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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIUPLATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS PRODUCED IN DISCOVERY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

SECURIMETRICS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. C 05 00917 CW (JCS)

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

GOVERNING TREATMENT OF

MATERIALS PRODUCED IN 

DISCOVERY

Complaint Filed: March 3, 2005

 Trial Date: October 3, 2006

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STIUPLATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS PRODUCED IN DISCOVERY

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This Protective Order (“Order”) shall be applicable to and govern all 

documents or other material exchanged, produced or disclosed in this action by any party 

to this action, including third parties.

2. As used in this Order, “document” means any transcript of deposition or 

hearing, exhibit, declaration, affidavit, pleading, motion, and other documents and things, 

and all information obtained by an inspection or copying of any program, process, 

technique, plan, drawing, document, procedure or other tangible thing from which 

information can be obtained or translated.

3. Any party may designate any document or materials produced by that party 

or a third party in this action which that party considers in good faith to contain 

confidential trade secret, technical, financial, and/or proprietary business information as 

confidential information (“Confidential Information”) subject to the terms of this Order 

by stamping such document “CONFIDENTIAL.” The parties may make such a 

designation at the time such documents, or copies thereof, are delivered to the receiving 

party, or within ten (10) days thereafter in the event such labeling or marking is 

inadvertently omitted.

4. Any document that has been or will be designated in good faith by either 

party as Confidential Information in accordance with Paragraph 3 above, and any 

information in such documents, shall not be disclosed to any person by non-designating 

counsel, except disclosure may be made to:

a. Any officer, director, or employee of a party, to the extent disclosure 

to such officer, director, or employee is deemed necessary by counsel for the prosecution 

or defense of this action; 

b. Outside counsel retained by the parties for the purpose of prosecuting 

or defending this action, and their employees; 

c. Graphics or design services retained by counsel for a party for the 

purpose of preparing demonstrative or other exhibits for depositions, hearings, trial or 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS 

PRODUCED IN DISCOVERY

other proceedings in this action, and outside copy service personnel retained for the 

purpose of producing copies of documents to be used in this action; 

d. Any person who testifies at a deposition or hearing in this action, 

except that such person may only be shown Confidential Information during his or her 

deposition or hearing testimony and may not retain any Confidential Information; 

e. Outside consultants or experts retained to assist counsel in this action, 

who have signed an acknowledgment as set forth in Paragraph 6 below, and as to whom 

the procedure set forth in Paragraph 7 has been followed; and 

f. The Court, personnel of the Court, court reporters, and interpreters.

5. All Confidential Information produced, disclosed or exchanged in the course 

of this action shall be used by the party to whom the information is produced or disclosed 

solely for the purpose of this action, and for no other purpose. Any party who receives 

Confidential Information from another party may only use such information in accordance 

with the terms of this Order.

6. In no event shall any Confidential Information be disclosed to any person 

identified in Paragraphs 4.a, 4.c, 4.d, 4.e, (other than the Court or personnel of the Court), 

above, until such person has executed a written acknowledgment agreeing to be bound by 

the terms of this Order in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (“Acknowledgment”). 

The original and any copies of the Acknowledgment shall be maintained by the nondisclosing party, and need not be disclosed to any other party except on order of the Court.

7. If any party desires to give, show, disclose, make available or communicate 

Confidential Information to any consultant or expert pursuant to the terms of this Order, it 

must first identify in writing the consultants or experts to whom it intends to disclose such 

documents or information to the attorney for the other party, who shall have five (5) court 

days from service by fax or personal delivery of such notice to object, in writing to 

disclosure to any of the consultants or experts so identified. Any objection to a proposed 

disclosure must be made with a degree of specificity sufficient to fully apprise the other 

party of the basis of the objection. Such identification shall include: (a) the full name, 

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business title, city and affiliation of the proposed consultant or expert and (b) a C.V. that 

includes present and prior employment and disclosed expert engagements since January 1, 

2000. The parties shall attempt to resolve any objection informally through a meet and 

confer within three (3) court days after service of the objection. If an objection is not 

resolved, the objecting party may move before the Court for an order prohibiting the 

disclosure, and any such motion shall be made within three (3) court days of the 

aforementioned meet and confer. If no such motion is timely filed, the objection shall be 

deemed withdrawn. Any opposition to a motion to prevent disclosure must be made 

within five (5) court days of the motion to prevent disclosure; no reply papers shall be 

permitted. The motion shall be set for hearing no later than fourteen (14) days after the 

motion is filed. The burden shall be on the party making the objection to show good 

cause for the objection. In considering whether good cause has been shown, the Court 

will balance the interests of the parties, including the following factors and any others the 

Court deems appropriate: (a) the nature of the information to be disclosed, (b) the 

business activity of the consultant, and (c) the risk of misuse of the information. In the 

event objections are made and a motion to prohibit disclosure is submitted to the Court for 

decision, disclosure of Confidential Information to the consultant or expert shall not be 

made until the Court has ruled on the objection. Unless a particular expert or consultant is 

designated to testify for trial purposes under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2), his

or her identity shall not be disclosed to an opposing expert, consultant or any other person 

other than a party’s employees or counsel who are subject to this Order, and the nonconsulting party shall not directly or indirectly make any contact with the other party’s 

consultant or expert.

