies in 

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writing which portions of the transcript disclose such information, or unless, during the deposition, 

counsel for the producing party or any other party designates portions of the transcript to be 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; and 

d. Information disclosed by Alza, Johnson & Johnson, Mylan, Impax, or any 

third party in Alza Corporation v. Mylan Laboratories Inc., Civ. Action No. 1:03cv61 (D. W. Va.) 

(Keeley, CJ), or Alza Corporation v. Impax Laboratories, Inc., Case No. C03-04032 VRW (N. D. 

Cal.), whether such information was disclosed through discovery, correspondence, court filings, court 

hearings, or otherwise, that any producing party in that case designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

4. Access to information designated as RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL shall be limited 

to the following persons: 

a. Outside counsel of record for a receiving party and stenographic, clerical, and 

legal assistant employees or contractors of those attorneys whose functions require access to 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; 

b. Outside experts or consultants retained by the receiving party or its counsel, 

such as independent technical experts, accountants, statisticians, economists, or other consultants, 

whose advice and consultation are being or will be used by such party or its counsel in connection 

with this action, including their stenographic or clerical personnel, provided that disclosure to such 

experts or consultants and their stenographic and clerical personnel shall be made only according to 

the conditions of Paragraph 6 below; 

c. The Court and authorized staff; 

d. Court reporters, interpreters, translators, copy services, exhibit preparation 

services, and database and/or coding services retained on behalf of any party; 

e. Outside jury consultants and trial consultants; and 

f. Any other person that all parties and any producing third party have agreed to 

in advance in writing, according to Paragraph 7 below. 

5. Access to information designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be limited to the 

following persons: 

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a. Persons authorized to have access to RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

information pursuant to Paragraph 4 above; 

b. One in-house attorney for each named representative of the purported Direct 

and Indirect Purchaser Classes (other than those parties whose personnel were identified pursuant to 

Subparagraph 4.e.), whose names shall be disclosed in advance to any party or third party producing 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, and stenographic, clerical, and legal assistant employees or 

contractors of those attorneys whose functions require access to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, 

provided that they shall first execute an Agreement To Abide By Protective Order in the form of 

Exhibit A attached hereto. 

c. Three in-house counsel for Defendant Johnson & Johnson and its affiliates, 

other than those persons identified in Subparagraph 4.f., whose names shall be disclosed in advance 

to any party or third party producing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, and stenographic, clerical, 

and legal assistant employees or contractors of those attorneys whose functions require access to 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, provided that they shall first execute an Agreement To Abide 

By Protective Order in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. 

6. There shall be no disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to experts or consultants under Paragraph 4(b) until a further 

order of this Court is entered permitting such disclosure. 

7. With respect to testimony elicited during hearings and other proceedings, whenever 

counsel for any party deems that a question or line of questioning calls for the disclosure of 

CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL information, before such disclosure, counsel 

may designate on the record that the disclosure is CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL. Whenever matter so designated is to be discussed in a hearing or other 

proceeding, any party claiming such confidentiality may request that persons not entitled under this 

Order to receive such information be excused. The list of persons to whom CONFIDENTIAL or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be disclosed, identified in Paragraphs 4 and 

5, may be expanded or modified by mutual agreement in writing by counsel for the designating party 

and the receiving party or parties without the need to modify this Order. 

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8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION shall not be made public by the receiving party and shall be used only by persons 

permitted access to such information under Paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Order. 

9. Any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION, and any copies, excerpts, or summaries thereof and materials containing 

information derived therefrom, as well as any knowledge or information derived from any of the 

aforementioned items, may be used only for purposes of this litigation and may not be used for any 

other purpose, including without limitation any business or commercial purpose or other litigation. 

10. If CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION is to be filed with the Court in connection with any proceedings herein, it shall be 

filed in accordance with Local Rule 79-5. 

11. The acceptance of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by the parties shall not constitute an admission or concession or 

permit an inference that the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION has been properly designated as such. Any receiving party may at any time request 

that the designating party withdraw the CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

designation with respect to any document, object, or information. Such request shall be made to 

counsel for the designating party and shall particularly identify the designated CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION that the receiving party 

contends has been inappropriately designated and the reasons supporting its contention. If the 

designating party does not agree to remove the CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL designation within ten (10) business days, then the party contesting the designation 

may request by motion that the Court redesignate the information as appropriate. The burden of 

demonstrating that the information is CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL shall be 

on the designating party. 

