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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JASON CAMPBELL, and SARAH SOBEK, 

individually, and on behalf of all other 

similarly situated current and former 

employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, a 

Limited Liability Partnership; and DOES 1-

100, inclusive, 

Defendant. 

Case No.. 06-CV-02376-LKK-GGH 

REVISED STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE USE OF 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

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1. This Protective Order (“Protective Order”) governs the treatment of all documents, 

depositions and deposition exhibits, interrogatory answers, responses to requests for admissions 

and other written, recorded, computerized, electronic or graphic matter, copies, excerpts or 

summaries of documents (“Discovery Material”) produced by Plaintiffs Jason Campbell and Sara 

Sobek and Defendant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC” or “the Firm”) and any non-party 

who agrees to the terms of this Protective Order in the above-captioned matter (“Action”) in 

accordance with the procedures set forth below or that otherwise are relevant under the terms 

hereof. Discovery Material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with the appropriate procedures set forth herein shall be used 

ONLY for the prosecution and/or defense of this Action and shall not be disclosed to any persons, 

except as set forth herein, without the prior written consent of the designating party or owner of 

the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” information. Discovery Materials 

designated “Confidential” shall be referred to herein as “Confidential Discovery Materials.” Any 

such designation may be made only when a party has a good faith basis for considering the 

Discovery Material to constitute confidential Discovery Material. All Discovery Material so 

designated and all the information contained therein shall be referred to in this Protective Order as 

“Confidential Discovery Material” and shall be handled in strict accordance with the terms of this 

Protective Order. Discovery Materials designated “Highly Confidential” shall be referred to 

herein as “Highly Confidential Discovery Materials.” Such designation may only be made when 

the designating party has a good faith basis for considering the Discovery Material to constitute 

Highly Confidential Discovery Materials. All Discovery Material so designated and all 

information derived therefrom shall be referred to in this Protective Order as “Highly 

Confidential Discovery Material” and shall be handled in strict accordance with the terms of the 

this Protective Order. 

2. Reference herein to any category or type of Discovery Material designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” OR “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” is not intended to and shall not be 

construed as an admission that such Discovery Material is relevant, not subject to an applicable 

privilege or protection, admissible, or reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible 

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evidence. Discovery Material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” OR “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL” shall be used ONLY for the prosecution and/or defense of this Action and 

shall not be disclosed to any person, except as permitted and provided for under this Stipulated 

Protective Order, without the prior written consent of the designating party or owner of the 

information. 

3. Any party may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” any Discovery Material that 

party considers in good faith to contain secret, proprietary, private, or confidential information 

that is produced by that party or received by that party during the course of this Action. Nothing 

in this Protective Order shall permit or require PwC to disclose, before a class is certified, the 

names and addresses of putative class members. If a class is ultimately certified in this Action, 

PwC shall disclose such information after an appropriate discovery request or order from the 

Court and subject to the provisions of this Protective Order. Moreover, nothing in this Protective 

Order shall require PwC to disclose other private confidential information about third parties, 

including but not limited to telephone numbers, social security numbers and individualized 

compensation or tax-related data, absent written permission from the third party authorizing PwC to 

disclose such information. 

4. Any party may designate as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” any Confidential 

Discovery Material that is for “attorneys eyes only,” i.e., that Confidential Discovery Material 

which contains information of the most sensitive nature that must not only be protected from 

disclosure to non-parties, but also from disclosure to the parties themselves. Any such 

designation shall subject the Discovery Material, its contents, and any portion thereof, to this 

Protective Order without any further act on the part of the designating party. 

5. Any party may designate information and/or documents disclosed during a 

deposition or in response to written discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL” by so indicating: 

(a) in said discovery responses if the discovery responses are produced by the 

party wishing to designate information; 

(b) by stamping or affixing the appropriate legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” or 

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” on the face of the document and on each page or portion thereof 

so designated. Any such designation shall subject the document, its contents, and any portion 

thereof, to this Protective Order without any further act on the part of the designating party; 

(c) via written notification to the opposing party’s counsel within thirty (30) 

calendar days of receipt of discovery responses or documents from the opposing party so 

designating the specific responses by number and/or documents by bates number or bates range; 

(d) on the record at the deposition and, if preferred, requesting the preparation 

of a separate transcript of such material; or 

(e) via written notification to the opposing party’s counsel within twenty-one 

(21) calendar days after receipt of the final deposition transcript specifying the pages of the 

transcript, exhibits and/or videotape to be so designated. Until the above-referenced 21-day 

period expires, the complete deposition transcript (including exhibits) and videotape of any 

depositions, with the exception of the depositions transcripts of the named Plaintiffs, shall be 

treated as Highly Confidential Discovery Material unless otherwise specified in writing or on the 

record of the deposition by the designating party. The named Plaintiffs’ deposition transcripts 

shall be treated as Confidential Discovery Material until the same 21-day period has expired 

unless otherwise specified in writing or on the record of the deposition by the designating party. 

