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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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SEAN P. FLYNN (SBN: 220184)

sflynn@gordonrees.com

GORDON & REES LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-5900

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

Attorneys for Defendant

RGS FINANCIAL, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN YERKES, on Behalf of Himself 

and all Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

RGS FINANCIAL, INC.,

Defendant.

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Complaint Filed: January 26, 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff, STEPHEN 

YERKES (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant RGS FINANCIAL, INC. (“Defendant”) 

through their respective attorneys of record, as follows:

WHEREAS, the parties expect that discovery in this action will encompass 

confidential and proprietary documents and trade secrets of one or more parties, 

including without limitation financial data such as sales data, revenues, costs, 

pricing structure, customer information, purchasing information, tax returns, 

business strategies, and potentially other non-public information, such as personal 

income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s 

witnesses.

THEREFORE, It is hereby stipulated, and the parties hereby request, that 

the Court enter a protective order as follows:

I. SCOPE:

A. This Protective Order shall limit the use and/or disclosure of 

documents, deposition testimony, and related information which are, 

or which embody or disclose any information, designated hereunder 

as “CONFIDENTIAL” or as “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” and shall apply to:

1. All such documents so designated in accordance with this 

Protective Order and all information contained therein;

2. Portions of deposition testimony and transcripts and exhibits 

thereto which include, refer, or relate to any designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” information;

3. All information, copies, extracts, and complete or partial 

summaries prepared or derived from information that was 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”;

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4. Portions of briefs, memoranda, or any writing filed with or 

otherwise supplied to the Court under seal, which include or 

refer to any information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”; and

5. Any document exchange in connection with, or related to, any 

mediation, or proposed mediation.

B. Any person (i.e., any individual or entity) designating documents, 

testimony, or other information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” hereunder asserts 

that he, she, or it believes in good faith that such material is his, her, 

or its Confidential Information which is not otherwise available to the 

public generally, or is Confidential Information which the person 

believes is or may be encompassed by a pre-existing confidentiality 

agreement with any other person.

C. “Confidential Information” is defined as documents, material, or 

testimony that is private or constitutes and/or relates to (a) trade 

secrets; (b) business strategies, decisions, and/or negotiations; 

(c) financial, budgeting, and/or accounting information; (d) customer 

information, including prospective customers; and (e) marketing 

studies, proformas, projections, and similar information relating to the 

value and/or potential value of stock, science and technology, and/or 

other assets or liabilities.

D. Confidential Information ordinarily should be designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” rather than “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.” A “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” designation is appropriate only where the Confidential 

Information is so extremely sensitive in the context of this case that 

there is a real danger that the party producing the information could be 

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prejudiced if the information is disclosed under the protection 

provided by a “CONFIDENTIAL” designation. Examples of 

information warranting a “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” designation are documents which contain, disclose, or reflect 

trade secrets, sensitive customer information, business and marketing 

plans and information, or similarly competitively sensitive 

information.

E. Nothing in this Order and no party’s designation of any document or 

information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be construed to constrain, 

preclude, or otherwise affect in any manner the independent research 

and development, marketing, product development, or other technical 

activities of the parties.

F. Nothing in this Order and no party’s designation of any document as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” shall be construed to constrain, preclude, or otherwise affect 

the use (including the ability to include the document or information 

in papers not filed under seal) of another party’s documents which are 

duplicates of such designated documents provided that such duplicate 

documents were lawfully obtained by such party through means 

independent of the discovery process.

G. A party’s failure to designate a document as its Confidential 

Information where the document was produced by another party and 

designated by the producing party as that party’s Confidential 

Information shall not be construed to waive the non-designating 

party’s claim, with respect to present and future litigation between 

these or other parties, that the document contains the non-designating 

party’s Confidential Information.

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II. DESIGNATION OF DOCUMENTS AND DEPOSITIONS AS 

“CONFIDENTIAL” OR “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY”:

A. Designation of a document as “CONFIDENTIAL” by the producing 

party shall be made by conspicuously stamping or writing 

“CONFIDENTIAL” on each page thereof.

B. Designation of a document as “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” by the producing party shall be made by conspicuously 

stamping or writing “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” on each page thereof.

