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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 1

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John L. Beers (State Bar No. 70117)

Christina M. Kotowski (State Bar No. 197266)

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2340

San Francisco, CA 94111-3712

Phone: (415) 490-9000

Fax: (415) 490-9001

Email: jbeers@laborlawyers.com

ckotowski@laborlawyers.com

Rosemary S. Gousman (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

580 Howard Avenue

Somerset, NJ 08873

Phone: (732) 560-7100

Fax: (732) 560-0788

Email: rgousman@laborlawyers.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant

BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

Andrew M. Wolfe (State Bar No. 114076)

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

201 Spear Street, Suite 1000

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: (415) 543-4800

Fax: (415) 972-6301

Email: awolfe@ropers.com

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

FRANCO PASQUALE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAYER HEALTHCARE 

PHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Plaintiff and Counterdefendant,

v.

FRANCO PASQUALE, an individual,

Defendant and Counterclaimant.

Civil Action No. C06-07043 JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Franco Pasquale, through their respective 

attorneys of record, recognize that certain records, documents and information to be produced 

by the parties in this case pursuant to discovery may contain private, confidential and/or 

proprietary information and trade secrets that must be protected. The parties therefore stipulate

as follows:

1. Good cause exists for a stipulated protective order under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(c), in that:

a. Franco Pasquale worked for Berlex, Inc. (now Bayer HealthCare 

Pharmaceuticals Inc.) as Associate Director of Inventory Services, giving him access to supply

chain logistics information and detailed confidential and proprietary information concerning 

pharmaceutical products, manufacturing processes, suppliers, and customers that may be 

considered trade secrets under the common law of the State of New Jersey or as defined in the 

Uniform Trade Secrets Act (USTA), and/or may be protected by U.S. and foreign patents. 

Mr. Pasquale now works for Genentech, Inc., a competitor of Bayer HealthCare 

Pharmaceuticals, as a Senior Manager, Manufacturing Collaborations, and there is the potential 

for improper disclosure of information obtained in discovery from Bayer HealthCare 

Pharmaceuticals Inc. to Genentech, Inc. Such disclosure could put Bayer HealthCare 

Pharmaceuticals Inc. at a competitive disadvantage and infringe on its intellectual property

rights.

b. The parties anticipate that certain documents, communications and other 

information produced in discovery will contain private and confidential information relating to 

third parties, including but not limited to personnel files, compensation amounts and other 

employment information relating to current and former employees of Bayer HealthCare 

Pharmaceuticals Inc., and a mechanism is needed to allow for discovery and disclosure while 

protecting third parties’ privacy rights under the laws of the States of California and New 

Jersey, as applicable.

2. For purposes of this Stipulated Protective Order, the term “Confidential 

Information” means information relating to: (a) supply chain logistics information and other 

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confidential or proprietary information concerning pharmaceutical products, manufacturing 

processes, suppliers, and customers of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. (formerly 

Berlex, Inc.); (b) personnel files, compensation amounts and other private information relating 

to current and former employees of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. other than Franco 

Pasquale; and (c) any other information that the producing party in good faith deems 

proprietary or sensitive.

3. “Confidential Information” does not include documents or other information 

publicly available or obtained by a party through independent means, including via private 

investigation or subpoena to any government agency or a nonparty.

4. Any party may designate as “Confidential” any pleading, document, testimony, 

or other discovery material that contains Confidential Information as described in paragraph 2. 

No designation shall be made unless counsel of record believes in good faith that the 

designated material is in fact Confidential. An inadvertent failure to designate qualified items 

or material, if promptly corrected, shall not waive the designating party’s right to secure 

protection for such items or material under this Stipulated Protective Order.

5. A party may designate documents as Confidential by affixing a 

“CONFIDENTIAL” legend on each page that contains protected material, or by providing 

written notice to the other party that specifically identified documents, or groups of documents, 

are to be considered Confidential. A party may designate all or part of the oral testimony of 

any witness as Confidential either by (a) orally designating the testimony as Confidential 

during the deposition or hearing, and requesting the reporter to mark the beginning and end of 

the testimony so designated and separately bind the Confidential portion(s); or (b) by giving 

written notice to all counsel of record of the specific pages and lines of the transcripts to be 

designated Confidential within fifteen (15) days of service of the transcript by the court 

reporter.

6. A party may challenge the designation of documents or testimony as 

Confidential by first meeting and conferring with counsel for the producing party in a good 

faith effort to resolve the dispute, and if necessary thereafter by seeking relief from the Court 

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by filing a motion in accordance with Civil Local Rule 7 (and Civil Local Rule 79-5, as 

applicable). Pending a determination by the Court as to the appropriateness of the Confidential 

designation, all parties will treat the material in question as Confidential.

7. Material designated as Confidential pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order, 

the information contained therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts or other documents 

derived in whole or in part from Confidential Information shall be used only for purposes of 

this litigation and not for any business or other purpose, including but not limited to any other 

litigation.

8. Except as provided below, Confidential Information may be disclosed only to 

the following categories of persons:

(a) Parties, counsel of record for any party to this action, and the employees 

of counsel;

(b) Experts and consultants (including independent experts and independent 

consultants, their employees and clerical assistants) who are employed, retained, or otherwise 

consulted by any counsel of record for the purpose of analyzing data, conducting studies, or 

providing opinions to assist in any way in this litigation.

(c) The Court and its staff.

(d) Court reporters, their staff, and professional vendors to whom disclosure 

is reasonably necessary for purposes of this litigation.

(e) During their depositions, witnesses in this action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary.

(f) The author of the document or the original source of the information.

9. Confidential Information produced during the course of this litigation shall not 

be disclosed to any person under paragraphs 6(b), (d) and (e), unless that person has agreed to 

be bound by the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order by executing the acknowledgment set 

forth in Exhibit 1.

10. Confidential Information submitted to the Court in conjunction with motions or 

other Court proceedings may only be filed under seal, subject to the requirements of Civil 

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Local Rule 79-5, or after obtaining written permission from the designating party or a court 

order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons.

11. Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the parties, counsel must return 

all Confidential Information within 30 days of the final disposition of this action or certify that 

it has been destroyed and no copies, abstracts, compilations or summaries have been retained.

12. Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order shall prevent any party from seeking 

its modification by the Court in the future. In addition, nothing in this Stipulated Protective 

Order shall be deemed a waiver of any party’s right to object to any discovery request on any 

ground; to seek an order compelling a response to any discovery request; to object to the use in 

evidence of any material covered by the Stipulated Protective Order; or to restrict the 

designating party’s use of its own documents.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: May 10, 2007 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

By:___/s/_______________________________

Christina M. Kotowski

Attorneys for BAYER HEALTHCARE 

PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

Dated: May 10, 2007 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

By: ___/s/_______________________________

Andrew M. Wolfe

Attorneys for FRANCO PASQUALE

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________________________

Hon. Jeffrey S. White

U.S. District Judge

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EXHIBIT 1

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDER

AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I do solemnly swear and affirm that I have been provided with a copy, and am fully

familiar with the terms of, the Stipulated Protective Order in Bayer HealthCare 

Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Franco Pasquale, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of 

California Civil Case No. C06-07043 JSW. I agree to comply with and be bound by the terms 

and conditions of the Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that my 

failure to comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt by 

the Court. I solemnly promise not to 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 United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the 

terms of this Stipulated Protective Order.

SIGNATURE: _____________________________

PRINTED NAME: _____________________________

DATE: _____________________________

CITY AND STATE WHERE SWORN AND SIGNED: _____________________________

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