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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Bursese v. PayPal, Inc.

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MATT GONZALEZ (153486) 

G. WHITNEY LEIGH (153457)

ENRIQUE PEARCE (236228)

GONZALEZ & LEIGH, LLP

Two Shaw Alley, Third Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 512-2000

Facsimile: (415) 512-2001

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SCOTT BURSESE

GEORGE A. YUHAS (78678)

CHRISTIAN N. BROWN (233147)

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP

The Orrick Building 

405 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 773-5700

Facsimile: (415) 773-5757

Attorneys for Defendant

PAYPAL, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SCOTT BURSESE,

Plaintiff,

v.

PAYPAL, INC., a Delaware corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. C 06-00636 RMW

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

*ORDER E-FILED ON 7/26/06* AND ADDENDUM TO PROTECTIVE ORDER (MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

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DEFINITIONS

1. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean and include information 

(regardless of how generated, stored, or maintained) and any information derived therefrom that 

is deemed by a party to be confidential and that qualifies for protection under standards 

developed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

2. The term “Documents” shall include but is not limited to correspondence,

memoranda, bulletins, reviews, reports, written recommendations, evaluations, scores, notes of 

meetings, conversations or evaluations or any and all records contained in Scott Bursese’s 

personnel file or records that reflect upon his job standing, performance, industry reputation or 

potential for promotion, specifications, minutes, telegrams, letters, statements, canceled checks, 

contracts, invoices, drafts, books of account, work sheets, notes of conversations, desk diaries, 

appointment books, expense accounts, sketches, drawings, notes (including laboratory notebooks 

and records), instructions, disclosures, models, prototypes, marketing information, market studies, 

and other writings.

3. The term “Counsel” shall mean counsel of record, and other attorneys in the law 

firms identified below:

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Orrick Building

405 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2669

Gonzalez & Leigh LLP

2 Shaw Alley

Third Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

4. Parties to the litigation who have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order are authorized to view and possess copies of documents designated as 

Confidential, and to attend portions of depositions wherein Confidential Information is discussed. 

Use of any such information is limited to that necessary for purposes of participation in this 

litigation, and all parties are bound by the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order as they relate

to the return or destruction of Confidential Information upon termination of the litigation.

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(See Addendum to Protective Order).

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5. Each party to this litigation who produces or discloses any Documents, things, 

interrogatory answers, responses to requests for admission, deposition or trial testimony, or other 

information which the producing party wishes to be subject to this Stipulated Protective Order 

may designate same as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Documents, things, interrogatory answers, 

responses to requests for admission, deposition or trial testimony, or other information designated 

as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be marked (on the bottom of each page if a document) with the 

following legend:

CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER (center this line)

6. In the event the producing party elects to produce Documents and things

for inspection, no marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial 

inspection. For purposes of the initial inspection, all Documents produced shall be considered as 

marked as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Thereafter, upon selection of specified Documents for copying 

by the inspecting party, the producing party shall mark the copies of such Documents as may 

contain protected subject matter with the confidentiality marking at the time the copies are 

produced to the inspecting party. 

7. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure 

of Confidential Information:

(a) said deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as containing

Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation shall be made 

on the record whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as containing 

Confidential Information after transcription; a party shall have until thirty (30) days after receipt 

of the deposition transcript within which to inform the other party to the action of the portions of 

the transcript designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” and the right to make such designation shall be 

waived unless made within the thirty (30) day period.

(b) the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from attendance at 

said deposition, during such time as its Confidential Information designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” is to be disclosed, any person other than the deponent, Counsel (including 

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their staff and associates), the Court reporter, and person(s) permitted to view such information 

pursuant to the terms of this Stipulation.

(c) the originals of said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof shall bear 

the legend “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” and the original shall at

the time of filing with the Court be sealed, identified as being subject to this Order, and not 

opened except by order of this Court.

8. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be 

disclosed by the receiving party to anyone other than those persons designated herein and shall be 

handled in the manner set forth below and, in any event, shall not be used for any purpose other 

than in connection with this litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either by 

agreement of Counsel for the parties or by order of the Court.

9. Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” limits the use and/or disclosure of 

the information to the pending dispute, Bursese v. PayPal, Inc., Case No. C 06-00636. 

