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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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John J. Grogan, PA Bar# 72443, Pro Hac Vice 

LANGER GROGAN & DIVER, P.C. 

1717 Arch Street, Suite 4130 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Tel: (215) 320-5660 

Fax: (215) 320-5703 

iackelsberg@langergrogan.com 

(Additional Plaintiffs’ Counsel on Signature Page) 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHRISTINA SMITH, et al. 

 

Plaintiffs, 

v.

LEVINE LEICHTMAN CAPITAL 

PARTNERS, INC., et al. 

Defendants. 

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CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER IN 

CONFORMITY TO N.D. CALIF. FORM 

ORDER FOR STANDARD LITIGATION 

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATION

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure 

and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, 

the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective 

Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all 

disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and 

use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under 

the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 8, below, 

that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; 

Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets for the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be 

applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 

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2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

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2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it 

is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c). 

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2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel 

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2.4 Designating Party: A Part or Non-Party that designates information or items 

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2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter. 

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2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 

pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert 

witness or as a consultant in this action. 

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2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

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2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other 

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2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to 

this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this 

action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that 

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2.10 Party: any to this action, including all if its officers, directors, employees, 

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2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action. 

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services (e.g. photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

organizing, storing, or retrieving date in any form or medium), and their employees and 

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2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery material that is designated 

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2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from 

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3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected 

Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 

Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilation of Protected Material; and (3) any 

testimony, conversation, or presentations by Parties of their counsel that might reveal Protected 

material. However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the 

following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 

Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a 

result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public 

record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the 

disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the 

information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of 

Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed 

by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court 

order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all 

claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the 

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completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

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5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating material for Protection. Each 

Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take 

care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 

The Designating Party must 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 

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shown to be clearly 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) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 

If it comes to a Designating party’s attention that information or items that it 

designated for protection do not qualify for protections, that Designating Party must promptly notify 

all other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

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5.2 Manner and Timing of Depositions. Except as otherwise provided in this 

Order (see, e.g. second paragraph or section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 

designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party 

affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion 

or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 

identify the protected portion(s) e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 

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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for 

inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 

which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the 

designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing 

Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. 

Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing party must affix the 

“CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected material. If only a portion or 

portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party, to the extent 

practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 

margins). 

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that 

the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding, all protected testimony. 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any 

other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the 

container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

If only a portion of or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to 

the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 

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5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If promptly corrected upon discovery, an 

inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items as “Confidential” does not, standing 

alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. If 

material is appropriately designated as “Confidential” after the material was initially produced, the 

Receiving Party, on timely notification of the designation, must make reasonable efforts to assure 

that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

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5.4 Designation by Party other than Producing Party. A Party, other than the 

Producing Party, may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” information or items produced by another 

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faith with the Designating Party to ensure the “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items receive any 

necessary legends and are treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

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6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation 

of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, 

or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a 

confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 

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shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purposes (e.g., to 

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6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for 

each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice 

must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific 

paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith 

and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of 

communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the 

Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not 

proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to 

reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the 

chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process 

only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party 

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6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil 

Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the 

initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process 

will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a 

competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer 

requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a 

motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall 

automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the 

Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is 

good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any 

portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a 

competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer 

requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 

unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. 

Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to 

retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question 

the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court 

rules on the challenge. 

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 

disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with the case only for 

prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be 

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ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 

disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 

Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed 

the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) Co-defendants of the Producing Party and such party’s Outside Counsel of 

Record, unless the Producing Party clearly indicates that that the Protected Material may not be 

disclosed to co-defendants or their Outside Counsel. Any such restriction shall be considered a 

Confidentiality Designation, subject to the procedures in Section 6. 

(d) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure 

is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), provided that the Expert is not an employee of a competitor 

of any Party; 

(e) the court and its personnel; 

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jurors and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and 

who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(g) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

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(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of 

transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected material must be 

separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under 

this Stipulated Protective Order. 