C. Designation of a deposition or other pretrial testimony, or portions 

thereof, as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be made by a statement on the 

record by counsel for the party or other person making the claim of 

confidentiality at the time of such testimony. The portions of 

depositions so designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be taken 

only in the presence of persons qualified to receive such information 

pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order, the court reporter, the 

deponent, and the deponent’s attorney. Failure of any person to 

comply with a request to leave the deposition room will constitute 

sufficient justification for the witness to refuse to answer any question 

calling for disclosure of Confidential Information so long as persons 

not entitled by this Protective Order to have access to such 

information are in attendance. Thereafter, any counsel may reopen 

the deposition into areas which the witness refused to answer after 

bringing a motion for protective order to resolve whether the person 

who refused to leave the deposition should be allowed to be present 

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during questioning. After resolution of said motion, counsel shall be 

allowed to continue said deposition with respect to the questions, and 

lines of questioning, which the deponent refused to answer, though the 

court may order that the deposition continue outside the presence of 

the person who refused to leave the initial deposition. The applicable 

portions of such deposition transcripts shall be clearly marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” on each page containing the Confidential Information.

D. Any party may designate documents or portions of deposition 

transcripts as containing Confidential Information even if not initially 

marked as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in accordance with the terms of this 

Protective Order by so advising counsel for each party in writing 

within twenty-one (21) calendar days of the receipt of the document 

or deposition transcript which he, she, or it wishes to designate as 

Confidential Information. Thereafter each such document or 

transcript shall be treated in accordance with the terms of this 

Protective Order. Any person served with written notice of any such 

designation of previously produced documents or deposition 

transcripts as containing Confidential Information shall thereafter treat 

such information as if it had been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” 

or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” at the time he, 

she, or it first received it in connection with this action and shall mark 

all copies of such documents in his, her, or its possession accordingly.

III. LIMITATIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION:

A. No Confidential Information shall be disclosed by anyone receiving 

such information to anyone other than those persons designated 

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herein, and in no event shall Confidential Information be used, either 

directly or indirectly, by anyone receiving such information for any 

business, commercial or competitive purpose or for any purpose 

whatsoever other than the preparation for or trial of this action in 

accordance with the provisions of this Protective Order.

B. Confidential Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be 

disclosed by any person who has received such information through 

discovery in this action to any other person except to:

1. Retained counsel for any party to this action and their 

respective associates, clerks and employees involved in the 

conduct of this litigation, but not including in-house counsel to 

either party, defined as counsel regularly employed or paid by, 

or associated with, a party, and/or whose offices are located 

within any premises of a party;

2. The parties hereto, and their present officers, directors and 

employees;

3. Outside experts and consultants retained by a party for the 

purpose of preparing or assisting in this litigation, and their 

respective clerks and employees involved in assisting them in 

this litigation, to the extent deemed necessary by counsel;

4. Any person who actually was involved in the preparation of the 

document or who appears on the face of the document as the 

author, addressee, or other recipient or currently is affiliated 

with the party that produced or appears to have prepared said 

document;

5. Court reporters and similar personnel, provided further that 

Confidential Information filed with the Clerk of the Court shall 

be sealed subject to release only by order of the Court or 

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agreement of counsel;

6. Deponents with respect to whom the attorney for the examining 

party believes in good faith that disclosure of Confidential 

Information should be made in order to conduct relevant 

examination of such deponent on topics about which the 

attorney in good faith believes the deponent may have relevant 

information. In the case of a deponent who was not an author 

or recipient of the Confidential Information, and who has not 

previously agreed to be bound by the terms of this Order, the 

attorney conducting the examination shall limit disclosure of 

confidential information by any means practicable (i.e., 

redaction or severance of non-relevant portions) to only that 

which is in good faith required to conduct a meaningful 

examination of the witness, and shall show all counsel a copy 

of said redacted document before showing it to the witness. 

Any violation of this provision, or objection by counsel to 

showing the document to the witness, shall entitle the objecting 

party to suspend the deposition as to the Confidential 

Information at issue and any lines of questioning relating to the 

Confidential Information at issue, and to apply to the Court for 

a further Protective Order or other appropriate relief; and

7. Any other person, either with the prior written consent of the

party who has designated such information as confidential or 

pursuant to a Court order.

8. The jury, judge and court personnel at time of trial.

C. Confidential Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall not be disclosed by any person 

who has received such information through discovery in this action to 

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any other person except to:

1. Retained counsel for any party to this action and their 

respective associates, clerks and employees involved in the 

conduct of this litigation, but not including in-house counsel to 

either party, defined as counsel regularly employed or paid by, 

or associated with, a party, and/or whose offices are located 

within any premises of a party;

2. Outside experts and outside consultants assisting in this 

litigation, and their respective clerks and employees involved in 

assisting them in this litigation, to the extent deemed necessary 

by counsel;

3. Any person who actually was involved in the preparation of the 

document or who appears on the face of document as the 

author, addressee, or other recipient, or is currently affiliated 

with the party that produced or appears to have prepared said 

document;

4. Court reporters and similar personnel, provided further that 

Confidential Information filed with the Clerk of the Court shall 

be sealed subject to release only by order of the Court or 

agreement of counsel; 

5. Deponents with respect to whom the attorney for the examining 

party believes in good faith that disclosure of Confidential 

Information should be made in order to conduct relevant 

examination of such deponent on topics about which the 

attorney in good faith believes the deponent may have relevant 

information. In the case of a deponent who was not an author 

or recipient of the Confidential Information, and who has not 

previously agreed to be bound by the terms of this Order, the 

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attorney conducting the examination shall limit disclosure of 

confidential information by any means practicable (i.e., 

redaction or severance of non-relevant portions) to only that 

which is in good faith required to conduct a meaningful 

examination of the witness, and shall show all counsel a copy 

of said redacted document before showing it to the witness. 

