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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: PRODUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION 

LA1 6629444.1 / 20293-000118 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Diana Tabacopoulos (State Bar No.: 128238) 

Daniel J. Fazio (State Bar No.: 243475) 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300 

Los Angeles, California 90067-3063 

Telephone: (310) 277-7200 

Facsimile: (310) 201-5219 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WALGREEN CO. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAIMYO CHEN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

WALGREEN CO.; Does 1-25, 

 Defendants. 

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CASE No C:06-CV-07435 RMW (HRL) 

(Removed from Santa Clara Superior Court 

CASE NO. 106CV073914)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: 

PRODUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION 

Plaintiff DAIMYO CHEN (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant WALGREEN CO. (“Defendant”) 

(collectively “the parties”) hereby stipulate by and through their respective attorneys of record as 

follows: 

1. The parties acknowledge that discovery in this lawsuit may require the disclosure 

of documents and other materials that are trade secret, commercially sensitive, proprietary and/or 

otherwise confidential in nature. 

2. The parties hereby agree that any party or non-party subject to discovery in this 

action may designate documents; deposition testimony, transcripts, and exhibits; responses to 

interrogatories; responses to requests for admission; and other written, recorded, or graphic 

AS AMENDED BY THE COURT *E-filed 5/3/07*

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information and materials produced by a party or non-party in the course of this action as 

“Confidential” (hereafter referred to as “Confidential Information”). “Confidential Information” 

is information that has not been made public and that refers to, describes, or consists of the 

disclosure of confidential, proprietary, or otherwise non-public business, technical, or financial 

information, employee personnel and earnings information, or information protected by thirdparty privacy rights. Confidential Information includes not only the information contained in 

documents and other materials designated as such pursuant to this Order, but also to any 

summaries, copies, abstracts, compilations, or other documents or material derived from 

Confidential Information. The parties acknowledge that the only information to be designated as 

Confidential Information is that which is properly subject to protection. The parties will not 

designate as “Confidential” any discovery material without first making a good faith 

determination that such protection is warranted. 

3. The party or third party asserting the Confidential designation as to any Discovery 

Material shall have the burden of justifying that designation consistent with California law. 

Until the Court rules otherwise, the challenged Discovery Material shall be treated as 

Confidential. 

4. In the case of documents and other materials produced by a party, the 

“Confidential” designation shall be made at the time of production. A producing party may 

designate as “Confidential,” in whole or in part, any documents or other materials by so advising 

all other parties and by marking any copies of the documents or other materials, in a manner not 

affecting legibility, with the word “Confidential.” Any party may obtain confidential treatment 

for documents or other materials previously produced by any party or non-party without such 

designation if the party seeking the designation sends written notice of such designation to all 

other parties or non-parties in the possession of such documents or other materials and within 

thirty (30) days of their production marks the subject documents or other materials with the word 

“Confidential” and reproduces them. All documents and other materials produced by a nonparty and not designated as “Confidential” by a party at the time of their production shall 

Confidential Information is that which is properly subject to protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 

(c). The parties will not

This order does not preclude any party from challenging a confidentiality designation. 

The party or third party asserting the Confidential designation as to any Discovery

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nonetheless be treated as Confidential Information for thirty (30) days following such 

production. 

5. With respect to testimony elicited during depositions, whenever counsel for a 

party deems that any question or line of questioning calls for the disclosure of information that 

should be treated as Confidential Information, counsel may: (i) designate on the record prior to 

such disclosure that such information is being designated as “Confidential” or (ii) give written 

notice to all other counsel that such information is being designated as “Confidential” within 

twenty-one (21) days after receiving a copy of the deposition transcript. 

6. Confidential Information will be held by the receiving party exclusively for use in 

connection with the above-captioned action and any appeals thereof. A party shall not 

disseminate any Confidential Information produced by the other party or by a non-party except 

as necessary for use in these proceedings, and subject to the further restrictions set forth in 

paragraph 6, below. The parties shall take reasonable and prudent measures to safeguard the 

confidentiality of all Confidential Information. 

7. Confidential Information shall not be used or disclosed directly or indirectly by 

the party receiving such Confidential Information to persons other than: 

(a) The Court, persons employed by the Court, the stenographer transcribing 

the testimony or argument at a hearing, trial, or deposition in this action, and any special master 

or mediator appointed by the court or agreed-to by the parties; 

(b) Counsel of record for any party to this action, as well as regular employees 

of such counsel, and outside copy services, used to assist in the defense or prosecution of this 

litigation; 

(c) Experts and consultants retained by any party or counsel of record for any 

party to assist in the defense or prosecution of this litigation; 

(d) Any individual party; and 

(e) Any employee, former employee, agent or independent contractor of any 

party who is requested by counsel to assist in the defense or prosecution of this litigation, 

provided, however, that disclosure of the Confidential Information to said individual is made 

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only to the extent necessary for the employee, former employee, agent or independent contractor 

to perform such assistance. 

