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Parties Involved:
Jody Barry
Plaintiff
Teischa Benson
Plaintiff
Carson Brenda
Plaintiff
Lori Davies
Plaintiff
Sadie Floding
Plaintiff
Lynnetta Klam
Plaintiff
Matthew Peterson
Plaintiff
Colin Strub
Plaintiff
Thomson International, Incorporated
Defendant

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No.: 1:22-cv-00701 JLT-CDB

Robert L. Sallander, Esq., (SBN 118352)

 rsallander@gpsllp.com

Helen H. Chen, Esq., (SBN 213150)

 hchen@gpsllp.com

GREENAN, PEFFER, SALLANDER & LALLY LLP

2000 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 380

San Ramon, California 94583

Telephone: (925) 866-1000

Facsimile: (925) 830-8787

Attorneys for Defendants

THOMSON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW PETERSON, SADIE FLODING, 

COLIN STRUB, CARSON BRENDA, JODY 

BARRY, TEISCHA BENSON, LYNNETTA 

KLAM, and LORI DAVIES,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

THOMSON INTERNATIONAL, 

INCORPORATED, a California corporation; 

DOES 1-10, INCLUSIVE; and ROE 

ENTITIES 1-10, INCLUSIVE,

Defendant(s).

Case No.: 1:22-cv-00701 JLT-CDB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Magistrate Judge: Christopher D. Baker

Date Action Filed: June 10, 2022

Trial Date: March 26, 2024

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the Parties executing this 

stipulation, 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:

1. SCOPE: This Order governs the handling of all documents, testimony and information 

produced, given or filed herein by any party and designated as "CONFIDENTIAL." A 

party designating such documents, testimony or information as "CONFIDENTIAL" is 

herein referred to as a DESIGNATING PARTY. This Order applies to any documents 

previously produced to the parties or counsel.

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2. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: A DESIGNATING PARTY may designate as 

"CONFIDENTIAL" any document, testimony, or information the DESIGNATING 

PARTY believes in good faith to contain confidential, personal, business, financial, trade 

secret, or other proprietary information by conspicuously writing, typing, or stamping on 

the face of such document, answer or transcript the word "CONFIDENTIAL" or by 

otherwise notifying all counsel in writing, and, in the case of deposition transcripts and 

exhibits, also the court reporter, within 30 days from the receipt of the deposition transcript. 

Any documents, testimony, or information designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" by a 

DESIGNATING PARTY is herein referred to as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

3. CHALLENGES:

3.1 Should any party object to the designation of a document, testimony or information 

as "CONFIDENTIAL," such party shall give the DESIGNATING PARTY 

reasonable notice thereof. The DESIGNATING PARTY shall respond within 30

business days. The Parties shall make good faith efforts to resolve the dispute 

informally. If efforts to resolve the dispute over documents marked 

CONFIDENTIAL, the disputing party may apply to the Court for a ruling that the 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall not be so treated. Until this Court enters 

an Order, if any, changing the designation of the CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION, such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall be treated by all 

parties in accordance with this Order.

3.2 Except upon further Order of this Court, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall 

be disclosed only to the Court, counsel of record for the parties, including in-house 

counsel and co-counsel retained for this litigation (and their administrative staffs 

on a "need to know" basis), individual parties, class representatives, any officer or 

employee of a party, to the extent deemed necessary by counsel for the prosecution 

or defense of this litigation, and consulting or testifying experts retained by the

parties retained for the prosecution or defense of this litigation, any authors or 

recipients of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, the Court, Court personnel, 

and court reporters, and witnesses (the "PERMITTED RECIPIENTS"). No person 

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receiving CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall disclose them or their contents 

to any person other than the PERMITTED RECIPIENTS.

3.3 Consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this 

litigation shall execute a copy of the Certification annexed to this Order as Exhibit 

“A” before being shown or given any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

3.4 Witnesses (other than any authors or recipients of the CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION) shall sign the Certification before being shown a confidential 

document. 

4. USE:

4.1 All CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall be used solely for the preparation 

for and use at the trial of this action or in other actions involving individuals 

represented the same counsel for Plaintiffs and related to the 2020 Salmonella

outbreak that is at issue in this litigation and shall not be used or disclosed by any 

receiving person for any other purpose, including any commercial or business 

purpose. 

4.2 Counsel of record in this litigation receiving CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

shall be allowed to disclose them or their contents to any other person only upon 

order of the Court or upon receipt of written permission from opposing counsel 

granting such disclosure. 

4.3 Counsel may permit expert(s) hired by any party in anticipation of litigation to 

review CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, but counsel must first obtain from 

each expert a written statement confirming the expert's agreement to comply with 

every element of this Protective Order. Said expert shall agree that the 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall not be disclosed to any other person, 

said documents shall not be photocopied or reproduced by any other means, and 

said documents shall be destroyed after conclusion of this action.