All copies of deposition transcripts that contain information or material designated as 

Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material shall be prominently marked 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential” on the cover thereof and on each page that contains 

Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material and, if submitted with the Court, the 

portions of such transcripts so designated shall be submitted in accordance with the provision of 

Paragraphs 11 and 12. 

6. To the extent this protective order is entered into by the parties and ordered by the 

Court after the taking of any deposition, receipt of any deposition transcript, production or receipt 

of information a party wishes to designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL”, any party has thirty (30) calendar days from entry of this Protective Order to 

make the appropriate designations by providing written notice to the other party of the specific 

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material designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential.” 

7. Discovery Material designated as Confidential Discovery Material, or information 

contained therein, may be disclosed or made available without written consent from the 

designating party or owner of the “CONFIDENTIAL” information ONLY to the following 

persons: 

(a) Counsel of record in this Action, including employees of such law firms, 

other outside counsel associated with Counsel of record in the representation of a party in this 

Action and in-house counsel and legal assistants employed by a party to this Action and providing 

services in connection with this Action, provided that all such persons shall be bound by the 

provisions of this Protective Order; 

(b) All parties of record to the Action; 

(c) Experts of the receiving party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 

for this litigation and provided that any such persons execute an undertaking to be bound by this 

Protective Order in the form attached hereto as Appendix A prior to disclosure and a copy of such 

signed undertaking is retained by counsel for the party making disclosure so that it may be shown 

to counsel for the designating party upon a showing of good cause; 

(d) During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed Appendix A. 

(e) Stenographers or court reporters who record testimony taken at any time or 

place in the course of this Action or persons operating video recording equipment of and at such 

testimony; 

(f) Any other person designated by the Court in this Action in the interest of 

justice, upon such terms as the Court may deem proper. 

8. Discovery Material designated as Highly Confidential Discovery Material or 

information contained therein, may be disclosed or made available without written consent from the 

designating party or owner of the “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” material ONLY to the 

following persons: Counsel of record in this Action, including employees of such law firms; other 

outside counsel associated with Counsel of record in the representation of a Party in this Action 

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and in-house counsel and legal assistants employed by a party to this Action and providing 

services in connection with this Action provided that all such persons shall be bound by the 

provisions of this Protective Order; and independent experts or consultants of the receiving party 

to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and provided that any such persons 

execute an undertaking to be bound by this Protective Order in the form attached hereto as 

Appendix A prior to disclosure, and a copy of such signed undertaking is retained by counsel for 

the party making disclosure so that it may be shown to counsel for the designating party upon a 

showing of good cause. An expert shall be considered an independent expert or consultant only if 

he or she is not currently employed by or consulting with any competitor of the party producing 

the Highly Confidential Discovery Material. Defendant’s competitors for purposes of this 

provision are defined as any current employee, partner or principal of any large or mid-sized 

national or international accounting firm. 

9. Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material may be disclosed only 

under the circumstances and to the persons specifically provided for in this or subsequent Court 

orders, or with the prior written consent of the designating party or owner of the Confidential or 

Highly Confidential Discovery Material with respect to specifically identified Confidential or 

Highly Confidential Discovery Material, or pursuant to a subpoena or court order in another 

action during the pendency of this Action provided that the party receiving such subpoena or 

court order gives prompt notice to the designating party or owner of the Confidential or Highly 

Confidential Discovery Material so that party or individual has an opportunity to seek relief from 

the subpoena or court order. Other than set forth in the proceeding sentence, Confidential or 

Highly Confidential Discovery Material shall not be used or employed for any other purpose 

whatsoever. Counsel for the parties or other individuals who execute Appendix A hereto in 

accordance with Paragraphs 7 and 8 of this Protective Order are restrained from using, disclosing 

or otherwise divulging Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material, as well as the 

information derived from such material, in the prosecution or defense of any case or other 

proceeding other than this Action and only as permitted by the terms of this Protective Order. 

Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material shall be used only for those purposes 

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delineated above, and shall not be disclosed to any person or governmental agency or otherwise 

made public except in compliance with the terms of this Protective Order. 

10. The inadvertent failure to designate Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL in no way alters or waives the protected and CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL nature of the Discovery Material otherwise deserving of a 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL designation and does not remove it from the 

scope of this Protective Order once it is properly designated by stamp or written notification as 

provided herein. Upon the discovery of an inadvertent production of Confidential or Highly 

Confidential Discovery Material without the appropriate designation, the producing party shall 

promptly provide a replacement copy of such Discovery Material with the appropriate 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” designation. The unmarked Discovery 

Material shall be immediately returned to the producing party upon receipt of the replacement 

copy. Treatment of inadvertently produced Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery 

Material in a manner inconsistent with this Protective Order prior to notice of such inadvertent 

production shall not be considered a breach of this Protective Order. 

