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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed Question: Fed Communications Act of 1934

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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

 Peter L. Winik, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) 

 Jennifer C. Archie, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) 

555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 

Washington, DC 20004-1304 

Telephone: (973) 639-1234 

Facsimile: (973) 639-7298 

E-mail: peter.winik@lw.com 

 jennifer.archie@lw.com 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

Justin R. Rhoades, Esq. (SBN 230463) 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-2562 

Telephone: (415) 391-0600 

Facsimile: (415) 395-8095 

E-mail: justin.rhoades@lw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants IPSH!NET, INC. and 

SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

LACI SATTERFIELD, Individually and on 

behalf of others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

SIMON & SCHUSTER, Inc., a New York 

Corporation, and IPSH!NET, Inc., a Delaware 

Corporation d/b/a IPSH!, 

 Defendants. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

Judge Claudia J. Wilken 

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The Parties, Plaintiff Laci Satterfield (“Plaintiff’) and Defendants ipsh!net, Inc. and 

Simon & Schuster, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. All documents, testimony, interrogatory responses and other information 

provided in discovery (collectively, “Discovery Material”) by the parties to this action or by any 

non-party subject to discovery in this action (each, a “Producing Person”) shall be handled in 

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accordance with this Joint Stipulation and Protective Order Regarding the Disclosure of 

Confidential Information (“Protective Order”). 

2. Any Producing Person may designate as confidential any Discovery 

Material which that Producing Person considers in good faith to contain information involving a 

trade secret, or confidential or sensitive commercial, business or proprietary information subject 

to protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). 

3. Documents (including as defined in Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure) produced in this action may be designated confidential by stamping the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” on each page so designated. 

4. To the extent that a Producing Person believes only a portion of a 

document contains Confidential Information, the initial page shall be stamped 

“CONFIDENTIAL WITHIN” and only the specific pages that the Producing Person believes 

should be considered confidential shall be so stamped. 

5. Any oral testimony, including any transcript or video tape of such 

testimony, given by or on behalf of a party or non-party, which reveals or pertains to 

Confidential Information may be designated confidential by any party or non-party by so 

designating either (i) on the record at the time of the testimony or (ii) by separate written 

notification within twenty (20) days after receipt by the Producing Person of the transcript of the 

testimony. All testimony and transcripts shall be treated as confidential until the expiration of 

that twenty (20) day period. If confidential treatment is requested on the record, the court 

reporter shall mark the page of the transcripts containing the designated testimony with the 

designation “CONFIDENTIAL” as appropriate. 

6. Interrogatory responses may be designated as confidential by so indicating 

in the response. 

7. Discovery Material designated as confidential, including the information 

contained therein and any document quoting or summarizing such information or materials, is 

referred to in this Protective Order as “Confidential Information.” 

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8. Each person to whom any Confidential Information is to be disclosed 

pursuant to paragraph 9 (except the Court, court personnel, and non-employee clerical support 

personnel, such as outside copy services, couriers, and court reporters) shall be provided with a 

copy of this Protective Order prior to such disclosure. 

9. Confidential Information shall be used only for purposes of this action. 

Except as provided herein, Confidential Information may be disclosed only to: 

a. the Court and court personnel, including stenographic reporters 

and jurors; 

b. the parties’ attorneys, including in-house counsel, and paralegals, 

clerical, or support personnel employed or retained by such attorneys; 

c. the parties to this action to the extent reasonable and deemed 

necessary by counsel for purposes of assisting in the prosecution or defense of this action; 

d. any author, recipient, or Producing Person of the Confidential 

Information; 

e. any actual deposition witnesses in this action during the course of 

such witnesses’ testimony; 

f. any potential witness in this action; provided, however, that any 

such potential witness who is not a current employee of a party in this action shall first execute 

an acknowledgment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; and 

g. any expert or consultant assisting a party’s counsel in connection 

with this litigation, whether or not retained to testify at trial, to the extent deemed necessary in 

good faith by such counsel to enable the expert or consultant to provide such assistance; 

provided that the expert or consultant shall first execute an acknowledgment in the form attached 

hereto as Exhibit A. 

10. No Confidential Information shall be disclosed to any person who, if 

required by paragraph 9 to sign the form of acknowledgment attached hereto as Exhibit A, does 

not first sign such acknowledgment. All signed acknowledgments shall be maintained by 

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counsel for the party making the disclosure and shall be produced if required by the Court for the 

purpose of determining whether a breach of this Protective Order has occurred. 

11. If a party objects to the designation of any Discovery Material as 

Confidential Information, the objecting party shall state that objection in writing to the Producing 

Person by identifying each document and providing a brief statement of the reason or reasons the 

objecting party believes that document does not constitute Confidential Information. Within five 

(5) days after such notice is delivered, the objecting party and the Producing Person shall confer 

in good faith and attempt to resolve the dispute. If the dispute is not resolved, the party objecting 

to the designation of any Discovery Materials, may, within twenty (20) days written notice of the 

objection, give notice to the other parties and apply to the Court for a ruling that the specified 

Discovery Material shall not be treated as Confidential Information. The burden of persuasion 

that the information is entitled to be treated as Confidential Information in any such challenge 

proceeding shall be with the party asserting the designation. Until the Court enters an order 

changing the Producing Person’s designation, or until the parties and the Producing Person agree 

otherwise, the Discovery Material shall be treated as Confidential Information. No party, by 

treating designated material as Confidential Information in accordance with this Protective 

Order, shall be deemed to have conceded that the material actually is Confidential. 