8. Any party that seeks to make disclosure of Confidential Information permitted 

under this Order to a person listed in subparagraphs 6(c) or 6(e) above shall, prior to such 

disclosure, advise the recipient of such information of the contents of this Order and require each 

such person to whom such disclosure is made to execute an undertaking in the form attached 

hereto as Exhibit A. All such undertakings shall be retained by counsel for the party who 

discloses Confidential Information in this way and a copy shall be mailed to counsel for all other 

parties within three (3) days of such disclosure. The designator of the Confidential Information 

shall have fourteen (14) days after receipt of such notification to file a motion for a protective 

order seeking to prevent or limit such disclosure. If such a motion is filed in that fourteen (14) 

day period, the party intending to make the disclosure shall not disclose the Confidential 

Information until the motion is resolved by the Court. 

9. Any party may object to the designation of particular documents or other 

materials as “Confidential” by giving written notice to the party making the designation and to 

all other parties within fourteen (14) days of such designation. Such notice shall identify with 

reasonable specificity the documents or other materials to which the objection is directed and the 

basis for the objection. The parties shall attempt to resolve any such dispute by meeting and 

conferring. In the event the dispute cannot be resolved within fourteen (14) days of the giving of 

such written notice, it shall be the obligation of the party objecting to the designation to file an 

appropriate motion requesting a ruling by the Court that the disputed documents or other 

materials not be designated “Confidential.” The disputed documents or other materials shall be 

treated as “Confidential” pending a ruling from the Court. 

10. In the event that any Confidential Information is used in any Court proceeding in 

this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use. 

11. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way the admissibility of any 

document, testimony, or other evidence at trial. 

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12. Subject to the provisions of the Civil Local Rules of the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California, Rule 79-5, documents or other materials filed by 

any party with the Court before, during, or after trial that contain Confidential Information shall 

be filed with the Clerk of the Court under seal and subject to further order of the Court. Any 

such materials filed and/or lodged under seal with the Court shall be filed and/or lodged 

separately in a sealed envelope marked in accordance with the provisions of Local Rule 79-5. 

13. Any party may consent to have any documents or other materials it previously 

designated as “Confidential” removed from the scope of this Order by so notifying counsel for 

the other parties in writing or by so stating on the record at any hearing or deposition. Nothing 

contained in this Order shall prevent any party from disclosing its own Confidential Information 

as it deems appropriate. 

14. The provisions of this Order shall not terminate at the conclusion of these actions. 

Within 120 days of final conclusion of all aspects of this litigation, including any and all appeals, 

documents and other materials stamped or otherwise identified as “Confidential” and all copies 

of same (other than exhibits of record) shall be returned to the party that produced such 

documents or, at the option of the producing party, destroyed. All counsel of record shall 

execute a certification of compliance herewith and shall deliver the same to counsel for the party 

that produced the documents not more than 120 days after final termination of this litigation. 

15. The inadvertent production or disclosure of any privileged or otherwise protected 

information by any party shall not constitute, or be considered as a factor suggesting, a waiver or 

impairment of any claims of privilege or protection, including but not limited to, the attorney 

client privilege and the protection afforded to work product materials. 

16. If any privileged or otherwise protected information is inadvertently produced, the 

producing party must provide written notice to any other parties that such information, or 

discovery material containing such information, has been inadvertently produced or disclosed. 

Within three (3) business days of the receipt of such notice, each other party shall return to the 

producing party all such discovery material and copies thereof identified in the notice in its 

possession, and shall make reasonable efforts to reclaim and return any such discovery material 

The court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this order for six months after final termination of the action.

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and information. The party that has inadvertently produced or disclosed such information shall, 

within ten (10) business days after such material is returned to it, provide a privilege log 

identifying the discovery material and the copies returned to the producing party such that the 

non-producing party is able to challenge the producing party’s claim that the discovery materials 

are privileged or otherwise protected. 

17. This Stipulation and Order is subject to revocation and modification by order of 

the Court, upon written stipulation of the parties, or upon motion and reasonable notice. 

DATED: April __, 2007 UNITED EMPLOYEES LAW GROUP, 

P.C. 

By 

 Charles Correia 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DAIMYO CHEN 

DATED: April __, 2007 SEYFARTH SHAW 

By 

 Diana Tabacopoulos 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WALGREEN CO. 

I hereby certify that I have originals of all signatures on file in my office. 

/s/ Daniel J. Fazio 

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED 

that all parties to this action shall obey the provisions of the attached Stipulation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________ ____________________________________ 

 The Honorable Ronald Whyte 

Howard R. Lloyd May 3, 2007

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EXHIBIT A

CONSENT TO BE BOUND

I, , declare: 

1. My address is . My 

present occupation is . 

2. I have received a copy of the Stipulation and Protective Order Re: Production of 

Confidential Information (the “Protective Order”) in this coordinated action entitled Daimyo 

Chen v. Walgreen Co. et al. I have carefully read the provisions of the Protective Order, and I 

understand those provisions. 

3. I will comply with all of the provisions of the Protective Order. I will hold in 

confidence and will not copy or use except for purposes of this action any information 

designated as “Confidential” that I receive or view in this action. 

4. I further irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of California for the limited purposes of any proceeding to enforce or to 

secure compliance with the terms of the Protective Order or to punish the breach of any terms of 

the Protective Order. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed this day of , 2007. 

 

 

 Signature 

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