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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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LITTLER MENDELSON 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 08-CV-1155 IEG (CAB) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT SCINTO, an individual 

Plaintiff, 

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HI-TECH WELDING AND FORMING, 

INC., a business entity; and DOES 1 

through 25, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 08-CV-1155 IEG (CAB) 

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Complaint Filed: May 23, 2008 

The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information 

(“materials”) being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for competitive 

reasons, normally kept confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to be bound by the terms 

of this Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. 

The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between the 

parties may contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing or 

other commercial information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(7). The 

purpose of this Order is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as practical during 

the litigation. THEREFORE: 

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DEFINITIONS

1. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean and include information contained or 

disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, answers to interrogatories, 

responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial 

testimony and depositions, including data, summaries, and compilations derived therefrom that is 

deemed to be Confidential Information by any party to which it belongs. 

2. The term “materials” shall include, but shall not be limited to: documents; 

correspondence; memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; specifications; customer lists or other material 

that identify customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules or other matter identifying 

pricing; minutes; telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled checks; contracts; invoices; drafts; books 

of account; worksheets; notes of conversations; desk diaries; appointment books; expense accounts; 

recordings; photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which information can be obtained and 

translated into reasonably usable form through detection devices; sketches; drawings; notes 

(including laboratory notebooks and records); reports; instructions; disclosures; other writings; 

models and prototypes and other physical objects. 

3. The term “counsel” shall mean outside counsel of record, and other attorneys, 

paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms identified below: 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

501 W. Broadway 

Suite 900 

San Diego, CA 92101.3577 

Telephone: 619.232.0441 

LAW OFFICES OF JOSHUA D. GRUENBERG 

2169 First Avenue 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619-230-1234 

GENERAL RULES

4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information that the producing party believes should 

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be subject to this Protective Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 

a. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL”: Any party may designate information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the unrestricted 

disclosure of such information could be potentially prejudicial to the business or operations of such 

party. 

b. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY”: Any party 

may designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” only if, in the good 

faith belief of such party and its counsel, the information is among that considered to be most 

sensitive by the party, including but not limited to trade secret or other confidential research, 

development, financial or other commercial information. 

5. In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no 

marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. For purposes of 

the initial inspection, all materials produced shall be considered as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR 

COUNSEL ONLY,” and shall be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order. Thereafter, 

upon selection of specified materials for copying by the inspecting party, the producing party shall, 

within a reasonable time prior to producing those materials to the inspecting party, mark the copies 

of those materials that contain Confidential Information with the appropriate confidentiality 

marking. 

6. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure of 

Confidential Information of any party: 

a. said deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as containing 

Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation shall be made on 

the record whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as containing 

Confidential Information after transcription of the proceedings; a party shall have until fifteen (15) 

days after receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the action of the 

portions of the transcript designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY;” 

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b. the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from attendance at said 

deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information is to be disclosed, any person other than 

the deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), the court reporter, and the person(s) 

agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 below; and 

c. the originals of said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof shall bear the 

legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” as appropriate, and 

the original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing shall not be filed unless it can be 

accomplished under seal, identified as being subject to this Order, and protected from being opened 

except by order of this Court. 

7. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” shall not be disclosed by the receiving party to 

anyone other than those persons designated herein and shall be handled in the manner set forth 

below and, in any event, shall not be used for any purpose other than in connection with this 

litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either by agreement of the parties, or by 

order of the Court. 

8. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” shall be 

viewed only by counsel (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, and by independent 

experts under the conditions set forth in this Paragraph. The right of any independent expert to 

receive any Confidential Information shall be subject to the advance approval of such expert by the 

producing party or by permission of the Court. The party seeking approval of an independent expert 

shall provide the producing party with the name and curriculum vitae of the proposed independent 

expert, and an executed copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in advance of providing any 

Confidential Information of the producing party to the expert. Any objection by the producing party 

to an independent expert receiving Confidential Information must be made in writing within fourteen 

(14) days following receipt of the identification of the proposed expert. Confidential Information 

may be disclosed to an independent expert if the fourteen (14) day period has passed and no 

objection has been made. The approval of independent experts shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

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9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be viewed only by counsel (as 

defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant to the terms of 

paragraph 8), and by the additional individuals listed below, provided each such individual has read 

this Order in advance of disclosure and has agreed in writing to be bound by its terms: 

a. Executives and managerial personnel who are required to participate in policy 

or other management decisions with reference to this action; 

b. Technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the parties find it 

necessary to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for trial of this action; and 

c. Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals identified 

above. 

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - 

FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” any person indicated on the face of the document to be its originator, 

author or a recipient of a copy thereof, may be shown the same. 