11. Absent consent by the designating party or owner of the “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” information, in the event that counsel for any party determines 

to file with the Court any pleading, motions, brief or other papers which contain or make 

reference to Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material, such papers shall not be 

filed in the public records, but shall be lodged with the Court under seal in sealed envelopes or 

other appropriate sealed containers, until such time as any other affected party, non-party, 

designating party, or owner of the Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material files a 

Motion to Seal the documents in accordance with Paragraph 12 below. On the outside of the 

envelopes, a copy of the first page of the document shall be attached. If Confidential or Highly 

Confidential Discovery Material is included in the first page attached to the outside of the 

envelopes, it may be deleted from the outside copy. The word “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be 

stamped on the envelope and a statement substantially in the following form shall also be printed 

on the envelope: 

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“This envelope is sealed pursuant to Order of the Court, contains 

Confidential Information and is not to be opened or the contents 

revealed, except by Order of the Court or agreement by the parties.” 

12. A party that files with the Court, or seeks to use at trial or any hearing in this 

matter, materials designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material by anyone 

other than itself, and who does not seek to have the record containing such information sealed, shall 

comply with the following requirements: 

(a) At least five (5) court days prior to offering Confidential or Highly 

Confidential Discovery Material into evidence at trial or at any hearing in open court, the 

submitting party shall give notice to all other parties of the submitting party’s intention to file or 

use the Discovery Material, including specific identification of the Discovery Material (e.g., bates 

number). Any affected party, non-party, designating party, or owner of the Confidential or 

Highly Confidential Discovery Material may then apply for an order that the evidence be received 

in camera or under other less public circumstances to prevent unnecessary disclosure. This 

procedure does not apply to materials designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential used 

exclusively for impeachment purposes. If materials designated as Confidential or Highly 

Confidential are used exclusively for impeachment, the party seeking to use such materials shall 

seek to have the proceedings closed prior to introduction of such material and shall abide by 

paragraphs 11 and 12 if the material is thereafter filed with the court. 

(b) At the time of filing a motion or brief with the Court involving 

Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material, the submitting party will not file the 

documents in the public record, but shall lodge the materials with the Court under seal. Any 

affected party may then file a motion to seal, pursuant to Local Rule 39-141, within fifteen (15) 

court days after such lodging. Documents lodged under seal shall bear a legend stating that such 

materials shall be unsealed upon expiration of fifteen (15) court days, absent the filing of a 

motion to seal or Court order. All such materials shall be accepted by the Clerk of the Court for 

lodging and shall be maintained by the Clerk of the Court separate from the public records in this 

action and shall be released only upon further Order of the Court pursuant to Local Rule 39-141 

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regarding the Sealing of Documents. Where possible, only CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL portions of the filings with the Court shall be lodged under seal. The failure 

by the designating party or owner of Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material to 

lodge such material with the Court under seal in no way alters or waives the protected and 

Confidential or Highly Confidential nature of the said material, which remains subject to the 

restrictions and limitations set forth in this Protective Order. 

13. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be interpreted to constitute an agreement by 

the parties as to what documents or information must be filed under seal in this litigation or shall 

block public access to non-confidential information. Rather, this Protective Order sets forth only 

the procedure for lodging documents designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential” 

temporarily under seal with the Court so that any affected party, non-party, designating party, or 

owner of the Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material may file a proper Motion to 

permanently Seal the documents from the public record. Any such Motion to Seal must comply 

with federal rules and Local Rules for such sealing, and must set forth the statutory or other 

authority for sealing (including good cause for the sealing), the requested duration, and all other 

relevant information. After the filing of the Motion to Seal, the Court will issue an Order as to 

whether the documents or information at issue should be permanently sealed from the public 

record or removed from lodging status and filed in the public record with the Court. If a Motion 

to Seal is not filed within the time limits set forth above in Paragraph 12 (a) and (b) after proper 

notice that Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material has been lodged under seal 

with the Court, the documents shall be removed from the sealed envelope(s) or sealed 

container(s) referenced in Paragraph 11 and shall be placed in the public record. 

14. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be interpreted to prohibit or prevent the 

party who owns the Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material from using or 

discussing it in any way it sees fit for any reason. Any such use or discussion of Confidential or 

Highly Confidential Discovery Material shall not be deemed a waiver of the terms of this 

Protective Order, so long as such use or discussion occurs in a setting consistent with the 

maintenance of the confidential and non-public nature of such material. 

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15. This Protective Order shall not enlarge or affect the proper scope of discovery in 

this or any other litigation, nor shall this Protective Order imply that Discovery Material 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this 

Protective Order is properly discoverable, relevant or admissible in this or any other litigation. 

