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Parties Involved:
CSAA Insurance Exchange
Plaintiff
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Cross Claimant
Dynamic Solutions Worldwide, LLC
Cross Defendant
Woodstream Corporation
Cross Defendant

Document Text:

Maire & Deedon

2851 Park Marina Dr. Ste. 300

Redding, CA 96001-2813

(530) 246-6050

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Patrick L. Deedon, State Bar No. 245490

John R. Powell, State Bar No. 320187

MAIRE & DEEDON

2851 Park Marina Drive, Suite 300

Redding, CA 96001-2813

(530) 246-6050 / 246-6060 (fax)

pdeedon@maire-law.com

jpowell@maire-law.com

Attorney(s) for Defendant,

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CSAA INSURANCE EXCHANGE

 Plaintiff,

vs.

DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE, 

LLC, WOODSTREAM CORPORATION, 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

and DOES 1 to 20,

 Defendants.

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CASE NO.: 2:23-CV-01156-DJC-DMC

CONFIDENTIALITY STIPULATION 

AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

The parties to this action are conducting discovery, which includes and may in the future 

include disclosures, interrogatories, inspection of documents, depositions, site inspections, and 

business records subpoenas. 

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Some of the information and documents anticipated to be sought in discovery contain or 

relate to information of a private, confidential or proprietary nature, or to trade secret information

or other confidential research, development, testing or commercial information, the disclosure of 

which will result in irreparable harm to Defendants herein, and/or invasion of privacy, including 

private or personnel documents of current or former employees of Costco Wholesale Corporation 

(“Costco”), policies, business practices and procedures, business knowhow, guidelines, or 

programs implemented by Costco; information and documents regarding the structure or 

operations of Costco's business; and other documents of Costco containing or relating to business 

information that is of a private, confidential, and/or proprietary nature; 

THEREFORE, pursuant to the California Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), the 

purpose of this Protective Order is to permit the parties and their respective counsel to discover 

certain information, documents and things from each other and to reasonably limit disclosure of 

said confidential information that may be exchanged and produced now and in the future during 

this litigation. 

For purposes of this Stipulation and Protective Order, the parties are designated as follows: 

the Plaintiff is CSAA INSURANCE EXCHANGE; the Defendants are COSTCO WHOLESALE 

CORPORATION, DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE, LLC, and WOODSTREAM 

CORPORATION. To the extent that any Doe defendants are hereafter named, they shall be 

considered bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order to the same degree as every other party. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

1. Discovery in this action may involve disclosure of trade secrets, business strategies, 

customer or client files, customer or client private information, personnel information, and other 

confidential, proprietary, or non-public business, product design, manufacturing, testing, 

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development, marketing and/or functionality materials and data, technical, or employee 

information. This Protective Order shall govern the production in this action of all documents or 

other information through formal discovery procedures, including without limitation, documents 

in written or electronic form produced in response to requests for production of documents, 

documents responsive to deposition notices, subpoenaed documents, answers to interrogatories, 

requests for admission, and deposition or other oral testimony, whether it is revealed by 

Defendants or any other party or third-party (collectively “Discovery Materials”).

2. The provisions of this Protective Order shall apply to: (i) the parties to this action, 

including, in the case of parties other than individuals, their independent contractors, officers, 

directors, partners, in-house counsel and employees, (ii) counsel of record in this action, as well 

as associates, paralegals, legal assistants, secretarial and clerical employees, including outside 

copy services, who are assisting counsel in the prosecution and/or defense of this action, and (iii) 

any other person or entity who produces or provides Discovery Materials in this action. 

3. Any party or witness producing Discovery Materials which that party or witness 

believes in good faith are unavailable to, or protected from, the public, and are or have been treated 

as confidential by that party or witness may designate such Discovery Materials as Confidential. 

4. A producing party or witness may designate as Confidential, in whole or in part, any 

Discovery Materials by so advising all other parties and/or marking any copies of the document 

or material provided (in a manner not affecting legibility) with the word “CONFIDENTIAL.” Any 

party or non-party may obtain confidential treatment for Discovery Materials previously produced 

by any party or non-party without such designation if the party seeking the designation does so 

within thirty (30) days of production, sends written notice of such designation to all other parties 

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or non-parties in possession of such Discovery Materials, and marks and reproduces the Discovery 

Materials. 

5. In the event any party creates a computer database, disk, compact disk, drive, digital or 

other electronic record containing Confidential Discovery Materials, the party creating such an 

electronic record shall mark the case or envelope containing the material with the word 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” Documents printed from such electronic media shall be marked the same as 

documents originally produced on paper and shall be accorded the same status of confidentiality 

as the underlying Confidential Information from which they are made and shall be subject to all 

of the terms of this Agreement. 

6. Confidential Discovery Materials shall not be disclosed except in accordance with 

the terms, conditions, and restrictions of this Protective Order. A non-producing party shall not, 

except by consent of the producing party or witness, use Confidential Discovery Materials for any 

purpose, including, without limitation, any business or commercial purpose, other than in 

connection with the prosecution and/or defense of this action and then only in compliance with tis 

Protective Order.