10. The producing party has the burden to show the required good cause under Rule 

26(c), Fed. R. Civ. P., to restrict access to information by use of the “CONFIDENTIAL” 

designation. If a party receiving an item of information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” 

reasonably believes that the information has been improperly designated, the receiving party must 

provide an objection in a reasonable manner to the producing party, specifying the Documents, 

information or other things whose designation is objected to, and the basis for the objection. The 

objection may be initially oral but must be confirmed in writing. The producing party must

respond to the objection within five (5) business days after its receipt of the written objection 

from a non-producing party. If the parties cannot reach agreement regarding the objections to 

designations, the producing party must move the Court by expedited motion, and show good 

cause, to maintain the designation, no later than fifteen (15) business days after responding to the 

objection, and the matter shall be resolved by the Court. Alternatively, the objecting party may 

move the Court by expedited motion to change the designation at any time after having satisfied 

the meet and confer requirements of the Court’s local rules. Prior to the filing of any motion, the 

may

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parties must satisfy the meet and confer requirements of the local rules. The meet and confer may 

be either in person or telephonic. 

11. Should the producing party produce Documents that the receiving party contends 

are confidential, the receiving party shall inform the producing party within ten (10) days of the 

receipt of said information. The producing party shall then promptly designate this information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” unless it reasonably believes that the receiving party’s contention that the 

information be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” is improper. In such an event, the producing party 

would state its objection to a “CONFIDENTIAL” designation, and the basis for the objection. 

The objection may be initially oral but must be confirmed in writing. The receiving party must 

respond to the objection within five (5) business days after its receipt of the written objection 

from a non-producing party. If the parties cannot reach agreement regarding the objections to 

designations, the receiving party must move the Court by expedited motion, and show good 

cause, to maintain the designation, no later than fifteen (15) business days after responding to the 

objection, and the matter shall be resolved by the Court. Alternatively, the objecting party may 

move the Court by expedited motion to change the designation at any time after having satisfied 

the meet and confer requirements of the Court’s local rules. Prior to the filing of any motion, the 

parties must satisfy the meet and confer requirements of the local rules. The meet and confer may 

be either in person or telephonic.

12. All Confidential Information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by 

the producing or disclosing party, and any and all reproductions thereof, shall be retained in the 

custody of the outside counsel for the receiving party identified in paragraph 3, except that 

independent experts, independent consultants and others authorized to view such information

under this Protective Order may retain custody of such copies as are necessary for their 

participation in this litigation.

13. Any Documents produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for admission, deposition transcripts, or other Documents which are filed with the Court 

for any purpose and which are designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be filed in a sealed 

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submitted with a

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envelope marked on the outside with the title of the action, identification of each Document 

within and a statement substantially in the following form:

“Contains CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; To Be Opened Only By or As 

Directed By The Court.”

Such envelope shall not be opened except by order of the Court (excluding court personnel), and 

such contents shall not be made available to third parties or to the public except as ordered by the 

Court.

14. The restriction set forth in this Order shall not be construed:

(a) To preclude any party or its attorneys of record from making lawful use 

of information which was lawfully in their possession without restrictions prior to the receipt of 

information under this Protective Order; or 

(b) To apply to information lawfully obtained by a party from any non-party

to this action having the right to disclose such information; or

(c) To apply to information that has been or becomes part of the public 

domain by publication, a declaration under law, or otherwise, and not due to any unauthorized act 

or omission on the part of a receiving party.

15. Neither the taking of any action in accordance with the provisions of this 

Protective Order, nor the failure to object thereto, shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or 

defense in this action. Moreover, neither the failure to designate information in accordance with 

this Order nor the failure to object to a designation at a given time shall preclude the filing of a 

motion at a later date seeking to impose such designation or challenging the propriety thereof. 

The entry of this Order shall not be construed as a waiver of any right to object to the furnishing 

of information in response to discovery or to object to a requested inspection of Documents or 

things, and, except as expressly provided, shall not relieve any party of the obligation of 

producing information in the course of discovery. 

16. In the event that anyone shall violate or threaten to violate the terms of this 

Order, the parties agree that the aggrieved party may immediately apply to obtain injunctive relief 

against any such violation or threatened violation, and in the event the aggrieved party shall do so, 

request for sealing in accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5.

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the respondent subject to the provisions of this Order, shall not employ as a defense thereto any

claim that the aggrieved party possesses an adequate remedy at law. The parties and any other 

person subject to the terms of this Order agree that this Court shall retain jurisdiction over it and 

them for the purpose of enforcing this Order, notwithstanding any subsequent disposition of this 

action.