(h) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

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8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITGATION

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that 

compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 

include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 

issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena is subject to this 

Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, 

unless the Party has obtained the designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear 

the burden and expenses of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing 

in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this 

action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 

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9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN

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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a NonParty in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by NonParties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this 

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with 

the Non-Party not to produce the non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 

that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a NonParty; 

2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific 

description of the information requested; and 

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days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 

seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or 

control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by 

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10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 

Protected material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated 

Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party 

of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the 

Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made 

of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 

“Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

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11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 

produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 

Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision 

is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that 

provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 

502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a 

communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, 

the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 

12. MISCELLANEOUS 

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 

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Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or 

producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to the use in evidence of any of the 

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in the public record in this action any Protected material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 

Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed 

under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at 

issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing 

that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled 

to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal 

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the 

information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by 

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13. FINAL DISPOSITION. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as 

defined in paragraph 4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing 

Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all 

copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party 

must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to 

the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all 

the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not 

retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing 

any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an 

archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal 

memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and 

consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such 

archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order 

as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD, this 6TH 1 day of August, 2010. 

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/s/ Irv Ackelsberg

Irv Ackelsberg, PA Bar# 23813 

John J. Grogan, PA Bar# 72443 

LANGER GROGAN & DIVER, P.C. 

1717 Arch Street, Suite 4130 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Tel: (215) 320-5660 

Fax: (215) 320-5703 

iackelsberg@langergrogan.com 

Appearing Pro Hac Vice

/s/ Ronald Wilcox

Ronald Wilcox, State Bar #176601 

LAW OFFICE OF RONALD WILCOX 

1900 The Alameda, Suite 530 

San Jose, CA 95126 

Tel: (408) 296-0400 

Fax: (408) 296-0486 

Attorneys for the Plaintiffs

/s/ Scott M. Pearson

Julia B. Strickland, State Bar No. 83013 

Scott M. Pearson, State Bar No. 173880 

Brian C. Frontino, State Bar No. 222032 

STROOCK & STROOK & LAVAN LLP 

2029 Century Park East, 16th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086 

Tel: (310) 556-5800 

Fax: (310) 556-5959 

lacalendar@stroock.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Levine Leichtman 

Capital Partners, Inc. and Levine Leichtman 

Capital Partners III, L.P. 

/s/ Paul Arons

Paul Arons, State Bar No. 84970 

LAW OFFICE OF PAUL ARONS 

685 Spring Street, #104 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250 

Tel: (360) 378-6496 

Fax: (360) 378-6498 

lopa@rockisland.com

/s/ Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta, DC Bar No. 495451 

PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP 

1600 20th Street, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20009 

Tel: (202) 588-7739 

Fax: (202) 588-7795 

dgupta@citizen.org 

Appearing Pro Hac Vice 

/s/ Michael A. Taitelman

Michael A. Taitelman, Bar No. 156254 

Joshua Blum, Bar No. 249082 

FREEDMAN & TAITELMAN, LLP 

1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 500 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Tel: (310) 201-0005 

Fax: (310) 201-0045 

mtaitelman@ftllp.com

Attorneys for Defendants National Corrective 

Group, Inc. 

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/s/ Benjamin A. Nix 

Daniel M. Livingston, Bar No. 105981 

Benjamin A. Nix, Bar. No. 138258 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100 

Irvine, CA 92614 

Tel: (949) 851-1100 

Fax: (949) 851-1212 

dml@paynefears.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Michael C. 

Schreck and Brett Stohlton 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 United States District Court 

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

 I, _____________________________[print or type full name], of 

__________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I 

have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the 

United States District Court for the Northern District of California on [date] in the case of 

 [insert formal name of the case and the name and initials assigned to it by the 

court]. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 

and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and 

punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 

information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except 

in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. 

 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Untied States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 

Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

 I hereby appoint [print or type full name] of 

__________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my California 

agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement 

of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: 

City and State sworn and signed: 

Printed name: 

Signature: 

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