8. If a question is asked at a deposition that calls for the disclosure of 

Confidential Information, the witness shall answer the question unless instructed not to do 

so on grounds of privilege, but the only persons who may be present when the question is 

answered are persons qualified to receive Confidential Information pursuant to the terms 

of this Order. Counsel may designate the deposition testimony as Confidential 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS 

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Information by: (a) identifying such testimony on the record at the deposition; or (b) 

within 15 calendar days after receipt of the deposition transcript, notifying counsel for the 

other party of the designation in writing. All transcripts of depositions shall be treated as 

Confidential Information until 15 days after receipt thereof by counsel for the party or 

counsel for the witness.

9. When Confidential Information is incorporated in a deposition or hearing 

transcript, the party designating the Confidential Information shall make arrangements 

with the court reporter not to disclose any such information except in accordance with the 

terms of this Order, to bind separately the portions of the transcript containing 

Confidential Information, to label each page of the transcript containing Confidential 

Information with an appropriate legend, and to place the following notice on an envelope 

containing the designated portions of the original transcript and/or any exhibits containing 

Confidential Information:

RESTRICTED

This document is under seal, contains information designated 

by [party] as Confidential Information, and may not be 

examined except in accordance with the Protective Order 

issued in this case on ___________, 2005.

Non-original copies of the transcript and/or exhibits containing Confidential Information 

must also be bound separately, labeled on each page and on the cover with an appropriate 

legend, and maintained in accordance with their respective designations.

10. All papers filed with the Court containing Confidential Information shall be 

filed in a sealed envelope or container or otherwise as required by the applicable Local 

Rules or other requirements of the court. The cover sheet on the envelope or container 

shall display a notation substantially in the following form:

DOCUMENT SUBMITTED UNDER SEAL:

This document is under seal, contains information designated 

by [party] as Confidential Information, and may not be 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS 

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examined except in accordance with the Protective Order 

issued in this case on ___________, 2005.

11. Nothing in this Order shall preclude: (a) outside counsel for any party to 

this action from showing a document designated as Confidential Information to an 

individual who authored or prepared the document or received it prior to the filing of this 

action; or (b) a party from disclosing or using the party’s own information or documents 

which the party itself has designated as Confidential Information. Such disclosure shall 

not waive the protection of this Order and shall not entitle the other party or its attorneys 

to disclose such information or documents.

12. The parties to this Order and their counsel shall attempt to reach a stipulated 

agreement regarding the use at trial of any Confidential Information. If the parties are 

unable to reach an agreement, they will submit the issue to the Court for decision.

13. Failure to oppose the designation of documents as Confidential Information 

shall not constitute an admission or concession by the non-designating party that the 

document or the information therein is confidential or is legally protectable intellectual 

property, proprietary property or trade secrets.

14. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party receiving a document designated 

Confidential Information from seeking a further order of the Court declaring that such a

document shall not be subject to the provisions of this Order. Upon motion, and upon 

good cause shown, the Court may make any order that justice requires for the prevention 

of, or the protection of, any party from oppression or undue burden or unnecessary 

expense, due to unreasonable use of the right to designate documents as Confidential 

Information.

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

immunity is inadvertently produced in response to document demands, such production 

shall in no way prejudice or otherwise constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any claim 

of privilege or work product immunity for such information. If a party claims that it has 

inadvertently produced material subject to a claim of immunity or privilege, then 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS 

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promptly following that party’s written request identifying the material for which a claim 

of inadvertent production is made, the receiving party shall take prompt steps to ensure 

that all known copies of such information or material are returned promptly to the 

producing party. The party returning such information may move for an order compelling 

production of such information, but the motion shall not assert as a ground for production 

the fact or circumstances of the inadvertent production.

16. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from seeking any change or 

modification in this Order.

17. Within 30 days after a termination of this action whether by final 

adjudication, settlement, or otherwise, any party who designated Confidential Information 

may request the destruction or return of all such designated documents, together with all 

copies of same, including extracts or summaries thereof or documents containing 

information taken therefrom, in the actual or constructive possession, custody or control 

of any party. If a party requests the destruction of Confidential Information by the party 

receiving Confidential Information, the party destroying Confidential Information shall 

certify in writing that all Confidential Information has been destroyed within 10 days of 

the requested destruction.

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

production of any information or object to its admissibility into evidence based on any 

lawful ground.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:____________, 2005

JOSEPH C. SPERO

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MATERIALS PRODUCED IN DISCOVERY

EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I, __________________________, acknowledge and declare that I have 

received a copy of the Protective Order (“Order”) dated ___________, 2005, in 

SecuriMetrics, Inc. v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co., Case No. C 05 00917 CW.

Having read and understood the terms of the Order, I agree to be bound by 

the terms of the Order. I further understand that by signing below, I consent to 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Northern District of California solely for 

the purpose of any proceeding to enforce the terms of the Order.

Dated:____________, 2005_ (Signature)

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