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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Rowena Santos (SBN CA 210185)

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 500

Irvine, California 92612

Telephone: 949.732.6500

Facsimile: 949.732.6501

santosro@gtlaw.com

James N. Boudreau (admitted pro hac vice)

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

1717 Arch Street, Suite 400

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Telephone: 215.988.7800

Facsimile: 215.988.7801

boudreauj@gtlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant

LONGS DRUG STORES CALIFORNIA, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAWEED ASSAR, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

LONGS DRUG STORES CALIFORNIA, LLC,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:19-cv-02086-KJM-KJN

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

JUDGE: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Jaweed Assar (“Plaintiff”) and 

Longs Drug Stores California, LLC (“Defendant” and together with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), by and through 

their undersigned counsel, that the Parties agree to the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement and 

Stipulated Protective Order (“Stipulated Order”) and state as follows:

1. Purpose. The purpose of this Stipulated Order is to prevent the disclosure of matters 

deemed confidential under the terms of this Stipulated Order to persons or entities other than those involved 

in the prosecution or defense of this case (the “Litigation”) and to facilitate the exchange of information 

between the Parties. This Stipulated Order is necessary to protect both the Parties and other persons from 

potential annoyance and embarrassment, as well as to safeguard business and proprietary information. The 

Parties agree that confidential and proprietary business information related to Defendant’s business and 

contracts; tax and financial information; and other private and confidential documents regarding the Parties 

and non-parties will be exchanged during the course of discovery and should be protected from disclosure 

outside of this Litigation.

2. Confidential Information. The Parties agree that certain categories of non-public 

documents and information produced or disclosed during this Litigation shall be used for purposes of this 

Litigation only and will be treated as confidential. The Parties have further agreed that this information 

shall specifically include the following:

a. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(c)(1), the term “Confidential Information” shall include:

i. information or tangible things that constitute commercially sensitive, proprietary, 

financial or trade secret information and qualify for protection under Rule 26(c),

including, but not limited to, proprietary manuals, proprietary training materials, 

documents reflecting proprietary databases, and documents reflecting financial 

information; and,

ii. confidential, non-public personal information that is protected from disclosure by 

statute, regulation, or agreement.

b. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(c)(2), materials designated as Confidential pursuant to 

Paragraph 2(a)(i) require protection to ensure that information created by a party for its own 

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purpose and benefit and sensitive financial information are not disclosed or otherwise 

accessible by competitors so as to prevent unfair business advantage. 

c. Additionally, materials designated as Confidential pursuant to Paragraph 2(a)(ii) require 

protection to ensure that non-public personal information of third-parties (i.e., other current 

and/or former employees of Defendant), including personnel records, personal financial 

information, and/or protected health information, are not used or otherwise disclosed 

outside the context of this Litigation so as to prevent embarrassment and breach of privacy 

and/or other rights. 

d. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(c)(3), the Parties seek a protective order, as opposed to 

entering into a private agreement, because this Stipulated Order, which outlines the 

parameters for designating and handling Confidential Information, provides clear 

mechanisms for resolving disputes with the Court. 

e. The terms of this Stipulated Order shall apply to all confidential documents produced by 

the Parties in this case, any depositions of the Parties or Defendant’s employees, past or 

present, any interrogatory answers designated confidential, and information gathered, 

obtained, recorded, analyzed, or summarized by expert witnesses, including any expert 

reports or other written materials prepared by expert witnesses in connection with the abovecaptioned case.

f. This Stipulated Order shall not apply to information that is available to the public or to 

information that is lawfully obtained from sources other than the Parties through the 

discovery process.

3. Designation of Information and Documents as Confidential. Counsel may designate in 

writing as confidential any information or documents produced by them, any answer provided by them to 

any interrogatory or other written response to any discovery allowable under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, as well as portions of any deposition testimony by past or present employees or agents and/or 

any other proprietary or private information produced or provided by them during the course of this 

litigation as “Confidential.” With respect to documents or written responses to discovery requests, such 

designation shall be made conspicuously by stamping each page of said documents or, where appropriate, 

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the written responses as “Confidential.” With respect to deposition testimony and deposition exhibits, the 

parties (and deponents) may, within thirty (30) days after receiving a deposition transcript, designate pages 

of the transcript (and exhibits thereto) as confidential. The Parties shall exercise their best efforts to 

designate specific page and line references subject to such protection and shall not designate entire 

depositions as confidential without prior Court approval. Confidential Information within the deposition 

transcript may be so designated by underlining the portions of the pages that are confidential and marking 

such pages with the legend specified in Paragraph 2 of this Stipulated Order. Until expiration of the thirty 

(30) day period, the entire deposition shall be treated as subject to protection against disclosure under this 

Stipulated Order. If no party or deponent timely designates Confidential Information in a deposition, then 

none of the transcript or its exhibits shall be treated as Confidential. All documents and written or oral 

responses so designated as confidential or protected shall be subject to the provisions below.

4. Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. Except with the prior written consent of the 

Party that produced it, or as otherwise provided under this Stipulated Order, no Confidential Information 

may be disclosed to any individual or entity, in any form whatsoever, except to those persons, and for those 

purposes, delineated in this Stipulated Order. Under no circumstances may protected information be used 

for any purpose other than for those purposes necessary to this Litigation only (which includes mediation, 

facilitation, and appeals).

5. Permissible Disclosures. Confidential Information may be disclosed to:

a. Each Party;

b. Counsel for the Parties in this action who are actively engaged in the conduct of this 

Litigation;

c. The partners, members, shareholders, associates, secretaries, paralegal assistants, 

and employees of such counsel to the extent reasonably necessary to render 

professional services in the Litigation;

d. Retained consultants or experts (testimonial and non-testimonial) and employees of 

said parties directly involved in the prosecution or defense of this litigation;

e. Persons giving testimony in this litigation. A deponent during the deposition may be 

shown, and examined about, stamped confidential documents. Deponents shall not 

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retain or copy portions of the transcript of their depositions that contain confidential 

information, or documents not provided by them or the entities they represent, unless 

they sign or verbally agree on the deposition record to the conditions prescribed in 

this Stipulated Order. A deponent who is not a party or a representative of a party 

shall be furnished a copy of this Stipulated Order before his or her deposition.

f. Court officials involved in this Litigation (including court reporters, persons 

operating video recording equipment at depositions, and any special master 

appointed by the Court);

g. Persons designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon such terms as the 

Court may deem proper after hearing the parties; and

h. Persons (other than the Parties) preparing to give testimony, including testimony 

during depositions, in this litigation to the extent reasonably necessary for such 

purposes.

Before disclosing protected information to any person described in subparagraphs (e) and (h) of this 

Paragraph, each person (excluding individuals who are party to this litigation) shall be advised of this 

Stipulated Order and that they are required to keep any and all Confidential Information confidential.

6. Binding Effect of This Stipulated Order. The terms of this Stipulated Order are binding 

upon the Parties, their agents and employees, all counsel for the Parties and their agents and employees, 

and upon all persons to whom disclosure of confidential documents, discovery materials, or testimony are 

limited pursuant to the terms of this Stipulated Order and the Acknowledgment and Agreement To Be 

Bound that they have signed.

7. Use of Confidential Information in Litigation. The provisions of this Stipulated Order

shall not apply to restrict the use of Confidential Information in connection with any deposition, discovery, 

proceeding, hearing, trial, or appeal in this action as provided herein.

8. Right to Claim Confidentiality Preserved. To the extent that Parties, their counsel, 

representatives working on this litigation, or retained consultants or experts must openly attest to or 

introduce Confidential Information into evidence, such use shall not constitute a waiver of the right to 

claim that such information is confidential, and the protected information shall be held in confidence by 

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any persons who have access to this information by virtue of their involvement in this litigation, including, 

but not limited to, those persons listed in Paragraph 5 above.

9. Custody and Safekeeping of Confidential Information. Counsel for Parties to which 

Confidential Information has been produced shall be responsible for taking appropriate precautions to 

preserve the confidentiality of the protected information. The duplication of Confidential Information shall 

be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the conduct of this litigation.

10. Filing of Documents Containing Confidential Information with the Court. Documents, 

pleadings, or transcripts containing Confidential Information may be filed with the Court to the extent 

reasonably necessary to support motions or other matters relating to the litigation. Prior to any such filing, 

the Party seeking to file Confidential Information shall provide opposing counsel with sufficient notice in 

advance of the filing to allow for the seeking of an order of sealing or redaction from the Court, pursuant 

to Local Rule 14.1. If the Court denies the request to file the Confidential Information under seal, then the 

Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the Court.

