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Parties Involved:
Silgan Containers Corporation
Counter Claimant
Dana Wilber
Counter Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL TRACY 

2030 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1300 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

TELEPHONE: 949.260.9171 

FACSIMILE: 866.365.3051 

MICHAEL L. TRACY CA BAR NO. 237779 

MEGAN ROSS HUTCHINS CA BAR NO. 227776 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT DANA WILBER

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SIXTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111-3409 

TELEPHONE: 415.434.4484 

FACSIMILE: 415.434.4507 

JOHN H. DOUGLAS CA BAR NO. 178966 

KRISTY KUNISAKI CA BAR NO. 241005 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT AND COUNTER-CLAIMANT

SILGAN CONTAINERS CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANA WILBER, AN INDIVIDUAL

PLAINTIFF, 

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SILGAN CONTAINERS CORPORATION, A 

DELAWARE CORPORATION AND DOES 1-50,

DEFENDANTS. 

SILGAN CONTAINERS CORPORATION, A 

DELAWARE CORPORATION, 

COUNTER-CLAIMANT,

VS. 

DANA WILBER, AN INDIVIDUAL

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CASE NO. 2:06-cv-2181-MCE-EFB 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

JUDGE: HON. MORRISON 

ENGLAND 

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The parties to this action, by and through their undersigned counsel, do hereby 

agree and stipulate to entry by the court of a protective order as follows: 

STIPULATION

The parties to this action, Dana Wilber (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant Silgan 

Containers Corporation (“Defendant”) (hereinafter collectively the “parties”) by and 

through their undersigned counsel, do hereby agree and stipulate to entry by the Court of 

a Protective Order as follows: 

1. The Protective Order shall remain in full force and effect unless and until 

modified by an Order of this Court or by filed, written stipulation of the parties. This 

Protective Order shall survive and remain in full force and effect after the termination of 

this action, including related appeals and retrials. This Court shall retain jurisdiction to 

issue any further orders that may be required to enforce this Protective Order. This 

Protective Order shall be without limitation of the rights of any party or non-party to 

apply to the Court for relief from this Protective Order, or for such further or additional 

protective orders as the Court may deem appropriate. 

2. Any and all business, financial, or other information that is personal or 

confidential in nature to a party or any of their agents or employees or former agents or 

employees in the course of the litigation of this action by any party or by an entity 

subpoenaed by a party, shall be used by the parties solely for purposes of this action. 

Such information shall hereafter be referred to as “confidential information.” The term 

confidential information shall include documents, including, but not limited to, any 

writing, tangible object, videotape, computer tape, computer disk, interrogatory answer, 

transcript of deposition testimony, and request for admission or response thereto 

containing confidential information, and shall include all copies, descriptions, summaries, 

notes and abstracts which contain, or are derived from, confidential information. For 

example, documents such as interview notes, disciplinary notes, financial statements, 

meeting notes and minutes, reports to management, employee personnel files, and 

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confidential business information, proprietary or otherwise, are illustrative of the types of 

information that is confidential and private. However, neither documents nor the 

information contained therein are confidential to the extent said documents or 

information has been made public or is available from other public sources. 

3. Documents which a party asserts contain confidential information shall be 

marked “CONFIDENTIAL” by the party or, in the case of documents produced by others 

or portions of deposition transcripts, may be designated in writing by the party to whom 

the information is personal and confidential as “CONFIDENTIAL,” and shall thereafter 

be marked “CONFIDENTIAL” by the other party. In the event a party disputes that 

documents designated by the opposing party as “CONFIDENTIAL” fall within the scope 

of this stipulation and order, the disputing party shall have the obligation (1) to meet and 

confer relative to such dispute and (2) thereafter to obtain an order holding such 

documents not to be within the scope of this stipulation and Protective Order before 

disclosure of said documents may be made to persons other than those designated in 

paragraph 4. 

4. By designating a document, thing, material testimony, or other information 

derived therefrom as confidential under the terms of this order, the party making the 

designation is certifying to the Court that there is a good faith basis both in law and fact 

for the designation within the meaning of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(g). 