12. This Protective Order shall not prevent a party from attempting to examine as 

witnesses, during depositions or at trial, persons not authorized to receive CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, as identified herein, if the 

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examination concerns CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION to which the witness previously had authorized access or of which the witness has 

prior knowledge, as demonstrated by the document itself or by foundation testimony. This Protective 

Order shall not prevent counsel from examining a witness to determine whether he or she has prior 

knowledge of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION, so long as such examination shall be in a manner that does not disclose the details 

of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

CONFIDENTIAL and RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION of a producing party may 

be used to examine, during depositions and at trial (or other court hearing), any person who is at the 

time of examination employed by or affiliated with the producing party, any person who was 

employed with the producing party during the relevant period of this litigation, or any person who 

was retained by the producing party (e.g., outside counsel or experts) in connection with the 

underlying patent litigation between Alza and Mylan. 

13. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION may be used in testimony at trial, at any motion hearing, and during depositions, 

and may be offered in evidence at trial or at any hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, and 

may be used to prepare for and conduct discovery, to prepare for trial and to support or oppose any 

motion, all subject to Paragraphs 4 and 5, but may not be used for any other purpose except as 

expressly provided herein or by further Order of the Court. 

14. Nothing in this Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any attorney from rendering 

advice to a party-client in this action and in the course thereof, relying upon such attorney's 

examination of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION; provided, however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating 

with such client, the attorney shall not disclose any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to unauthorized persons. 

15. Should a producing party in the course of this litigation inadvertently or mistakenly 

disclose CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

without designating it as such, the producing party shall, promptly after discovering the inadvertent 

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or mistaken disclosure, notify all receiving parties of the proper designation. Immediately upon 

receiving such notice, the receiving party shall begin treating the information in accordance with the 

manner in which it has been redesignated. To the extent that such information has previously been 

shared by the receiving party with persons who are not authorized to have access to the information 

as redesignated, the receiving party shall take appropriate steps to retrieve the information and to 

ensure that this Order is being complied with in all respects. 

16. Should any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION be disclosed, through inadvertence or otherwise, by the receiving party to any 

person or party not authorized under this Protective Order, then the receiving party shall (a) use its 

best efforts to obtain the return of any such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and to bind such person to the terms of this Protective Order; (b) 

within three (3) days of the discovery of such disclosure, inform such person of all provisions of this 

Protective Order; (c) within five (5) days of the discovery of such disclosure, identify such person to 

the producing party; and (d) request such person to sign the Agreement To Abide By Protective 

Order in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The executed agreement shall be served upon 

counsel of record for the producing party within five (5) days of its execution by the party to whom 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION was 

disclosed. 

17. Nothing in this Protective Order shall require disclosure of information that counsel 

contends is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work-product 

immunity, or any other applicable immunity or privilege, nor shall this Order be construed to require 

disclosure in instances where such disclosure would breach an agreement with another to, or violate a 

court order to, maintain such information in confidence. Any party who refuses to disclose any 

information based on the existence of an agreement with another or a court order to maintain its 

confidentiality shall identify the existence of the agreement or order in response to any request for the 

information. The parties agree to work in good faith to resolve any third-party confidentiality issues. 

18. If information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity 

is inadvertently or mistakenly produced, such production shall in no way prejudice or otherwise 

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constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any claim of privilege or work-product immunity for such 

information. If a party has inadvertently or mistakenly produced information subject to claim of 

immunity or privilege, upon request the information for which a claim of inadvertent production is 

made shall be returned or destroyed within three (3) days of such request. Moreover, any notes or 

summaries referring or relating to any such inadvertently or mistakenly produced information subject 

to claim of immunity or privilege shall be destroyed. The party returning such information may, as 

appropriate, move the Court for an Order compelling production of such information, but the 

pendency of any such a motion shall not entitle the moving party to retain the information. 

19. The restrictions and obligations set forth in this Protective Order relating to 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall 

not apply to any information that (a) the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public 

knowledge; (b) the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become public knowledge other than as a 

result of disclosure by the receiving party; or (c) is in the receiving party's legitimate possession 

independently of the producing party. Such restrictions and obligations shall not be deemed to 

prohibit discussions with any person of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION if said person already has legitimate possession thereof. 

20. This Protective Order shall not prevent any party from applying to the Court for relief 

therefrom, or from applying to the Court for further or additional protective orders. Nothing herein 

shall prevent any party from disclosing its own CONFIDENTIAL or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in any manner that it considers appropriate. 

21. This Protective Order shall survive the termination of this action. No part of the 

restrictions imposed by this Protective Order may be waived or terminated, except by the written 

stipulation executed by counsel of record for each designating party, or by an Order of the Court for 

good cause shown. 