11. Non-Termination of Stipulated Order. The provisions of this Stipulated Order shall not 

terminate at the conclusion of this litigation. Within 120 days after final conclusion of all aspects of this 

litigation, including all appeals, Confidential Information and all copies of same (other than exhibits of 

record) shall be returned to the Party which produced such documents or, at the option of the producer, 

destroyed. To the extent that a Party seeks to have its documents returned, that Party shall bear the costs 

for transfer of the documents back to it. All counsel of record shall make certification of compliance 

herewith and shall deliver the same to counsel for the Party who produced the documents not more than 

150 days after final termination of this litigation.

12. Declassification of Confidential Information. In the event that a reviewing Party believes 

that discovery material designated as Confidential under this Stipulated Order is not protected information 

within the meaning and interpretation of this Stipulated Order and/or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

such reviewing Party shall first give written notice to all counsel of record, including counsel for the 

designating party, that the notifying Party no longer will abide by the terms of this Stipulated Order with 

respect to any specified item(s) previously designated pursuant to this Stipulated Order. Such notice shall 

be directed to all counsel by electronic mail or (with the date of the electronic mail constituting the receipt 

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date) or by personal delivery to counsel’s office (personal delivery shall only be allowed Monday through 

Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.). A party may thereafter challenge the designation of 

a document as “Confidential” in accordance with Local Rule 251. The Party that designated the information 

as Confidential Information shall have the burden at a hearing on such motion to establish that there is 

good cause for the Confidential Information to have such protection.

13. Return of Inadvertently Produced Privileged Documents. Any inadvertent disclosure or 

production of documents protected by the attorney-client or attorney work product privileges shall not 

constitute a waiver of any privilege by the disclosing Party. In the event that the receiving Party discovers 

the disclosure or production it shall bring the matter to the attention of the producing Party and return the 

document upon request. In the event that the discovery is made by the producing Party, it may request the 

receiving Party to return the document, which request shall be promptly honored. In either such instance 

the receiving Party shall not photocopy the document and shall destroy any copies made prior to the 

discovery of the disclosure. The inadvertent failure to designate material as “Confidential” does not 

preclude a Party from subsequently making such a designation, and, in that case, the material is treated as 

confidential only after being properly designated. Any failure to designate information as “Confidential” 

that was the result of mistake or oversight will not be deemed a waiver and may be cured by providing 

written notice thereof to Counsel for the receiving party. Upon receipt of such notice, Counsel shall 

immediately take action to maintain and restrict the use of such information in accordance with the terms 

of this Stipulated Order.

14. Modification Permitted. Nothing in this Stipulated Order shall prevent any Party from 

seeking modification of this Stipulated Order or from objecting to discovery that it believes to be otherwise 

improper.

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SO AGREED:

/s/ John Briscoe (as authorized on 4/17/20)

Robert Wasserman

John Briscoe

Rachel Allgaier

MAYALL HURLEY, P.C.

2453 Grand Canal Blvd.

Stockton, CA 95207

(T): 209.477.3833

(F): 209.473.4818

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

JAWEED ASSAR

/s/ Rowena Santos

Rowena Santos 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 500

Irvine, California 92612

(T): 949.732.6500

(F): 949.732.6501

santosro@gtlaw.com

James N. Boudreau, Esq. (pro hac vice)

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

1717 Arch Street, Suite 400

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

(T): 215.988.7800

(F): 215.988.7801

boudreauj@gtlaw.com

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

LONGS DRUG STORES CALIFORNIA, LLC

IT IS SO ORDERED, with the following amendments and clarifications:

1. The parties shall comply with the provisions and procedures of Local Rules 140 and 141 with 

respect to sealing or redaction requests. To the extent that the parties’ stipulation conflicts with the Local 

Rules, the Local Rules shall govern. 

2. Prior to filing any motion related to this stipulated protective order or other discovery motion, 

the parties shall first exhaust informal meet-and-confer efforts and otherwise comply with Local Rule 251. 

3. Nothing in this order limits the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of certain 

documents, at any court hearing or trial—such determinations will only be made by the court at the hearing 

or trial, or upon an appropriate motion. 

4. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the 

terms of this stipulated protective order after the action is terminated. 

Dated: April 28, 2020

2086.po

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