Nothing in this Protective Order shall be interpreted to require disclosure of materials which a 

party contends are protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or the attorney workproduct doctrine. 

16. The following procedure shall apply to any disputes arising from the designation 

of Discovery Materials pursuant to this Protective Order: 

(a) If a party in good faith disagrees with a party’s designation, that party shall 

inform counsel for the designating party in writing of said disagreement no later than sixty (60) 

days prior to the motion cut-off deadline designated by the Court in this matter. 

(b) Upon written notification that a party disagrees with a designation, counsel 

for the objecting party and the designating party will meet and confer in a good faith effort to 

resolve the dispute without Court intervention. 

(c) If the dispute is not resolved within fifteen (15) court days of the 

designating party’s receipt of the objecting party’s written notification, the objecting party may 

invoke the Court rules and procedures for raising discovery disputes. 

(d) During the pendency of such judicial process all parties receiving 

Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material shall abide by the designation. 

With respect to any challenge of a Confidential or Highly Confidential designation 

that is brought to the Court’s attention pursuant to the provision, the burden of proof to justify the 

confidential designation shall be with the party claiming that the document at issue contains 

confidential information. 

17. Each document, material, or other thing, or portion thereof (and the information 

contained therein) designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL shall retain 

that designation and shall remain subject to the terms of this Protective Order until such times as 

the parties agree to the contrary or the Court renders a decision that a particular document, 

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material, or other thing, or portion thereof (and the information contained therein) is not subject to 

this Protective Order, and any and all proceedings or interlocutory appeals challenging such 

decision have been concluded. 

18. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, within forty-five (45) days 

after the entry of a final judgment (including resolution of appeals or petitions for review) or 

other final disposition, all Confidential or Highly Confidential Discovery Material and all copies 

thereof (including, without limitation, copies provided to testifying or consulting experts) shall be 

returned to the individual or entity that owns the information, or alternatively the party’s counsel 

shall certify to the producing party that all such materials have been destroyed. To the extent that 

Plaintiffs produce documents or information to PwC that Plaintiffs obtained from PwC, from any 

PwC equipment or information source, and/or that belongs to PwC that is subject to a Document 

Preservation Notice binding upon PwC, PwC will retain this information to fulfill its legal 

obligations in the other litigation matter(s) for which the Document Preservation Notice was 

issued. 

19. To the extent there is any dispute about ownership of Confidential or Highly 

Confidential Discovery Materials, or information obtained therefrom, the pal-ties and/or any nonparties shall first attempt to resolve the matter informally through a meet and confer process. If 

these efforts are unsuccessful, the parties and/or non-parties shall submit the dispute to the 

Discovery Magistrate in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules of 

this Court. 

20. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties or ordered by this Court, this 

Protective Order shall remain in effect after the final resolution of this dispute by any means, and 

this Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce this Protective Order. 

21. This Protective Order shall become effective among all parties to this Action and 

all persons described herein upon entry of the Protective Order. 

22. Any party may apply to this Court, upon written notice, in accordance with the 

Rules of this Court, for an Order amending, modifying or vacating this Protective Order. Nothing 

in this Protective Order shall be construed as prejudicing any party’s right to seek an agreement 

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or Court order providing additional confidentiality or other protections to any Confidential or 

Highly Confidential Discovery Material produced in this Action. However, until such agreement 

or order is obtained, this Protective Order shall govern. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: ___________________

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jason Campbell 

and Sarah Sobek 

Dated: __________________ 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED **(as modified below) 

Dated: 10/12/07 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 _________________________________ 

 Gregory G. Hollows 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

** Paragraph 12(b) is modified as follows: 

Since the court has no tickling mechanism to keep track of a fifteen day period from the filing 

(lodging) of documents under seal in any particular case (nor should it),1the party filing such 

documents shall on the fifteenth court day after initial filing either file a motion to seal or a 

proposed order to unseal documents. Failure to file one or the other, or both, may result in 

sanctions. 

This modification supersedes any provision of paragraph 12(b) to the contrary.

 

1

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available. Whether filed under seal or not, electronic documents coming to the court’s servers are “filed.” 

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APPENDIX A: CONFIDENTIAL UNDERTAKING

I acknowledge that I have read and I am fully familiar with the Stipulated Protective Order 

in the matter of Jason Campbell and Sarah Sobek v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Case No. 

06-CV-02376-LKK-GGH (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California), and hereby agree 

to abide by its terms and conditions, to make disclosures of Confidential Discovery Material only 

in accordance with the above-referenced Stipulated Protective Order. I understand that all such 

Confidential Discovery Material and copies thereof, including but not limited to any notes or 

other transcriptions made therefrom, shall be returned to counsel for the owner of the Confidential 

Discovery Material no later than forty-five (45) days after the termination of this proceeding. 

Dated: 

Signature 

Name 

Address 

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