17. Immediately after entry of final judgment including appeals, or of dismissal in 

connection with this action, all Documents and things or transcripts of deposition or trial, together 

with all copies thereof, which have been designated as including Confidential Information shall 

be returned to the producing party or destroyed, provided that outside counsel identified in 

paragraph 3 may retain one copy of any and all Documents and things or transcripts which 

contain Confidential Information for the purpose of any possible future dispute over alleged 

violation of this Protective Order or over any agreement, decision, decree, order or judgment 

disposing of all or part of this action. Any such copies that contain or constitute Confidential 

Information remain subject to this Protective Order. At the conclusion of the litigation, any party 

may, at its option, destroy its own copy of any Document, including Confidential Information. 

18. Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Protective Order shall effect 

or shall be deemed to preclude any party from seeking and obtaining, on an appropriate showing, 

additional protection with respect to the confidentiality of Documents or other discovery material

or relief from this Protective Order with respect to particular materials designated as containing 

Confidential Information. 

19. If through inadvertence, a producing party provides any Confidential 

Information pursuant to this litigation without marking the information as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

the producing party may subsequently inform the receiving party of the “CONFIDENTIAL” 

nature of the disclosed information, and the receiving party shall treat the disclosed information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” information upon receipt of written notice from the producing party, to the 

extent the receiving party has not already disclosed this information. The producing party bears 

the responsibility for replacing any and all copies of documents with the appropriate designation 

and shall reimburse the other party for any, reasonable costs incurred as a result of the failure to 

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Except for documents filed with the Court,

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designate. Cost disputes shall be resolved by the Court. If the information has already been 

disclosed to persons other than those listed in paragraph 8, the disclosing party shall inform the 

designating party of such and will take reasonable steps to ensure that no further disclosures are 

made. The non-producing party shall not be liable for any disclosures resulting from the 

producing party’s inadvertent or unintentional disclosure or failure to designate information in 

accordance with this Order.

20. Should any Confidential Information be disclosed, through inadvertence or 

otherwise, to any person or party not authorized under this Order, then the disclosing party shall

use its best efforts to bind such person to the terms of this Order; and the disclosing party shall (a) 

promptly inform such person of all the provisions of this Order; (b) identify such person 

immediately to the party or nonparty that designated the document as containing Confidential 

Information; and (c) request such person to sign a Declaration stating that he or she will not use or 

publish the Confidential Information. The executed Declaration shall be promptly served upon the 

party or nonparty designating the document as Confidential Information.

21. If discovery is sought of a person or entity not a party to this action (“third party”) 

requiring disclosure of such third party’s Confidential Information, the Confidential Information 

disclosed by such third party will be accorded the same protection as the parties’

Confidential Information.

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If the parties are unable to agree after good faith meet-and-confer negotiations, 22. This Court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this protective order for a period of six months after the conclusion of this litigation.

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The foregoing is AGREED AND STIPULATED TO by the parties through their counsel 

as of the dates indicated below.

SO STIPULATED:

Dated: July 14, 2006 GONZALEZ & LEIGH, LLP

By (/s/) Enrique Pearce

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SCOTT BURSESE

Dated: July 14, 2006 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE

By (/s/) Chris Brown

Attorneys for Defendant 

PAYPAL, INC.

I hereby attest that I have on file all holographic signatures for any signature indicated by 

a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.

Dated: July 14, 2006

By (/s/) Chris Brown

Attorneys for Defendant 

PAYPAL, INC..

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: 

Hon. Ronald M. Whyte

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(AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT) July 26, 2006 Howard R. Lloyd

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ADDENDUM TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

DESIGNATION OF DOCUMENTS

Each party or non-party that designates information or items for protection under this

Protective Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under

the appropriate standards. A designating party must take care to 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 or indiscriminate designations are prohibited. Designations that are clearly shown to

be 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.

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5:06-cv-636 Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

Christian N Brown cbrown@orrick.com, chrisbrown42@hotmail.com 

Matt Gonzalez mgonzalez@gonzalezleigh.com, linglis@gonzalezleigh.com 

G. Whitney Leigh wleigh@gonzalezleigh.com, cblat@gonzalezleigh.com 

Juan Enrique Pearce epearce@gonzalezleigh.com, malberto@gonzalezleigh.com;

cblat@gonzalezleigh.com 

George A. Yuhas , Esq gyuhas@orrick.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not

registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

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