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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER – CASE NO. 2:07-CV-01167-FCD-EFB 

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Kristin L. Holland (SBN 187314) 

Gregory S. Korman (SBN 216931) 

KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2600 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3012 

TEL: (310) 788-4400 

FAX: (310) 788-4471 

kristin.holland@kattenlaw.com 

gregory.korman@kattenlaw.com 

Floyd A. Mandell (Pro Hac Vice Application To Be Filed) 

KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP 

525 West Monroe, Chicago, Illinois 60661 

Telephone: 312.902.5200 

Facsimile: 312.902.1061 

floyd.mandell@kattenlaw.com 

Attorneys for defendants Zango, Inc., 180solutions, Inc. (n/k/a Zango, Inc.), MetricsDirect (n/k/a 

Zango Ad Services), Keith Smith, Daniel Todd and Kenneth Smith 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

ROBIN PHILLIPS, individually and on behalf 

of all those similarly situated and on behalf of 

the general public, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

180SOLUTIONS, INC. a Washington 

Corporation; METRICS DIRECT, KEITH 

SMITH, DANIEL TODD, KENNETH SMITH 

and DOES 1 through 50, Inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:07-CV-01167-FCD-EFB 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER RE: CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 

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Plaintiff Robin Phillips (“Plaintiff”), on the one hand, and defendants Zango, Inc., 

180solutions, Inc. (n/k/a Zango, Inc.), MetricsDirect (n/k/a Zango Ad Services), Keith Smith, Daniel 

Todd and Kenneth Smith (“Defendants”), on the other hand (together, the “parties”), through 

counsel, stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the parties to this action expect discovery to involve the disclosure of 

confidential and proprietary business or financial documents and information. 

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the parties that confidential documents and 

information be used solely for purposes of litigation and not for any other purposes. 

WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the parties desire to establish procedures that will be 

fair and expedite appropriate discovery of confidential material. 

WHEREAS, the parties will and hereby do enter into this Stipulation Regarding Protection of 

Confidential Documents and Information (the “Stipulation”) and [Proposed] Order Thereon (the 

“Order”). 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

STIPULATION 

1. ”Confidential Material” Defined. The term “Confidential Material” as used in this 

Order shall mean all “documents,” as that term is defined in Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, information and/or things reasonably deemed by any party to this action, or any third 

party, to contain confidential or sensitive financial, business, commercial, proprietary, trade secret1

or personal information and designated as Confidential Material as follows: 

A. In the case of tangible documents and things (e.g., CD-ROMS or other digital 

media), and the information contained therein, designation shall be made by the designating party 

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 “Trade secret” shall mean “information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, 

device, method, technique, or process, that: (1) derives independent economic value, actual or 

potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic 

value from its disclosure; or (2) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances 

to maintain its secrecy.” Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.1.

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affixing the following legend placed on any such document or thing: 

 "CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER." 

B. In the case of depositions and the information contained in depositions 

(including exhibits), Confidential Material shall be designated by counsel for the designating party 

making a statement to such effect on the record in the course of the deposition, or by so advising all 

parties which pages contain Confidential Material within ten (10) business days after receipt of the 

transcript. The designating party alone shall have the discretion whether to designate as Confidential 

Material the entire transcript or the portion of the transcript (including exhibits) which contains 

Confidential Material. If such designation is made, the original and each copy of the transcript shall 

bear substantially the following legend on the cover thereof or, alternatively, the portion or portions 

of the deposition containing Confidential Material shall be separately transcribed and the transcripts 

of such portion or portions shall bear substantially the following legend on the cover thereof: 

 “CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

 Not to be used or disclosed except as expressly authorized by Order of the Court.” 

This Protective Order does not preclude presenting the original of the transcript in its entirety 

to the deponent for review, correction and signing. Nor does it preclude delivery by the reporter of 

copies of deposition transcripts containing and/or annexing Confidential Material in their entirety, 

and marked with the legend or legends provided above, to litigation counsel for parties to this 

Protective Order, which transcripts shall then be maintained by such litigation counsel in accordance 

with the provisions of this Protective Order.

C. In the case of responses to requests to admit pursuant to Rule 36 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and responses to interrogatories pursuant to Rule 33 of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure containing Confidential Material, such responses shall bear substantially 

the following legend on the cover thereof: 

 “CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

 Not to be used or disclosed except as expressly authorized by Order of the Court.” 

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D. Except as provided in paragraph 1.B., above, the designating party shall make 

a good faith effort to denominate as “Confidential Material” only such documents, information 

and/or things which the designating party reasonably believes constitute confidential financial, 

business, commercial, proprietary, trade secret or personal information, and which the designating 

party believes, if publicly disclosed, would cause present or future injury to, or otherwise constitute 

an unwarranted invasion of, the privacy or commercial or business interests of the designating party. 

