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Parties Involved:
Bank of America Corporation
Defendant
Bank of America, N.A.
Defendant
Early Warning Services, LLC
Defendant
First Advantage Background Services Corp.
Defendant
Troy Jacques
Plaintiff

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Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1700

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: 310.860.8700

Facsimile: 310.860.3800

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

William N. Le, Bar No. 228390

3 Park Plaza, Suite 400

Irvine, CA 92614

Telephone: 949.423.2100

Facsimile: 949.423.2101

Attorneys for Defendant

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TROY JACQUES,

Plaintiff,

v.

BANK OF AMERICA 

CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, aka BANK OF 

AMERICA, N.A.; FIRST 

ADVANTAGE BACKGROUND 

SERVICES CORP., a Florida 

corporation; EARLY WARNING 

SERVICES, LLC, a Limited 

Liability company; and DOES 1 

through 50,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:12-cv-00821-SAB 

Assigned For All Purposes To:

Hon. Stanley A. Boone, Courtroom 9

ORDER ON STIPULATION AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER —

CONFIDENTIAL DESIGNATION ONLY

Pretrial Conf.: April 17, 2015

Trial: June 2, 2015

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff, Bank of 

America, N.A., and Early Warning Services, LLC by and through their respective 

counsel of record, that in order to facilitate the exchange of information and 

documents which may be subject to confidentiality limitations on disclosure due to 

federal laws, state laws, and privacy rights, the Parties stipulate as follows:

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1. In this Stipulation and Protective Order, the words set forth below 

shall have the following meanings:

a. "Proceeding" means the above-entitled proceeding United 

States Eastern District of California Case No. 1:12-cv-00821-SAB.

b. "Court" means the Honorable Stanley A. Boone, or any other 

judge to which this Proceeding may be assigned, including Court staff participating 

in such proceedings.

c. "Confidential" means any information which is in the 

possession of a Designating Party who believes in good faith that such information 

is entitled to confidential treatment under applicable law.

d. "Confidential Materials" means any Documents, Testimony or 

Information as defined below designated as "Confidential" pursuant to the 

provisions of this Stipulation and Protective Order.

e. "Designating Party" means the Party that designates Materials 

as "Confidential."

f. "Disclose" or "Disclosed" or "Disclosure" means to reveal, 

divulge, give, or make available Materials, or any part thereof, or any information 

contained therein.

g. "Documents" means (i) any "Writing," "Original," and 

"Duplicate" as those terms are defined by California Evidence Code Sections 250, 

255, and 260, which have been produced in discovery in this Proceeding by any 

person, and (ii) any copies, reproductions, or summaries of all or any part of the 

foregoing.

h. "Information" means the content of Documents or Testimony.

i. "Testimony" means all depositions, declarations or other 

testimony taken or used in this Proceeding.

2. The Designating Party shall have the right to designate as 

"Confidential" any Documents, Testimony or Information that the Designating 

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Party in good faith believes to contain non-public information that is entitled to 

confidential treatment under applicable law.

3. The entry of this Stipulation and Protective Order does not alter, 

waive, modify, or abridge any right, privilege or protection otherwise available to 

any Party with respect to the discovery of matters, including but not limited to any 

Party's right to assert the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product 

doctrine, or other privileges, or any Party's right to contest any such assertion.

4. Any Documents, Testimony or Information to be designated as 

"Confidential" must be clearly so designated before the Document, Testimony or 

Information is Disclosed or produced. The "Confidential" designation should not 

obscure or interfere with the legibility of the designated Information. 

a. For Documents (apart from transcripts of depositions or other 

pretrial or trial proceedings), the Designating Party must affix the legend 

"Confidential" on each page of any Document containing such designated 

Confidential Material.

b. For Testimony given in depositions the Designating Party may 

either:

i. identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, 

all "Confidential" Testimony, by specifying all portions of the 

Testimony that qualify as "Confidential;" or

ii. designate the entirety of the Testimony at the deposition 

as "Confidential" (before the deposition is concluded) with the right to 

identify more specific portions of the Testimony as to which 

protection is sought within 30 days following receipt of the deposition 

transcript. In circumstances where portions of the deposition 

Testimony are designated for protection, the transcript pages 

containing "Confidential" Information may be separately bound by the 

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court reporter, who must affix to the top of each page the legend 

"Confidential," as instructed by the Designating Party.

c. For Information produced in some form other than Documents, 

and for any other tangible items, including, without limitation, compact discs or 

DVDs, the Designating Party must affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the 

container or containers in which the Information or item is stored the legend 

"Confidential." If only portions of the Information or item warrant protection, the 

Designating Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the "Confidential" 

portions.

