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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Conversion

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

PHOENIX DIVISION

BOWEN & GROVES PTY., LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

TYSON PHILIPPI, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: CV06-1413-PHX-SMM

ORDER RE CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION

The parties having stipulated (Dkt. 14), and good cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT discovery in this case of confidential

or private information shall be had on the following terms and conditions:

1. DEFINITION.

1.1 As used herein, the term “confidential information” means: (a) any

type of information that has not been made generally available to the public and the

disclosure of which B&G and/or Defendants contend would cause serious harm to their

respective business operations or interests including, but not limited to, (b) data derived

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from such confidential information, including any summaries, compilations, quotes, or

paraphrases thereof;

1.2 As used herein, the terms "document" and "documents" shall have

the broadest meaning possible under the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure and shall include but not be limited to, the original (or a copy when the

original is not available) and each non-identical copy (including those which are nonidentical by reason of notations or markings) or any and all other recorded or tangible

items, however generated or reproduced, and shall include all attachments to and

enclosures with any requested item, to which they are attached or with which they are

enclosed, and each draft thereof.

2. DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

2.1 This Stipulation and Order applies to all discovery responses and

other materials containing confidential information disclosed in this action that are

designated by a party or a third party as CONFIDENTIAL, as defined below, whether

such disclosure is by order of the Court or by response to questions in a deposition,

written interrogatories, requests for the production of documents and other tangible

things, requests for admission, or any other discovery undertaken in this action.

2.2 The parties, through this stipulation, do not waive their right to

object to the production of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information or

documents which are not relevant to the subject matter of this action nor reasonably

calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

2.3 Any party or third party may protect information he, she or it

believes constitutes his, her or its confidential information by designating such

information as CONFIDENTIAL, as defined below, prior to or at the time of disclosure

of such information. Such designation shall be accomplished by placing the notation

CONFIDENTIAL on every page of each document or portion thereof so designated. In

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the case of confidential information disclosed in a non-paper medium (e g., videotape,

audiotape, picture, photograph, computer disks, etc.), the notation CONFIDENTIAL shall

be affixed to the outside of the medium or its container so as to clearly give notice of the

designation. Such designation is deemed to apply to the document itself and to the

confidential information contained therein.

2.4 Confidential information so designated shall be used only for the

purposes of this litigation and may not be used by any party to which or whom that

information is produced or disclosed for any other purpose. Confidential information so

designated shall not be disclosed to anyone other than those persons identified in

Paragraph 5.2, except as may be ordered by the Court or agreed to in writing by the

parties.

2.5 Any party to this Stipulation and Order may apply to the Court for

other and more stringent measures to safeguard the disclosure of certain information, and

this Stipulation and Order shall not be construed to preclude a party from applying for

such further relief.

2.6 The parties and third parties shall use reasonable care to avoid

designating any materials as CONFIDENTIAL that are not entitled to such designation or

that are generally available to the public.

2.7 In the event that a party, in the reasonable and good faith belief that

justice requires it, deems it necessary to deny access to specified confidential material to

those persons described below in paragraphs 5.2.2, 5.2.3 and 5.2.4, such information may

be designated "RESTRICTED INFORMATION/ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY." Where

information is designated "RESTRICTED INFORMATION/ATTORNEYS' EYES

ONLY", the attorneys of record for the parties shall deny such information to those

persons described in paragraphs 5.2.2, 5.2.3 and 5.2.4.

3. DEPOSITIONS.

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3.1 With respect to the examination of witnesses upon oral deposition,

when designated confidential information is supplied to the deponent, or when the

deponent's testimony contains, reflects, or documents designated confidential

information, the deposition reporter and/or videotape operator shall be informed of this

Stipulation and Order by the party or third party seeking to invoke its protection, and will

be required to agree to be bound by its terms in accordance with Paragraph 5.3. The

reporter and/or videotape operator then shall place on the cover of any deposition

transcript or videotape that contains any designated confidential information the words

CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION SUBJECT TO A COURT

PROTECTIVE ORDER. Counsel for the parties then shall take appropriate steps to

prevent any portions of any deposition transcript or videotape designated

CONFIDENTIAL from being disclosed to any person except as provided in this

Stipulation and Order.

