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Parties Involved:
Svetlana Blackburn
Plaintiff
Oracle America, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Daniel Velton (SBN 267890)

VJ Chetty (SBN 271778) 

VELTON ZEGELMAN P.C. 

525 W. Remington Drive, Suite 106 

Sunnyvale, CA 94087 

Telephone: (408) 505-7892 

Fax: (408) 228-1930 

dvelton@vzfirm.com 

vchetty@vzfirm.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Michael Delikat (NY State Bar No. MD1165)

Appearing pro hac vice

mdelikat@orrick.com 

Renee B. Phillips (NY State Bar No. RP4456) 

Appearing pro hac vice

rphillips@orrick.com 

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

51 West 52nd Street 

New York, New York 10019-6142 

Telephone: (212) 506-5000 

Fax: (212) 506-5151 

Kenneth Herzinger (SBN 209688) 

kherzinger@orrick.com 

Erin M. Connell (SBN 223355) 

econnell@orrick.com 

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

405 Howard Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 773-5700 

Fax: (415) 773-5759 

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SVETLANA BLACKBURN, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ORACLE AMERICA, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 3:16-cv-02925-EMC

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Hon. Edward M. Chen 

Action Filed: June 1, 2016 

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I. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, and private information for which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated 

Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on 

all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure 

and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 

under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 

12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 

information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and 

the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material 

under seal. 

II. DEFINITIONS 

Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or 

items under this Order. 

“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, 

stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(c). 

Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 

their support staff). 

Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. 

Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or 

manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 

transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to 

discovery in this matter. 

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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the 

litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s 

competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party 

or of a Party’s competitor. 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or 

Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less 

restrictive means. 

House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House Counsel 

does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 

Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity 

not named as a Party to this action. 

Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action but 

are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf 

of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party. 

Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 

Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in 

this action. 

Professional Vendors: persons or entities 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. 

Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing 

Party. 

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III. SCOPE 

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 

(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 

all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 

Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 

a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the 

public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party 

prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who 

obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating 

Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 

IV. DURATION 

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 

this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court 

order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all 

claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after 

the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

applicable law. 

V. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 

A. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 

Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this 

Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the 

appropriate standards. To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate 

for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications 

that qualify—so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for 

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which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 

for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection 

initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is 

withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

B. Manner and Timing of Designations. 

Except as otherwise provided in this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 

designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” to each document that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of 

the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 

protected portion(s) (e.g., by marking appropriate markings in the margins). A Party or NonParty that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need not designate them 

for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would like copied 

and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made 

available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, 

the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection 

under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must 

affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”) to each document that contains Protected Material. 

(b) for electronically stored information (“ESI”) produced in native format, the 

Designating Party shall include the appropriate confidentiality designation within the file name. 

(c) for ESI produced in tiff format, if the document is “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”, the designation should appear on 

every page. 

(d) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, the 

Designating Party shall identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding or by written notification within thirty (30) days after receipt of the clean transcript, 

all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. 

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 

other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 

authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 

shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL— ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page 

that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all 

pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and 

the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall 

inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the 

expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless 

otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as 

actually designated. 

(e) other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 

exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. 

C. Inadvertent Failures to Designate. 

An inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing 

alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. 

Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to 

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assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

VI. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

A. Timing of Challenges. 

Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at any time. 

Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to 

avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant 

disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality 

designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is 

disclosed. 

B. Meet and Confer. 

The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process by providing written 

notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid 

ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the 

challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the 

Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin 

the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are 

not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging 

Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and 

must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider 

the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen 

designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if 

it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is 

unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner. 

C. Judicial Intervention. 

If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention, the Designating Party 

shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance 

with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or 

within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their 

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dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the 

preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the 

required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the 

confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party 

may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for 

doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions 

thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent 

declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements 

imposed by the preceding paragraph. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

Party. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a 

motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material 

in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation 

until the court rules on the challenge. 

VII. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

A. Basic Principles. 

A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced by another 

Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, defending, or 

attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the 

categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has 

been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL 

DISPOSITION). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 

in a secure manner1 that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 

B. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. 

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It may be appropriate under certain circumstances to require the Receiving Party to store any 

electronic Protected Material in password-protected form. 