5. Absent a court order, confidential information produced pursuant to this 

order shall be made available only to: (1) the Court and its officials, including court and 

deposition reporters; (2) counsel for a party; (3) a party, or an officer, director, employee 

or agent of a party deemed necessary by counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense or 

settlement of this action; (4) officials of government agencies; and (5) and to 

“QUALIFIED PERSONS” designated below: 

A. Actual or prospective experts or consultants (and their clerical staff) 

retained or consulted by counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this 

action; 

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B. A non-party witness at any interview, deposition or other 

proceeding, so long as the non-party witness is only shown (and does not retain any 

copies of) any confidential information; or 

C. Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree. 

6. Prior to receiving any confidential document or information subject to this 

Protective Order, each QUALIFIED PERSON listed in section 5.A above shall be 

provided a copy of this Protective Order and required to execute a nondisclosure 

agreement in the form of Attachment A. Prior to receiving any confidential document or 

information subject to this Protective Order, each QUALIFIED PERSON listed in 

sections 5.B or C above shall be provided a copy of this Protective Order and requested 

to execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A. If such person 

declines to execute a nondisclosure agreement, the parties will meet and confer regarding 

what measures, if any, to take before such information is shown to such person. 

7. Documents designated confidential or any pleading or motion papers 

referring to, describing, quoting, or incorporating such confidential information or 

confidential documents, and all portions of deposition transcripts containing confidential 

information, shall be filed under seal with the following label placed upon the envelope 

or package containing such confidential information: 

“CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. This contains 

confidential information. Disclosure or use of such information is governed by a Court 

order.” 

8. For the convenience of the parties, the Clerk and the Court, or a party filing 

any pleading in this Court where such pleading contains confidential information and 

non-confidential information may (but will not be required to) file the entire pleading 

under seal. 

9. Upon the termination of this action and demand of counsel for the parties, 

any other party shall assemble and return to the producing party all documents, material, 

and deposition transcripts designated as CONFIDENTIAL, and all copies of same, or 

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shall certify the destruction thereof. 

10. Nothing in this Order or the production of any information or documents 

under the terms of this Order shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver by any party. 

11. The parties shall meet and confer in advance of any trial of this matter 

regarding methods for introduction of confidential materials at trial and will agree to 

submit any unresolved differences regarding such treatment to the Court for 

determination in advance of trial. 

12. Nothing in this Order or the production of any information or documents 

under the terms of this Order shall be deemed to be a waiver of any party’s right to seek 

to introduce or preclude the introduction of evidence at trial consistent with the Federal 

Rules of Evidence. 

This stipulation and order applies to all confidential information and confidential 

documents previously produced in this action. 

 

DATED: DECEMBER 27, 2006 THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL L. TRACY

MICHAEL L. TRACY

MEGAN ROSS HUTCHINS

/S/ MEGAN ROSS HUTCHINS 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND 

COUNTER-DEFENDANT DANA WILBER

Dated: December 27, 2006 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 

JOHN H. DOUGLAS

KRISTY KUNISAKI

/S/ KRISTY KUNISAKI 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

AND COUNTER-CLAIMANT

SILGAN CONTAINERS CORPORATION

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ORDER

This Protective Order shall terminate automatically upon the final 

disposition of this case without any further order of the court. 

DATED: January 4, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Attachment A 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have read the Protective Order entered in 

the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:06-CV-02181-

MCE-EFB, entitled Dana Wilber v. Silgan Containers Corporation. 

I understand the terms of the Protective Order. I agree to be bound by such terms 

and submit to the personal jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California with respect to any proceeding related to the enforcement of this 

Protective Order, including any proceedings related to contempt of Court. I will not 

disclose Protected Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” to anyone other than 

persons specifically authorized by the Protective Order and I agree to return all such 

materials which come into my possession to counsel from whom I received such 

materials. 

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Name: ____________________________________________________________ 

Company or Firm: ___________________________________________________ 

Address: __________________________________________________________ 

Telephone No.: _____________________________________________________ 

Relationship to this action and its parties: ________________________________ 

__________________________________________________________________ 

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Dated: __________________ Signature: __________________ 

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