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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Ryan A. McCarthy (#233093)

ryan.mccarthy@bowmanandbrooke.com

BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP

1741 Technology Drive, Suite 200

San Jose, CA 95110-1355

Telephone: (408) 279-5393

Facsimile: (408) 279-5845

Richard G. Morgan (pro hac vice)

richard.morgan@bowmanandbrooke.com

Nathan J. Marcusen (pro hac vice)

nathan.marcusen@bowmanandbrooke.com

150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3000

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: (612) 339-8682

Facsimile: (612) 672-3200

Attorneys for Defendant

Ecolab Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JOHNEY WHITE, 

Plaintiff,

v.

ECOLAB INC. and DOES 1-25, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 1:13-CV-1642 GSA

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER;

ORDER THEREON

(ECF No. 30)

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Johney White and Defendant Ecolab Inc. anticipate that they will seek from 

one another, or from nonparties, opportunities to inspect and/or copy various documents, premises, 

and other materials, including without limitation product specifications, engineering drawings, 

proprietary processes, and other confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret information and materials;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant agree that access to such information may be necessary for 

the parties to conduct reasonable discovery of the claims and defenses in this case, but they also agree 

that the confidential status of all such information and materials should be maintained to the fullest 

extent practicable;

THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate and agree to the following: 

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1. Scope of Protection

This Standard Protective Order shall govern any record of information produced in this action 

and designated pursuant to this Standard Protective Order, including all designated deposition 

testimony, all designated testimony taken at a hearing or other proceeding, all designated deposition 

exhibits, interrogatory answers, admissions, documents and other discovery materials, whether 

produced informally or in response to interrogatories, requests for admissions, requests for production 

of documents or other formal methods of discovery. 

This Standard Protective Order shall also govern any designated record of information produced 

in this action pursuant to required disclosures under any federal procedural rule or local rule of the 

Court and any supplementary disclosures thereto. 

This Standard Protective Order shall apply to the parties and to any nonparty from whom 

discovery may be sought who desires the protection of this Protective Order.

Nonparties may challenge the confidentiality of the protected information by filing a motion to 

intervene and a motion to de-designate. 

2. Definitions

(a) The term PROTECTED INFORMATION shall mean confidential or proprietary 

technical, scientific, financial, business, health, or medical information designated as such by the 

producing party. PROTECTED INFORMATION specifically includes without limitation any confidential 

or proprietary technical, scientific, financial, or business observed or obtained during any inspection of 

the business premises of nonparty Nestle USA, Inc.

(b) The term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, shall 

mean PROTECTED INFORMATION that is so designated by the producing party. The designation 

CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY may be used only for the following types of past, current, 

or future PROTECTED INFORMATION: (1) sensitive technical information, including current research, 

development and manufacturing information and patent prosecution information, (2) sensitive business 

information, including highly sensitive financial or marketing information and the identity of suppliers, 

distributors and potential or actual customers, (3) competitive technical information, including technical 

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public financial or marketing analyses or comparisons of competitor’s products and strategic product 

planning, or (5) any other PROTECTED INFORMATION the disclosure of which to non-qualified people 

subject to this Standard Protective Order the producing party reasonably and in good faith believes 

would likely cause harm. 

(c) The term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall mean all PROTECTED 

INFORMATION that is not designated as “CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” information.

(d) The term TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall refer to any person who is not a party to 

this action and/or not presently employed by the receiving party or a company affiliated through 

common ownership, who has been designated by the receiving party to receive another party’s 

PROTECTED INFORMATION, including CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY, and CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Each party’s TECHNICAL ADVISORS shall be limited to 

such person as, in the judgment of that party’s counsel, are reasonably necessary for development and 

presentation of that party’s case. These persons include outside experts or consultants retained to 

provide technical or other expert services such as expert testimony or otherwise assist in trial 

preparation.

3. Disclosure Agreements

(a) Each receiving party’s TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall sign a disclosure agreement 

in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Copies of any disclosure agreement in the form of Exhibit A 

signed by any person or entity to whom PROTECTED INFORMATION is disclosed shall be provided to 

the other party promptly after execution by facsimile and overnight mail. No disclosures shall be made 

to a TECHNICAL ADVISOR for a period of five (5) business days after the disclosure agreement is 

provided to the other party. 