5. The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned Parties or nonParties to the Proceedings of any Document, Testimony or Information during 

discovery in this Proceeding without a "Confidential" designation, shall be without 

prejudice to any claim that such item is "Confidential" and such Party shall not be 

held to have waived any rights by such inadvertent production. In the event that 

any Document, Testimony or Information that is subject to a "Confidential" 

designation is inadvertently produced without such designation, the Party that 

inadvertently produced the document shall give written notice of such inadvertent 

production within twenty (20) days of discovery of the inadvertent production, 

together with a further copy of the subject Document, Testimony or Information 

designated as "Confidential" (the "Inadvertent Production Notice"). Upon receipt 

of such Inadvertent Production Notice, the Party that received the inadvertently 

produced Document, Testimony or Information shall promptly destroy the 

inadvertently produced Document, Testimony or Information and all copies 

thereof, or, at the expense of the producing Party, return such together with all 

copies of such Document, Testimony or Information to counsel for the producing

Party and shall retain only the "Confidential" designated Materials. Should the 

receiving Party choose to destroy such inadvertently produced Document, 

Testimony or Information, the receiving Party shall notify the producing Party in 

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writing of such destruction within ten (10) days of receipt of written notice of the 

inadvertent production. This provision is not intended to apply to any inadvertent 

production of any Information protected by attorney-client or work product 

privileges. In the event that this provision conflicts with any applicable law 

regarding waiver of confidentiality through the inadvertent production of 

Documents, Testimony or Information, such law shall govern.

6. In the event that counsel for a Party receiving Documents, Testimony 

or Information in discovery designated as "Confidential" objects to such 

designation with respect to any or all of such items, said counsel shall advise 

counsel for the Designating Party, in writing, of such objections, the specific 

Documents, Testimony or Information to which each objection pertains, and the 

specific reasons and support for such objections (the "Designation Objections"). 

Counsel for the Designating Party shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the 

written Designation Objections to either (a) agree in writing to de-designate 

Documents, Testimony or Information pursuant to any or all of the Designation 

Objections and/or (b) file a motion with the Court seeking to uphold any or all 

designations on Documents, Testimony or Information addressed by the 

Designation Objections (the "Designation Motion"). Pending a resolution of the 

Designation Motion by the Court, any and all existing designations on the 

Documents, Testimony or Information at issue in such Motion shall remain in 

place. The Designating Party shall have the burden on any Designation Motion of 

establishing the applicability of its "Confidential" designation. In the event that the 

Designation Objections are neither timely agreed to nor timely addressed in the 

Designation Motion, then such Documents, Testimony or Information shall be dedesignated in accordance with the Designation Objection applicable to such 

material.

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7. Access to and/or Disclosure of Confidential Materials designated as 

"Confidential" shall be permitted only to the following persons:

a. the Court;

b. (1) Attorneys of record in the Proceeding and their affiliated 

attorneys, paralegals, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such attorneys who 

are actively involved in the Proceedings and are not employees of any Party. (2) 

In-house counsel to the undersigned Parties and the paralegal, clerical and 

secretarial staff employed by such counsel. Provided, however, that each nonlawyer given access to Confidential Materials shall be advised that such Materials 

are being Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order and that they may not be Disclosed other than pursuant to its 

terms. (3) Parties to the Proceeding;

c. those officers, directors, partners, members, employees and 

agents of all non-designating Parties that counsel for such Parties deems necessary 

to aid counsel in the prosecution and defense of this Proceeding; provided, 

however, that prior to the Disclosure of Confidential Materials to any such officer, 

director, partner, member, employee or agent, counsel for the Party making the 

Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such 

person, shall explain that such person is bound to follow the terms of such Order, 

and shall secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form attached 

hereto as Exhibit A;

d. court reporters in this Proceeding (whether at depositions, 

hearings, or any other proceeding);

e. any deposition, trial or hearing witness in the Proceeding who 

previously has had access to the Confidential Materials, or who is currently or was 