11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL -FOR COUNSEL ONLY” by the producing or disclosing party, and any and all 

reproductions thereof, shall be retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving party 

identified in paragraph 3, except that independent experts authorized to view such information under 

the terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such as are necessary for their participation in 

this litigation. 

12. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents which are designated as 

Confidential Information are filed with the Court for any purpose, the party seeking to file such 

material shall seek permission of the Court to file said material under seal. The parties will follow 

and abide by applicable law, including Civ. L.R. 7.3, with respect to filing documents under seal in 

this Court. 

13. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of the 

materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to confidentiality shall notify, in writing, 

counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for the objection. If the 

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dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties within seven (7) business days of receipt of 

such a notice of objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. 

The materials at issue shall be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the designating 

party, until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved. 

14. All Confidential Information shall be held in confidence by those inspecting or 

receiving it, and shall be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party, and each 

person receiving Confidential Information shall take reasonable precautions to prevent the 

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential Information is disclosed 

to any person other than a person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the unauthorized 

disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized disclosure to the 

attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies of the other parties, 

make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by the person(s) receiving the 

unauthorized disclosure. 

15. No party shall be responsible to another party for disclosure of Confidential 

Information under this Order if the information in question is not labeled or otherwise identified as 

such in accordance with this Order. 

16. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any Confidential Information without 

labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this Order, the 

designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing produced 

is deemed Confidential Information, and that the document or thing produced should be treated as 

such in accordance with that designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the 

materials as confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the receiving 

party has disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the receiving party must notify the 

designating party in writing of each such disclosure. Counsel for the parties shall agree on a 

mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced materials as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” - SUBJECT TO 

PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

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17. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of any party to object to the production of any 

discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as privileged or as attorney work 

product. 

18. Nothing in this Order shall bar counsel from rendering advice to their clients with 

respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any information designated as 

Confidential Information, provided that the contents of the information shall not be disclosed. 

19. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose production of 

any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the mere presence of 

Confidential Information. The existence of this Order shall not be used by either party as a basis for 

discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

20. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential Information if 

such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court. 

21. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, counsel for each 

party shall, upon request of the producing party, return all Confidential Information to the party that 

produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries thereof, or shall destroy 

same at the option of the receiving party, and shall purge all such information from all machinereadable media on which it resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain 

all pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court that refer to or 

incorporate Confidential Information, and will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all 

such retained information. Further, attorney work product materials that contain Confidential 

Information need not be destroyed, but, if they are not destroyed, the person in possession of the 

attorney work product will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained 

information. 

22. The restrictions and obligations set forth herein shall not apply to any information 

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a. the parties agree should not be designated Confidential Information; 

b. the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; 

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c. the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become public knowledge other than 

as a result of disclosure by the receiving party, its employees, or its agents in violation of this Order; 

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d. has come or shall come into the receiving party's legitimate knowledge 

independently of the production by the designating party. Prior knowledge must be established by 

pre-production documentation. 

23. The restrictions and obligations herein shall not be deemed to prohibit discussions of 

any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains legitimate possession 

thereof. 

24. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes herein. 

25. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to approval by the 

Court. 

26. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or in 

the interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these proceedings. The parties prefer that the 

Court provide them with notice of the Court's intent to modify the Order and the content of those 

modifications, prior to entry of such an order. 

27. Subject to public policy, and further court order, nothing shall be filed under seal, and 

the court shall not be required to take any action, without separate prior order by the Judge before 

whom the hearing or proceeding will take place, after application by the affected party with 

appropriate notice to opposing counsel. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 15, 2008 

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 CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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EXHIBIT A 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT SCINTO, an individual 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HI-TECH WELDING AND FORMING, 

INC., a business entity; and DOES 1 

through 25, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 08-cv-1155 IEG (CAB) 

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Complaint Filed: May 23, 2008 

I, ______________________________ , declare and say that: 

1. I am employed as _______________ by ________________________. 

2. I have read the Protective Order entered in Scinto v. Hi-Tech Welding and Forming, 

Inc., Southern District Case No. 08-cv-1155 IEG (CAB), and have received a copy of the Protective 

Order. 

3. I promise that I will use any and all “Confidential” or “Confidential - For Counsel 

Only” information, as defined in the Protective Order, given to me only in a manner authorized by 

the Protective Order, and only to assist counsel in the litigation of this matter. 

4. I promise that I will not disclose or discuss such “Confidential” or “Confidential – 

For Counsel Only” information with anyone other than the persons described in paragraphs 3, 8 and 

9 of the Protective Order. 

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5. I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California with respect to 

enforcement of the Protective Order. 

6. I understand that any disclosure or use of “Confidential” or “Confidential – For 

Counsel Only” information in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order may 

subject me to sanctions for contempt of court. 

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

Date:________________ Signature: __________________________________ 

 

Firmwide:87665210.1 058887.1001 

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