(b) Before any PROTECTED INFORMATION is disclosed to outside TECHNICAL 

ADVISORS, the following information must be provided in writing to the producing party and received 

no less than five (5) business days before the intended date of disclosure to that outside TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR: the identity of that outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR, business address and/or affiliation and 

a current curriculum vitae of the TECHNICAL ADVISOR, and, if not contained in the TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR’s curriculum vitae, a brief description, including education, present and past employment and 

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general areas of expertise of the TECHNICAL ADVISOR. If the producing party objects to disclosure of 

PROTECTED INFORMATION to an outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR, the producing party shall within 

five (5) business days of receipt serve written objections identifying the specific basis for the objection, 

and particularly identifying all information to which disclosure is objected. Failure to object within five 

(5) business days shall authorize the disclosure of PROTECTED INFORMATION to the TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR. As to any objections, the parties shall attempt in good faith to promptly resolve any 

objections informally. If the objections cannot be resolved, the party seeking to prevent disclosure of 

the PROTECTED INFORMATION to the expert shall move within five (5) business days for an Order of 

the Court preventing the disclosure. The burden of proving that the designation is proper shall be upon 

the producing party. If no such motion is made within five (5) business days, disclosure to the 

TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall be permitted. In the event that objections are made and not resolved 

informally and a motion is filed, disclosure of PROTECTED INFORMATION to the TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR shall not be made except by Order of the Court.

(c) Any disclosure agreement executed by any person affiliated with a party shall be 

provided to any other party who, based upon a good faith belief that there has been a violation of this 

order, requests a copy.

(d) No party shall attempt to depose any TECHNICAL ADVISOR until such time as 

the TECHNICAL ADVISOR is designated by the party engaging the TECHNICAL ADVISOR as a 

testifying expert. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any party may depose a TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR as a fact witness provided that the party seeking such deposition has a good faith, 

demonstrable basis independent of the disclosure agreement of Exhibit A or the information provided 

under subparagraph (a) above that such person possesses facts relevant to this action, or facts likely to 

lead to the discovery of admissible evidence; however, such deposition, if it precedes the designation of 

such person by the engaging party as a testifying expert, shall not include any questions regarding the 

scope or subject matter of the engagement. In addition, if the engaging party chooses not to designate 

the TECHNICAL ADVISOR as a testifying expert, the non-engaging party shall be barred from seeking 

discovery or trial testimony as to the scope or subject matter of the engagement.

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4. Designation of Information

(a) Documents and things produced or furnished during the course of this action 

shall be designated as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by placing on each page, each 

document (whether in paper or electronic form), or each thing a legend substantially as follows:

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

(b) Documents and things produced or furnished during the course of this action 

shall be designated as containing information which is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by placing on each page, each document (whether in paper or electronic 

form), or each thing a legend substantially as follows:

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY

(c) During discovery a producing party shall have the option to require that all or 

batches of materials be treated as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY during inspection and to make its designation as to particular documents and things at the time 

copies of documents and things are furnished.

(d) A party may designate information disclosed at a deposition as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by requesting the 

reporter to so designate the transcript at the time of the deposition.

(e) A producing party shall designate its discovery responses, responses to requests 

for admission, briefs, memoranda and all other papers sent to the court or to opposing counsel as 

containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY when such papers are served or sent.

(f) A party shall designate information disclosed at a hearing or trial as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY 

by requesting the court, at the time the information is proffered or adduced, to receive the information 

only in the presence of those persons designated to receive such information and court personnel, and 

to designate the transcript appropriately.

(g) The parties will use reasonable care to avoid designating any documents or 

information as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

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EYES ONLY that is not entitled to such designation or which is generally available to the public. The 

parties shall designate only that part of a document or deposition that is CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, rather than the 

entire document or deposition. For example, if a party claims that a document contains pricing 

information that is CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, the party will designate only that part 

of the document setting forth the specific pricing information as ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, rather than 

the entire document.