previously an officer, director, partner, member, employee or agent of an entity 

that has had access to the Confidential Materials;

f. any deposition or non-trial hearing witness in the Proceeding 

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who previously did not have access to the Confidential Materials; provided, 

however, that each such witness given access to Confidential Materials shall be 

advised that such Materials are being Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order and that they may not be Disclosed 

other than pursuant to its terms;

g. mock jury participants, provided, however, that prior to the 

Disclosure of Confidential Materials to any such mock jury participant, counsel for 

the Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order to such person, shall explain that such person is bound to follow 

the terms of such Order, and shall secure the signature of such person on a 

statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

h. outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the 

undersigned Parties or their counsel in connection with the Proceeding, whether or 

not retained to testify at any oral hearing; provided, however, that prior to the 

Disclosure of Confidential Materials to any such expert or expert consultant, 

counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order to such person, shall explain its terms to such person, and 

shall secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form attached hereto 

as Exhibit A. It shall be the obligation of counsel, upon learning of any breach or 

threatened breach of this Stipulation and Protective Order by any such expert or 

expert consultant, to promptly notify counsel for the Designating Party of such 

breach or threatened breach; and

i. any other person that the Designating Party agrees to in writing.

8. Confidential Materials shall be used by the persons receiving them 

only for the purposes of preparing for, conducting, participating in the conduct of, 

and/or prosecuting and/or defending the Proceeding, and not for any business or 

other purpose whatsoever.

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9. Any Party to the Proceeding (or other person subject to the terms of 

this Stipulation and Protective Order) may ask the Court, after appropriate notice to 

the other Parties to the Proceeding, to modify or grant relief from any provision of 

this Stipulation and Protective Order.

10. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order shall not:

a. operate as an admission by any person that any particular 

Document, Testimony or Information marked "Confidential" contains or reflects 

trade secrets, proprietary, confidential or competitively sensitive business, 

commercial, financial or personal information; or

b. prejudice in any way the right of any Party (or any other person 

subject to the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order):

i. to seek a determination by the Court of whether any 

particular

Confidential Material should be subject to protection as 

"Confidential" under the terms of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order; or

ii. to seek relief from the Court on appropriate notice to all 

other Parties to the Proceeding from any provision(s) of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, either generally or as to any 

particular Document, Material or Information.

11. Any Party to the Proceeding who has not executed this Stipulation and 

Protective Order as of the time it is presented to the Court for signature may 

thereafter become a Party to this Stipulation and Protective Order by its counsel's 

signing and dating a copy thereof and filing the same with the Court, and serving 

copies of such signed and dated copy upon the other Parties to this Stipulation and 

Protective Order.

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12. Any Information that may be produced by a non-Party witness in 

discovery in the Proceeding pursuant to subpoena or otherwise may be designated 

by such non-Party as "Confidential" under the terms of this Stipulation and 

Protective 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 a 

consent by such producing Party to the authority of the Court in the Proceeding to 

resolve and conclusively determine any motion or other application made by any 

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

arising under this Stipulation and Protective Order.

13. If any person subject to this Stipulation and Protective Order who has 

custody of any Confidential Materials receives a subpoena or other process 

("Subpoena") from any government or other person or entity demanding 

production of Confidential Materials, the recipient of the Subpoena shall promptly 

give notice of the same by electronic mail transmission, followed by either express 

mail or overnight delivery to counsel of record for the Designating Party, and shall 

furnish such counsel with a copy of the Subpoena. Upon receipt of this notice, the 

Designating Party may, in its sole discretion and at its own cost, move to quash or 

limit the Subpoena, otherwise oppose production of the Confidential Materials, 

and/or seek to obtain confidential treatment of such Confidential Materials from 

the subpoenaing person or entity to the fullest extent available under law. The 

recipient of the Subpoena may not produce any Documents, Testimony or 

Information pursuant to the Subpoena prior to the date specified for production on 

the Subpoena.

14. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall be construed to 

preclude either Party from asserting in good faith that certain Confidential 

Materials require additional protection. The Parties shall meet and confer to agree 

upon the terms of such additional protection.

