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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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Farella Braun + Martel LLP 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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Mary E. McCutcheon (State Bar No. 099939) 

mmccutcheon@fbm.com

Tyler C. Gerking (State Bar No. 222088) 

tgerking@fbm.com

Brett R. Wheeler (State Bar No. 260714) 

bwheeler@fbm.com

FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, 

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 

INTERNATIONAL, SEAGATE 

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL 

 HEADQUARTERS PTE LTD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, a 

Delaware corporation, 

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 

INTERNATIONAL, a Cayman Islands 

Company; SEAGATE SINGAPORE 

INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 

PTE LTD, a Singapore corporation, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, a 

Pennsylvania corporation; INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF THE STATE OF 

PENNSYLVANIA, a Pennsylvania 

corporation,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:09-cv-04120-CW 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL 

DOCUMENTS 

Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken 

Courtroom: 2 

Complaint Filed: September 4, 2009 

The parties to the above-captioned action (the “Action”) recognize that the case involves 

information and documents of parties and non-parties from whom discovery may be sought that, 

under applicable law, is confidential. In order to protect the confidential information obtained by 

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the parties in connection with this Action and to ensure that documents produced in the Action 

are not used or disclosed except in connection with the Action, the parties, through their counsel 

of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

A. Any party or non-party may designate as “Confidential,” as set forth herein, any 

document or information which that party or witness considers in good faith to contain nonpublic, confidential, trade secret, proprietary, or private financial information subject to protection 

under applicable law (hereinafter referred to as “Confidential Information”). 

B. No information, whether designated Confidential or not, may be used for any 

purpose other than the prosecution or defense of the Action.

C. A party or non-party may designate a document produced by it, which a party or 

witness considers in good faith to contain Confidential Information, by marking the document 

“Confidential.”

D. A party or non-party may designate information disclosed by it during a deposition 

or in response to written discovery which that party or witness considers in good faith to contain 

Confidential Information by so indicating in said responses or on the record at the deposition. 

Additionally a party may designate in writing, within 30 days after receipt of said responses or of 

the deposition transcript for which the designation is proposed, that specific pages of the 

transcript (or portions of the videotape) and/or specific responses be treated as Confidential 

Information. All costs associated with the preparation of separate confidential and nonconfidential transcripts and videotapes or of executing procedures for denominating Confidential 

Information in transcripts as referenced in this Section shall be borne by the designating party 

who shall also arrange for separate payment for such services through the service provider(s). 

E. Any Confidential Information that is inadvertently produced without written notice 

or identification as to its confidential nature may be so designated in writing by the producing 

party after the realization that the Confidential Information has been produced without such 

designation. However, until the discovery materials are designated Confidential as set forth 

above, the parties shall be entitled to treat the material as non-confidential. Upon designation, 

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such Confidential Information shall then be treated as Confidential in accordance with the 

provisions of this Order. 

F. Any non-designating party may object to any confidentiality designations or any 

proposed confidentiality designations in writing or on the record. Upon such an objection, the 

parties shall follow the procedures described in paragraph J below. After any confidentiality 

designation is made according to the procedures set forth in paragraphs C, D or E, the designated 

documents or information shall be treated as confidential until the objection is resolved according 

to the procedures described in paragraph J below. 

G. Except with the prior written consent of the party or non-party designating 

documents or other information Confidential or upon prior order of this Court obtained upon 

notice to such other counsel, Confidential Information shall not be disclosed to any person other 

than:

1. Counsel of record for the respective parties to the Action, including inhouse counsel, co-counsel or insurance counsel; 

2. Employees of such counsel assisting in the conduct of the Action for use in 

accordance with this stipulation and order; 

3. The parties to the Action (including their employees and affiliates); 

4. Consultants or experts retained for the prosecution or defense of the 

Action, provided that each such consultant or expert shall have executed a copy of the 

Certification annexed to this Order (which shall be retained by counsel to the party so disclosing 

the Confidential Information) before being shown or given any Confidential Information;

5. Any authors of the Confidential Information and any individuals shown to 

have been an original recipient of the Confidential Information; 

6. The Court, court personnel, and court reporters in the Action; 

7. Any mediator or arbitrator retained by any two or more parties to the 

Action;

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8. Mock jurors and related service providers, provided that each juror and 

related service provider shall have executed a copy of the Certification annexed to this Order 

before being shown or given any Confidential Information; 

9. Persons engaged by any counsel or party to the Action to photocopy, 

image, or maintain the Confidential Information; 

10. Witnesses (other than persons described in paragraph G(5)). A witness 

shall be requested to sign the Certification annexed to this Order before being shown Confidential 

Information. Any witness who will not sign the Certification as requested may nevertheless be 

shown Confidential Information only in a deposition (or at trial as provided for in paragraph N).