3.2 In connection with the taking of any deposition in this action:

(a) Counsel for any party hereto may, prior to or at the

commencement of any such deposition, temporarily designate the entire deposition

transcript as confidential information. In that event, the designating party shall give a

copy of this Stipulation and Order to the court reporter reporting the deposition and shall

request that such reporter execute a copy of Exhibit A, which shall constitute an

agreement that he or she, his or her employees, and his or her agents shall be bound by

the terms of this Order, and shall make no use or disclosure of confidential information

unless expressly permitted by the terms of this Stipulation and Order, or by the express

consent of the designating party. Such acknowledgment shall thereafter remain in effect

for any subsequent depositions reported by such reporter.

(b) When any party has temporarily designated the entire

deposition transcript as confidential information, the designation will be deemed

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withdrawn unless the designating party, within twenty (20) days after receipt of the

transcript, provides all parties with a written list of the page(s) of the deposition transcript

and any exhibits attached thereto, that the designating party has designated

CONFIDENTIAL. If a deponent has disclosed something at a deposition that a party or

third party believes should be designated as confidential information, the party or third

party so believing can go back during the deposition and designate that information as

CONFIDENTIAL.

3.3 If designated confidential information is to be discussed or disclosed

in a deposition, any party or third party claiming such confidentiality may exclude from

the room any person who is not entitled to receive such confidential information during

that portion of the deposition in which the confidential information is actually discussed

or disclosed.

4. DEPOSITION AND THIRD PARTY WITNESSES BOUND BY THIS

STIPULATION AND ORDER.

4.1 Each deponent or third party witness to whom any party proposes to

disclose designated confidential information at a deposition, trial, or other proceeding

shall be given a copy of this Stipulation and Order and informed of its contents, and is

thereby bound by the obligations of confidentiality and non-disclosure as set forth in this

Stipulation and Order, and in particular by Paragraphs 2.4, 5.1, 5.2, and 9.4. The parties

shall take all reasonable steps to get such witnesses to sign the declaration attached hereto

as Exhibit A and referenced herein in Paragraph 5.4, but if they refuse they shall be

informed that they nevertheless are bound by this Stipulation and Order.

5. DISCLOSURE OF DESIGNATED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

5.1 All designated confidential information shall be maintained in

confidence and shall not be disclosed by the non-producing party or a non-party, directly

or indirectly, to any person except as provided in this Stipulation and Order.

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5.2 Access to confidential information designated CONFIDENTIAL

shall be limited to the following persons:

5.2.1 Counsel for the parties and their support personnel. If any

outside vendors (e g., copy services) are used as support personnel for counsel for the

parties, they shall comply with the requirements of Paragraph 5.3;

5.2.2 Pursuant to Paragraph 5.3, consultants requested by the

parties' counsel to furnish expert or litigation support services in this litigation. Any such

consultants shall comply with the requirements of Paragraph 5.3;

5.2.3 Pursuant to Paragraphs 4.1 and 5.3, deponents at their

depositions on a need to know basis only. Counsel should have a good faith belief that

such disclosure is necessary before disclosing designated confidential information to the

deponent and shall obtain approval of the designating party;

5.2.4 Pursuant to Paragraph 5.3, the parties to this action, including

any officer, director, member, employee or agent of B&G and Timesoft Consulting, LLC

deemed necessary by counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense or settlement of this

action;

5.2.5 The Court and Jury; and

5.2.6 Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree.

5.3 Each (a) outside vendor authorized pursuant to Paragraph 5.2.1,(b)

consultant authorized pursuant to Paragraph 5.2.2,(c) deponent authorized pursuant to

Paragraph 5.2.3, and (d) party authorized pursuant to Paragraph 5.2.4 shall, prior to being

given access to designated confidential information, acknowledge in writing his or her

familiarity with the terms of this Stipulation and Order and execute a declaration in the

form specified in Exhibit A, attached hereto.