22. After final termination of this action, the counsel designated in Paragraphs 4 and 5 

hereof may each retain one archival copy of deposition exhibits, Court exhibits, documents and other 

materials submitted to the Court, and deposition transcripts and transcripts of Court proceedings. 

After final termination of this action, counsel for the receiving party either shall return to the 

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producing party all additional CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in his possession, custody, or control or in the custody of any 

authorized agents, experts, and consultants, or shall certify in writing to the producing party that such 

information has been destroyed. As to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION reflected in computer databases or backup tapes, the receiving 

party shall delete all such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or shall impose passwords or designate the information in a manner reasonably 

calculated to prevent unauthorized access to the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

23. If a third party provides discovery to any party in connection with this action, and if 

the third party so elects, then the provisions of this Protective Order shall apply to such discovery as 

if such discovery were being provided by a party. Under such circumstances, the third party shall 

have the same rights and obligations under this Protective Order as held by the parties to this action. 

24. All notices required by this Protective Order may be served by facsimile copy by the 

close of the business day (6:30 p.m. PT) with confirmation by regular mail to the counsel of record. 

The date by which a party receiving a notice shall respond, or otherwise take action, shall be 

computed from the close of the business day that the facsimile was received in the office of counsel. 

Any of the notice requirements herein may be waived in whole or in part, but only in writing signed 

by an attorney for the designating party. 

25. This Protective Order may be modified, and any matter related to it may be resolved, 

by written stipulation of the parties without further Order of the Court. This Protective Order shall 

not supersede any agreements between the parties regarding the confidentiality of particular 

information entered into before the date of this Protective Order. 

STIPULATED AND AGREED TO BY:

DATED: October 31, 2006 

 /s/ 

Timothy J. Becker 

ZIMMERMAN REED, P.L.L.P. 

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651 Nicollet Mall, Suite 501 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 341-0400 

Facsimile: (612) 341-0844 

Jason J. Thompson 

CHARFOOS & CHRISTENSEN, P.C. 

5510 Woodward Avenue 

Detroit, MI 48202 

Telephone: (313) 875-8080 

Facsimile: (313) 875-8522 

Edward A. Wallace 

WEXLER WALLACE TORISEVA LLP 

One North LaSalle Street, Suite 2000 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 346-2222 

Facsimile: (312) 346-0022 

Jeffrey L. Kodroff 

SPECTOR, ROSEMAN & KODROFF, P.C. 

1818 Market Street, Suite 2500 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: (215) 496-0300 

Facsimile: (215) 496-6611

 Attorneys for Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs

 Thomas M. Sobol 

 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO, LLP 

 One Main Street, 4th Floor 

 Cambridge, MA 02142 

 Telephone: (617) 482-3700 

 Facsimile: (617) 482-3003 

 Dianne M. Nast 

 RODANAST, PC 

 801 Estelle Drive 

 Lancaster, PA 17601 

 Telephone: (717) 892-3000 

 Facsimile: (717) 892-1200

 Daniel E. Gustafson 

 GUSTAFSON & GLUEK, P.L.L.P. 

 650 Northstar East 

 608 Second Avenue South 

 Minneapolis, MN 55402 

 Telephone: (612) 333-8844 

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 Attorneys for Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs 

DATED: October 31, 2006 

 /s/ 

M. Sean Royall (admitted pro hac vice) 

Monique Michal Drake, SBN 167188 

Michael A. Sitzman, SBN 156667 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 393-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 986-5309 

Email: sroyall@gibsondunn.com

Email: mdrake@gibsondunn.com

Email: msitzman@gibsondunn.com

Attorneys for Defendants Alza Corporation and 

Johnson & Johnson 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October ____, 2006 __________________________________________ 

The Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

United States District Judge 

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EXHIBIT A

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: DITROPAN XL ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

CASE NO. MDL Docket No. 1761 (JSW) 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO 

ALL CASES 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND 

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I have read the Protective Order applicable to the above-captioned action. I understand its 

terms and agree to be fully bound by them, and hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California for purposes of the enforcement of the Protective 

Order. I understand, in particular, that any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and RESTRICTED 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, and any copies, excerpts or summaries thereof and materials 

containing information derived therefrom, as well as any knowledge or information derived from any 

of the aforementioned items, may be used only for purposes of this litigation and may not be used for 

any other purpose, including without limitation, any business or commercial purpose. I further 

understand that failure to abide fully by the terms of the Protective Order may result in legal action 

against me, including being held in contempt of court and liability for monetary damages. A copy of 

my curriculum vitae is attached hereto. 

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED: 

Dated: _________________ ________________________________ 

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