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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

ADAM J. GUTRIDE (State Bar No. 181446) 

SETH A. SAFIER (State Bar No. 197427) 

MARIE MCCRARY (State Bar No. 262670) 

KRISTEN G. SIMPLICIO (State Bar No. 263291) 

835 Douglass Street 

San Francisco, California 94114 

Telephone: (415) 639-9090 

Facsimile: (415) 449-6469 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SCOTT KOLLER 

FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP 

JEFFREY B. MARGULIES (State Bar No. 126002) 

STEPHANIE A. STROUP (State Bar No. 235071) 

JULIA B. GLAZER (State Bar No. 277316) 

555 South Flower Street 

Forty-First Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 892-9200 

Facsimile: (213) 892-9494 

jeff.margulies@nortonrosefulbright.com 

stephanie.stroup@nortonrosefulbright.com 

julie.glazer@nortonrosefulbright.com 

Attorneys for Defendant DEOLEO USA, INC., f/k/a Med 

Foods, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT KOLLER, an individual, on behalf of 

himself, the general public and those similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DEOLEO USA, INC.; and MED FOODS, INC., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:14-cv-02400-RS 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

 

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

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, Plaintiff Scott Koller 

(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Deoleo USA, Inc. (f/k/a Med Foods, Inc.) (“Defendant”) and any future 

defendants in the above-titled action who agree in writing to be bound by this Stipulated Protective Order 

(the “Parties,” which term shall include their counsel), hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the 

following Stipulated Protective Order (“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 the Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets 

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 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.” 

2.5 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, 

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and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 

2.6 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. 

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

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party 

would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 

2.8 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. 

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

not named as a Party to this action. 

2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a Party but are retained to 

represent or advise a Party 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. 

2.11 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, consultants, 

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

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

this action. 

2.13 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. 

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

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

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

Party. 

3. SCOPE 

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined above), but 

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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 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, including becoming 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, 

if the need arises during trial or at any hearing before the Court for any Party to disclose Protected Material, 

the Parties shall confer and attempt to agree before any court trial or hearing regarding the procedures for 

which Protected Material may be used or introduced into evidence at such trial or hearing. Upon reaching 

agreement, the Parties shall give notice of the terms of such agreement to each third party producing 

Protected Material which may be used or introduced at such trial or hearing. Because it would affect the 

public availability of material used at a trial or hearing, any such agreement will be effective only upon 

Court approval. Absent agreement of the Parties, any Party upon reasonable notice to the Designating Party 

may move the Court to issue an order governing the use of Protected Information at a trial or hearing. 

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 

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

oral 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 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 

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 portion(s) (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 

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producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the appropriate 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 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, within thirty 

(30) days of receipt of the certified deposition transcript, any Party may mark as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” any portion of the deposition transcript 

containing such information. The Party seeking to so mark the deposition transcript after the certified 

transcript has been prepared shall promptly notify all persons who were present at the deposition of its intent 

to do so, shall instruct the court report to conform the deposition transcript, and shall bear all reasonable 

costs related thereto. 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 the 30-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, 

the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated. 

A Designating Party may de-designate any portion of the deposition transcript that the Party 

previously had designated as Protected Material, by promptly notifying in writing all other Parties and all 

persons who were present at the deposition of its intent to de-designate. The notice shall identify with 

specificity the portion of portions of the transcript that no longer are designated as Protected Material. The 

Designating Party shall instruct the court reporter to produce a new certified copy of the deposition 

transcript that removes any confidentiality designations as appropriate, and shall bear all reasonable costs 

related thereto. 

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 

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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.” 

(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 Failures to Designate. If a Designating Party inadvertently produces Protected 

Material without designating it as such in accordance with this Order, the Designating Party shall notify all 

Receiving Parties of the proper designation of the Protected Material as soon as practical after discovery of 

the error by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall provide the Receiving Parties with a 

replacement of the Protected Material marked in accordance with this Order. Upon receipt of the designated 

document or information: (a) the document or information shall be treated by the Receiving Parties as if it 

had been timely designated as Protected Material under this Order; and (b) the Receiving Parties shall use 

reasonable efforts to identify any other persons or entities to whom the information in question was given. 