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Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 

Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this litigation; 

(b) the officers, directors, and/or employees (including House Counsel) of the 

Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters and their staff, and professional jury or trial consultants, mock 

jurors and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and 

who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 

unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 

deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately 

bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this 

Stipulated Protective Order; 

(g) special masters, mediators, or other Non-Parties who are appointed by the Court or 

retained by the Parties for settlement purposes or resolution of discovery or other disputes, along 

with their necessary personnel, and who (in the case of persons retained by the Parties) have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(h) individual Parties, including Plaintiffs, to the extent deemed necessary by Counsel 

of Record for the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action. 

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C. Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

Information or Items. 

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating 

Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: 

(i) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to 

disclose the information for this litigation; 

(ii) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 

7.4(D)(a), below, have been followed; 

(iii) the court and its personnel; 

(iv) court reporters and their staff; and professional jury or trial consultants, 

mock jurors and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A); 

(v) the author, recipient, or custodian of a document containing the 

information or other persons who through testimony or through corroborating documents, 

have been demonstrated to have received or authored the document; 

(vi) during their depositions, (1) witnesses from the Party that designated the 

Document; (2) the author, recipient, or custodian of a document containing the 

information or (3) other persons who through testimony or through corroborating 

documents, have been demonstrated to have received or authored the document. Pages of 

transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material 

must be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except 

as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; 

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Court or retained by the Parties for settlement purposes or resolution of discovery or other 

disputes, along with their necessary personnel, and who (in the case of persons retained by 

the Parties) have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A). 

(b) If Counsel for Receiving Party wishes to disclose “Highly Confidential - 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Material to any person not designated above, counsel shall follow the 

following procedure: 

(i) Counsel for the Receiving Party shall make a written request to the 

Designating Party that sets forth (1) the names of the persons to whom “Highly 

Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Material are to be disclosed and (2) a description of 

the Protected Material to be disclosed to such person. 

(ii) The Designating Party shall have seven days from receipt of the written 

request to object to the disclosure of the Protected Material. Any such objection must set 

forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. 

(iii) A Receiving Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and 

confer with the Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve 

the matter by agreement within 7 days of receiving the written objection. If no agreement 

is reached, the Receiving Party may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and 

in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the 

court to make the disclosure. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with 

specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure is reasonably necessary, 

assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means 

that could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied 

by a competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by 

agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting 

forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the 

disclosure. 

(iv) All persons to whom disclosures are permitted and made hereunder shall 

comply with the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

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D. Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” 

AND “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

Information or Items to Experts. 

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating 

Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item 

that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant 

to paragraph 7.2(c) or 7.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) 

sets forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (2) 

attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (3) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (4) 

identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for 

work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, 

including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years,2 and (5) 

identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in 

connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a declaration, 

report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years.3

(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 

preceding respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified 

Expert unless, within 7 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from 

the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is 

based. 

(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 

Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by 

agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party 

seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 

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If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a third-party, 

then the Expert should provide whatever information the Expert believes can be disclosed without 

violating any confidentiality agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert shall be 

available to meet and confer with the Designating Party regarding any such engagement. 

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 It may be appropriate in certain circumstances to restrict the Expert from undertaking certain limited 

work prior to the termination of the litigation that could foreseeably result in an improper use of the 

Designating Party’s “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information. 

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(and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the court 

to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the 

reasons why the disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the 

disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that risk. 

In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration describing the 

parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and 

confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal 

to approve the disclosure. 

(d) In any such proceeding, the Party or Non-Party opposing disclosure to the Expert 

shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the 

safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to 

its Expert. 

VIII. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order that compels disclosure of any 

information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a 

copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in 

the other matter that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this 

Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.4

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

4 The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this Protective 

Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect its confidentiality 

interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. 

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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a 

determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained 

the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of 

seeking protection in that court of its confidential material—and nothing in these provisions 

should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a 

lawful directive from another court. 