At the request of any party, the portion of the deposition transcript involving the Confidential 

Information shall be designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph D above. Witnesses who 

will not sign the Certification as requested but who are shown Confidential Information at a 

deposition shall not be allowed to retain copies of the Confidential Information; 

11. Other persons only (i) after notice to all parties and upon order of the 

Court, or (ii) upon written consent of the producing party;

12. Under no circumstances shall any Confidential Information or information 

derived from Confidential Information, be communicated, directly or indirectly, to any member 

or form of the press or media, or any other person or entity, without the prior consent of the party 

or non-party that designated the Confidential Information; 

H. For applications and motions to the Court on which a party submits Confidential 

Information, all documents and chamber copies containing Confidential Information that are 

submitted to the Court shall be filed in the manner provided by the applicable Northern District of 

California Civil Local Rules which are currently 3-17 and 79-5. 

I. Information produced by non-parties may be designated as “Confidential” 

pursuant to paragraphs C, D, or E of this Order. Nothing herein shall restrict a party or non-party 

from using or disclosing its own Confidential Information in any manner it deems appropriate. 

J. If a party contends that any material designated as “Confidential” is not entitled to 

confidential treatment, that party may at any time give written notice challenging the designation 

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to the party that designated the material (the “designating party”) as “Confidential.” The 

designating party shall respond in writing to the notice challenging the designation within five (5) 

calendar days, or within such other period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties. If the 

designating party refuses to remove the “Confidential” designation, its response shall state the 

reasons for this refusal. If the parties are unable to resolve their dispute over the designation of 

the material, any party may move the Court for an order removing the designation or affirming 

that the designation was properly made. In the event that any such motion is made, the party that 

designated the material as “Confidential” shall have the burden of establishing that the material is 

entitled to confidential treatment. 

K. Notwithstanding any challenge to the designation of material as Confidential 

Information, all material shall be treated as confidential and shall be subject to the provisions 

hereof unless and until one of the following occurs: 

1. The party or non-party who designated the material as Confidential 

Information withdraws such designation in writing; or 

2. The Court rules the material is not Confidential Information. 

L. In the event any Confidential Information is subpoenaed or requested during the 

pendency of the Action by any court, regulatory, administrative, law enforcement or legislative 

body or any person or litigant purporting to have authority to subpoena or request such 

information, including requests based on any state or federal Freedom of Information Act, notice 

will be given to the designating party or non-party upon receipt. In addition, no Confidential 

Information shall be so disclosed earlier than the designated date in the subpoena, so as to enable 

the party or non-party to have a reasonable opportunity to seek appropriate relief. 

M. All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of Confidential 

Information shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this Action, unless otherwise 

agreed to by the producing party in writing or ordered by this Court. Upon conclusion of the 

Action, a party in possession of documents designated Confidential, other than that which is 

contained in attorney work product, discovery responses, deposition transcripts and documents 

filed with the Court, shall upon written request after termination of the Action either (a) return 

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such documents no later than 90 days after the request to counsel for the party or non-party who 

provided such documents, or (b) destroy such documents within 90 days upon written consent of 

the party or non-party who provided the documents, and certify in writing within 90 days that the 

documents have been destroyed. 

N. The terms of this Order do not preclude, limit, restrict, or otherwise apply to the 

use of Confidential Information at trial and will continue to apply to Confidential Information 

unless or until such information is placed in the public record. Nothing herein shall preclude a 

party from requesting that information used at trial be admitted under seal in accordance with 

procedures established by the Court at a pretrial conference and applicable law.

O. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any applicable privilege or protection, or 

to affect the ability of a party or non-party to seek relief under Federal Rule of Evidence 502 and 

other applicable law. Except as may be expressly agreed to the contrary, the parties do not intend 

to disclose material that is subject to any applicable privilege or protection.

P. This Order may be modified only by the written consent of all parties to the Order 

and the Court, or, with respect to the Confidential Information of a specific party or non-party, by 

the written consent of that party or non-party that designated the Confidential Information.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed or applied to alter or limit the rights of any party 

under any applicable insurance policies. This Order shall not prevent any party from later 

seeking to modify its terms or from seeking any such further provisions or relief as may be 

deemed appropriate or desirable. 

Q. The parties will remain bound by this Order and the Court shall retain jurisdiction 

to enforce this Order after termination of the Action. 

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SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: May __, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA and 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF 

PENNSYLVANIA 

 By: _______________________________ 

 Rebecca R. Weinreich, Esq. 

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP 

221 North Figueroa Street 

Los Angeles, CA 90012 

(213) 250-1800 Telephone 

(213) 481-0621 Facsimile 

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, SEAGATE 

TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, SEAGATE 

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL 

HEADQUARTERS PTE LTD 

 By: _______________________________

Mary E. McCutcheon (State Bar No. 099939) 

Tyler C. Gerking (State Bar No. 222088) 

Brett R. Wheeler (State Bar No. 260714) 

Farella Braun & Martel LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________ 

_________________________________ The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

United States District 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 of 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 in the case of Seagate Technology LLC v. National Union Fire 

Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Case No. 09-cv-04120-CW. I agree to comply with and 

to 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: ___________________________ 

 [printed name] 

Signature: ______________________________ 

 [signature] 

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