7. A non-producing party shall not, without the consent of the producing party or 

witness, disclose Confidential Discovery Materials to persons other than the following and, as to 

such persons, disclosure shall be limited to the extent reasonably necessary for the prosecution 

and/or defense of this action: 

(a) Counsel of record in this action, as well as associates, paralegals, legal assistants, 

secretarial and clerical employees, including outside copy services, who are 

assisting counsel in the prosecution and/or defense of this action; 

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(b) The parties' in-house counsel who are assisting in the prosecution and/or defense 

of this action; 

(c) The named parties in this action and employees, officers, and directors of named 

parties; 

(d) Any expert retained or consulted in connection with the prosecution and/or defense 

of this action; 

(e) Any non-party deponents or witnesses at depositions or hearings, as reasonably 

necessary to give their testimony; 

(f) Court reporters and stenographers; and 

(g) The Court and any persons employed in the Court whose duties require access to 

Confidential Discovery Materials. 

(h) The insurance carrier for any party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for 

this litigation.

8. All persons to whom Confidential Discovery Materials are disclosed pursuant to 

subparagraphs 6(a)-(h) shall be advised of the existence of this Protective Order. All persons to 

whom Discovery Materials are disclosed must agree in writing to the terms of this Protective Order 

and abide by them. 

9. Whenever possible, the lawyer defending a deposition or other oral testimony 

involving Confidential Discovery Materials shall affirmatively designate that testimony with the 

appropriate category of designation on the record. A party or the witness may also make such a 

designation after transcription by giving written notice identifying the information to be so 

designated by page and line number(s) to counsel of record within thirty (30) days from the date 

they receive a copy of the transcript. 

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10. Any party may object to the designation of particular Discovery Materials as 

Confidential by giving written notice to the party or witness making the designation and to all 

other parties. Such notice shall identify with reasonable specificity the Discovery Materials to 

which the objection is directed and the basis for the objection. The parties shall attempt to resolve 

such dispute by meeting and conferring. In the event the dispute cannot be resolved within ten 

(10) business days of receipt of such notice, it shall be the obligation of the party objecting to the 

designation to file an appropriate motion requesting a ruling by the Court that the disputed 

Discovery Materials not be designated Confidential. The disputed Discovery Materials shall be 

treated as Confidential pending a ruling from the Court. 

11. Within sixty (60) days of the entry of a final judgment or a dismissal of the entire 

action, all Confidential Discovery Materials, including any summaries and copies thereof, shall be 

returned to the producing or providing party or witness to be destroyed, or shall be destroyed. 

Within that time, counsel for receiving parties shall provide to the party or witness producing or 

providing Confidential Discovery Materials a declaration stating that all such Discovery Materials, 

including copies or summaries thereof, have been returned or destroyed. 

12. This Protective Order may be modified by written stipulation signed by the parties 

or counsel or by order of the Court. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prohibit a party from 

seeking or receiving further protection of confidential information by stipulation, by application 

to the Court upon notice, or upon other order of the Court, or from seeking other or additional 

protective orders. 

13. Neither the taking of any action in accordance with the provisions of this Protective 

Order, nor the failure to object hereto, shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or defense in 

this action. This Protective Order shall not be construed as a waiver of any right to object to the 

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furnishing of information in response to discovery and, except as expressly provided, shall not 

relieve any party or witness of the obligation to produce information sought in the course of 

discovery. The production or provision of Discovery Materials subject to this Protective Order 

shall not constitute an admission as to the admissibility at trial of any Discovery Material. Nothing 

contained in this Stipulation and Protective Order or any designation of confidentiality or 

restriction hereunder or any failure to make such designation shall be used or characterized by any 

party as an “admission” by a party opponent. 

14. Any violation of this Protective Order may result in a party requesting any available 

sanction by way of noticed motion, or ex-parte application if the requirements for an ex-parte 

application have been met equitable relief, as well as damages where available under law.

15. This Protective Order may be signed on separate signature pages. These separate 

signature pages will become part of the integrated Protective Order. Where convenient for the 

parties to do so, the signed signature pages may be facsimile transmissions. 

16. The Court is requested by the Parties to retain jurisdiction subsequent to settlement 

or entry of judgment to enforce the terms of this Order. 

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED. 

Dated: 7/24/2023 MAIRE & DEEDON

 _/s/__________________________________ 

 PATRICK L. DEEDON

 JOHN R. POWELL

 Attorneys for Defendant,

 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

Dated: 7/19/2023 THE GRUNSKY LAW FIRM PC

 __/s/_________________________________ 

 ROBERT E. WALL

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CSAA INSURANCE EXCHANGE

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Dated: 7/21/2023 SPINELLI, DONALD & NOTT

 ___/s/________________________________ 

 ROSS R. NOTT

 Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant

 WOOD STREAM CORPORATION

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 25, 2023 

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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