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15. If, after execution of this Stipulation and Protective Order, any 

Confidential Materials submitted by a Designating Party under the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order is Disclosed by a non-Designating Party to any 

person other than in the manner authorized by this Stipulation and Protective 

Order, the non-Designating Party responsible for the Disclosure shall bring all 

pertinent facts relating to the Disclosure of such Confidential Materials to the 

immediate attention of the Designating Party.

16. This Stipulation and Protective Order is entered into without prejudice 

to the right of any Party to knowingly waive the applicability of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order to any Confidential Materials designated by that Party. If the 

Designating Party uses Confidential Materials in a non-Confidential manner, then 

the Designating Party shall advise that the designation no longer applies.

17. Where any Confidential Materials, or Information derived from 

Confidential Materials, is included in any motion or other proceeding governed by 

the Local Rules of the Eastern District Court, Rule 141, the party shall follow those 

rules. With respect to discovery motions or other proceedings not governed by the 

Local Rules of the Eastern District Court, Rule 141, the following shall apply: If 

Confidential Materials or Information derived from Confidential Materials are 

submitted to or otherwise disclosed to the Court in connection with discovery 

motions and proceedings, the same shall be separately filed under seal with the 

clerk of the Court in an envelope marked: "CONFIDENTIAL — FILED UNDER 

SEAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER AND WITHOUT ANY 

FURTHER SEALING ORDER REQUIRED."

18. The Parties shall meet and confer regarding the procedures for use of 

Confidential Materials at trial and shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate 

order.

19. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall affect the 

admissibility into evidence of Confidential Materials, or abridge the rights of any 

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person to seek judicial review or to pursue other appropriate judicial action with 

respect to any ruling made by the Court concerning the issue of the status of 

Protected Material.

20. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall continue to be binding 

after the conclusion of this Proceeding and all subsequent proceedings arising from 

this Proceeding, except that a Party may seek the written permission of the 

Designating Party or may move the Court for relief from the provisions of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order. To the extent permitted by law, the Court shall 

retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify, or reconsider this Stipulation and Protective 

Order, even after the Proceeding is terminated.

21. Upon written request made within thirty (30) days after the settlement 

or other termination of the Proceeding, the undersigned Parties shall have thirty 

(30) days to either (a) promptly return to counsel for each Designating Party all 

Confidential Materials and all copies thereof (except that counsel for each Party 

may maintain in its files, in continuing compliance with the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, all work product, and one copy of each pleading 

filed with the Court [and one copy of each deposition together with the exhibits 

marked at the deposition)]*, (b) agree with counsel for the Designating Party upon 

appropriate methods and certification of destruction or other disposition of such 

Confidential Materials, or (c) as to any Documents, Testimony or other 

Information not addressed by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), file a motion seeking a 

Court order regarding proper preservation of such Materials. To the extent 

permitted by law the Court shall retain continuing jurisdiction to review and rule 

upon the motion referred to in sub-paragraph (c) herein. *[The bracketed portion 

of this provision shall be subject to agreement between counsel for the Parties in 

each case.]

22. After this Stipulation and Protective Order has been signed by counsel 

for all Parties, it shall be presented to the Court for entry. Counsel agree to be 

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bound by the terms set forth herein with regard to any Confidential Materials that 

have been produced before the Court signs this Stipulation and Protective Order.

23. The Parties and all signatories to the Certification attached hereto as 

Exhibit A agree to be bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order pending its 

approval and entry by the Court. In the event that the Court modifies this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, or in the event that the Court enters a different 

Protective Order, the Parties agree to be bound by this Stipulation and Protective 

Order until such time as the Court may enter such a different Order. It is the 

Parties' intent to be bound by the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order 

pending its entry so as to allow for immediate production of Confidential Materials 

under the terms herein.

This Stipulation and Protective Order may be executed in counterparts.

Dated: ___________, 2013 By: _________________________

Stephen R. Cornwell, Esq.

CORNWELL & SAMPLE, LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff Troy Jacques

Dated: ___________, 2013 By: _________________________

William N. Le, Esq.

EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER, LLP

Attorneys for Defendant Bank of America, 

N.A.

Dated: ___________, 2013 By: _________________________

Craig Bertschi, Esq.

KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & 

STOCKTON, LLP

Attorneys for Early Warning Services, LLC

 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, the protective order is approved with the 

following exception: All documents requested to be filed under seal in this Court shall be done in 

accordance with Eastern District of California Local Rule 141.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 23, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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