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Parties Involved:
Harry K. Jeung
Interpleader
New York Life Insurance Company
Interpleader
Cheuk Ping Wong
Interpleader

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Andrew R. Wiener (S.B. #115254)

LAW OFFICE OF ANDREW R. WIENER

58 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: (415) 365-4002

Facsimile: (415) 391-0555

Attorneys for Defendant-in-Interpleader,

HARRY K. JEUNG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Plaintiff-in-Interpleader,

v.

HARRY K. JEUNG, an individual; CHEUK

PING WONG, an individual,

Defendants-in-Interpleader ______________________________________

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Case No. C 06 3201 CRB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

BETWEEN DEFENDANT HARRY K.

JEUNG AND DEFENDANT CHEUK

PING WONG

Defendant-in-Interpleader HARRY K. JEUNG and Defendant-in-Interpleader CHEUK PING

WONG (hereinafter collectively referred to herein as “Defendants”), by and through their respective

counsel of record herein, hereby mutually agree and stipulate, as follows:

1. Any writing produced by any party in this action, and any transcript of any deposition

or other transcribed proceeding in this action (collectively referred to as “DOCUMENT”), may be

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” if the party in good faith believes that the DOCUMENT contains

proprietary information, confidential business information, trade secrets or other confidential

information.

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2. When any DOCUMENT is claimed to be CONFIDENTIAL, all confidential pages

shall be stamped and marked on the page with the stamp, “CONFIDENTIAL.” This stamp shall

appear on each page of any such DOCUMENT and any page of any brief, memorandum, written

discovery or other paper filed with the Court in this action in which the substance of any

DOCUMENT designated as CONFIDENTIAL is disclosed.

3. Any DOCUMENT designated and marked as CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to

paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protective Order shall be subject to the protection of this Order unless and

until the Court rules that the material is neither confidential nor otherwise entitled to the protection

of this Order. Any DOCUMENTS designated as CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2

of this Order and which designation has not been voluntarily withdrawn or ordered withdrawn by this

Court, are hereinafter referred to as “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL.”

4. Except as provided in paragraph 5 below, no one, except the producer of the

DOCUMENT, may read CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL without permission from this Court and no

one, except the producer of the DOCUMENT, may disclose or reveal the substance or content of such

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL so marked, or any portion thereof, to anyone other than those

permitted to read the same.

5. The Court grants the following persons permission to read but not otherwise to

disclose or reveal CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL:

A. Stenographic reporters, as necessarily incident to this action, any court

appointed discovery referee, and any mediator who is a retired judge;

B. The Parties and counsel of record in the action, those persons who are assisting

such counsel in this action, and those who are under the direct supervision of such counsel. Counsel

of record shall ensure that all other permitted persons agree, in writing, to be bound by the terms of

this Protective Order, which agreement shall acknowledge receipt of a copy of this Stipulated

Protective Order and acknowledge his understanding of the terms and conditions thereof.

C. Any independent retained expert witness who is intended to be called as such

on the trial of this action and any persons assisting that expert witness and who are under the direct

supervision of that expert witness, provided that the expert witness and such persons assisting him/her

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agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order, acknowledge receiving a copy of

this Protective Order and acknowledge understanding the terms and conditions thereof. It shall be

the responsibility of retaining counsel to procure such written agreement, provide a copy thereof to

counsel for the Party requesting the confidentiality, and to maintain a record thereof;

D. Any deposition reporter who is present when either CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL or other confidential information is provided by deposition or used in the deposition,

provided that the reporter agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order,

acknowledges receiving a copy of this Protective Order, acknowledges understanding the terms and

conditions thereof, and agrees to prepare the deposition transcript consistent with this Stipulation and

Protective Order, including sealing portions of the transcript where necessary.

E. Any deposition witness who is to be questioned concerning such

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL provided that the witness is provided with a copy of this Protective

Order, acknowledges that he/she understands the terms and conditions thereof and is told on the

record that he/she is bound by its terms and conditions; 

F. Any person whose name appears on the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL as an

author or recipient; and

G. Eric Chan, as successor Trustee of the Nancy Wong Revocable Trust date June

21, 2005, and his attorney, Christie Fraser. It shall be the responsibility of counsel of record for

Defendant Cheuk Ping Wong to provide a copy of this Ordere to Mr. Chan and Ms. Fraser, to secure

their written acknowledgment to abide by the terms of this Order, and to provide each party’s counsel

with a copy thereof.

H. Michael Bonner, Esq., attorney for the Estate of Nancy Wong. It shall be the

responsibility of counsel of record for Defendant Cheuk Ping Wong to provide a copy of this Order

to Mr. Bonner, to secure his written acknowledgment to abide by the terms of this Order, and to

provide each party’s counsel with a copy thereof.