Any violation of this provision, or objection by counsel to 

showing the document to the witness, shall entitle the objecting 

party to suspend the deposition as to the Confidential 

Information at issue and any lines of questioning relating to the 

Confidential Information at issue, and to apply to the Court for 

a further Protective Order or other appropriate relief; 

6. Any other person, either with the prior written consent of the 

party who has designated such information as confidential or 

pursuant to a Court order; and

7. The jury, judge and court personnel at time of trial.

D. Before any person described in paragraphs 3(b)(iii), 3(b)(vii), 3(c)(ii) 

or 3(c)(vi) receives or is shown any document or information which 

has been designated as confidential, such person shall be given a copy 

of this Protective Order and shall agree in writing, in the form of the 

“Agreement to be Bound By Terms Of The Protective Order” attached 

hereto as Exhibit A, to be bound by the terms hereof. The original of 

each such Acknowledgment and Agreement shall be maintained by 

counsel, and transmitted by facsimile to all other counsel of record. If 

any counsel objects to showing the signatory documents subject to 

this Order, the objecting party shall give facsimile notice of its 

objections and the grounds therefore and shall have five business days 

to file and serve a motion for protective order. If no objection is 

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raised or no motion for protective order is filed and served within five 

days thereafter, all objections to showing the signatory documents 

shall be waived and the signatory may be shown the documents 

subject to this Order. If the person does not so agree, the person may 

not be shown the document until after a motion for protective order is 

brought and an order obtained preventing the person from misusing 

any information in the document.

E. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed to require 

execution of the written Acknowledgement and Agreement referred to 

in paragraph 3(d) above, or to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

Information, by the party producing and designating such Confidential 

Information, or by any employee of such party.

F. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent counsel for either party 

from summarizing or discussing in general terms the nature of 

documents designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” with representatives of their respective 

clients, outside experts and consultants, deponents or potential 

witnesses, provided such summary or discussion does not disclose, in 

any way, the substance of the document so designated, the 

Confidential Information contained therein, and/or trade secret 

information of another party.

IV. FILE UNDER SEAL:

All Confidential Information filed with the Court and any pleading or other 

paper containing Confidential Information shall be filed under seal and marked:

“CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. This envelope 

contains documents that are subject to a Protective Order 

of this Court and shall not be opened or unsealed by 

anyone except the Court or its staff, without the prior 

written consent of counsel for the parties hereto or 

pursuant to order of this Court. If the contents of this 

envelope are so unsealed, they shall thereafter be 

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resealed.”

The envelope shall not be opened without further order of the Court.

Nothing shall be filed under seal, and the court shall not be required to take 

any action, without a separate prior order by the Judge before whom the hearing or 

proceeding will take place, after application by the affected party with appropriate 

notice to opposing counsel.

V. CHALLENGE TO CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATION:

Any party who disagrees with the designation by a party of a document or 

other information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” may bring a motion before the Court requesting that the Court find 

that the document or other information is, in fact, not confidential. Prior to 

bringing such motion, a party who objects to any other party’s designation of 

documents or other information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall notify the other party in writing of the 

objection. The interested parties or other persons shall attempt to resolve such 

disagreements before submitting them to the Court. Pending resolution of any 

dispute concerning such designation, all parties and persons governed by this 

Protective Order shall treat as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” all documents and information previously 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” under the terms of this Protective Order. If a motion challenging the 

confidentiality designation is brought, the party or person asserting that a 

document or other information is properly designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall bear the burden of 

proving that the document or other information is Confidential Information.

VI. SURVIVAL OF ORDER - RETURN OF DOCUMENTS:

A. The provisions of this Order shall continue in effect until otherwise 

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ordered by the Court after notice and an opportunity to be heard is 

afforded to the parties to this action. The final determination or 

settlement of this action shall not relieve any person who has received 

Confidential Information or agreed to be bound by the terms of this 

Protective Order of his, her, or its obligations hereunder. This Court 

shall retain jurisdiction after such final determination or settlement to

enforce the provisions of this Order. Upon completion of the 

litigation, all documents (including copies of documents) containing 

Confidential Information shall be destroyed or returned to counsel for 

the producing party, except that the parties’ respective attorneys of 

record may retain one copy of each such document for use in 

connection with any disputes which may arise under the Court’s 

retention of jurisdiction as provided for herein. Within sixty days of 

the conclusion of this litigation, the attorneys for the receiving party 

shall notify the attorneys for the producing party that such return or 

destruction occurred.