12. Upon final disposition of this litigation (including appeals), counsel for 

each party shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, destroy or return to counsel for the Producing 

Person all Confidential Information, including all copies thereof, and upon written request by 

counsel for the Producing Person shall certify in writing to counsel for the Producing Person that 

the provisions of this paragraph have been complied with; provided, however, that counsel for 

the parties may retain all pleadings, submissions, filings, transcripts, exhibits, notes, memoranda 

and work product embodying Confidential Information. However, any such pleadings, 

submissions, filings, transcripts, exhibits, notes, memoranda and work product so retained shall 

remain Confidential and subject to the restrictions contained in this Protective Order. 

13. Information obtained from a source other than Discovery Material shall 

not be deemed Confidential Information, regardless of whether such information is also 

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contained in Discovery Material that is designated Confidential. In addition, nothing contained 

herein shall be construed to limit any Producing Person from using its own Confidential 

Information in any manner that it may choose. Any use of Confidential Information, to the 

extent such use is consistent with confidential treatment of the information, shall not be deemed 

a waiver of any right or protection granted by this Protective Order or of a designation of any 

Discovery Material as Confidential Information. 

14. A Producing Person may designate Discovery Material produced prior to 

the execution of this Protective Order as Confidential at any time within thirty (30) days after 

that Producing Person receives a copy of this Protective Order executed by the undersigned 

counsel. 

15. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent any party from producing 

any document or information in his, her, or its possession to another person in response to a 

subpoena or other compulsory process; provided, however, that if such party receives a subpoena 

or other compulsory process seeking production or other disclosure of Confidential Information, 

that party shall give prompt written notice to counsel for the Producing Person, identifying the 

Confidential Information and, unless prohibited by applicable law, enclosing a copy of the 

subpoena or other compulsory process. When possible, at least ten (10) days written notice 

before production or other disclosure shall be given. In no event shall production or other 

disclosure be made before reasonable notice is given. 

16. Inadvertent failure to designate documents or other materials as 

“Confidential” at the time of production shall not waive a Producing Person’s right to later 

designate such documents or materials as Confidential Information. Within a reasonable time, 

the Producing Person shall give written notice to the receiving party that “Confidential” 

documents or information have been inadvertently produced or disclosed and request the 

appropriate designation. However, no party shall be deemed to have violated this Protective 

Order if, prior to notification of any later designation, such document or material has been 

disclosed or used in a manner inconsistent with such later designation. Once such designation 

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has been made, however, the relevant Discovery Material shall be treated as Confidential in 

accordance with this Protective Order. 

17. The inadvertent production of any document or other disclosure of 

information which the Producing Person contends is subject to the attorney-client privilege, 

work-product protection, or any other privilege or protection against disclosure shall not be 

deemed a waiver in whole or in part of the claim of privilege or protection, either as to the 

specific document or information disclosed or as to any other document or information relating 

thereto. Within a reasonable time, the Producing Person shall give notice to the receiving party 

that privileged documents or information have been inadvertently produced or disclosed and 

request the return of such documents. Any document or portion of transcript, including all 

copies thereof, constituting or containing information as to which notice of inadvertent 

production is given shall be returned to the Producing Person within five (5) days of such 

demand. The return of such documents or information shall be made without waiver of the right 

of any party to seek to compel production of documents, transcripts, or information on the 

grounds that they are not privileged or that any privilege has been waived. From the time of the 

Producing Person’s notification of inadvertent production, any documents or information as to 

which notice has been given shall be deemed and treated as privileged and shall not be used for 

any purpose until the Court enters a ruling otherwise, or until the receiving party and the 

Producing Person otherwise agree. 

18. Without permission from a 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. Parties submitting Confidential Information to the court 

shall comply with Civil Local Rule No. 79-5. Further, any motion to file Confidential 

Information under seal shall also comply with Civil Local Rule No. 79-5. 

19. This Protective Order shall not be deemed a waiver of: (i) any party’s right 

to object to any discovery request on any ground; (ii) any party’s right to seek an order 

compelling discovery with respect to any discovery request; (iii) any party’s right, at any 

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proceeding herein, to object to the admission of any evidence on any ground; and (iv) any other 

right, defense or objection that otherwise may be asserted in this action. 

20. This Protective Order shall not govern the use of Discovery Material at 

trial. Nothing herein shall preclude any party from applying to the Court, upon reasonable notice 

to all parties, for a protective order at trial, or shall preclude any modification of this Protective 

Order with the consent of all parties hereto. 

21. The terms of this Protective Order shall be binding on all current and 

future parties to this action and their counsel. Within ten (10) calendar days of the entry of an 

appearance by a new party in this action, plaintiff’s counsel shall serve a copy of this Protective 

Order on such new party’s counsel. 

22. Any non-party producing documents or materials in connection with this 

action may avail itself of the “Confidential” treatment provided for in this Protective Order for 

their documents or materials by following the procedures provided herein. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

DATED: December 14, 2006 BLIM & EDELSON, LLC 

By /s/ Nance Becker for Jay Edelson

Jay Edelson 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Laci Satterfield 

DATED: December 13, 2006 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

By /s/ Justin R. Rhoades 

Justin R. Rhoades 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ipsh!net, Inc. and Simon & Schuster, Inc. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

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DATED: ____________ ______________________________ 

 Hon. Claudia J. Wilken 

 United States District Court Judge 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF JOINT STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

I certify that I have carefully read the Joint Stipulation and Protective Order 

Regarding Confidential Information (“Protective Order”) entered in the United District Court for 

the Northern District of California in the action entitled Laci Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, et 

al., Case No. 06-2893 (CJW), and that I fully understand the terms of that Protective Order. I 

recognize that I am bound by the terms of that Protective Order, and I agree to comply with those 

terms. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California for any proceedings involving the enforcement of that Stipulation and 

Order. 

Date: 

City and state 

where sworn and signed: 

Printed name: 

Signature: 

 

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