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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 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCRIPPS HEALTH, a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

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VISION SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, 

INC., a Tennessee corporation, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 09 CV 2784 W (BGS) 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION 

FOR ENTRY OF STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIM. 

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The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information (“materials”) 

being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for competitive, commercial, 

or constitutional reasons, normally kept confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to 

be bound by the terms of this Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. 

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The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between the parties 

may contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing, 

proprietary, or other commercial information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(c)(7). The purpose of this Order is to protect the confidentiality of such materials 

as much as practical during the litigation. THEREFORE: 

DURATION

Even after the termination in this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 

this Order shall remain in effect until the parties agree otherwise in writing or the Court so 

directs. 

DEFINITIONS

1. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean and include information 

contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including data, summaries, and compilations 

derived therefrom that is deemed to be “Confidential” by any party to which it belongs. 

2. The term “Materials” shall include, but shall not be limited to: documents; 

correspondence; memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; specifications; customer lists or other 

material that identify customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules or other matter 

identifying pricing; minutes; telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled checks; contracts; invoices; 

drafts; books of account; worksheets; notes of conversations; desk diaries; appointment books; 

expense accounts; recordings; photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which 

information can be obtained and translated into reasonably usable form through detection 

devices; sketches; drawings; notes (including laboratory notebooks and records); reports; 

instructions; disclosures; other writings; models and prototypes and other physical objects. 

3. The term “Counsel” shall mean outside counsel of record, and other attorneys, 

paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms of counsel of record 

appearing for the parties in the above-captioned matter, respectively. 

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4. The terms “parties” or “party” mean any party to this action, including its 

directors, officers, or control group management employees. 

GENERAL RULES

5. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information that the producing party believes 

should be subject to this Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Any party may 

designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL” where, in the good faith belief of such party and its 

counsel, the information has not been made public and unrestricted disclosure of such 

information could be potentially prejudicial to the privacy, business, or operations of such party 

or implicated third parties. 

6. In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no 

marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. For purposes 

of the initial inspection, all materials produced shall be considered as “CONFIDENTIAL,” and 

shall be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order. Thereafter, upon selection of 

specified materials for copying by the inspecting party, the producing party shall, within a 

reasonable time prior to producing those materials to the inspecting party, mark the copies of 

those materials that contain Confidential Information with the appropriate confidentiality 

marking. 

7. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure of 

Confidential Information of any party: 

a. said deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as containing 

Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such 

designation shall be made on the record whenever possible, but a party may 

designate portions of depositions as containing Confidential Information after 

transcription of the proceedings; a party shall have until twenty-five (25) days 

after receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to 

the action of the portions of the transcript designated “CONFIDENTIAL;” 

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b. the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from attendance at said 

deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information is to be 

disclosed, any person other than the deponent, counsel (including their staff 

and associates), the court reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to 

paragraph 8 below; and 

a. the originals of said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof shall bear the 

legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” as appropriate. 

8. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be 

disclosed by the receiving party to anyone other than those persons designated herein and shall 

be handled in the manner set forth below and, in any event, shall not be used for any purpose 

other than in connection with this litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either 

by agreement of the parties, or by order of the Court. 

9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be viewed only by counsel (as 

defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts or consultants retained for 

the purposes of this litigation, and by the additional individuals listed below, provided each such 

individual has read this Order in advance of disclosure and has agreed in writing to be bound by 

its terms: 

a. Directors, officers, and control group management employees of any 

party; 

b. Technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the parties find 

it necessary to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for trial of this action; 

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c. Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals 

identified above. 

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” any person indicated on 

the face of the document to be its originator, author or a recipient of a copy thereof, may be 

shown the same. 

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11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by the 

producing or disclosing party, and any and all reproductions thereof, shall be retained in the 

custody of the counsel for the receiving party identified in paragraph 3, except that independent 

experts or consultants authorized to view such information under the terms of this Order may 

retain custody of copies such as are necessary for their participation in this litigation. 

12. Designations should not be made if clearly unjustified, or if made for an improper 

purpose. If it comes to a party’s attention that Confidential Information does not qualify for 

protection as so designated, that party must promptly withdraw the designation upon request. 

13. When briefs, memoranda or other documents or things containing Confidential 

Information are filed with the Court, the filing party shall make every effort to file these 

documents or things under seal and shall comply with the Court’s requirements for doing so. No 

document shall be filed under seal unless counsel secures a court order allowing the filing of a 

document under seal. An application to file a document under seal shall be served on opposing 

counsel, and on the person or entity that has custody and control of the document, if different 

from opposing counsel. If opposing counsel, or the person or entity who has custody and control 

of the document, wishes to oppose the application, he/she must contact the chambers of the judge 

who will rule on the application, to notify the judge’s staff that an opposition to the application 

will be filed. If an application to file a document under seal is granted by the Court, a redacted 

version of the document shall be e-filed. A courtesy copy of the unredacted document shall be 

delivered to the Court’s chambers. 

14. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of the 

materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to confidentiality shall notify, in 

writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for the 

objection. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties within ten (10) Court 

days of receipt of such a notice of objections, the parties are to consult and follow Judge 

Skomal’s Chambers’ Rules regarding discovery disputes, which are available on the Court’s 

website. The materials at issue shall be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the 

designating party, until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise 

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resolved. 

15. All Confidential Information shall be held in confidence by those inspecting or 

receiving it, and shall be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party and each 

person receiving Confidential Information shall take reasonable precautions to prevent the 

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential Information is 

disclosed to any person other than a person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the 

unauthorized disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized 

disclosure to the attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies 

of the other parties, make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by the 

person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure. 

16. No party shall be responsible to another party for disclosure of Confidential 

Information under this Order if the information in question is not labeled or otherwise identified 

as such in accordance with this Order, or under any other applicable objection or privilege, 

unless circumstances exist which ought reasonably have alerted the disclosing party as to the 

confidential nature of the information in question. 

17. If a party produces any Confidential Information without labeling or marking or 

otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this Order, the designating party may give 

written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing produced is deemed Confidential 

Information, and that the document or thing produced should be treated as such in accordance 

with that designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as 

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the receiving party has 

disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the receiving party must notify the 

designating party in writing of each such disclosure. Counsel for the parties shall agree on a 

mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the produced materials as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

18. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of any party to object to the production of 

any discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as privileged or as attorney 

work product. 

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19. Nothing in this Order shall bar counsel from rendering advice to their clients with 

respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any information designated as 

Confidential Information, provided that the contents of the information shall not be disclosed. 

20. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose 

production of any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the mere 

presence of Confidential Information. The existence of this Order shall not be used by either 

party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise not proper under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

21. If a party or any person who has agreed to be bound by this Order receives a 

subpoena or order issued by any court or governmental agency requesting production of any 

writings or other information that another party to this action has designated as Confidential 

Information under the terms of this Order, the party receiving that subpoena or order shall 

promptly notify the party who designated the writing or other information as Confidential 

Information of that subpoena or order. So long as this procedure is followed to the greatest 

extent possible, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

Information if such disclosure is required by law or by court order. 

22. Within sixty (60) calendar days after the final termination of this action, including 

any and all appeals, counsel for each party shall, upon request of the producing party, return all 

Confidential Information to the party that produced the information, including any copies, 

excerpts, and summaries thereof, or shall destroy same at the option of the receiving party, and 

shall purge all such information from all machine-readable media on which it resides. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain all pleadings, briefs, 

memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court that refer to or incorporate 

Confidential Information, and will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such 

retained information. Further, attorney work product materials that contain Confidential 

Information need not be destroyed, but, if they are not destroyed, the person in possession of the 

attorney work product will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained 

information. 

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23. Confidential Information in the possession, custody, or control of the Court shall 

be disposed of as follows: within thirty (30) calendar days after the final termination of this 

action and the expiration of the time for appeal or final determination of any appeal, any party to 

this action may request the return of the Confidential Information to that party. Any Confidential 

Information so returned must be treated by the receiving party strictly in accordance with the 

terms of this Order. To the extent that the parties do not seek the return of Confidential 

Information as set forth above, and/or within the time set forth above, the Court may destroy of 

such Confidential Information in any manner it deems proper. Any action by the Court, whether 

return or destruction of the Confidential and/or sealed material, must be preceded by an ex parte 

motion for an order authorizing the return of all Confidential Material to the party that produced 

the information, or the destruction thereof. 

24. The restrictions and obligations set forth herein shall not apply to any information 

that: (a) the parties agree, or the Court rules, should not be designated Confidential Information; 

(b) the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; (c) the parties agree, or the 

Court rules, has become public knowledge other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving 

party, its employees, or its agents in violation of this Order; or (d) has come or shall come into 

the receiving party’s legitimate knowledge independently of the production by the designating 

party. Prior knowledge must be established by pre-production documentation. 

25. The restrictions and obligations herein shall not be deemed to prohibit discussions 

of any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains legitimate 

possession thereof. 

26. Transmission by facsimile or email is acceptable for all notification purposes 

herein. 

 27. This Order may be modified only by agreement of the parties, subject to approval 

by the Court, or by Order of the Court. 

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28. Public policy and other considerations require that the provisions of this 

Stipulated Protective Order be subject to further Court order. Thus, the Court may modify the 

terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or in the interest of justice, or on its own order 

at any time in these proceedings, and may make any other order it deems appropriate with regard 

to this Stipulated Protective Order. The parties prefer that this Court provide them with notice of 

the Court’s intent to modify the Order and the content of those modifications, prior to entry of 

such an order. 

29. Without separate Court order, this stipulated protective order does not change, 

amend, or circumvent any Court rule or Local Rule. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 8, 2010 

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 BERNARD G. SKOMAL 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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