5.4 Nothing herein shall prohibit a party, or his, her or its counsel, from

disclosing a document that contains confidential information to the person whom the

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document identifies as an author, addressee, or recipient of such document unless said

document would reveal privileged information.

6. FILING OR LODGING UNDER SEAL.

6.1 If any party seeks to file or lodge with the Court any documents,

including deposition transcripts or videotapes, that contain designated confidential

information, such materials shall be filed or lodged in a sealed envelope, or other

appropriate sealed container, on which shall be written the title and case number of this

action, an indication of the nature of the contents of such sealed envelope or other

container, the term "CONFIDENTIAL", and a statement in substantially the following

form:

"This envelope is sealed and contains

CONFIDENTIAL information filed [or lodged] in this case

by [name of party or third party], and is not to be opened, nor

the contents thereof displayed or revealed, except by order of

the Court or pursuant to stipulation of the parties to this

action."

Such envelope or container shall not be opened without order of the Court except by

officers of the Court or the outside counsel attorneys of record for the parties in this

action who, after viewing, the contents, shall return them to the clerk in a sealed envelope

or container.

7. CHALLENGING A DESIGNATION.

7.1 In the event that counsel for any party at any time believes that designated

confidential information should not be so designated, or that a different designation

should be employed, such counsel shall so notify the designating party in writing.

Counsel for the complaining and designating parties then shall meet and confer in good

faith concerning such disputed confidential information within ten (10) court days of

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receipt of the notice. If agreement is not reached within those ten (10) court days, the

complaining party may file a motion requesting that the Court order the removal of the

designating party's designation or order a different designation. Upon such motion, the

burden of persuasion shall be on the designating party to make a particularized showing

on a document by document basis to establish that the material is properly designated.

The designated confidential information shall be subject to and protected by this

Stipulation and Order under the designation assigned by the designating party until the

Court has ruled on any such motion, and any appeal from the Court's ruling on any such

motion has been finally decided. The Court may impose a monetary sanction under

A. R. S. § 12-349 against any party, person, or attorney who unsuccessfully makes or

opposes such a motion, unless it finds that the one subject to the sanction acted with

substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction

unjust.

7.2 No party shall be obliged to challenge the propriety of a CONFIDENTIAL

designation, and a failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety

of such designation.

8. INADVERTENT FAILURE TO DESIGNATE.

8.1 The inadvertent failure to designate confidential information as

CONFIDENTIAL prior to or at the time of disclosure shall not operate as a waiver of a

party's right to designate such information as CONFIDENTIAL within thirty (30) days

after such disclosure or after notice of such disclosure, whichever is later.

8.2 In the event that confidential information is designated as

CONFIDENTIAL after disclosure but within the thirty (30) day period allowed under

Paragraph 8.1, the receiving party shall employ reasonable efforts to ensure that all

previously disclosed information is subsequently treated as CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to

the terms of this Stipulation and Order.

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8.3 Should any document or information designated as CONFIDENTIAL be

disclosed, through inadvertence or otherwise, to any person or party not authorized to see

such materials under this Stipulation and Order, then the disclosing party shall use its best

efforts to bind such person to the terms of this Stipulation and Order, and the disclosing

party shall (a) promptly inform such person of all the provisions of this Stipulation and

Order, (b) identify the name, address, telephone number, employer, and title or position of

such person immediately to the party that designated the document, and (c) request such

person to sign the declaration attached hereto as Exhibit A. The executed declaration shall

then promptly be served upon the party that designated the document or information. If

such person refuses to sign the declaration, then he or she shall be informed that he or she

nevertheless is bound by this Stipulation and Order.

