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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING EXCHANGE OF 

INFORMATION DEEMED CONFIDENTIAL BY THE PARTIES

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LAW OFFICES

SHAW, TERHAR &

LAMONTAGNE, LLP

John W. Shaw [State Bar No. 82802] 

Lane J. Lopez [State Bar No. 227998] 

SHAW, TERHAR & LaMONTAGNE, LLP 

707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3060 

Los Angeles, California 90017 

Telephone: (213) 614-0400 

Facsimile: (213) 629-4534 

Attorneys for Defendant 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, 

HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC. (erroneously sued and 

served herein as “U.S.A.-HoMEDICS, INC.”) and 

TAYLOR PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GINA DRAKE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COSTCO WHOLESALE 

CORPORATION, U.S.A.-HoMEDICS, 

INC., TAYLOR PRECISION 

PRODUCTS, INC., and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive, , 

Defendant. 

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Case No. C 06 04682 JW 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

GOVERNING EXCHANGE OF 

INFORMATION DEEMED 

CONFIDENTIAL BY THE 

PARTIES 

Complaint Filed: June 27, 2006 

The following Protective Order shall govern the exchange of confidential 

information. 

1. “Confidential Information” means any type of information which is 

designated as confidential by the supplying party, whether it be a document, 

information contained in a document, information revealed during a deposition, 

information revealed in an interrogatory answer, or otherwise. Confidential 

Information shall be confidential as of the date the other party should know such 

information is so designated. 

2. Only “Qualified Persons” are authorized to view Confidential 

Information in this case. Qualified Persons are defined as: 

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(a) Attorneys of record in this litigation and 

secretaries, paralegals, law clerks and support staff 

employees to whom it is necessary that the information be 

disclosed for purposes of this litiga¬tion; 

(b) Any person who is not an employee or business 

consultant of a party and who is retained by a party or its 

attorneys of record in this litigation solely as an 

independent expert for the purpose of this litigation and 

who agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this 

Protective Order. The independent expert must complete 

and sign a Confidentiality Agreement in the form of 

Exhibit A, attached hereto. A copy of that Agreement 

must be provided to the other party at least ten (10) days 

before access is allowed to the Confidential Information. 

(c) Two officers from each party designated 

specifically by each party, who agree, in writing, to be 

bound by the terms of this Protective Order. The officers 

must complete and sign a Confidentiality Agreement in 

the form of Exhibit A, attached hereto. A copy of that 

Agreement must be provided to the other party at least ten 

(10) days before access is allowed to the Confidential 

Information. 

(d) Any other person who is designated as a Qualified 

Person by Order of this Court, after notice to all parties, or 

who, by written agreement of the parties, is designated as 

a Qualified Person. Any person designated under this 

subparagraph must complete and sign a Confidentiality 

Agreement in the form of Exhibit A, attached hereto. A 

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copy of that Agreement must be given to the other party 

before access is allowed to the Confidential Information. 

3. Documents and things produced which contain “Confidential 

Information” shall be designated as such by marking each page of the document or 

thing at or before the time of production substantially as follows: 

“CONFIDENTIAL” 

or 

“CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” 

In lieu of marking the original of documents, the party may mark the copies 

that are produced or exchanged, before or after an inspection of the originals by the 

other party. 

4. Any information designated as Confidential Information shall not be (1) 

made available, directly or indirectly or through paraphrasing, by the party receiving 

it to any persons or entities other than Qualified Persons, or (2) used by the other 

party for any purpose other than in connection with this litigation. 