IX. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN 

THIS LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in 

this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL— 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with 

this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these 

provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement 

with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that 

some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a 

Non-Party; 

2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective 

Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific 

description of the information requested; and 

3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 

days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 

seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession 

or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

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determination by the court.5 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 

X. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 

Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the 

unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the 

Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were 

made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

XI. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL 

Production or disclosure of documents or information subject to the attorney-client 

privilege, work product immunity, or any other applicable privilege shall not constitute a waiver 

of, nor a prejudice to, any claim that such or related material is privileged or protected by the 

work product immunity or any other applicable privilege. A Producing Party may notify the 

Receiving Party in writing that produced documents or information are subject to the attorneyclient privilege, work product immunity, or any other applicable privilege. Within five (5) 

business days of this notice, the Receiving Party shall return or destroy all such documents or 

information and all copies thereof, including those that have been shared with Experts, 

consultants, and vendors, and confirm in writing that all such documents or information have 

been returned or destroyed. No use shall be made of such documents or information during 

depositions, through motion practice, or at trial. In the case of such returned production, the 

Producing Party shall provide a privilege log identifying such documents or information within 

ten (10) business days of its original notice to the Receiving Party. The Receiving Party may 

move the Court for an Order compelling production of any such documents or information in 

5 The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality rights 

of a Non-Party and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality interests in this 

court. 

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accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Northern District Local Rules, or any 

Standing Orders or General Orders of this Court. The motion shall be filed under seal pursuant to 

Northern District Local Rule 79-5 and shall not assert as a ground for production the fact of the 

earlier production, nor shall the motion disclose or otherwise use the content of the previously 

produced and returned documents or information in any way (beyond any information appearing 

on the above-referenced privilege log). 

If a disclosing party marks for identification or offers into evidence documents or 

information subject to the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity, or any other 

applicable privilege at trial, at a hearing, at a deposition, or on a motion—or proffers or elicits 

testimonial or other evidence that incorporates or relies on documents or information subject to 

the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity, or any other applicable privilege, including 

evidence within Federal Rule of Evidence 703—that act shall be deemed to effect a waiver and 

forfeiture by the disclosing party of attorney-client privilege and work product protection that 

would otherwise apply to undisclosed information concerning the same subject matter, within 

Federal Rule of Evidence 502(a). The preceding sentence shall not apply to: (i) proceedings to 

determine whether the documents or information are protected by the attorney-client privilege, 

work product immunity, or any other applicable privilege, or (ii) documents or information that 

are marked for identification, offered into evidence, or incorporated into evidence proffered or 

elicited by an adverse party, or relied on by a witness proffered by an adverse party. 

The Rule 502(d) Order attached hereto, when entered by the Court, is incorporated herein. 

XII. MISCELLANEOUS 

A. Right to Further Relief. 

Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the court 

in the future. 

B. Right to Assert Other Objections. 

By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise 

would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not 

addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on 

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any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 

C. Filing Protected Material. 

Without written permission from the Designating Party or a court order secured after 

appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action 

any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply 

with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court 

order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local 

Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material 

at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the 

law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local 

Rule 79-5(e) is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in 

the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e)(2) unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

D. Nothing in this Order shall preclude or impede Outside Counsel of Record’s 

ability to communicate with or advise their client in connection with this litigation only based on 

such counsel’s review and evaluation of Protected Material, provided however, that such 

communications or advice shall not disclose or reveal the substance or content of any Protected 

Material other than as permitted under this Order. 

XIII. FINAL DISPOSITION 

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such 

material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 

Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must 

submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 

Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all 

the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has 

not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 

capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 

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retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 

legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 

product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected 

Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 

this Protective Order as set forth in Section IV (DURATION). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: November 28, 2016 VELTON ZEGELMAN P.C. 

By: /s/ Daniel Velton 

DANIEL VELTON 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 28, 2016 ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP

By: /s/ Michael Delikat

MICHAEL DELIKAT 

Attorneys for Defendant 

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Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest under penalty of 

perjury that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from its signatory. 

Dated: November 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Michael Delikat 

MICHAEL DELIKAT

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:

Hon. Edward M. Chen

United States District Judge

11/29/2016

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, ______________________________ [print or type full name], of __________________ 

[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 

understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California on __________, 2016 in the case of Blackburn v. Oracle 

America, Inc., Case No. 3:16-cv-02925-EMC. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the 

terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 

comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly 

promise that I will not 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, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

____________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my 

California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to 

enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: _________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _______________________________________ 

Printed name: ________________________________________ 

[print name] 

Signature: _______________________________________________________ 

[signature] 

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