9. MISCELLANEOUS. 

9.1 Confidential information designated CONFIDENTIAL shall be maintained

in the custody of counsel for the parties except that: (a) any court reporter who transcribes

testimony given in this action may maintain any such designated confidential information

for the purpose of rendering his or her normal transcribing services; and (b) partial or

complete copies of such designated confidential information may be retained by

consultants entitled to see such information under the terms of this Stipulation and Order

to the extent necessary for their study, analysis, and preparation of the case. A person

with custody of information designated CONFIDENTIAL shall maintain it in a manner

that limits access to only those persons entitled under this Stipulation and Order to

examine it.

9.2 Unless counsel agree otherwise in writing, at the conclusion of this

litigation, whether by settlement or final decision of the Court of last resort, all copies of

any documents, other than attorney work product, containing designated confidential

information produced by a party or third party shall be destroyed or returned to the party

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or third party producing such documents or writings. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

counsel of record shall be permitted to retain a file copy of all pretrial, trial, and post-trial

materials, depositions and deposition exhibits, and document databases. Such file copies

must be maintained under the conditions of maintaining CONFIDENTIAL documents as

set forth in Paragraph 9.1. All recipients of confidential material shall certify in writing

to counsel of record of the party asserting the confidentiality of said material that they

have complied with the provisions of this paragraph.

9.3 The parties further stipulate that the Court shall return all exhibits and

depositions to the parties introducing or filing same upon the final determination of this

action, including resolution of any appeals.

9.4 The provisions of this Stipulation and Order apply to all proceedings in this

action, including all appeals, arbitrations, and proceedings upon remand.

9.5 A designation of confidentiality pursuant to this Stipulation and Order shall

be effective and shall be respected by the parties and all persons in any way involved in

these proceedings or to whose attention confidential information shall come unless and

until otherwise ordered by the Court or stipulated by all parties to this action. These

obligations of confidentiality and non-disclosure shall survive the conclusion of this

action unless and until otherwise ordered by the Court, or until the parties to this action

stipulate that designated confidential information can be disclosed.

9.6 In the event anyone covered by this Stipulation and Order (a) is subpoenaed

in another action, or (b) is served with a demand in another action to which he or it is a

party, or (c) is served with any other legal process by one not a party to this litigation

seeking Confidential material, that person or party shall give prompt written notice of

such to the party who asserted said material was Confidential material by notifying that

party’s counsel of record and shall object to its production. Upon receipt of written

notice, such party shall advise the party who is to respond to the subpoena, demand, or

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other process of its intent with respect to responding. Thereafter, the party who has

asserted that the material is Confidential material shall assume responsibility for

preserving and prosecuting any objection tot he subpoena, demand, or other process, and

the person or party subpoenaed or served with demand or other process shall be obligated

to cooperate to the extent necessary to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential

material. Should the person seeking access to the Confidential material take action

against anyone covered by this Stipulation and Order to enforce such a subpoena,

demand, or other legal process, they shall in their response set forth the existence of this

Stipulation and Order. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the receiver or

anyone else covered by this Stipulation and Order to challenge or appeal any order

requiring production of confidential material covered by this Stipulation and Order, or to

subject itself to any penalties for noncompliance with any legal process or order, or to

seek any relief from this Court.

9.7 By entering into this Stipulation and Order, no party waives any objections

it might have to the production of documents covered by this Stipulation and Order.

9.8 No party to this action, by entering into this Stipulation and Order, by

designating certain information as CONFIDENTIAL or by acquiescing in any other

party's or third party's such designation, shall be deemed to have admitted or agreed that

any such designated information is, in fact, a trade secret or other confidential

information.

9.9 The designation of confidentiality is not admissible before any trier of fact.

9.10 The Court retains jurisdiction even after termination of this action to

enforce this Stipulation and Order and to make such deletions from or amendments,

modifications, and additions to the Stipulation and Order as the Court may from time to

time deem appropriate. The parties hereto reserve all rights to apply to the Court at any

time, before or after termination of this action, for an order modifying this Stipulation and

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Order or seeking further protection against disclosure or use of claimed confidential

information.

9.11 This stipulation may be executed in counterparts. A faxed signature page

shall be deemed effective as an original signature.

DATED this 25th day of October, 2006.

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