Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-01472/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-01472-1/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

---

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

925.932.2468

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 1. Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

WILLIAM HAYS WEISSMAN, Bar No. 178976

wweissman@littler.com

JOHANNA R. CARNEY, Bar No. 277946

jcarney@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, California 94597

Telephone: 925.932.2468

Facsimile: 925.946.9809

Attorneys for Defendant

CNO SERVICES, LLC and BANKERS LIFE AND 

CASUALTY COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIELA PEDERSEN, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

CNO SERVICES, LLC dba BANKERS 

LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, 

BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY 

COMPANY, SAM DOE and DOES 1-20, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Pursuant to Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ Standing Order for Certain Employment Cases, the 

Model Protective Order contained therein, and the Local Rules of the Northern District of California, 

the Parties to the above-entitled action 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.

1. Counsel for any party may designate any document, information contained in a 

document, information revealed in an interrogatory response or information revealed during a 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Case 4:15-cv-01472-YGR Document 16 Filed 05/07/15 Page 1 of 6
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

925.932.2468

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 2. Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

deposition as confidential if counsel determines, in good faith, that such designation is necessary to 

protect the interests of the client. Information and documents designated by a party as confidential 

will be stamped “CONFIDENTIAL.” “Confidential” information or documents may be referred to 

collectively as “confidential information.” 

2. Unless ordered by the Court, or otherwise provided for herein, the Confidential 

Information disclosed will be held and used by the person receiving such information solely for use 

in connection with the above-captioned action. 

3. In the event a party challenges another party’s confidential designation, counsel shall 

make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute, and in the absence of a resolution, the challenging 

party may thereafter seek resolution by the Court. Nothing in this Protective Order constitutes an 

admission by any party that Confidential Information disclosed in this case is relevant or admissible. 

Each party specifically reserves the right to object to the use or admissibility of all Confidential 

Information disclosed, in accordance with applicable law and Court rules. 

4. Information or documents designated as “confidential” shall not be disclosed to any 

person, except: 

a. The requesting party and counsel, including in-house counsel; 

b. Employees of such counsel assigned to and necessary to assist in the 

litigation;

c. Consultants or experts assisting in the prosecution or defense of the matter, to 

the extent deemed necessary by counsel;

d. Any person from whom testimony is taken or is to be taken in these actions, 

except that such a person may only be shown that Confidential Information during and in 

preparation for his/her testimony and may not retain the Confidential Information; and

e. The Court (including any clerk, stenographer, or other person having access to 

any Confidential Information by virtue of his or her position with the Court) or the jury at trial or as 

exhibits to motions. 

5. Prior to disclosing or displaying the Confidential Information to any person, counsel 

shall:

Case 4:15-cv-01472-YGR Document 16 Filed 05/07/15 Page 2 of 6
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

925.932.2468

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 3. Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

a. inform the person of the confidential nature of the information or documents; 

and inform the person that this Court has enjoined the use of the information or documents by 

him/her for any purpose other than this litigation and has enjoined the disclosure of that information 

or documents to any other person. 

b. The Confidential Information may be displayed to and discussed with the 

persons identified in Paragraphs 4(c) and (d) only on the condition that prior to any such display or 

discussion, each such person shall be asked to sign an agreement to be bound by this Order in the 

form attached hereto as Exhibit A. In the event such person refuses to sign an agreement in the form 

attached as Exhibit A, the party desiring to disclose the Confidential Information may seek 

appropriate relief from the Court. 

6. The disclosure of a document or information without designating it as “confidential” 

shall not constitute a waiver of the right to designate such document or information as Confidential 

Information provided that the material is designated pursuant to the procedures set forth herein no 

later than that latter of fourteen (14) days after the close of discovery or fourteen (14) days after the 

document or information’s production. If so designated, the document or information shall 

thenceforth be treated as Confidential Information subject to all the terms of this Stipulation and 

Order. 

7. All information subject to confidential treatment in accordance with the terms of this 

Stipulation and Order that is filed with the Court, and any pleadings, motions or other papers filed 

with the Court disclosing any Confidential Information, shall be filed under seal to the extent 

permitted by law (including without limitation any applicable rules of court) and kept under seal 

until further order of the Court. To the extent the Court requires any further act by the parties as a 

precondition to the filing of documents under seal (beyond the submission of this Stipulation and 

Order Regarding Confidential Information), it shall be the obligation of the producing party of the 

documents to be filed with the Court to satisfy any such precondition. Where possible, only

confidential portions of filings with the Court shall be filed under seal. 

8. At the conclusion of litigation, the Confidential Information and any copies thereof 

shall be promptly (and in no event later than thirty (30) days after entry of final judgment no longer 

Case 4:15-cv-01472-YGR Document 16 Filed 05/07/15 Page 3 of 6
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

925.932.2468

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 4. Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

subject to further appeal) returned to the producing party or certified as destroyed, except that the 

parties’ counsel shall be permitted to retain their working files on the condition that those files will 

remain confidential.

The foregoing is entirely without prejudice to the right of any party to apply to the Court for 

any further Protective Order relating to confidential information; or to object to the production of 

documents or information; or to apply to the Court for an order compelling production of documents 

or information; or for modification of this Order. This Order may be enforced by either party and 

any violation may result in the imposition of sanctions by the Court.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: April 30, 2015 KESTEN-LAW

By: /s/ Steven Kesten

 Steven Kesten, Esq.

 Samuel Kesten, Esq.

LAW OFFICE OF PETER LACQUES

By: /s/Peter Lacques, Esq.

 Peter Lacques, Esq.

 Attorneys for Plaintiff

 DANIELA PEDERSEN

DATED: April 29, 2015 LITTLER MENDELSON 

By: /s/ William Hays Weissman

 William Weissman

 Attorneys for Defendants

CNO SERVICES, LLC and BANKERS 

LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY

I hereby attest, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) that I have obtained 

concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the signatories shown above.

Dated: April 30, 2015 By: /s/ William Hays Weissman

WILLIAM HAYS WEISSMAN

Case 4:15-cv-01472-YGR Document 16 Filed 05/07/15 Page 4 of 6
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

925.932.2468

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 5. Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Court that the 

aforementioned restrictions and procedures shall apply to certain information, documents 

and excerpts from documents supplied by the parties to each other in response to discovery 

requests.

DATED: _____________ ____________________________________

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

May 7, 2015

Case 4:15-cv-01472-YGR Document 16 Filed 05/07/15 Page 5 of 6
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard

Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

925.932.2468

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 6. Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR

EXHIBIT A

I, _________________________ [full name], of ______________________________ [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 Pedersen v. CNO Services, LLC, 

et al., Case No. 3:15-cv-01472 YGR. I have been informed by counsel that certain documents or 

information to be disclosed to me in connection with this matter have been designated as 

confidential. I have been informed that any such documents or information labeled 

“CONFIDENTIAL – PRODUCED PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL” are confidential by Order of the Court.

I hereby agree that I will not disclose any information contained in such documents to any

other person. I further agree not to use any such information for any purpose other than this 

litigation.

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.

DATED: _________________ ___________________________

Signed in the Presence of: ____________________ (counsel of record)

Case 4:15-cv-01472-YGR Document 16 Filed 05/07/15 Page 6 of 6