B. Except as provided in Sections 4 or 7 hereof, documents or things 

containing the other party’s Confidential Information shall at all times 

be in the physical possession of those persons qualifying under 

Section 3 hereunder, or kept by counsel of record either at the 

premises regularly maintained by such counsel of record as and for 

their respective law offices, or otherwise in their sole custody or 

control.

VII. USE OF OWN DOCUMENTS BY PRODUCING PARTY:

Nothing in this Protective Order shall limit the use by any party or other 

person of his, her or its own document(s) or information, or any other documents 

or information obtained independently of discovery, even if such document(s) or 

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information have been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

VIII. APPLICATIONS TO COURT:

A. This Protective Order shall not preclude or limit any party’s right to 

oppose or object to discovery on any ground which otherwise would 

be available. This Protective Order shall not preclude or limit any 

party’s right to seek in camera review or to seek further and additional 

protection against or limitation upon production or dissemination of 

information produced in response to discovery, including documents 

and their contents.

B. Any person to or by whom disclosure or inspection is made in 

violation of this Protective Order, and who has knowledge of this 

Protective Order, shall be bound by the terms hereof.

C. The parties hereby, and all other persons who receive Confidential 

Information pursuant hereto, agree that any party or other person 

injured by a violation of this Order does not have an adequate remedy 

at law and that an injunction against such violation is an appropriate 

remedy. In the event any person shall violate or threaten to violate 

any terms of this Order, the parties agree that the aggrieved party may 

immediately apply to obtain injunctive relief against any such person. 

In the event the aggrieved party shall do so, the respondent person 

subject to the provisions of this Order shall not employ as a defense 

thereto the claim that the aggrieved party has an adequate remedy at 

law. Any persons subject to the terms of this Order agree that this

Court shall retain jurisdiction over it and them for the purposes of 

enforcing this Order. The remedies set forth in this Section 8(c) are 

not exclusive to any other remedies that an aggrieved party may elect 

to pursue.

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IX. NO ADMISSIONS:

Neither entering into this Stipulation for Protective Order nor receiving any 

documents or other information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be construed as an 

agreement or admission (1) that any document or information designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” is in 

fact Confidential Information; (2) as to the correctness or truth of any allegation 

made or position taken relative to any matter designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY;” or (3) as to the authenticity, 

competency, relevancy, or materiality of any information or document designated 

as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL--ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

This Order is not intended to modify or waive the provisions of the California

Rules of Civil Procedure or of the California Rules of Evidence. This Order does 

not require the production of documents or information that would otherwise be 

non-discoverable.

X. SUBPOENA BY OTHER COURTS OR AGENCIES:

If another court or an administrative agency subpoenas or orders production 

of “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

documents which a party has obtained under the terms of this Order, before 

complying with such subpoenas or orders, such party shall promptly notify the 

party or other person who designated the documents of the pendency of such 

subpoena or order.

XI. MODIFICATION - FURTHER AGREEMENTS:

Nothing contained herein shall preclude any party from seeking from the 

Court modification of this Order upon proper notice or preclude the parties from 

entering into other written agreements designed to protect Confidential 

Information.

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Further, the Court may modify the protective order in the interests of justice 

or for public policy reasons.

XII. COUNTERPARTS:

This Stipulation for Protective Order may be executed in counterparts, each 

of which shall be deemed an original and which together shall constitute one 

instrument.

I hereby consent to the form, substance of this agreement and consent to 

entry of this agreement as an order.

Dated: May 13, 2016 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

By s/Joshua Arisohn

L. Timothy Fisher

Joshua Arisohn

Annick M. Persinger

Yeremey O. Krivoshey

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STEPHEN YERKES

Dated: May 13, 2016 GORDON & REES LLP

By s/Sean P. Flynn

Sean P. Flynn

Attorneys for Defendant 

RGS FINANCIAL, INC.

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In addition to the above Stipulation between the parties–which the Court adopts in its 

entirety–the Court further ORDERS parties seeking to file a document falling within this 

Protective Order to comply with Local Rule 141. Within five (5) days of filing of any 

confidential document under seal, the party shall file a redacted copy of the document so filed. 

The redactions shall be narrowly tailored to protect only the information that is confidential or 

was deemed confidential.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 13, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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