2. Authorized Persons. Confidential Material shall be used solely for the purpose of 

conducting this litigation and not for any business or other purpose whatsoever. For the purpose of 

conducting this litigation, Confidential Material may be disclosed, copied and used by the parties to 

which it is produced to and by the following persons only, and may not be disclosed to anyone not 

expressly authorized in this Order: 

A. The attorneys in the law firms currently representing each of the parties in the 

above-entitled action, BRONSON & ASSOCIATES (attorneys for Plaintiff) and KATTEN 

MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP (attorneys for Defendants), or associated or successor counsel of 

record for any party in this action, or any in-house counsel for any party in this action, and their 

respective partners, associates, employees, secretaries, paralegal assistants and other employees who 

are actively participating in the prosecution or defense of this matter; 

B. Any other attorneys, accountants and/or experts or consultants employed or 

consulted by counsel described in 2.A. above for the purpose of this litigation; 

C. Any party to this action, and any officers, directors, employees or 

shareholders of any party to this action; 

D. Any Court having jurisdiction over the parties, and any court personnel; 

E. Deponents; 

F. Stenographic and court reporters engaged for depositions; 

G. Actual or potential witnesses at trial; and 

H. Such other persons as the parties may designate by written stipulation or by 

order of the Court. 

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All Confidential Material disclosed hereunder shall at all times be retained in the custody of 

counsel described in 2.A. above. In the event that the receiving party deems it necessary to disclose 

Confidential Material to a third party witness in any circumstance except at deposition or at trial, 

counsel for the receiving party shall require, before such disclosure, that every such person to whom 

disclosure will be made read this Order and execute a declaration in the form of Attachment A, 

stating that the person has read and understands this Order and agrees to be bound by its terms. The 

undersigned counsel shall maintain a file containing the declaration executed by each such person to 

whom disclosure of Confidential Material is made. Confidential Material may be disclosed to a third 

party witness who is being deposed even if such third party witness refuses to sign a copy of 

Attachment A, so long as such third party witness is instructed on the record about the terms and 

effect of this Order. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as binding upon the court or 

its personnel. 

3. Objections to Designation. In the event that any party objects to the designation of 

documents or other items as Confidential Materials, the objecting party shall advise the designating 

party of the objection(s) in writing. The objecting party and the designating party must meet and 

confer about the propriety of any disputed designation before the objecting party moves the Court to 

challenge the designation. Should an objecting party so move, the designating party will bear the 

burden of establishing good cause for the disputed designation. Such disputed documents or 

discovery materials shall be deemed Confidential Material unless and until the Court rules otherwise. 

Nothing in this Order, however, prevents a party who designated a document as Confidential 

Material from agreeing to remove or modify the designation. 

4. Use in Court Proceedings. Subject to further order of this Court, any Confidential 

Material filed or lodged with the Court for any purpose shall be placed in a sealed envelope or other 

container marked on the outside with the title of this action, identification of each document within 

and a statement substantially as follows:

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE 

ORDER. This envelope contains materials filed [lodged] under seal 

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for the purpose of this litigation only. It shall not be opened by a 

person other than the Court except by Court Order or by written 

stipulation of all parties filed with the Clerk of this Court, and is 

otherwise subject to the provisions of the Protective Order entered in 

this action on [date].

Absent advance notification that documents and/or information has been designated as 

Confidential Material as described above, the Court will be free to incorporate all such evidence in 

its written and oral rulings.

Nothing in this Stipulation affects the admissibility of any documents, testimony or other 

evidence at trial or restricts the use of information at trial. In the event this matter proceeds to trial, 

all of the information that was designated as Confidential Material becomes public and will be 

presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless sufficient cause is 

shown in advance of trial to proceed otherwise. 

Nothing in this Stipulation shall limit any party’s right to file, unsealed, any Confidential 

Material so designated by that party itself. 

5. Things to Be Returned. Within ninety (90) days after the final disposition of this 

action (i.e., settlement or final judgment and exhaustion of all appeals or the time for all appeals), all 

Confidential Materials produced by a party (including, without limitation, any copies, extracts or 

summaries thereof) shall be delivered to counsel for the designating party or, at the option of counsel 

for the receiving party, shall be destroyed, and each counsel shall, by declaration delivered to all 

adverse counsel, affirm that all such Confidential Materials (including, without limitation, any 

copies, extracts or summaries thereof) have been returned or destroyed; provided, however, that each 

counsel shall be entitled to retain pleadings, memoranda, declarations or affidavits, and/or deposition 

transcripts and videotapes which attach, contain or refer to any Confidential Materials (including, 

without limitation, any copies, extracts or summaries thereof), but only to the extent necessary to 

preserve a litigation file with respect to this action. 

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6. Copies. All copies of any Confidential Material shall also constitute, and be treated 

as, Confidential Material as provided in this Order. Any person or entity making, or causing to be 

made, copies of any Confidential Material, shall make certain that each copy bears the appropriate 

legend pursuant to the requirements of this Order. 

7. Extracts and Summaries. Any extracts or summaries of any Confidential Material 

shall also constitute, and be treated as, Confidential Material as provided in this Order, even if the 

extracts or summaries are not marked with a confidential designation. 