It shall then be the burden of the Receiving Parties to collect in good faith all such Protected Information 

from persons and entities who would not have been entitled access thereto if the document or information 

had been so designated at the outset. The Receiving Parties shall use reasonable efforts to protect from 

disclosure any unmarked copies of the Protected Material in their possession, by destroying or returning to 

the Designating Party any unmarked copies of the Protected Information in their possession. The 

inadvertent disclosure or inadvertent mis-marking by a Designating Party of documents or information that 

the Designating Party believes to be confidential shall not automatically be deemed a waiver in whole or in 

part of the Designating Party’s claim of confidentiality, either as to the specific document or information 

disclosed or as to any other document or information relating thereto or concerning the same or related 

subject matter. However, any Party may claim that the intentional disclosure of Protected Material by the 

Designating Party to anyone other than the Designating Party and its counsel, without the confidential 

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designation, be deemed a waiver of any claimed protection. 

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. If 

the basis of the Challenging Party’s challenge is the same for a group of documents, the Challenging Party 

may provide written notice of the group of documents challenged and the basis for the challenge to the 

designation of the group of documents. 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 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; 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 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 Civil Local Rule 7 (and in 

compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or 

within 14 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 

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the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 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, the 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. 

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

7.1 Basic Principles. A 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 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 

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

manner that ensures that 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) the 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 

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as Exhibit A; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including 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) the named Plaintiffs who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) 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); 

(e) the court and its personnel; 

(f) 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); 

(g) 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 

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 Order; and 

(h) the 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) the 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; 

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(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation, and (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) the named Plaintiffs who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the 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) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other 

person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

8. DISCUSSION WITH CLIENTS 

 In the event that a Receiving Party’s counsel believes in good faith that it is reasonable to consult 

with its client (or in the case of a corporate client, an officer or employee thereof), who would not otherwise 

be permitted access, about a document or information designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that directly identifies such client, officer or employee, counsel may consult 

with such client, officer or employee about the portion of such document or information that directly 

identifies such client, officer or employee, so long as: (a) the consultation does not disclose specifically 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY, but only the general subject matter of the 

document or information, and (b) the document or information itself or any other portion thereof is not 

given or disclosed to such client, officer or employee, and (c) such client, officer or employee has signed an 

Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A). 

9. 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 

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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 Order. 

Such notification shall include a copy of this 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 “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. 

10. 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 NonParty’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the NonParty 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 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. 

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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 court of its 

Protected Material. 

11. 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 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. 

12. 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. 

13. SANCTIONS 

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 Intentional disclosure of Protected Material or other violation of this Order by a Party or other 

person authorized to receive Protected Material pursuant to this Order may subject the violating person to 

sanctions for contempt of court, as well as any other statutory or common law remedies that may be 

available to the Designating Party. 

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 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 Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in 

evidence of any of the material covered by this Order. 

 14.3 No Waiver of Right to Appropriately Withhold or Redact. Notwithstanding the provisions 

of this Order, Designating Parties may redact from any produced information, whether designated as 

Protected Material or not, any information containing privileged material or any irrelevant trade secrets or 

other irrelevant highly confidential research, development or commercial information, or any other data 

protected from disclosure by State or Federal regulations. If, after reviewing information containing a 

redaction, a Receiving Party has a good faith basis for challenging the redaction, the Parties shall initially 

attempt to resolve the issue through discussions. If those discussions prove unsuccessful, the challenging 

Party may move for a ruling by the Court on whether the information is entitled to redaction, which may, 

where legally permitted, necessitate an in camera inspection of the document in non-redacted form by the 

Court. If the Court orders that the redacted portion of the information should remain redacted, then the 

redacted portion of said Discovery Material may not be used as evidence by any Party at trial or at a hearing 

and may not be relied upon by any Party’s Expert. If the Court orders that the redacted portion of the 

information is not entitled to redaction, and if the Court orders the Designating Party to produce the 

information without redaction, then the Designating Party shall produce the information in non-redacted 

form. Unless expressly ordered otherwise by the Court, a finding that information is not entitled to 

redaction shall have no effect on the status of the information as Protected Information. 

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

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

this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply 

with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 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 Civil Local Rule 79-5, 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 Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) is denied by the court, then the 

Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e)(2) 

unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

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 Order as set forth in Section 4 

(DURATION). 

 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

DATED: October 14, 2014 /s/ Seth A. Safier /

Seth A. Safier, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DATED: October 14, 2014 /s/ Stephanie A. Stroup / 

Stephanie A. Stroup 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ________________________ _____________________________________ 

Judge Richard Seeborg 

United States District/Magistrate 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 Koller v. Deoleo USA, Inc., Case No. 3:14-cv-02400-EDL. I agree to 

comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and 

acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of 

contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject 

to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of 

this Order. 

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, 

even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my 

California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to 

enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: _________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: ______________________________ 

[printed name] 

Signature: __________________________________ 

[signature] 

 

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DATED: October 14, 2014 /s/ Marie A. McCrary 

 GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

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