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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332lr Diversity - Labor

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHIL OLSON, individually, and on behalf 

of other members of the general public 

similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

BECTON, DICKINSON AND 

COMPANY, a New Jersey corporation; 

and DOES 1 through 100 inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No.: 19-cv-865-MMA-BGS

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

[ECF NO. 23]

The parties’ Joint Motion for entry of a protective order is currently before the Court

(ECF No. 23). Having reviewed and considered the motion and proposed order, and good 

cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion for Entry of Protective Order (ECF 

No. 23) AS FOLLOWS:

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 

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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 information, including information protected by third-party 

privacy rights, sensitive company policies, incentive, and compensation plans, commercial 

information regarding sales and customers, or other commercial information, as is 

contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G). The purpose of this Order 

is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as practical during the litigation.

THEREFORE:

DEFINITIONS

1. The term “confidential information” will 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” will include, but is 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.

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

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

counsel of record.

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 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 will be considered as 

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” and must 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 must, 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.

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

confidential information of any party:

a. the deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as containing 

confidential information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation 

must 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 will have until fourteen (14) days after receipt of 

the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the action of the 

portions of the transcript to be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY.”

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

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 the deposition transcripts and all copies of the deposition must 

bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY,” as appropriate, and the original or any copy ultimately presented to a 

court for filing must 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” must not be disclosed by the receiving party 

to anyone other than those persons designated within this order and must be handled in the 

manner set forth below and, in any event, must 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.

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8. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must 

be viewed only by counsel of record 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 will 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 must 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 must not be unreasonably 

withheld.

9. Information designated “confidential” must be viewed only by counsel of 

record of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant to the terms of paragraph 

8), by court personnel, 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 who are required to participate in policy 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.

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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 of the document, 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 of that information, must 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. No document shall be filed under seal unless counsel secures a court order 

allowing the filing of a document under seal. An application to file a document under seal 

shall be served on opposing counsel, and on the person or entity that has custody and 

control of the document, if different from opposing counsel. If opposing counsel, or the 

person or entity who has custody and control of the document, wishes to oppose the 

application, he/she must contact the chambers of the judge who will rule on the application, 

to notify the judge’s staff that an opposition to the application will be filed.

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 must notify, in 

writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for 

the objection. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties within twentyone (21) 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 must 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 must be held in confidence by those inspecting or 

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

each person receiving confidential information must take reasonable precautions to prevent 

the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If confidential information 

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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 will 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 will 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.

17. Nothing within this order will 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 will 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 must not be 

disclosed.

19. This Order will 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 

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presence of confidential information. The existence of this Order must not be used by either 

party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

20. Nothing within this order will be construed to prevent disclosure of confidential 

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

21. The Parties agree to be bound by this Stipulation before entry of this Protective 

Order. Accordingly, to facilitate efficient document production, the Parties agree they may 

designate material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY” pursuant to this Stipulation before the Court enters a protective order in this case. 

The Parties further agree that this Protective Order will apply retroactively to any such 

designations made before entry of this Protective Order. The Parties further agree that they 

may agree to provide such “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY” information to experts before the Court enters a protective order in this case,

provided the experts (a) agree not to disclose such information to anyone, except as allowed 

by the Court, and (b) execute the acknowledgement set forth in Exhibit A upon entry of 

this Protective Order. In the event the Court enters a protective order with lesser protections 

than this Stipulation, any Party who has produced materials designated

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” prior to entry of 

such order reserves the right to demand the return or destruction of those materials and the 

Party who received those materials shall comply with the demand.

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

each party must, upon request of the producing party, return all confidential information to 

the party that produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries of 

that information, or must destroy same at the option of the receiving party, and must purge 

all such information from all machine readable 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 

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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.

23. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, and upon ex 

parte motion by either party, the Court will destroy all sealed and/or confidential 

information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries of that information, and will 

purge all such information from all machine-readable media on which it resides within 21 

days of the order.

24. The restrictions and obligations set forth within this order will not apply to any 

information that: (a) the parties agree should not be designated confidential information; 

(b) the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; (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; or (d) has come or 

will 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.

25. The restrictions and obligations within this order will not be deemed to prohibit 

discussions of any confidential information with anyone if that person already has or 

obtains legitimate possession of that information.

26. Transmission by email or some other currently utilized method of transmission 

is acceptable for all notification purposes within this Order.

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

the Court.

28. This Order does not change, amend, or circumvent any court rule or local rule. 

A separate, stand alone court order is required to change, amend, or circumvent any court 

rule or local rule.

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29. The Court may modify, on its own order at any time in these proceedings, the 

protective order for good cause, in the interests of justice, or for public policy reasons.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 27, 2020

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EXHIBIT A

I hereby acknowledge that I, ________________________, am about to receive 

“Confidential” and/or “Confidential Attorney’s Eyes Only” Information supplied in 

connection with the proceeding, Phil Olson v. Becton, Dickinson, an Company, United 

States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 19-CV-00865-

MMA-BGS. I certify that I understand that the “Confidential” and/or “Confidential 

Attorney’s Eyes Only” Information is provided to me subject to the terms and restrictions 

of the Stipulated Protected Order dated _____________.

I have been given a copy of that Order and read it. I agree to be bound by the 

Order. I will not disclose Confidential or Confidential Attorney’s Eyes Only information

to anyone, except as allowed by the Court. I will maintain all such Confidential or 

Confidential Attorney’s Eyes Only information in a secure manner to prevent 

unauthorized access to it. No later than 30 days after the termination of this action, I will 

return the Confidential or Confidential Attorney’s Eyes Only information to the counsel

who provided it to me. I hereby consent to the subject to the personal jurisdiction of the 

Court, with respect to any proceedings relative to the enforcement of that Order, 

including without limitation any proceeding related to contempt of Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of

America, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this date:

__________________ [date] at _________________________ [city, state].

Signature: ____________________________________

Print Name: ____________________________________

Address: ____________________________________

City, State, Zip: ____________________________________

Telephone No. ____________________________________

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