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Parties Involved:
Bray
Defendant
Alan Bray
Counter Claimant
Bray Group
Counter Claimant
Bray Group Inc.
Defendant
Clearplex Corporation
Counter Defendant
The Bray Group, Inc.
Defendant

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STIPULATED PROTETIVE ORDER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CLEARPLEX CORPORATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

BRAY GROUP, a/k/a, BRAY a/k/a THE 

BRAY GROUP, INC., a/k/a BRAY GROUP 

INC., and ALAN BRAY 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-CV-02099-GEB-AC 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Local Rule 141.1 

("Orders Protecting Confidential Information"), and the stipulation of the parties, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Scope of Protection 

This Stipulated Protective Order shall govern any record of information produced in this 

action and designated pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order, including all designated 

deposition testimony, all designated testimony taken at a hearing or other proceeding, all 

designated deposition exhibits, interrogatory answers, admissions, documents and other 

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discovery materials, whether produced informally or in response to interrogatories, requests for 

admissions, requests for production of documents or other formal methods of discovery. 

This Stipulated Protective Order shall also govern any designated record of information 

produced in this action pursuant to required disclosures under any federal procedural rule or local 

rule of the Court and any supplementary disclosures thereto. 

This Stipulated Protective Order shall apply to the parties and to any nonparty from 

whom discovery may be sought who desires the protection of this Protective Order. 

Nonparties may challenge the confidentiality of the protected information by filing a motion 

to intervene and a motion to de-designate. 

2. Definitions 

(a) The term PROTECTED INFORMATION shall mean confidential or 

proprietary technical, scientific, financial, business, health, or medical information designated as 

such by the producing party. 

(b) The term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY, shall mean PROTECTED INFORMATION that is so designated by the producing party. 

The designation CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY may be used only for the 

following types of past, current, or future PROTECTED INFORMATION: (1) sensitive 

technical information, including current research, development and manufacturing information 

and patent prosecution information, (2) sensitive business information, including highly sensitive 

financial or marketing information and the identity of suppliers, distributors and potential or 

actual customers, (3) competitive technical information, including technical analyses or 

comparisons of competitor’s products, (4) competitive business information, including nonpublic financial or marketing analyses or comparisons of competitor’s products and strategic 

product planning, or (5) any other PROTECTED INFORMATION the disclosure of which to 

non-qualified people subject to this Stipulated Protective Order the producing party reasonably 

and in good faith believes would likely cause harm. 

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(c) The term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall mean all 

PROTECTED INFORMATION that is not designated as "CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY" information. 

(d) The term TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall refer to any person who is not a 

party to this action and/or not presently employed by the receiving party or a company affiliated 

through common ownership, who has been designated by the receiving party to receive another 

party’s PROTECTED INFORMATION, including CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, and CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Each party’s 

TECHNICAL ADVISORS shall be limited to such person as, in the judgment of that party’s 

counsel, are reasonably necessary for development and presentation of that party’s case. These 

persons include outside experts or consultants retained to provide technical or other expert 

services such as expert testimony or otherwise assist in trial preparation. 

3. Disclosure Agreements 

(a) Each receiving party’s TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall sign a disclosure 

agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Copies of any disclosure agreement in the 

form of Exhibit A signed by any person or entity to whom PROTECTED INFORMATION is 

disclosed shall be provided to the other party promptly after execution by facsimile and 

overnight mail. No disclosures shall be made to a TECHNICAL ADVISOR for a period of five 

(5) business days after the disclosure agreement is provided to the other party. 

 (b) Before any PROTECTED INFORMATION is disclosed to outside 

TECHNICAL ADVISORS, the following information must be provided in writing to the 

producing party and received no less than five (5) business days before the intended date of 

disclosure to that outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR: the identity of that outside TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR, business address and/or affiliation and a current curriculum vitae of the 

TECHNICAL ADVISOR, and, if not contained in the TECHNICAL ADVISOR’s curriculum 

vitae, a brief description, including education, present and past employment and general areas of 

expertise of the TECHNICAL ADVISOR. If the producing party objects to disclosure of 

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PROTECTED INFORMATION to an outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR, the producing party 

shall within five (5) business days of receipt serve written objections identifying the specific 

basis for the objection, and particularly identifying all information to which disclosure is 

objected. Failure to object within five (5) business days shall authorize the disclosure of 

PROTECTED INFORMATION to the TECHNICAL ADVISOR. As to any objections, the 

parties shall attempt in good faith to promptly resolve any objections informally. If the 

objections cannot be resolved, the party seeking to prevent disclosure of the PROTECTED 

INFORMATION to the expert shall move within five (5) business days for an Order of the Court 

preventing the disclosure. The burden of proving that the designation is proper shall be upon the 

producing party. If no such motion is made within five (5) business days, disclosure to the 

TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall be permitted. In the event that objections are made and not 

resolved informally and a motion is filed, disclosure of PROTECTED INFORMATION to the 

TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall not be made except by Order of the Court. 

