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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

CASE NO.: 3:07-cv-02367-LAB-RBB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DONNA R. NELSON, an individual and on 

behalf of the general public,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

BIC USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and 

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 The Court and the parties recognize that at least some of the documents and information 

being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for competitive reasons, 

normally kept confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to be bound by the terms of 

this Protective Order in this action. 

 The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between the parties 

may contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing or other 

commercial information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(7). The 

purpose of this Order is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as practical 

during the litigation. THEREFORE: 

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DEFINITIONS

1. The term “Materials” shall include, but shall not be limited to: documents, 

correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, blueprints, specifications, customer lists or other material 

that identify customers or potential customers, price lists or schedules or other matter identifying 

pricing, minutes, telegrams, letters, statements, cancelled checks, contracts, invoices, drafts, 

books of account, worksheets, notes of conversations, desk diaries, appointment books, expense 

accounts, recordings, photographs, motion pictures, compilations from which information can be 

obtained and translated into reasonably usable form through detection devices, sketches, 

drawings, notes (including laboratory notebooks and records), reports, instructions, disclosures, 

other writings, models and prototypes and other physical objects. 

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

contained or disclosed in any Materials, including documents, portions of documents, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including data, summaries, and compilations 

derived therefrom that is deemed to be proprietary or confidential by any party to which it 

belongs.

3. The term “Counsel” shall mean in-house or outside counsel of record, and other 

attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms that represent 

any party in this action. 

GENERAL RULES

4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any Materials, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information that the producing party believes 

should be subject to this Protective Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 

a. Any party may designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL” only if, in the good 

faith belief of such party and its counsel, the unrestricted disclosure of such information could be 

potentially prejudicial to the business or operations of such party. 

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b. Any party may designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY” only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the information is among 

that considered to be most sensitive by the party, including but not limited to trade secret or other 

confidential research, development, financial or other commercial information. 

5. In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no 

marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. For purposes 

of the initial inspection, all materials produced shall be considered as “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR 

COUNSEL ONLY,” and shall be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order. Thereafter, 

upon selection of specified materials for copying by the inspecting party, the producing party 

shall, within a reasonable time prior to producing those materials to the inspecting party, mark 

the copies of those materials that contain Confidential Information with the appropriate 

confidentiality marking. 

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

Confidential Information of any party: 

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 of the proceedings; a party shall have 

until fifteen (15) days after receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties 

to the action of the portions of the transcript designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY”; 

b. the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from 

attendance at said deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information is to be disclosed, 

any person other than the deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), the court 

reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 below; and 

c. the originals of said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof

shall bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” as 

appropriate, and the original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing shall not be 

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filed unless it can be accomplished under seal, identified as being subject to this Order, and 

protected from being opened except by order of this Court. 

7. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” shall not be disclosed by the receiving party to 

anyone other than 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 the parties, or by order of 

the Court. 

8. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” shall be 

viewed only by Counsel (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, and by independent 

experts under the conditions set forth in this paragraph. The right of any independent expert to 

receive any Confidential Information shall be subject to the advance approval of such expert by 

the producing party or by permission of the Court. The party seeking approval of an independent 

expert shall provide the producing party with the name and curriculum vitae of the proposed 

independent expert, and an executed copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in advance of 

providing any Confidential Information of the producing party to the expert. Any objection by 

the producing party to an independent expert receiving Confidential Information must be made 

in writing within fourteen (14) days following receipt of the identification of the proposed 

expert. Confidential Information may be disclosed to an independent expert if the fourteen (14) 

day period has passed and no objection has been made. The approval of independent experts 

shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be viewed only by Counsel (as 

defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant to the terms of 

paragraph 8), and by the additional individuals listed below, provided each such individual has 

read this Order in advance of disclosure and has agreed in writing to be bound by its terms: 

(a) Executives who are required to participate in policy decisions with 

reference to this action; 

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(b) technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the parties find it 

necessary to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for 

trial of this action; and 

(c) stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals 

identified above. 

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – 

FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” any person indicated on the face of the document to be its originator, 

author or a recipient of a copy thereof, may be shown the same. 

11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” by the producing or disclosing party, and any 

and all reproductions thereof, shall be retained in the custody of the Counsel for the receiving 

party identified in paragraph 3, except that independent experts authorized to view such 

information under the terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such as are necessary for 

their participation in this litigation. 

12. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses 

to requests for admission, deposition transcripts, or other documents which are designated as 

Confidential Information are filed with the Court for any purpose, the party seeking to file such 

material shall seek permission of the Court to file said material under seal. The parties will 

follow and abide by applicable law with respect to filing documents under seal in this Court. 

13. The trial transcript(s) shall also be considered CONFIDENTIAL and shall be used 

solely in this action. 

14. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of the 

materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to confidentiality shall notify, in 

writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for the 

objection. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties within seven (7) 

business days of receipt of such a notice of objections, the objecting party may move the Court 

for a ruling on the objection. The materials at issue shall be treated as Confidential Information, 

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as designated by the designating party, until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter 

has been otherwise resolved. 

15. All Confidential Information shall be held in confidence by those inspecting or 

receiving it, and shall be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party, and each 

person receiving Confidential Information shall take reasonable precautions to prevent the 

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential Information is 

disclosed to any person other than a person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the 

unauthorized disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized 

disclosure to the attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies 

of the other parties, make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by the 

person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure. 