5. CLAW-BACK:

5.1 The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned Parties or non-Parties to 

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this action of any document, testimony, or information during discovery in this 

action 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. 

5.2 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 (30) 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 designated CONFIDENTIAL 

MATERIAL.

5.3 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. NON-WAIVER:

6.1 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, this Order shall be without prejudice to 

the right of any party to challenge the propriety of discovery on any grounds 

including, but not limited to, relevance, privilege, and materiality. 

6.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, this Order shall not restrict in any 

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manner the right of any party to offer or use as evidence at the trial of this action 

any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, and nothing contained herein shall be 

construed as a waiver of any objection which might be raised as to the 

admissibility at trial of any evidentiary material.

7. FILING:

7.1 If CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION needs to be filed in this litigation, the 

filing party shall provide notice to the designating party five (5) business days 

prior to filing of their intent to file said documents. Thereafter, within five (5) 

business days of receiving the request, the designating party shall either 1. 

indicate filing party may file the documents openly or 2. file contemporaneously 

with filing party a Motion to Seal justifying the sealing of the documents under 

federal law. If designating party fails to timely respond to requests from filing 

party to file a Motion to Seal, filing party may openly file the documents on the 

record. Nothing prohibits designating party from thereafter filing a Motion to 

Compel seeking to remove those documents from the record and file them under 

seal. In the event filing party is unable to notify designating party prior to filing 

any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION because of time limitations or other 

justifiable reason, filing party is obligated to file a Motion to Seal in the first 

instance.

8. RETURN: All CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, and all copies of CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION, shall be returned to counsel for the DESIGNATING PARTY, 

or destroyed, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of this action, whether by 

dismissal, settlement, or entry of judgment. All CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION so returned shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the 

returning counsel attesting to the fact that no copies have been retained and that 

any and all copies known to them have been destroyed.

9. MISCELLANEOUS:

9.1 This Order may be modified by further order of this Court or by agreement of 

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counsel for the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, provided that any 

such agreement be memorialized in the form of a stipulation that shall be filed 

with the Clerk and made a part of the record in the case.

9.2 If any person subject to this Order who has custody of any CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION receives a subpoena or other process from any government or 

other person or entity demanding production of CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION, 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 INFORMATION, and/or seek to obtain confidential treatment 

of such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION from the subpoenaing person or 

entity to the fullest extent available under law. The recipient of the subpoena may 

not produce any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION pursuant to the subpoena 

prior to the date specified for production on the subpoena.

9.3 The Parties may designate any documents produced by third parties, whether in 

response to a subpoena or other request, as CONFIDENTIAL by providing 

written notice to the opposing Party within ten (10) business days of receipt of 

said documents. 

9.4 This Order shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action and all 

subsequent proceedings arising from this action, 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 Order. To the extent permitted by law, the Court 

shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify, or reconsider this Order, even after the 

action is terminated.

9.5 After this Order has been signed by counsel for all Parties, it shall be presented to 

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the Court for entry. Counsel agree to be bound by the terms set forth herein with 

regard to any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION that has been produced before 

the Court signs this Order.

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

GRUBER LAW GROUP

Dated: February 24, 2023 By: /s/ Eric Gruber

Eric Gruber, Esq.

3626 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100

Sacramento, CA 95864

Phone: 415.868.5297

Fax: 415.325.5905

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NICOLET LAW OFFICE S.C.

Dated: February 24, 2023 By: s/Lindsay Lien Rinholen

Lindsay Lien Rinholen, Esq.

517 Second Street, Suite 205

Hudson, WI 54016

Telephone: 1-855-NICOLET

Facsimile: 715-304-3651

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

GREENAN, PEFFER, SALLANDER & 

LALLY LLP

Dated: February 24, 2023 By: /s/Robert L. Sallander

Robert L. Sallander, Esq. SBN 118352

Helen H. Chen, Esq. SBN 213150

2000 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 380

P.O. Box 10

San Ramon, California 94583

Telephone: (925) 866-1000

Facsimile: (925) 830-8787

Attorneys for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 27, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT “A”

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Information is being provided to me 

pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated _____________ in Matthew 

Peterson, et al. v. Thomson International, Incorporated, Case No. 1:22-cv-00701-JLT-CDB. I 

have been given a copy of that Order and read it. I agree to be bound by the Order. I will not 

reveal the Confidential Information to anyone, except as allowed by the Order. I will maintain 

all such Confidential Information – including copies, notes, or other transcriptions made 

therefrom – in a secure manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. No later than thirty (30) 

days after the conclusion of this action, I will return the Confidential Information – including 

copies, notes or other transcriptions made therefrom – to the counsel who provided me with the 

Confidential Information. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the Protective Order.

Dated: _________________

______________________________________________

Name

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