(c) Any disclosure agreement executed by any person affiliated with a party 

shall be provided to any other party who, based upon a good faith belief that there has been a 

violation of this order, requests a copy. 

(d) No party shall attempt to depose any TECHNICAL ADVISOR until such 

time as the TECHNICAL ADVISOR is designated by the party engaging the TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR as a testifying expert. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any party may 

depose a TECHNICAL ADVISOR as a fact witness provided that the party seeking such 

deposition has a good faith, demonstrable basis independent of the disclosure agreement of 

Exhibit A or the information provided under subparagraph (a) above that such person possesses 

facts relevant to this action, or facts likely to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence; 

however, such deposition, if it precedes the designation of such person by the engaging party as a 

testifying expert, shall not include any questions regarding the scope or subject matter of the 

engagement. In addition, if the engaging party chooses not to designate the TECHNICAL 

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ADVISOR as a testifying expert, the non-engaging party shall be barred from seeking discovery 

or trial testimony as to the scope or subject matter of the engagement. 

4. Designation of Information 

(a) Documents and things produced or furnished during the course of this 

action shall be designated as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by placing on each 

page, each document (whether in paper or electronic form), or each thing a legend substantially 

as follows: 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

(b) Documents and things produced or furnished during the course of this 

action shall be designated as containing information which is CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by placing on each page, each document 

(whether in paper or electronic form), or each thing a legend substantially as follows: 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY 

(c) During discovery a producing party shall have the option to require that all 

or batches of materials be treated as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY during inspection and to make its designation as to particular 

documents and things at the time copies of documents and things are furnished. 

(d) A party may designate information disclosed at a deposition as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY by requesting the reporter to so designate the transcript at the time of the 

deposition. 

(e) A producing party shall designate its discovery responses, responses to 

requests for admission, briefs, memoranda and all other papers sent to the court or to opposing 

counsel as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY when such papers are served or sent. 

(f) A party shall designate information disclosed at a hearing or trial as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

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EYES ONLY by requesting the court, at the time the information is proffered or adduced, to 

receive the information only in the presence of those persons designated to receive such 

information and court personnel, and to designate the transcript appropriately. 

(g) The parties will use reasonable care to avoid designating any documents 

or information as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

– ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY that is not entitled to such designation or which is generally 

available to the public. The parties shall designate only that part of a document or deposition 

that is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, rather than the entire document or deposition. For example, if a 

party claims that a document contains pricing information that is CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, the party will designate only that part of the document setting 

forth the specific pricing information as ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, rather than the entire 

document. 

(h) In multi-party cases, Plaintiffs and/or Defendants shall further be able to 

designate documents as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – NOT TO BE DISCLOSED TO 

OTHER PLAINTIFFS or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – NOT TO BE DISCLOSED TO 

OTHER DEFENDANTS for documents that shall not be disclosed to other parties. 

5. Disclosure and Use of Confidential Information 

 Information that has been designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be disclosed by the 

receiving party only to Qualified Recipients. All Qualified Recipients shall hold such 

information received from the disclosing party in confidence, shall use the information only for 

purposes of this action and for no other action, and shall not use it for any business or other 

commercial purpose, and shall not use it for filing or prosecuting any patent application (of any 

type) or patent reissue or reexamination request, and shall not disclose it to any person, except as 

hereinafter provided. All information that has been designated CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall 

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be carefully maintained so as to preclude access by persons who are not qualified to receive such 

information under the terms of this Order. 

In multi-party cases, documents designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

NOT TO BE DISCLOSED TO OTHER PLAINTIFFS or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

NOT TO BE DISCLOSED TO OTHER DEFENDANTS shall not be disclosed to other plaintiffs 

and/or defendants. 

6. Qualified Recipients 

For purposes of this Order, “Qualified Recipient" means 

(a) For CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY: 

 (1) Outside counsel of record for the parties in this action, and the 

partners, associates, secretaries, paralegal assistants, and employees of such counsel to the extent 

reasonably necessary to render professional services in the action, outside copying services, 

document management services and graphic services; 

 (2) Court officials involved in this action (including court reporters, 

persons operating video recording equipment at depositions, and any special master appointed by 

the Court); 

 (3) Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon 

such terms as the Court may deem proper; 

 (4) Any outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR employed by the outside 

counsel of record, subject to the requirements in Paragraph 3 above; and 

 (5) Any witness during the course of discovery, so long as it is stated 

on the face of each document designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY being disclosed that the witness to whom a party is seeking to disclose the 

document was either an author, recipient, or otherwise involved in the creation of the document. 