5. Disclosure and Use of Confidential Information

Information that has been designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be disclosed by the receiving party only to Qualified 

Recipients. All Qualified Recipients shall hold such information received from the disclosing party in 

confidence, shall use the information only for purposes of this action and for no other action, and shall 

not use it for any business or other commercial purpose, and shall not use it for filing or prosecuting any 

patent application (of any type) or patent reissue or reexamination request, and shall not disclose it to 

any person, except as hereinafter provided. All information that has been designated CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be carefully 

maintained so as to preclude access by persons who are not qualified to receive such information 

under the terms of this Order.

6. Qualified Recipients

For purposes of this Order, “Qualified Recipient” means

(a) For CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY: 

(1) Outside counsel of record for the parties in this action, and the partners, 

associates, secretaries, paralegal assistants, and employees of such counsel to the extent reasonably 

necessary to render professional services in the action, outside copying services, document 

management services and graphic services; 

(2) Court officials involved in this action (including court reporters, persons 

operating video recording equipment at depositions, and any special master appointed by the Court);

(3) Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon such 

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terms as the Court may deem proper;

(4) Any outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR employed by the outside counsel of 

record, subject to the requirements in Paragraph 3 above; and

(5) Any witness during the course of discovery, so long as it is stated on the 

face of each document designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY 

being disclosed that the witness to whom a party is seeking to disclose the document was either an 

author, recipient, or otherwise involved in the creation of the document. Where it is not stated on the 

face of the confidential document being disclosed that the witness to whom a party is seeking to 

disclose the document was either an author, recipient, or otherwise involved in the creation of the 

document, the party seeking disclosure may nonetheless disclose the confidential document to the 

witness, provided that: (i) the party seeking disclosure has a reasonable basis for believing that the 

witness in fact received or reviewed the document, (ii) the party seeking disclosure provides advance 

notice to the party that produced the document, and (iii) the party that produced the document does not 

inform the party seeking disclosure that the person to whom the party intends to disclose the document 

did not in fact receive or review the documents. Nothing herein shall prevent disclosure at a deposition 

of a document designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to the 

officers, directors, and managerial level employees of the party producing such CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, or to any employee of such party who has access to 

such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY in the ordinary course of such 

employee’s employment.

(b) FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:

(1) Those persons listed in paragraph 6(a); 

(2) In-house counsel for a party to this action who are acting in a legal 

capacity and who are actively engaged in the conduct of this action, and the secretary and paralegal 

assistants of such counsel to the extent reasonably necessary; 

(3) The insurer of a party to litigation and employees of such insurer to the 

extent reasonably necessary to assist the party’s counsel to afford the insurer an opportunity to 

investigate and evaluate the claim for purposes of determining coverage and for settlement purposes; 

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(4) Employees of the parties.

7. Use of Protected Information

(a) In the event that any receiving party’s briefs, memoranda, discovery requests, 

requests for admission or other papers of any kind which are served or filed shall include another 

party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY, the papers shall be appropriately designated pursuant to paragraphs 4(a) and (b) and shall be 

treated accordingly.

(b) All documents, including attorney notes and abstracts, which contain another 

party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY, shall be handled as if they were designated pursuant to paragraph 4(a) or (b).

(c) Documents, papers and transcripts filed with the court which contain any other 

party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY shall not be filed with the court unless filed under seal (after seeking and receiving appropriate 

leave of court) in accordance with the court’s local rules and procedures for filing under seal. 

(d) To the extent that documents are reviewed by a receiving party prior to 

production, any knowledge learned during the review process will be treated by the receiving party as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY until such time as the documents have 

been produced, at which time any stamped classification will control. No photograph or any other 

means of duplication, including but not limited to electronic means, of materials provided for review 

prior to production is permitted before the documents are produced with the appropriate stamped 

classification.

(e) In the event that any question is asked at a deposition with respect to which a 

party asserts that the answer requires the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, such question shall nonetheless be 

answered by the witness fully and completely. Prior to answering, however, all persons present shall 

be advised of this Order by the party making the confidentiality assertion and, in the case of information 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY at the request of such 

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party, all persons who are not allowed to obtain such information pursuant to this Order, other than the 

witness, shall leave the room during the time in which this information is disclosed or discussed.

