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Nature of Suit Code: 430
Nature of Suit: Banks and Banking
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Tracy Strong (State Bar No. 221540) 

tstrong@jonesday.com 

David L. Wallach (State Bar No. 233432) 

dwallach@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 FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ERIC ROBERT DREW, 

Plaintiff,

v.

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES 

LLC, EXPERIAN INFORMATION 

SOLUTIONS, INC., TRANSUNION LLC, 

NCAC, BANK OF AMERICA, FLEET 

CREDIT CARD SERVICE, AT&T 

UNIVERSAL CARD SERVICES, 

CITIGROUP, BANK ONE 

CARDMEMBER SERVICES, FIRST USA 

BANK, N.A., FIA CARD SERVICES, 

N.A., CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) 

N.A.], CHASE BANK USA, N.A., and 

DOES 4-100, 

Defendants.

Case No. C07-00726 SI 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Eric Robert Drew and 

Defendants Experian Information Solutions, Inc. ("Experian"), TransUnion, LLC 

(“TransUnion”), Equifax Information Services LLC (“Equifax”), Bank of America, FIA Card 

Services, N.A. (“FIA”), AT&T Universal Card Services (“AT&T”), Citigroup, Citibank (South 

Dakota) N.A. (“Citibank”), Bank One Cardmember Services (“Bank One”), First USA Bank, 

N.A. (“First USA Bank”), and Chase Bank USA, N.A. (“Chase”) 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 defendants and/or 

personal income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiff. 

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. Even after the termination of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed 

by this Order shall remain in effect until the party responsible for designating documents as 

“confidential” agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs.

3. 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." If only a portion or portions of the 

material on a page qualifies for protection, the producing party or non-party must clearly identify 

the protected portion(s).

4. 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 

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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. 

5. All documents, transcripts, or other materials subject to this Order, and all 

information derived therefrom (including, but not limited to, all testimony, deposition, or 

otherwise, that refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated Confidential 

hereunder), shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by any person, for any business, commercial 

or competitive purposes or for any purpose whatsoever other than solely for the preparation and 

trial of this action in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

6. 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 may not be disclosed to any person other 

than: (a) the 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 who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound 

by Protective Order” (Exhibit A), subject to a proffer to the Court or a stipulation of the parties 

that such witnesses need to know such information; and (e) 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). 

7. 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 

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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. 

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

materials designated "Confidential." 

9. 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. 

10. Within sixty (60) days after the final termination of this litigation, 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, shall be returned to the individual 

or entity having produced or furnished same. 

11. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any point in these 

proceedings with any designation made under this Protective Order, the parties shall first try to 

resolve such dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the 

party objecting to the designation may seek appropriate relief from this Court. During the 

pendency of any challenge to the designation of a document or information, the designated 

document or information shall be continue to be treated as "Confidential" subject to the 

provisions of this Protective Order. 

12. Nothing herein shall affect or restrict the rights of any party with respect to its own 

documents or to the information obtained or developed independently of documents, transcripts 

and materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order. 

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Dated: February 1, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

JONES DAY 

By: /S/ David Wallach 

David Wallach 

Counsel for Defendant 

Experian Information Systems, Inc. 

Dated: February 1, 2008 

 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 

By: /S/ Marco Sasso 

Marco Sasso 

Counsel for Defendants 

Citigroup

Citibank (South Dakota) N.A. 

Dated: February 1, 2008 

 Ropers Meleski Kohn & Bentley 

By: /S/ George J. Weickhardt 

George J. Weickhardt 

Counsel for Defendants 

Bank One Cardmember Services 

First USA Bank, N.A. 

Chase Bank USA, N.A. 

Dated: February 1, 2008 

 Reed Smith LLP 

By: /S/ Jordan Yu 

Jordan Yu

Counsel for Defendant 

FIA Card Services, N.A. 

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Dated: February 1, 2008 

 King & Spalding LLP 

By: /S/ K. Ann Brousard 

K. Ann Brousard

Counsel for Defendant 

Equifax Information Services LLC 

Dated: February 1, 2008 

By: /S/ John B. Keating 

John B. Keating

Counsel for Plaintiff

Eric Robert Drew 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

______________________________________

The Honorable Susan Illston

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 on [date] in the case of Drew v. Equifax, et al., 07-0726 SI. 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: ________________________ 

Signature: _________________________ 

SFI-570267v1

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