5. The use of information which has been designated as “Confidential 

Information” pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order may be further restricted 

by the additional designation of such information as “For Attorney's Eyes Only.” In 

the event that information designated as “Confidential Information” is later desired 

by a party to come within the “Attorney's Eyes Only” category, such information 

and/or documents can be added to such category if mutually agreed to by the parties 

or upon Order of this Court upon appropriate motion. The only persons who shall 

have access to Confidential Information designated for “Attorney's Eyes Only” shall 

be the attorneys of record in this litigation and any associates, secretaries, paralegals, 

law clerks, support staff employees, and the independent experts to whom it is 

necessary that the information be disclosed for purposes of this litigation. Such 

designation shall be made by marking each page of the document at or before the 

time of production substantially as follows: 

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“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR ATTORNEY'S EYES ONLY” 

or 

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR ATTORNEY'S EYES ONLY 

PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” 

In lieu of marking the original of documents, the party may mark the copies 

that are produced or exchanged, before or after an inspection of the originals by the 

other party. 

6. Information disclosed at the deposition of a party or one of its present or 

former officers, directors, employees, agents, or independent experts retained by a 

party for purposes of this litigation may be designated as Confidential Information, 

or additionally for Attorney's Eyes Only, by indicating (1) on the record at the 

deposition that the particular testimony is Confidential Information, or additionally 

for Attorney's Eyes Only, and subject to the provisions of this Protective Order or (2) 

by indicating in writing within twenty (20) days of receipt of the transcript by 

counsel that the particular testimony is Confidential Information, or additionally for 

Attorney's Eyes Only, and subject to the provisions of this Protective Order. Until 

such information is so designated or until the twenty (20) day period passes, the 

material is to be treated as if Confidential Information and for Attorney's Eyes Only. 

Otherwise, such information will be deemed free of this Protective Order. 

7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Protective Order, a party 

may, in a deposition, show any witness any document or thing designated as 

Confidential Information by the other party which that witness (i) has previously 

seen or (ii) is entitled to see, in a manner which did not violate the terms of this 

Protective Order. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Protective Order, a 

party may, in a deposition, show any director, officer, employee, consultant or agent 

of the other party any document or thing produced by the other party which, (i) has 

been designated as Confidential Information, or (ii) was designated as confidential 

by the offering party. 

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8. Use of Confidential Information, including Attorney's Eyes Only 

information, shall be permitted at trial, although the confidentiality of such 

information at trial may be governed by a trial protective order if such an order is 

stipulated to by the parties or requested by a party and entered by the Court. In the 

event a witness is entitled to view Confidential Information, the designating party 

shall have the right to have all persons, except the witness, counsel for the witness 

and all Qualified Persons, excluded before the taking of testimony or any part thereof 

which the designating party designates as “CONFIDENTIAL” subject to this Order. 

Similarly, if a witness is entitled to view Attorney's Eyes Only information, the 

designating party shall have the right to have all persons (except the witness, counsel 

of record for named parties, counsel for the witness, members of counsels' regularly 

employed office staffs as are necessary for the conduct of this case, independent 

experts and court personnel) excluded before the taking of testimony or any part 

thereof which the designating party designates as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR 

ATTORNEY'S EYES ONLY” subject to this Order. 

9. Nothing shall prevent disclosure beyond the terms of this Order if the 

party designating the information as Confidential Information consents, in writing, to 

such disclosure, withdraws the “Confidential” designation, or if the Court, after 

notice to all parties, orders such disclosure. 

10. No party shall be responsible to another party for any use made of 

information produced and not designated as Confidential Information, if the 

information is disclosed by one party to a third party before any time the same is 

designated as Confidential Information, except that information first divulged in a 

deposition shall not be divulged before the expiration of the twenty (20) day period 

of paragraph 6, supra. If the receiving party is notified, in writing, of the 

reclassification of the information, document, etc., to Confidential Information, even 

if such information has been previously disclosed to persons other than Qualified 

Persons by the time of reclassification, such information so designated by the 

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producing party shall be considered as having been designated as being Confidential 

Information except to the extent such information had been previously disclosed to 

persons other than Qualified Persons. The receiving party may not argue waiver of 

the confidential designation merely by virtue of such later designation even if nonconfidential disclosure has occurred in the interim. However, such confidential 

designation shall not apply to the extent divulged before such designation. 

11. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a 

Confidential Information designation at the time made, and a failure to do so shall 

not preclude a subsequent challenge to such a designation. In the event that any 

party to this litigation disagrees at any stage of these proceedings with the 

designation of any information as Confidential or Attorney's Eyes Only, that party 

shall notify the party asserting confidentiality in writing as to specific objections, 

along with the bases (both factual and legal) for the objection. The parties shall then 

confer in a good faith effort to resolve any differences and shall, if necessary, agree 

to the implementation of procedures to orderly advance and promote discovery while 

maintaining each parties' proprietary interest. If the dispute cannot be resolved, or if 

an emergency develops, the objecting party may seek appropriate relief from this 

Court, and the party asserting confidentiality shall have the burden of proving the 

same. 

12. Without written permission from the designating party or a court order 

secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a party may not file in the 

public record in this action any Confidential Information. A party that seeks to file 

under seal any Confidential Information must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5.

13. Within sixty (60) days after the conclusion of this litigation, originals or 

reproductions of any documents or things produced by a party containing 

Confidential Information shall be returned to the producing party or destroyed, 

except that the office of each principal counsel may retain for its archive a single 

copy of any such materials. Principal counsel may also retain all exhibits, deposition 

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transcripts, correspondence and papers filed with the Court, and each party's 

Certified Public Accountant may retain one copy of any financial information he or 

she has reviewed. There shall be no restriction on the disclosure or use of any trial 

exhibits, unless the exhibits were filed under seal and the Court has not lifted any 

such restriction on the same. 

14. Insofar as the provisions of this Protective Order restrict the 

communication and use of documents or objects, such Order shall continue to be 

binding after the conclusion of this litigation, except that a party may seek the written 

permission of the producing party or further order of the Court with respect to 

dissolution or modification of this Protective Order. 

15. The designation of any material in accordance with this Order as 

constituting or containing Confidential Information is intended solely to facilitate the 

preparation and trial of this action, and treatment of such material by counsel of 

record for named parties in conformity with such designation will not be construed in 

any way as an admission or agreement by any party that the designated material 

constitutes or contains any confidential or proprietary information. 

16. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any person to object 

to the production of any discovery material on the basis that such material is 

protected as a privileged communication or work product. 

17. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any person to apply 

to the Court for such further protective orders as justice may require. 

18. Third parties who are compelled to produce documents or other 

evidence may do so under this Protective Order by signing an acknowledgment in the 

form of Exhibit B. 

19. Nothing in this Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any counsel for a 

party from rendering advice to his client with respect to this litigation and, in the 

course thereof, relying upon his or her examination of materials designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY'S EYES ONLY,” provided 

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that no disclosure of the substance of any such material shall be made except as (i) 

permitted herein or (ii) if such statement is a general conclusory statement indicating 

the nature and strength of the proofs the other party (or any third party) has offered. 

20. This Order has been entered to facilitate discovery and the production of 

relevant evidence in this action. Neither the entry of this Order, nor the designation 

of any material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY'S EYES 

ONLY,” nor the failure to make such designation, shall constitute evidence with 

respect to any issue in this action. 

 21. This Order shall remain in full force and effect throughout this action 

and after its conclusion and until modified, superseded or terminated by Order of the 

Court or by agreement of the parties. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August , 2007 

Judge, United States District Court 

Approved as to form and substance: 

Dated: August , 2007 RICHARD E. DAMON, PC 

By: 

Richard E. Damon 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

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September 4

PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Dated: August , 2007 SHAW, TERHAR & LaMONTAGNE, LLP 

By: 

John W. Shaw 

Lane J. Lopez 

Attorneys for Defendant 

COSTCO WHOLESALE 

CORPORATION, HOMEDICSU.S.A., INC. (erroneously sued and 

served herein as “U.S.A.-

HoMEDICS, INC.”) and TAYLOR 

PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 

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