(f) Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar or otherwise restrict outside counsel 

from rendering advice to his or her client with respect to this action and, in the course thereof, from 

relying in a general way upon his examination of materials designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, provided, however, that in rendering 

such advice and in otherwise communicating with his or her clients, such counsel shall not disclose the 

specific contents of any materials designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.

8. Inadvertent Failure to Designate

(a) In the event that a producing party inadvertently fails to designate any of its 

information pursuant to paragraph 4, it may later designate by notifying the receiving parties in writing. 

The receiving parties shall take reasonable steps to see that the information is thereafter treated in 

accordance with the designation.

(b) It shall be understood however, that no person or party shall incur any liability 

hereunder with respect to disclosure that occurred prior to receipt of written notice of a belated 

designation.

9. Challenge to Designation

(a) Any receiving party may challenge a producing party’s designation at any time. 

A failure of any party to expressly challenge a claim of confidentiality or any document designation shall 

not constitute a waiver of the right to assert at any subsequent time that the same is not in-fact 

confidential or not an appropriate designation for any reason.

(b) Notwithstanding anything set forth in paragraph 2(a) and (b) herein, any receiving 

party may disagree with the designation of any information received from the producing party as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. In 

that case, any receiving party desiring to disclose or to permit inspection of the same otherwise than is 

permitted in this Order, may request the producing party in writing to change the designation, stating 

the reasons in that request. The producing party shall then have five (5) business days from the date of 

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receipt of the notification to:

(i) advise the receiving parties whether or not it persists in such designation; 

and

(ii) if it persists in the designation, to explain the reason for the particular 

designation.

(c) If its request under subparagraph (b) above is turned down, or if no response is 

made within five (5) business days after receipt of notification, any producing party may then move the 

court for a protective order or any other order to maintain the designation. The burden of proving that 

the designation is proper shall be upon the producing party. If no such motion is made within five (5) 

business days, the information will be de-designated to the category requested by the receiving party. 

In the event objections are made and not resolved informally and a motion is filed, disclosure of 

information shall not be made until the issue has been resolved by the Court (or to any limited extent 

upon which the parties may agree).

No party shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation when made, and failure 

to do so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge to the propriety of such designation.

(d) With respect to requests and applications to remove or change a designation, 

information shall not be considered confidential or proprietary to the producing party if:

(i) the information in question has become available to the public through no 

violation of this Order; or

(ii) the information was known to any receiving party prior to its receipt from 

the producing party; or

(iii) the information was received by any receiving party without restrictions on 

disclosure from a third party having the right to make such a disclosure.

10. Inadvertently Produced Privileged Documents

The parties hereto also acknowledge that regardless of the producing party’s diligence an 

inadvertent production of attorney-client privileged or attorney work product materials may occur. In 

accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and Fed. R. Evid. 502, they therefore agree that if a party 

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client privilege or attorney work product, the producing party may give written notice to the receiving 

party that the document or thing is subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or attorney work 

product and request that the document or thing be returned to the producing party. The receiving party 

shall return to the producing party such document or thing. Return of the document or thing shall not 

constitute an admission or concession, or permit any inference, that the returned document or thing is, 

in fact, properly subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or attorney work product, nor shall it 

foreclose any party from moving the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and Fed. R. Evid. 502 

for an Order that such document or thing has been improperly designated or should be produced.

11. Inadvertent Disclosure

In the event of an inadvertent disclosure of another party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to a non-Qualified Recipient, the party 

making the inadvertent disclosure shall promptly upon learning of the disclosure: (i) notify the person to 

whom the disclosure was made that it contains CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY subject to this Order; (ii) make all reasonable efforts to 

preclude dissemination or use of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by the person to whom disclosure was inadvertently 

made including, but not limited to, obtaining all copies of such materials from the non-Qualified 

Recipient; and (iii) notify the producing party of the identity of the person to whom the disclosure was 

made, the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, and the steps taken to ensure against the 

dissemination or use of the information.