6. If any Party contends that any DOCUMENT which has been designated

CONFIDENTIAL should not be entitled to protection under this Protective Order for any reason, that

Party may present the issue for decision to the Court, provided that the Party designating the

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DOCUMENT CONFIDENTIAL does not withdraw such designation within seven (7) days of being

requested in writing by the non-designating Party that the CONFIDENTIAL designation of the

DOCUMENT be withdrawn. If a receiving party wishes to have the designation of any particular

Confidential Material removed or changed, that party shall first request that the designating party

change its designation. Thereafter, the party challenging the designation and the designating party

shall make good faith efforts to resolve the dispute. If the designating party refuses to agree to remove

or change the designation, or if a non-party for whom the designation, in whole or in part, was

intended to protect, refuses to agree to remove or change the designation, then the party challenging

the designation may move the Court by formal motion for an order removing or changing the

designation, provided however, that (1) the designating party shall have the burden of proving that

such particular Confidential Material was properly designated, and (2) the challenging party shall

have the burden to establish that (a) the Confidential Material is relevant to the action, (b) the

information sought cannot be obtained from other sources, and (c) the disclosure of Confidential

Material will not expose the designating party to contractual or tort liabilities to non-parties for whom

the designation, in whole or in part, was intended to protect. At all times during the process of

challenging a designation, the parties to this Stipulation shall treat the Confidential Material as

originally designated until such time as the affected parties in writing agree otherwise or at the time

of service of written notice of the Court’s ruling on any motion to remove or change the designation

of Confidential Material. No party shall be obligated to challenge the appropriateness of any

confidentiality designation, and except as the Court may otherwise decree, the failure to do so shall

not constitute a waiver of, or otherwise preclude, a challenge to the designation in another or

subsequent action.

7. Any party desiring to file with the Court a DOCUMENT bearing the

CONFIDENTIAL stamp described in Paragraph 2 above, shall do so pursuant to, and in compliance

with, Rule 79-5 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court of the Northern District of

California.

8. Any CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL and its contents shall be used ONLY IN THIS

ACTION, including any appeals in accordance with the limitations proscribed by this Protective

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Order, and such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall not be used for any other purpose.

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9. Upon final determination of this action, whether by judgment or otherwise, the counsel

of record receiving any CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall destroy all summaries and excerpts of

such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL in his or her possession, and either destroy all said

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL in his or her possession or return such CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL to the counsel of record producing the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL. Counsel shall

provide designating counsel with a Declaration under oath certifying compliance with this

requirement.

10. Neither the production of any CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL nor testimony of any

witness designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be construed as, or deemed to be, (a) a waiver of

confidentiality, any applicable privilege or protection from discovery, and/or (b) justification for

further discovery.

11. Should any Party or his or her counsel of record be served with a subpoena which

would require production of any CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL (“SUBPOENA”), such counsel shall

immediately notify counsel for the producing Party by telephone and fax and advise the entity

subpoenaing the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL that there exists CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL that

is responsive, but that production of such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL to anyone not specifically

permitted to review such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL is precluded by this Protective Order from

being produced, disclosed, or discussed further.

12. In the event that the producing party objects to the production of CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL by the Party served with the SUBPOENA, the producing Party shall respond to, and be

responsible for, either: (a) filing with a Court of competent jurisdiction, a Motion quashing and/or

modifying the SUBPOENA or some equivalent procedure in an administrative hearing, and obtaining

an Order therefrom (such procedures shall collectively be referred to as the “Motion”); and/or (b)

obtaining an agreement from the subpoenaing party staying, modifying, or quashing the SUBPOENA

pending a ruling by a Court of competent jurisdiction on any Motion filed by the producing Party.

The producing Party shall timely file the Motion, with a Court of competent jurisdiction and shall

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serve the Motion on the individual or entity subpoenaing the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, and

on the subpoenaed party.

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13. If the producing Party files a Motion to Quash and/or modify the SUBPOENA as

described in paragraph 12, above, the subpoenaed party shall not produce any of the

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL which is the subject of the aforesaid Motion until: (a) it is ordered

by the Court hearing the aforesaid Motion to disclose the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL; or (b) the

aforesaid Motion is denied by the Court.

14. This Protective Order may be amended or modified by this Court as the Court deems

necessary or appropriate under the circumstances of this case. The Parties intend that the terms of

this Stipulation and Protective Order shall take effect upon its execution by counsel for the Parties

while pending approval by the Court.

15. None of the restrictions set forth in this Order shall apply to any documents or

information that are in the public domain of become public knowledge ny means not in violation of

this Order. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using any information that the party

properly possessed prior to receipt of any Confidential Material from the other party or from a nonparty, or that was independently discovered by the receiving party; however, any party having such

prior possession shall be bound by all laws regulating the disclosure or use of information known to

be the proprietary, private or confidential information of others, including any party hereto. 

16. The terms for treatment of Confidential Material pursuant to this Order shall be

effective upon complete execution of this document. Within five (5) days of such execution, this

document shall be submitted to the Court for approval and entry.

17. This Order shall not abrogate or diminish any contractual, statutory, or other legal

obligation or right of any party or person with respect to Confidential Material.The fact that

information is marked with a confidentiality designation under this Order shall not be deemed to be

determinative of what a Court or trier of fact may determine to be confidential, private, proprietary,

or a trade secret. The fact that any information is disclosed, used or produced in any court proceeding

in this action with a confidentiality designation, shall not be offered in any action or proceeding

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before any other court, agency or tribunal as evidence of, or concerning, whether or not such

information (a) is admissible, and/or (b) is in fact confidential, private, proprietary or a trade secret.

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THOITS, HERSHBERGER, ET. AL.

Dated: ______, 2006 ______________________________________

Jeffrey Snyder, Esq., Attorneys for 

Defendant-in-Interpleader, CHEUK PING WONG

LAW OFFICE OF ANDREW R. WIENER

Dated: ______, 2006 ______________________________________

Andrew R. Wiener, Attorney for 

Defendant-in-Interpleader, HARRY K. JEUNG

ORDER

THE COURT HEREBY ADOPTS THE ABOVE STIPULATION AS AN ORDER OF

THE COURT.

Dated: August 21, 2006 _____________________________________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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