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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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MORGAN, LEWIS &

BOCKIUS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

IRVINE

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07 CV 1801 W (CAB) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DONOVAN DELMARE, an individual, on 

behalf of himself, and on behalf of all 

persons similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SUNGARD HIGHER EDUCATION INC., 

a Delaware Corporation; SYSTEMS AND 

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 

CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation; 

and Does 1 to 100, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 07 CV 1801 W (CAB) 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Donovan Delmare, on behalf of himself and all persons similarly 

situated (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants SunGard Higher Education Inc. (“SunGard”) and Systems 

and Computer Technology Corporation (which merged into SunGard) (together, “Defendants”) 

are engaged in discovery that will require the production of documents that contain or disclose 

trade secrets or other confidential technical, business, or financial information; and 

THEREFORE, the parties stipulate to, and apply jointly to the Court for, entry of this 

Protective Order as follows: 

1. This Protective Order shall govern any designated record of information produced 

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in this action, including all designated deposition testimony, all designated testimony taken at a 

hearing or other proceeding, interrogatory answers, documents (including, without limitation, 

computer and electronic files), and other discovery materials (whether produced informally or in 

response to interrogatories, requests for admissions, requests for production of documents, or 

other formal method of discovery). 

2. Each party shall have the right to designate as confidential and subject to this 

Protective Order any information, document, or portion of any documents produced by it in this 

litigation which contains trade secrets or other confidential technical, business, or financial 

information. This designation shall be made by stamping each page of the document containing 

confidential information with the legend CONFIDENTIAL prior to its production or, if 

inadvertently produced without the legend, by furnishing written notice to the receiving party that 

the information or document shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL under this Protective 

Order. With respect to all materials provided by one party for inspection by another party’s 

counsel, designation by stamping or labeling as CONFIDENTIAL need not be made 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 shall be treated as though designated as CONFIDENTIAL at the 

time of the inspection. 

3. Each party and all persons bound by the terms of this Protective Order shall use 

any information or document designated as CONFIDENTIAL only for the purpose of prosecution 

or defense of this action. No such party or other person shall use any information designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL for any purpose other than the prosecution or defense of this action. The 

attorneys of record for the parties shall exercise reasonable care to insure that the information and 

documents governed by this Protective Order are (i) used only for the purposes specified herein, 

and (ii) disclosed only to persons to whom disclosure of such information and documents is 

authorized by this Protective Order. 

4. Except as otherwise provided by written stipulation of the parties or by further 

order of the Court, documents or information designated CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed 

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only to counsel of record and their secretarial and legal assistants and, on a need-to-know basis 

only and subject to paragraph 5 of this Protective Order, to the parties, to employees of the 

parties, and to consultants and experts retained by the parties or their attorneys for purposes of 

this litigation (including, without limitation, persons engaged in the scanning, copying, and/or 

coding of such information or documents). 

5. In no event shall any information or documents designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

be disclosed to any person other than the parties’ counsel and their secretarial and legal assistants 

pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this Protective Order until such person has executed a written 

confidentiality agreement acknowledging and agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Protective 

Order, and consenting to be subject to the personal jurisdiction of the United States District Court 

for the Southern District of California for any proceeding relating to enforcement of this 

Protective Order, in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. 

6. Documents and information designated CONFIDENTIAL shall include (a) all 

copies, extracts, and complete or partial summaries prepared from such documents or 

information; (b) portions of deposition transcripts and exhibits that contain or reflect the content 

of any such documents, copies, extracts, or summaries; (c) portions of briefs, memoranda, or any 

other writing filed with the Court and exhibits that contain or reflect the content of any such 

documents, copies, extracts, or summaries; (d) deposition testimony designated in accordance 

with Paragraph 7; and (e) testimony taken at a hearing or other proceeding that is designated in 

accordance with Paragraph 8. 

7. Deposition transcripts, or portions thereof, may be designated as subject to this 

Protective Order either (1) before or immediately after the testimony is recorded, in which case 

the transcript of the designated testimony shall be bound in a separate volume conspicuously 

labeled CONFIDENTIAL by the reporter, as appropriate, or (2) by written notice to the reporter 

and all counsel of record, given within ten (10) days after the transcript is received by the witness 

or his counsel or by any party or its counsel, in which case all counsel receiving such notice shall 

be responsible for marking the copies of the designated transcript in their possession or under 

their control as directed by the designating party. The designating party shall have the right to 

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exclude the following persons from a deposition before taking of testimony which the designating 

party designates as CONFIDENTIAL subject to this Protective Order: all persons except the 

court reporter, counsel of record, the deponent, the parties (or the designated representative of a 

party), and any consultant or expert retained for purposes of this litigation. 

8. With respect to testimony elicited during hearings and other court proceedings, 

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

disclosure of information that should be kept CONFIDENTIAL, counsel may designate on the 

record prior to such disclosure that the disclosure is CONFIDENTIAL. Whenever matter 

designated CONFIDENTIAL is to be discussed in a hearing or other court proceeding, any party 

claiming such confidentiality may exclude from the room any person who is not entitled under 

this Protective Order to receive such information, subject to any ruling by the Court respecting 

the designation of such information as CONFIDENTIAL. 

9. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Order, nothing shall prohibit counsel 

for a party from disclosing a document, whether designated as CONFIDENTIAL, to any 

employee, officer, or director of the party who produced the document or information so 

designated. 

10. If a party needs to file any pleading or paper which reflects, contains, or includes 

any information or document subject to this Protective Order, that party shall apply to the Court 

for an Order to file such pleading or paper under seal. The application for an Order to file a 

pleading or paper under seal shall set forth the reasons why such pleading or paper should be filed 

under seal, but shall not attach the actual pleading or paper containing the CONFIDENTIAL 

material. If the Court grants the party’s application to file the pleading or paper under seal, then 

the party shall file the pleading or paper in a sealed envelope, or other appropriately sealed 

container, which indicates the title of the action, the title of the pleading or paper, the party filing 

materials, the nature of the materials filed, the legend CONFIDENTIAL, and a statement which 

provides in substance: “Subject to Protective Order issued by United States District Court for the 

Southern District of California. This should not be opened nor its contents disclosed, revealed, 

copied, or made public except in compliance with that Protective Order.” At the conclusion of 

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this case, the party who filed any materials under seal may apply to the Court for the return of all 

such material to the party filing it for disposition as provided for in Paragraph 14. 

11. Any party may mark any documents or information designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL as an exhibit to a deposition, hearing, or other proceeding and examine any 

witness thereon, provided (i) the witness previously has executed a written confidentiality 

agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (ii) the exhibit and related transcript pages receive the 

same type of confidentiality designation as the original document, (iii) there is reason to believe 

this witness has knowledge or information to which such designated material is relevant, and (iv) 

the witness is entitled to see the document pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order. 

12. This Protective Order shall not preclude any party from withholding production of 

especially sensitive trade secrets even though less sensitive trade secrets may be disclosed under 

the CONFIDENTIAL designation. Any party so limiting disclosure shall state, in response to any 

particular discovery request seeking such trade secrets, that it is doing so on trade secret grounds 

and provide a general description sufficient (without disclosing the trade secret) to identify the 

information or documents being withheld. For documents, such identification shall include the 

document’s date, author, recipients (including carbon copy recipients), and general subject matter. 

No party is precluded from applying to the Court for an Order permitting the disclosure or use of 

information or documents otherwise prohibited by this Protective Order, or from applying for an 

Order modifying this Protective Order in any respect. No party shall be obligated to challenge the 

propriety of any confidentiality designation (whether CONFIDENTIAL) and failure to do so shall 

not preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety of such designation. 

13. On any motions challenging the withholding of documents or information or 

seeking greater disclosure of documents or information designated CONFIDENTIAL than 

allowed by this Protective Order without court order, the parties will not dispute that their 

respective burdens of proof shall be as outlined in Bridgestone v. Superior Court, 7 Cal. App. 4th 

1384 (1992). Any withheld material ordered by the Court to be disclosed shall be deemed 

classified CONFIDENTIAL under this Protective Order unless the Court orders otherwise, and 

any such order may include additional safeguards to protect the disclosed material from further 

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disclosure. Any party ordered to disclose information that were initially withheld from 

production may seek writ review of that order. 

14. Upon final termination of this action, including all appellate proceedings, unless 

otherwise requested in writing by an attorney of record for the designating party to return material 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL to the party from whom the designated material was obtained, 

each party shall destroy all material designated as CONFIDENTIAL, including all copies, 

extracts and summaries thereof. Proof of such destruction, in the form of a declaration under oath 

by a person with personal knowledge of the destruction, will be supplied by each party to all 

counsel of record. In addition, within thirty (30) days after final termination of this action, the 

party who filed and/or lodged any material designated as CONFIDENTIAL under seal may apply 

to the Court for the return of all such material. If no party applies to the Court for return of the 

material designated as CONFIDENTIAL within the thirty (30) days, then the Court may destroy 

the documents or otherwise dispose of the materials as the Court deems appropriate.

15. No part of the restrictions imposed by this Protective Order may be terminated, 

except by the written stipulation executed by counsel of record for each designating party, or by 

an order of this Court for good cause shown. The termination of this action shall not terminate 

this Protective Order. 

16. 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. 

Date: February 4, 2008 

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DONOVAN DELMARE, an individual, on 

behalf of himself, and on behalf of all persons 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SUNGARD HIGHER EDUCATION, INC., a 

Delaware Corporation; SYSTEMS AND 

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 

CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation; 

and Does 1 to 100, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 07 CV 1801 W (CAB) 

EXHIBIT A TO PROTECTIVE ORDER: 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT 

OF STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 

I certify that I have received and carefully read a copy of the Protective Order in the 

above-captioned case and that I fully understand the terms of the Court’s Order. I recognized that 

I am bound by the terms of this Order, and I agree to comply with those terms. I hereby consent 

to the personal jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of 

California for any proceedings involving the enforcement of that Order. 

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I declare under penalty of perjury pursuant to the laws of the United States and California 

that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this ____ day of __________, 2008, at 

___________________, ___________________. 

Name: __________________________________ 

Affiliation: __________________________________ 

Business Address: __________________________________ 

Home Address: __________________________________ 

 Signature: __________________________________ 

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