Where it is not stated on the face of the confidential document being disclosed that the witness to 

whom a party is seeking to disclose the document was either an author, recipient, or otherwise 

involved in the creation of the document, the party seeking disclosure may nonetheless disclose 

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the confidential document to the witness, provided that: (i) the party seeking disclosure has a 

reasonable basis for believing that the witness in fact received or reviewed the document, (ii) the 

party seeking disclosure provides advance notice to the party that produced the document, and 

(iii) the party that produced the document does not inform the party seeking disclosure that the 

person to whom the party intends to disclose the document did not in fact receive or review the 

documents. Nothing herein shall prevent disclosure at a deposition of a document designated 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to the officers, directors, 

and managerial level employees of the party producing such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

– ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, or to any employee of such party who has access to such 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY in the ordinary course of 

such employee’s employment. 

(b) FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: 

 (1) Those persons listed in paragraph 6(a); 

(2) In-house counsel for a party to this action who are acting in a legal 

capacity and who are actively engaged in the conduct of this action, and the secretary and 

paralegal assistants of such counsel to the extent reasonably necessary; 

(3) The insurer of a party to litigation and employees of such insurer to 

the extent reasonably necessary to assist the party’s counsel to afford the insurer an 

opportunity to investigate and evaluate the claim for purposes of determining coverage 

and for settlement purposes; and

 (4) Employees of the parties. 

7. Use of Protected Information 

(a) In the event that any receiving party’s briefs, memoranda, discovery 

requests, requests for admission or other papers of any kind which are served or filed shall 

include another party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, the papers shall be appropriately designated 

pursuant to paragraphs 4(a) and (b), and shall be treated accordingly. 

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(b) All documents, including attorney notes and abstracts, which contain 

another party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, shall be handled as if they were designated pursuant to paragraph 

4(a) or (b). 

 (c) Documents, papers and transcripts filed with the court which contain any 

other party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be filed under seal pursuant to Local Rule 141. 

(d) To the extent that documents are reviewed by a receiving party prior to 

production, any knowledge learned during the review process will be treated by the receiving 

party as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY until such time as 

the documents have been produced, at which time any stamped classification will control. No 

photograph or any other means of duplication, including but not limited to electronic means, of 

materials provided for review prior to production is permitted before the documents are produced 

with the appropriate stamped classification. 

(e) In the event that any question is asked at a deposition with respect to 

which a party asserts that the answer requires the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, such 

question shall nonetheless be answered by the witness fully and completely. Prior to answering, 

however, all persons present shall be advised of this Order by the party making the 

confidentiality assertion and, in the case of information designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY at the request of such party, all persons who 

are not allowed to obtain such information pursuant to this Order, other than the witness, shall 

leave the room during the time in which this information is disclosed or discussed. 

(f) Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar or otherwise restrict outside 

counsel from rendering advice to his or her client with respect to this action and, in the course 

thereof, from relying in a general way upon his examination of materials designated 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

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EYES ONLY, provided, however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating 

with his or her clients, such counsel shall not disclose the specific contents of any materials 

designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. 

8. Inadvertent Failure to Designate 

(a) In the event that a producing party inadvertently fails to designate any of 

its information pursuant to paragraph 4, it may later designate by notifying the receiving parties 

in writing. The receiving parties shall take reasonable steps to see that the information is 

thereafter treated in accordance with the designation. 

(b) It shall be understood however, that no person or party shall incur any 

liability hereunder with respect to disclosure that occurred prior to receipt of written notice of a 

belated designation. 

9. Challenge to Designation 

(a) Any receiving party may challenge a producing party’s designation at any 

time. A failure of any party to expressly challenge a claim of confidentiality or any document 

designation shall not constitute a waiver of the right to assert at any subsequent time that the 

same is not in-fact confidential or not an appropriate designation for any reason. 

(b) Notwithstanding anything set forth in paragraph 2(a) and (b) herein, any 

receiving party may disagree with the designation of any information received from the 

producing party as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. In that case, any receiving party desiring to disclose or to permit 

inspection of the same otherwise than is permitted in this Order, may request the producing party 

in writing to change the designation, stating the reasons in that request. The producing party 

shall then have five (5) business days from the date of receipt of the notification to: 

(i) advise the receiving parties whether or not it persists in such 

designation; and 

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(ii) if it persists in the designation, to explain the reason for the 

particular designation. 

(c) If its request under subparagraph (b) above is turned down, or if no 

response is made within five (5) business days after receipt of notification, any producing party 

may then move the court for a protective order or any other order to maintain the designation. 

The burden of proving that the designation is proper shall be upon the producing party. If no 

such motion is made within five (5) business days, the information will be de-designated to the 

category requested by the receiving party. In the event objections are made and not resolved 

informally and a motion is filed, disclosure of information shall not be made until the issue has 

been resolved by the Court (or to any limited extent upon which the parties may agree). 

