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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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Laura Stevens, Esq. (SBN 64643)

Attorney at Law

2831 Telegraph Ave.

Oakland, CA 94609

Telephone: (51 0) 849-0381

Facsimile: (51 0) 849-0382

Attorneys for Defendant

THE HIGHER GEAR GROUP. INC.

DANIEL GRUMLEY.

Plaintiff,

V.

THE HIGHER GEAR GROUP, INC.,

Defendant.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. C07-02849 Sl

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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WHEREAS, the parties hereto are conducting discovery, which includes

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depositions, production of documents and responses to interrogatories;

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WHEREAS, certain documents may contain private and confidential information

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and/or sensitive and confidential business information or trade secrets: and

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WHEREAS, plaintiff and defendant seek to reasonably limit the disclosure of

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such information which may be exchanged now and in the future during this litigation,

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IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED THAT:

23 1. Certain private, business or other confidential documents contain

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information which may be directly relevant to the subject matter of this litigation, but

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which one or both parties may contend implicates privacy and confidentiality interests of

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I the parties to this action or of third parties, potentially including but not limited to

2 documents containing proprietary business information and trade secrets of Defendant

3 The Higher Gear Group, Inc. As set forth therein, said information so designated by the

4 parties shall be marked "confidential" and sealed as the court permits.

5 2. The desígnation of information as "confidential" pursuant to this Order

6 shall not be construed as a concession by any party that such information is relevant or

7 material to any issue, or in fact is confidential, proprietary, or a trade secret. ln addition,

8 a party's failure to object to the "confidential" designation at the time of production does

9 not waive that party's right to object to the designation later in the litigation including up

l0 to and through trial in the form of a motion ín limine or by other appropriate procedure.

I I 3. Said information shall be held in confidence by each person to whom it is

12 disclosed, shall be used solely in preparation for trial or in trial of this lawsuit, shall not

l3 be used for any business purposes whatsoever, and shall not be disclosed to anyone

14 except for the following categories of "qualified persons":

15 a. The Court and its personnel

16 b. Counsel to parties, including inside or house counsel, and their

17 employees;

18 c. Persons not retained by counsel, whether paid or not, to assist in

19 the preparation of this case, including but not limited to,

20 accountants, economists, statisticians, and other types of experts;

2l d. Plaintiff;

22 e. Officers, directors and employees of the receiving party to whom

23 attorneys for the receiving party determine in good faith it is

24 necessary that the documents be shown for purposes of this

25 litigation. Prior to receiving documents or information designated

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as Confidential, each such corporate representative shall sign a

written acknowledgment (attached as Exhibit A) that such

representative has read and agrees to abide by this Order;

f. Witnesses, Court reporters and videographers in connection with

the recording of sworn testimony in these proceedings.

g. Any person who prepared or originated the document, who is

indicated on its face as a recipient of a copy, or who has othenruise

legitimately received or had access to the material contained

therein.

4. The aforesaid information can be disclosed to a person other than a

qualified person (i.e., to a "third party"), however, the party seeking disclosure must

provide a copy of this Stipulated Order to such other person, and before disclosing the

confidentially designated information obtain his or her written agreement to abide by the

terms hereof in the form of Exhibit A. lf said information is disclosed to a third party,

counsel shall make reasonable arrangements to ensure that only the third party and

qualified persons are present at the time of the disclosure.

5. The parties may agree in writing or on the record, without further order of

this Court, to allow disclosure of documents or information to an individual who

othenryise would not be authorized to receive such documents or information hereunder.

6. Counsel for any party (the "Objecting Party") may at any time serve a

notice of hisiits written objection to any confidentiality designation upon counsel for the

proponent of the designation. The parties shall attempt to resolve any such dispute ín

good faith. The Designating Party shall respond by providing facts establishing that the

disputed information is (1) financial information, trade secrets, confidential research,

development, marketing, internal review or personal, and/or private information (2)

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1 which is subject to protection under Federal or California State law. lf such attempt to

2 meet and confer is unsuccessful, it shall be the burden of the Designating Party to file a

3 noticed motion with the Court and to establish to the Court that the contested material is

4 confidential under Federal or California law.

5 7. lf any such dispute is submitted to the Court, the documents or information

6 referred to in such notice of motion will retaÍn their confidentiality designation until a

7 ruling by the Court, and thereafter shall be designated in accordance with such ruling.

8 Such documents or information designated Confidential shall be submitted to the Court

9 under seal as lawfully permitted. The Court shall make an independent determination

10 as to whether any disputed ínformation is to be protected from public disclosure.

l1 8. The restrictions of this Order shall cease to apply to any information once

12 it becomes public knowledge other than by act or omission of a party to whom such

13 disclosure is made. The terms of this Order shall not affect the right of any person to

14 seek whatever further relief is available under applicable law, or to seek appropriate

l5 amendments to this Order as dictated by the experience of the parties in operating

16 under its present term.

17 9. In the event anyone shall víolate or threaten to víolate any terms of this

18 Protective Order, the aggrieved party may seek injunctive relief and it shall not be a

19 defense thereto that the aggrieved party possesses an adequate remedy at law. Failure

20 to make diligent efforts to abide by the terms hereof may at the court's discretion be

2l grounds for imposition of sanctions, without limitation on any other rights of persons or

22 entities affected.

23 10. All persons subject to the terms of this Protective Order agree that this

24 Court shall retain jurisdiction over them for the purpose of enforcing this Protective

25 Order.

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11. This Stipulation and Protective Order may be signed in counterpart by the

parties' respective counsel and when signed shall become binding and effective as to

each such party.

12. The parties agree that this Protective Order shall take effect upon

signature, and that the Order of the Court adopting the Stipulation shall be deemed to

be retroactive to the date counsel sign this document.

Dated: )æ?

13 Dated: September 5,2007

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Laura Stevens, Esq.

Laura

Stevens

Dig¡bl¡y s¡gnd by Lau6 SteveE

DN: CN = LauE Stevens. C: US

.Date: 2007.09.05 19:00:08 {700'

ORDER

The Stipulated Protective Order entered into between the parties in the case of

Grumlev v. The Hiqher Gear Group. lnc., U.S. District Court, Northern District of

California, Case No. C07-02849 JL, is hereby approved and so ordered.

By:

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Attorney for

Kastner / Banchero LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff

The Higher Gear Group, lnc.

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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1 EXHIBIT A

2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

31, [print or type full name], of

4 [print or type ful] or type full addressl, declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of

5 the United States of America, that I have read in its entirety and understand the

6 Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court, Northern

7 District of California, on (date) in the case of Daniel Grumley

8 v. The Higher Gear Group, lnc., Case No. C07-02849 Sl. I agree to comply with and to

9 be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and

10 acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in

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

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

l3 entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

14 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the federal district court in and for

15 the Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this

16 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after

17 termination of this action.

l8 | hereby appoint [name] of

19 [print or type full address and telephone number]

20 as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any

2I proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

22 Date:

24 City and State where sworn and signed

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Printed name:

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Signature:

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