8. Inadvertent Failure to Designate. An inadvertent failure to designate information 

and/or documents as "Confidential" in accordance with this Order at the time of production may be 

remedied by supplemental written notice. If such notice is given, the identified materials shall 

thereafter be fully subject to this Order as if they had been initially designated as "Confidential," 

provided that there shall be no sanction for any use or disclosure of such information and/or 

documents prior to designation. The party to whom production was made shall comply with 

paragraph 2, above, with respect to anyone to whom information that is later designated as 

“Confidential” has been disclosed (i.e., provide a copy of this Order and have each person execute a 

declaration in the form of Attachment A, stating that the person has read and understands this Order 

and agrees to be bound by its terms). 

9. Violation of Order. In the event any party, person or entity violates or threatens to 

violate any terms of this Order, the parties agree that the designating party may immediately apply to 

obtain injunctive or other provisional relief against said party, person or entity violating or 

threatening to violate any of the terms of this Order. Such injunctive or other provisional relief is in 

addition to all other remedies available to the designating party. In the event the designating party 

seeks such relief, the party, person or entity subject to the provisions of this Order, and against 

whom such relief is sought, shall not employ as a defense thereto the claim that the designating party 

possesses an adequate remedy at law. The parties and any other person or entity subject to the terms 

of this Order agree that this Court shall retain jurisdiction over them for the purpose of enforcing this 

Order. 

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10. Subpoena of Confidential Documents. If at any time any Confidential Material 

protected by this Order is subpoenaed, or otherwise requested by any other person or entity 

purporting to have authority to require the production of any such document or information, from the 

non-designating party, the non-designating party shall give prompt written notice thereof to the 

designating party before making any disclosures or productions. The non-designating party shall 

cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the designating party or 

third party whose interests may be affected by the disclosure of the Confidential Materials. The 

designating party or third party asserting the confidential treatment shall have the burden of 

defending against such subpoena, other process or order. The person receiving the subpoena, other 

process or order shall be entitled to comply with it except to the extent the designating party or third 

party asserting the confidential treatment is successful in obtaining an order modifying or quashing 

it. 

11. Continuation of Protection After Disposition. The termination of the proceeding shall 

not relieve the parties from the obligation of maintaining the confidentiality of all Confidential 

Material produced and designated pursuant to this Order, unless the Court orders or the parties agree 

otherwise. 

12. Miscellaneous. 

A. Term. This Order shall remain in effect until further order of Court. 

B. Modification. This Stipulation is entered into without prejudice to the right of 

any party to apply to the Court at any time for additional protection, or to relax or rescind the 

restrictions of this Stipulation. Further, the parties may amend or modify any provision of this 

Stipulation by mutual agreement. 

C. Counterparts. This Stipulation may be executed in multiple counterpart 

copies, and by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all, when taken together, 

shall constitute the Stipulation. 

// 

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// 

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 IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: December 14, 2007 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP 

 

 By: /s/ Gregory S. Korman 

Gregory S. Korman 

Attorneys for ZANGO, INC., 180SOLUTIONS, INC. 

(n/k/a ZANGO, INC.), METRICSDIRECT (n/k/a 

ZANGO AD SERVICES), KEITH SMITH, DANIEL 

TODD and KENNETH SMITH 

Dated: December 14, 2007 BRONSON & ASSOCIATES 

By: /s/ Martha Bronson 

 Martha Bronson 

Attorneys for plaintiff ROBIN PHILLIPS and 

Putative Class 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

The court approves this protective order subject to the modifications reflected above. In the 

event the parties wish to file documents under seal, they shall comply with the relevant Local Rules. 

See Local Rule 39-141. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 13, 2008. 

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ATTACHMENT A 

 I, (print name) ___________________________________, hereby acknowledge that 

I will be receiving documents, information and/or things designated as containing Confidential 

Material pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation and [Proposed] Order (the "Order") dated the ____ 

day of_________________ 2007, entered in the action entitled Robin Phillips v. 180solutions, Inc. 

et al., Case No. 2:07-CV-01167-FCD-EFB, in the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California, Sacramento Division. I have been given a copy of, and have read and 

understand, the Order. I understand that: (I) I am to make no copies of any Confidential Material 

except as is necessary in connection with the above-referenced action; (ii) I may use the Confidential 

Material only for purposes of this action and for no other action, and shall not use it for any business 

or other purpose; and (iii) such Confidential Material and any copies thereof, together with any 

notes, reports, or other documents I prepare reflecting such information, are to remain in my 

personal custody until I have completed my assigned duties, whereupon they are to be returned to 

counsel who provided me with such Confidential Material. I further agree to notify any 

stenographic, clerical, secretarial, paralegal, or other personnel whose functions require access to the 

Confidential Material of the terms of the Order. I also agree not to disseminate any information 

derived from such Confidential Material to anyone, or make disclosure of any such information, 

except for the purposes of the above-referenced proceeding or as permitted by the Order or by 

further order of the Court. I further understand that violation by me of the terms herein may be 

regarded as contempt of court and punished accordingly. I hereby expressly submit to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California for the purposes 

of any proceeding arising out of any purported violation by me of the Order, including any contempt 

proceeding. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States of America and the 

State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: _________________________ By: ___________________________ 

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