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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Protective Order 

C07-00513-JF(PVT) 

Brian P. Petirs (State Bar No. 238864) 

bpetirs@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

1755 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, CA 84303 

Telephone: (650) 739-3939 

Facsimile: (650) 739-3900 

Catherine Nasser (State Bar No. 246191) 

cnasser@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

Attorneys for Defendant 

EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SONDRA BAZZOTI, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

EXPERIAN INFORMATION 

SOLUTIONS, INC., 

Defendant.

Case No. C07-00513-JF(PVT) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Assigned for all purposes to 

The Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Sondra Bazzoti (“Plaintiff”) 

and Defendant Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (“Experian” or “Defendant”), through their 

respective attorneys of record, as follows: 

WHEREAS, documents and information have been and may be sought, produced or 

exhibited by and among the parties to this action relating to trade secrets, confidential research, 

development, technology or other proprietary information belonging to the Defendant and/or 

personal income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiff. 

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THEREFORE, an Order of this Court protecting such confidential information shall be 

and hereby is made by this Court on the following terms: 

1. This Order shall govern the use, handling and disclosure of all documents, testimony or 

information produced or given in this action which are designated to be subject to this Order in 

accordance with the terms hereof. 

2. Any party or non-party producing or filing documents or other materials in this action 

may designate such materials and the information contained therein subject to this Order by 

typing or stamping on the front of the document, or on the portion(s) of the document for which 

confidential treatment is designated, “Confidential.” “Confidential” information is that which 

qualifies for protection under standards developed under FRCP 26(c). 

3. To the extent any motions, briefs, pleadings, deposition transcripts, or other papers to be 

filed with the Court incorporate documents or information subject to this Order, the party filing 

such papers shall submit the same to the Court with a request to file under seal in accordance with 

this Court’s Civil Local Rule 79-5. Copies of such documents containing information subject to 

this Protective Order that are served on counsel for the parties shall be similarly identified and 

shall be maintained as Confidential. 

4. Confidential material that is disclosed or produced by another party or by a non-party in 

connection with this case shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than for prosecuting, 

defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Confidential material may be disclosed 

only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the 

litigation has been terminated, a receiving party must comply with the provisions of Paragraph 9, 

below. 

5. Except with the prior written consent of the individual or entity asserting confidential 

treatment, or pursuant to prior Order after notice, any document, transcript or pleading given 

confidential treatment under this Order, and any information contained in, or derived from any 

such materials (including but not limited to, all deposition testimony that refers, reflects or 

otherwise discusses any information designated confidential hereunder) may not be disclosed 

other than in accordance with this Order and my not be disclosed to any person other than: (a) the 

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Court and its officers; (b) parties to this litigation; (c) counsel for the parties, whether retained 

counsel or in-house counsel and employees of counsel assigned to assist such counsel in the 

preparation of this litigation; (d) fact witnesses subject to a proffer to the Court or a stipulation of 

the parties that such witnesses need to know such information and who have signed the 

“Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” (Exhibit A); (e) expert witnesses of the receiving 

party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 

“Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” (Exhibit A); (f) court reporter and their staffs; and 

(g) present or former employees of the producing party in connection with their depositions in 

this action (provided that no former employees shall be shown documents prepared after the date 

of his or her departure). 

6. All persons receiving any or all documents produced pursuant to this Order shall be 

advised of their confidential nature. All persons to whom confidential information and/or 

documents are disclosed are hereby enjoined from disclosing same to any other person except as 

provided herein, and are further enjoined from using same except in the preparation for and trial 

of the above-captioned action between the named parties thereto. No person receiving or 

reviewing such confidential documents, information or transcript shall disseminate or disclose 

them to any person other than those described above in Paragraph 5 and for the purposes 

specified, and in no event shall such person make any other use of such document or transcript. 

7. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using at trial any information or materials 

designated “Confidential.” 

8. This Order has been agreed to by the parties to facilitate discovery and the production of 

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

information, document, or the like as “Confidential,” nor the failure to make such designation, 

shall constitute evidence with respect to any issue in this action. 

9. Within sixty (60) days after the final termination of this litigation, upon request of the 

propounding party, all documents, transcripts, or other materials afforded confidential treatment 

pursuant to this Order, including any extracts, summaries or compilations taken therefrom, but 

excluding any materials which in the good faith judgment of counsel are work product materials, 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Date: August 2007 __________________________ 

 PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

 I, __________________________________[print or type full name], of 

________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty or perjury that I have read 

in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California on [date] in the case of Sondra Bazzoti v. 

Experian Information Solutions, Inc., Case Number C07-00513-JF (PVT). I agree to comply with 

and be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and 

acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature 

of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item 

that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict 

compliance with the provisions of this Order. 

 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 

Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

 I hereby appoint __________________________[print or type full name] of 

___________________________[print or type full address and telephone number] as my 

California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to 

enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: __________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: ___________________________________ 

Printed name: ___________________________ 

Signature: ______________________________ 

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