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Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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Salar Atrizadeh, Esq. (SBN: 255659) 

LAW OFFICES OF SALAR ATRIZADEH 

9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor 

Beverly Hills, CA 90212 

Telephone: 310-694-3034 

Facsimile: 310-694-3057 

Email: salar@atrizadeh.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

BAJA INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. 

Francis Torrence, Esq. (SBN: 154653) 

WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP 

525 Market Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2725 

Telephone: 415-433-0990 

Facsimile: 415-434-1370 

Email: francis.torrence@wilsonelser.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SHANZE ENTERPRISES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BAJA INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., a 

California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SHANZE ENTERPRISES, INC. d/b/a 

BAJA AUTO INSURANCE, and DOES 1 

to 10, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:14-cv-02423-KJM-AC 

 Judge Kimberly J. Mueller

JOINT STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

FOR LITIGATION INVOLVING HIGHLY 

SENSITIVE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

AND/OR TRADE SECRETS 

 

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

The disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and 

from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the 

parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The 

parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 

discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited 

information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The 

parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 14.4, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does 

not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rules 140-141.1 set forth the procedures 

that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court 

to file material under seal. 

2. DEFINITIONS 

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or 

items under this Order. 

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, 

stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(c). 

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 

their support staff). 

2.4 Designated House Counsel: House Counsel who seek access to “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information in this matter. 

2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or 

manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 

transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in 

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this matter. 

2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the 

litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor, and (3) 

at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor. 

2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or NonParty would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 

2.9 Not Applicable. 

2.10 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House Counsel 

does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 

2.11 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity 

not named as a Party to this action. 

2.12 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action, but 

are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf of that 

party or are affiliated with a law firm, which has appeared on behalf of that party. 

2.13 Party: any party to this action, including, but not limited to, all of its officers, directors, 

employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 

2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in 

this action. 

2.15 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., 

photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or 

retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 

2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing 

Party. 

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3. SCOPE 

 

 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as 

defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, 

excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 

presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections 

conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that is 

in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain 

after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, 

includingbecoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to 

the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a 

source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the 

Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or 

order. 

4. DURATION 

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order 

shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise 

directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this 

action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all 

appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits for filing any 

motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or NonParty that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such 

designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent it is practical 

to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, 

items, oral and/or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, 

items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the 

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ambit of this Order. 

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be 

clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or 

retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) 

expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for 

protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection initially asserted, 

that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken 

designation. 

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, 

e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or 

Discovery of material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before 

the material is disclosed or produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix 

the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each 

page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for 

protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portions (e.g., by making 

appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being 

asserted. 

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need 

not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would 

like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made 

available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party 

must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, 

before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend 

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(“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that 

contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, 

the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate 

markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted. 

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 

Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, 

all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is impractical to 

identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial 

portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record 

(before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 40 days to identify 

(after receipt of the transcript) the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and 

to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are 

appropriately designated for protection within the 40 days shall be covered by the provisions of this 

Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 40 

days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding to include Protected Material, so that the other parties can ensure that only authorized 

individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present 

at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way affect its 

designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page that the 

transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages (including 

line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and the level of protection 

being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform the court reporter of these 

requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period for designation 

shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, 

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the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated. 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other 

tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or 

containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information or 

item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 

portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted. 

5.3 Inadvertent Failure to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate 

qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure 

protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving 

Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions 

of this Order. 

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a 

significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a 

confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is 

disclosed. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process by 

providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge. 

To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the 

challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective 

Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by 

conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue (unless a party cannot be contacted); other forms of 

communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the 

Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper 

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and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the 

circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. 

A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this 

meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the 

meet and confer process in a timely manner. 

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention, 

the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Local Rules 140-141.1, 

251 (and in compliance with Rules 5.2, 26, 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if applicable) 

within the later of thirty (30) days of the initial notice of challenge or within thirty (30) days of the parties 

agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such 

motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the 

meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to 

make such a motion including the required declaration within 30 days (or 30 days, if applicable) shall 

automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the 

Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good 

cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions 

thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding 

paragraph. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. 

Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the 

Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain 

confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of 

protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the 

challenge. 

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7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

7.1 Basic Principles. Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 

produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, defending, 

or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected 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 section 15 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a 

secure manner that ensures access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the 

court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or 

item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of 

said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 

litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached 

hereto as Exhibit A; 

(b) Officers, directors, and employees (e.g., House Counsel) of the Receiving Party to 

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) Court and its personnel; 

(e) Court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional 

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

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(f) During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless 

otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition 

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testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court 

reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order. 

(g) Author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other 

person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information 

or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 

Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: 

(a) Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of 

said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 

litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached 

hereto as Exhibit A; 

(b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement in 

competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, (3) who 

has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (4) as to whom the 

procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been followed]; 

(c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) 

as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed]; 

(d) Court and its personnel; 

(e) Court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional 

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

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and 

(f) Author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other 

person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

(a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating 

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Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any information or item that has been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) 

first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full name of the 

Designated House Counsel and the city and state of his or her residence, and (2) describes the Designated 

House Counsel’s current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and responsibilities in 

sufficient detail to determine if House Counsel is involved, or may become involved, in any competitive 

decision-making. 

(a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating 

Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item that 

has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to 

paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general 

categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that the 

Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and 

the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4) 

identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has 

received compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has 

provided professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding 

five years, and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any 

litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a 

declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years. 

(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding 

respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Designated House 

Counsel or Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection 

from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. 

(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 

Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement 

within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the 

disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert may file a motion as provided in the Local Rules 

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(and in compliance with Local Rules 140-141.1, if applicable) seeking permission from the court to do so. 

Any such motion must describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the 

disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm 

that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that risk. 

In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration describing the parties’ 

efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer 

discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the 

disclosure. 

In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert 

shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the 

safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its 

Designated House Counsel or Expert. 

8. Not Applicable. 

9. Not Applicable. 

10. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER 

LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: 

(a) Promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a 

copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the 

other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this 

Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) Cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a 

determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the 

Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 

protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed 

as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another 

court. 

11. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS 

LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in 

this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY”. Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected 

by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the 

Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

1. Promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or 

all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 

2. Promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in 

this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information 

requested; and 

3. Make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 

14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a 

protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is 

subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent 

a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this 

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court of its Protected Material. 

12. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

 

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material 

to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving 

Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) 

use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 

persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such 

person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A. 

13. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 

MATERIAL 

 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently produced 

material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are 

those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify 

whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 

privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an 

agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client 

privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated 

protective order submitted to the court. 

14. MISCELLANEOUS 

14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its 

modification by the Court in the future. 

14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order no 

Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or 

item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right 

to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 

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14.3 Not Applicable. 

14.4 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a 

court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public 

record in this action any Protected Material. Any Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 

Material must comply with Local Rules 140-141.1 and/or Rules 5.2 or 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, if applicable. The Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order 

authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Local Rules 140-141.1, a 

sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, 

protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's 

request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Local Rules 140-141.1 (and/or Rules 5.2 or 26 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) is denied by the Court, then the Receiving Party may file the 

Protected Material in the public record pursuant to the applicable local rules (e.g., L.R. 140-141.1) unless 

otherwise instructed by the Court. 

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15. FINAL DISPOSITION 

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each Receiving 

Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 

subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any 

other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is 

returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, 

if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by 

category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that 

the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format 

reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are 

entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 

transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 

product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any 

such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order 

as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

 LAW OFFICES OF SALAR ATRIZADEH 

DATED: November 20, 2015 /s/ Salar Atrizadeh 

Salar Atrizadeh, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP 

DATED: November 20, 2015 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 23, 2015 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, _____________________________ , 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 Eastern District of California on 

___________, 2015, in Baja Insurance Services, Inc. v. Shanze Enterprises, Inc., et al., Case No. 

2:14-cv-02423-KJM-AC. 

I hereby 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 Eastern 

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 __________________________ 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: November ___, 2015 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: ______________________________ 

Signature: __________________________________ 

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