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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DUNCAN LINDSEY, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

ELSEVIER INC., ET AL., 

Defendants.

 Case No.: 16-cv-00959-GPC (DHB) 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information 

(“materials”) being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for 

competitive reasons, normally kept confidential by the producing parties. Every party to 

this litigation (“Party” or collectively, “Parties”) have agreed to be bound by the terms of 

this Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. 

The materials to be produced throughout the course of the litigation by 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 

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much as practical during the litigation. Accordingly, the Court issues the following Order:1

DEFINITIONS 

1. The term “Confidential Information” will mean and include information 

contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, deposition 

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

and compilations derived therefrom that is deemed to be Confidential Information by any 

Party to which it belongs. 

2. The term “materials” will include, but is 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. 

3. The term “counsel” will mean outside counsel of record, and other 

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

identified, as well as in-house counsel for either of the Parties. 

GENERAL RULES 

4. Each Party that produces or discloses any materials, answers to 

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

                                               

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 This Order has been modified from the form proposed by Plaintiff to include 

in Paragraph 13 language required by Judge Bartick’s Chamber Rules. (See Civil 

Chambers Rules at § V(A)(1).) 

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

believes should be subject to this Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

Any producing Party may designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL” if, in the good 

faith belief of such Party and/or its counsel, the unrestricted disclosure of such information 

could be potentially prejudicial to the business or operations of such Party or otherwise 

qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). 

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 will be considered as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” and must 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 must, 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 producing Party: 

a. the deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as 

containing Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such 

designation must 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] producing Party will have until fourteen (14) 

days after receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other Party or Parties to 

the action of the portions of the transcript to be designated “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

b. the producing Party will have the right to exclude from attendance at the 

deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information is to be disclosed, any 

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

Party, the court reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 

below; and 

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

must bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” and the original or any copy ultimately 

presented to a court for filing must not be 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” must not 

be disclosed by the receiving Party to anyone other than those persons designated within 

this Order and must be handled in the manner set forth below and, in any event, must 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” may be viewed only by any 

Party, counsel (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving Party, by independent experts 

under the conditions set forth in this Paragraph, and by the additional individuals listed in 

paragraph 9, below. The right of any independent expert to receive any Confidential 

Information will 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 must 

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 five business days following receipt of the 

identification of the proposed expert. Confidential Information may be disclosed to an 

independent expert if the objection period has passed and no objection has been made. The 

approval of independent experts must not be unreasonably withheld. Reasonable grounds 

include, but are not limited to, any person that is a past or current employee of a producing 

Party or of a producing Party’s competitor, or any person that is anticipated to become an 

employee of a producing Party or of a producing Party’s competitor. 

9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” may be viewed by the 

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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; 

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; 

c. Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals 

identified above; 

d. The Court and its personnel; 

e. Members of the jury; 

f. Professional jury or trial consultants; and 

g. Professional vendors that provide litigation support services (e.g., 

photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

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

and subcontractors. 

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” any person 

indicated on the face of the document to be its originator, author or a recipient of a copy of 

the document, may be shown the same. 

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

producing or disclosing Party, and any and all reproductions of that information, must be 

retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving Party identified in paragraph 3 and 

may not be shared with anyone else, except a Party or Party representative, and 

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 during 

the pendency of the litigation, and the categories of persons listed in Paragraph 9 (c)-(g). 

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

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responses to requests for admissions, 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 must seek permission of the Court to file the material under 

seal. 

13. No document shall be filed under seal unless counsel secures a court order 

allowing the filing of a document under seal. An application to file a document under seal 

shall be served on opposing counsel, and on the person or entity that has custody and 

control of the document, if different from opposing counsel. If opposing counsel, or the 

person or entity who has custody and control of the document, wishes to oppose the 

application, he/she must contact the chambers of the judge who will rule on the application, 

to notify the judge’s staff that an opposition to the application will be filed. 

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 must 

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) 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 must be treated as 

Confidential Information, as designated by the producing Party, until the Court has ruled 

on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved. 

15. All Confidential Information must be held in confidence by those 

inspecting or receiving it, and must be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for 

each Party, and each person receiving Confidential Information, must 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, 

including the producing Party, 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 

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person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure. 

16. No Party will 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 producing 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 producing Party so 

notifies the receiving Party. If the receiving Party has disclosed the materials before 

receiving the designation, the receiving Party must notify the designating Party in writing 

of each such disclosure. Counsel for the Parties will agree on a mutually acceptable manner 

of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced materials as “CONFIDENTIAL” - 

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

18. Nothing within this Order will 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. 

19. Nothing in this Order will 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 must 

not be disclosed. 

20. This Order will 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 must not be used by 

either Party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure. 

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21. Nothing within this Order will be construed to prevent disclosure of 

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

22. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, counsel 

for each Party must, upon request of the producing Party, return all Confidential 

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

summaries of that information, or must destroy same at the option of the receiving Party, 

and must 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. This Order shall not require the return or 

destruction of Confidential Information that is stored on backup storage media made in 

accordance with regular data backup procedures for disaster recovery purposes. Backup 

storage media will not be restored for purposes of returning or certifying destruction of 

Confidential Information, but such retained information shall continue to be treated in 

accordance with the Order. 

23. The restrictions and obligations set forth within this Order will not apply 

to any information that: (a) the Parties agree should not be designated Confidential 

Information; (b) the Parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; (c) the 

Parties agree, or the Court rules, has become 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 been disclosed to, or come or will come into the receiving Party’s legitimate 

knowledge independently of the production by the producing Party. Prior knowledge must 

be established by pre-production documentation. 

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24. The restrictions and obligations within this Order will not be deemed to 

prohibit discussions of any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has 

or obtains legitimate possession of that information. 

25. Any Confidential Information that may be produced by a non-Party witness 

in discovery in this action pursuant to subpoena or otherwise may be designated by such 

non-Party as “CONFIDENTIAL” under the terms of this Order, and any such designation 

by a non-Party shall have the same force and effect, and create the same duties and 

obligations, as if made by one of the undersigned Parties hereto. Any such designation 

shall also function as consent by such producing non-Party to the authority of the Court in 

the proceeding to resolve and conclusively determine any motion or other application made 

any person or Party with respect to such designation, or any other matter otherwise arising 

under this Order. 

26. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes within 

this Order. 

27. This Order may be modified by agreement of the Parties and any producing 

non-Party, subject to approval by the Court. 

28. 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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 19, 2016 

 _________________________ 

 DAVID H. BARTICK 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I, _______________________________declare and say that: 

1. I am employed as _______________________________________by 

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2. I have read the Protective Order entered in Lindsey v. Elsevier, Inc., et al., 

Case No. 3:16-cv-00959-GPC-DHB, and have received a copy of the Protective Order. 

3. I promise that I will use any and all “Confidential” 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” information 

with anyone other than the persons described in Paragraphs 3, 8 and 9 of the Protective 

Order. 

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 or use of “Confidential” information in any 

manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order may subject me to sanctions for 

contempt of court. 

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

Dated: ___________ 

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