12. Limitation

This Order shall be without prejudice to any party’s right to assert at any time that any particular 

information or document is or is not subject to discovery, production or admissibility on the grounds 

other than confidentiality.

13. Conclusion of Action

(a) At the conclusion of this action, including through all appeals, each party or other 

person subject to the terms hereof shall be under an obligation to destroy or return to the producing 

party all materials and documents containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

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INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY and to certify to the producing party such destruction or 

return. Such return or destruction shall not relieve said parties or persons from any of the continuing 

obligations imposed upon them by this Order.

(b) After this action, trial counsel for each party may retain one archive copy of all 

documents and discovery material even if they contain or reflect another party’s CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. Trial counsel’s 

archive copy shall remain subject to all obligations of this Order.

(c) The provisions of this paragraph shall not be binding on the United States, any 

insurance company, or any other party to the extent that such provisions conflict with applicable 

Federal or State law. The Department of Justice, any insurance company, or any other party shall 

notify the producing party in writing of any such conflict it identifies in connection with a particular matter 

so that such matter can be resolved either by the parties or by the Court.

14. Production by Third Parties Pursuant to Subpoena

Any third party producing documents or things or giving testimony in this action pursuant to a 

subpoena, notice or request may designate said documents, things, or testimony as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. The parties agree 

that they will treat CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY produced by third parties according to the terms of this Order.

15. Compulsory Disclosure to Third Parties

If any receiving party is subpoenaed in another action or proceeding or served with a document 

or testimony demand or a court order, and such subpoena or demand or court order seeks 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY of a 

producing party, the receiving party shall give prompt written notice to counsel for the producing party 

and allow the producing party an opportunity to oppose such subpoena or demand or court order prior 

to the deadline for complying with the subpoena or demand or court order. No compulsory disclosure 

to third parties of information or material exchanged under this Order shall be deemed a waiver of any 

claim of confidentiality, except as expressly found by a court or judicial authority of competent 

jurisdiction.

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16. Jurisdiction to Enforce Standard Protective Order

After the termination of this action, the Court will continue to have jurisdiction to enforce this 

Order.

17. Modification of Standard Protective Order

This Order is without prejudice to the right of any person or entity to seek a modification of this Order at 

any time either through stipulation or Order of the Court.

18. Confidentiality of Party’s own Documents

Nothing herein shall affect the right of the designating party to disclose to its officers, directors, 

employees, attorneys, consultants or experts, or to any other person, its own information. Such 

disclosure shall not waive the protections of this Standard Protective Order and shall not entitle other 

parties or their attorneys to disclose such information in violation of it, unless by such disclosure of the 

designating party the information becomes public knowledge. Similarly, the Standard Protective Order 

shall not preclude a party from showing its own information, including its own information that is filed 

under seal by a party, to its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, consultants or experts, or to any 

other person.

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Respectfully submitted,

Dated: 

Stephen V. Imburg

Steve@Imburglaw.com

IMBURG LAW FIRM, PLC

900 G Street, Suite 300

Modesto, CA 95354

Attorney for Plaintiff Johney White

Dated: 

Ryan A. McCarthy

ryan.mccarthy@bowmanandbrooke.com

BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP

1741 Technology Drive, Suite 200

San Jose, CA 95110-1355

Richard G. Morgan, pro hac vice

Nathan J. Marcusen, pro hac vice

richard.morgan@bowmanandbrooke.com

nathan.marcusen@bowmanandbrooke.com

BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP

150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3000

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Attorneys for Defendant Ecolab Inc.

Order

The Court has reviewed the stipulation outlined above and adopts it as a stipulated 

protective order in this case, with the exception of section 16.

1 See Local Rule 141.1(f). With

respect to sections 3(b) and 9(c), the parties are strongly encouraged to meet and confer to 

resolve any disputes arising from this stipulation independently before seeking intervention from 

the Court. To the extent motion practice is required, the parties are advised to review Local 

Rules 141, 141.1, 230, and 251.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 2, 2015 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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also includes the “Disclosure Agreement” referenced in the stipulation.

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