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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:206 Collect Unpaid Wages

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C06-01884 MHP 

 STIPULATION REGARDING BEST BUY 

EMPLOYEE DATA 

LA1 60136807.2

Thomas A. Miller, Bar No. 129473 

TAMiller@rkmc.com 

Hernaldo J. Baltodano, Bar No. 222286 

HJBaltodano@rkmc.com 

ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3211 

Telephone: 310-552-0130 

Facsimile: 310-229-5800 

Attorneys for Defendant, BEST BUY CO., INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EIJI KURIHARA individually, and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BEST BUY CO., INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. C06-01884 MHP 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING BEST BUY EMPLOYEE 

DATA

Action Filed: March 10, 2006 

Trial Date: None Set 

 

WHEREAS, Best Buy possesses personal and private information of their former and 

current employees, including their names, residential home addresses, home telephone numbers, 

tax information, and social security numbers; and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff served discovery the compliance with which requires the 

production or disclosure in this litigation of personal and private information of Best Buy’s 

former and current employees; and 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to facilitate the exchange of information relevant to this 

litigation without a contested discovery dispute, permit Best Buy to comply with its duty to its 

employees, and preserve the privacy of Best Buy’s employees by restricting disclosure of such 

personal and private information; and 

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WHEREAS, the Parties desire to protect the personal information of Best Buy’s 

employees during the pre-class certification period beyond the provisions of the Stipulated 

Protective Order entered into by the Parties; 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their respective undersigned counsel of 

record, stipulate and agree to the following, which they mutually request the Court to make the 

subject of a Court Order: 

a.. The private information of former or current Best Buy employees produced 

by Best Buy in this action is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION subject to the Stipulated 

Protective Order. 

b. Until such time as a class is certified in this action, the personal 

information of former and current Best Buy employees produced to Plaintiff by Best Buy 

shall be viewed and used only by counsel for the putative class, counsel’s employees, their 

investigators and experts pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order, and not by the 

representative plaintiff. 

Based on the foregoing considerations, IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 8, 2006 ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 

By: __/s/ Hernaldo J. Baltodano______________ 

Thomas A. Miller 

Hernaldo J. Baltodano 

Attorneys for Defendant 

BEST BUY CO., INC. 

Dated: December 8, 2006 SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

By: __/s/ Mathew R. Bainer___________________ 

Scott Edward Cole 

Matthew R. Bainer 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

EIJI KURIHARA 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Good cause having been shown, 

a.. The private information of former or current Best Buy employees produced 

by Best Buy in this action is Best Buy’s designated “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION” 

subject to the Stipulated Protective Order. 

b. Until such time as a class is certified in this action, the personal 

information of former and current Best Buy employees produced to Plaintiff by Best Buy 

shall be viewed and used only by counsel for the putative class, counsel’s employees, their 

investigators and experts pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order, and not by the 

representative plaintiff. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________, 2006 _____________________________________ 

 The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

December 13

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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