16. No party shall be responsible to another party for disclosure of Confidential 

Information under this Order if the information in question is not labeled or otherwise identified 

as such in accordance with this Order. 

17. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any Confidential Information without 

labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this Order, the 

designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing 

produced is deemed Confidential Information, and that the document or thing produced should 

be treated as such in accordance with that designation under this Order. The receiving party 

must treat the materials as confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. 

Counsel for the parties shall agree on a mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the 

inadvertently produced materials “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY.”

18. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of any party to object to the production of 

any discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as privileged or as attorney 

work product. 

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19. Nothing in this Order shall bar counsel from rendering advice to their clients with 

respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any information designated as 

Confidential Information, provided that the contents of the information shall not be disclosed. 

20. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose 

production of any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the mere 

presence of Confidential Information. The existence of this Order shall not be used by either 

party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

21. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

Information if such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court. 

22. The provisions of this Order shall not terminate at the conclusion of this action.

Within ninety (90) days after final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, 

counsel for each party shall, upon request of the producing party, return all Confidential 

Information to the party that produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and 

summaries thereof, or shall destroy same at the option of the receiving party, and shall purge all 

such information from all machine-readable media on which it resides. Notwithstanding the 

foregoing, counsel for each party may retain all pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and 

other documents filed with the Court that refer to or incorporate Confidential Information, and 

will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. Further, 

attorney work product materials that contain Confidential Information need not be destroyed, 

but, if they are not destroyed, the person in possession of the attorney work product will continue 

to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. Counsel for the parties 

shall make certification of compliance with the provisions of this paragraph and shall deliver that 

certification to all parties to this action not more than one-hundred twenty (120) days after the 

final termination of this action. 

23. The restrictions and obligations set forth herein shall not apply to any information 

that: (a) The parties agree should not be designated confidential; (b) the parties agree, or the 

Court rules, is already public knowledge; (c) the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become 

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public knowledge other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party, its employees, or its 

agents in violation of this Order; or (d) has come or shall come into the receiving party’s 

legitimate knowledge independently of the production by the designating party. Prior knowledge 

must be established by pre-production documentation. 

24. The restrictions and obligations herein shall not be deemed to prohibit discussions 

of any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains legitimate 

possession thereof. 

25. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes herein. 

26. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to approval by 

the Court. 

27. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or 

in the interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these proceedings. The parties prefer 

that the Court provide them with notice of the Court’s intent to modify the Order and the content 

of those modifications, prior to entry of such an order. 

28. No items will be filed under seal without a prior application to, and order 

from, the judge presiding over the hearing or trial. Only when the judge presiding over the 

hearing or trial permits filing an item or items under seal may confidential material filed 

with the Court be filed in a sealed envelope or other container marked on the outside with 

the caption of this action and the following statement:

 “CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” 

If any person fails to file protected documents or information under seal, any party to this 

lawsuit may request that the Court place the filing under seal. 

 Whenever the Court grants a party permission to file an item under seal, a duplicate 

disclosing all nonconfidential information shall be filed and made part of the public record. 

The item may be redacted to eliminate confidential material from the public document. 

The public document shall be titled to show that it corresponds to an item filed under seal. 

e.g., “Redacted Copy of Sealed Declaration of John Smith in Support of Motion for 

Summary Judgment.” The sealed and redacted documents shall be filed simultaneously. 

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 IT IS SO ORDERED this 1st day of February, 2008. 

 Judge Ruben B. Brooks 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 7, 2008 DEL MAR LAW GROUP, LLP 

 s/ John H. Donboli__________________

 By: John H. Donboli 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: January 7, 2008 GORDON & REES LLP 

 /sCraig J. Mariam_________________________

 By: Craig J. Mariam 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

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EXHIBIT A

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DONNA R. NELSON, an individual and on 

behalf of the general public,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

BIC USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and 

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I, _________________________ , declare and say that: 

1. I am employed as ________________________________________ by 

_________________________________.

2. I have read the Protective Order entered in Nelson v. BIC USA, Inc, et al., Case 

No. 3:07-CV-02367-LAB-RBB, and have received a copy of the Protective Order. The terms of 

the Protective Order have been explained to me, that I understand the Protective Order, and that 

to the extent that any action is required by me by virtue of the Protective Order, I will comply 

with all provisions of the Protective Order.

3. I promise that I will use any and all “Confidential” or “Confidential – For Counsel 

Only” information, as defined in the Protective Order, given to me only in a manner authorized 

by the Protective Order, and only to assist counsel in the litigation of this matter. 

4. I promise that I will not disclose or discuss such “Confidential” or “Confidential – 

For Counsel Only” information with anyone other than the persons described in paragraphs 3, 8, 

and 9 of the Protective Order. 

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5. I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California with respect 

to enforcement of the Protective Order. 

6. I understand that any disclosure of use of “Confidential” or “Confidential – For 

Counsel Only” information in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order may 

subject me to sanctions for contempt of court. 

7. If I receive notice that a party in any such action or proceeding is seeking a court 

order to compel me to testify in such action or proceeding concerning documents or information 

provided by a party in this proceeding, I shall immediately notify counsel for each party.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed this ___________day of ________________ 2008, at __________________, 

_______________________.

 signed________________________ 

 printed_________________________ 

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