 No party shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation when made, and 

failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge to the propriety of such designation. 

(d) With respect to requests and applications to remove or change a 

designation, information shall not be considered confidential or proprietary to the producing 

party if: 

(i) the information in question has become available to the public 

through no violation of this Order; or 

(ii) the information was known to any receiving party prior to its 

receipt from the producing party; or 

(iii) the information was received by any receiving party without 

restrictions on disclosure from a third party having the right to 

make such a disclosure. 

10. Inadvertently Produced Privileged Documents 

 The parties hereto also acknowledge that regardless of the producing party’s diligence an 

inadvertent production of attorney-client privileged or attorney work product materials may 

occur. In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and Fed. R. Evid. 502, they therefore agree 

that if a party through inadvertence produces or provides discovery that it believes is subject to a 

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claim of attorney-client privilege or attorney work product, the producing party may give written 

notice to the receiving party that the document or thing is subject to a claim of attorney-client 

privilege or attorney work product and request that the document or thing be returned to the 

producing party. The receiving party shall return to the producing party such document or thing. 

Return of the document or thing shall not constitute an admission or concession, or permit any 

inference, that the returned document or thing is, in fact, properly subject to a claim of attorneyclient privilege or attorney work product, nor shall it foreclose any party from moving the Court 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and Fed. R. Evid. 502 for an Order that such document or 

thing has been improperly designated or should be produced. 

11. Inadvertent Disclosure 

In the event of an inadvertent disclosure of another party’s CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to a 

non-Qualified Recipient, the party making the inadvertent disclosure shall promptly upon 

learning of the disclosure: (i) notify the person to whom the disclosure was made that it contains 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY subject to this Order; (ii) make all reasonable efforts to preclude dissemination or 

use of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by the person to whom disclosure was inadvertently made 

including, but not limited to, obtaining all copies of such materials from the non-Qualified 

Recipient; and (iii) notify the producing party of the identity of the person to whom the 

disclosure was made, the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, and the steps taken to ensure 

against the dissemination or use of the information. 

12. Limitation 

This Order shall be without prejudice to any party’s right to assert at any time that 

any particular information or document is or is not subject to discovery, production or 

admissibility on the grounds other than confidentiality. 

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13. Conclusion of Action 

(a) At the conclusion of this action, including through all appeals, each party 

or other person subject to the terms hereof shall be under an obligation to destroy or return to the 

producing party all materials and documents containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY and to certify to the 

producing party such destruction or return. Such return or destruction shall not relieve said 

parties or persons from any of the continuing obligations imposed upon them by this Order. 

(b) After this action, trial counsel for each party may retain one archive copy 

of all documents and discovery material even if they contain or reflect another party’s 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY. Trial counsel’s archive copy shall remain subject to all obligations of this Order. 

(c) The provisions of this paragraph shall not be binding on the United States, 

any insurance company, or any other party to the extent that such provisions conflict with 

applicable Federal or State law. The Department of Justice, any insurance company, or any other 

party shall notify the producing party in writing of any such conflict it identifies in connection 

with a particular matter so that such matter can be resolved either by the parties or by the Court. 

14. Production by Third Parties Pursuant to Subpoena 

 Any third party producing documents or things or giving testimony in this action 

pursuant to a subpoena, notice or request may designate said documents, things, or testimony as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY. The parties agree that they will treat CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY produced by third parties 

according to the terms of this Order. 

15. Compulsory Disclosure to Third Parties 

 If any receiving party is subpoenaed in another action or proceeding or served with a 

document or testimony demand or a court order, and such subpoena or demand or court order 

seeks CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – 

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ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY of a producing party, the receiving party shall give prompt written 

notice to counsel for the producing party and allow the producing party an opportunity to oppose 

such subpoena or demand or court order prior to the deadline for complying with the subpoena or 

demand or court order. No compulsory disclosure to third parties of information or material 

exchanged under this Order shall be deemed a waiver of any claim of confidentiality, except as 

expressly found by a court or judicial authority of competent jurisdiction. 

16. Jurisdiction to Enforce Stipulated Protective Order 

 After the termination of this action, the Court will continue to have jurisdiction to enforce 

this Order. 

17. Modification of Stipulated Protective Order 

This Order is without prejudice to the right of any person or entity to seek a modification 

of this Order at any time either through stipulation or Order of the Court. 

18. Confidentiality of Party’s own Documents 

Nothing herein shall affect the right of the designating party to disclose to its officers, 

directors, employees, attorneys, consultants or experts, or to any other person, its own 

information. Such disclosure shall not waive the protections of this Stipulated Protective Order 

and shall not entitle other parties or their attorneys to disclose such information in violation of it, 

unless by such disclosure of the designating party the information becomes public knowledge. 

Similarly, the Stipulated Protective Order shall not preclude a party from showing its own 

information, including its own information that is filed under seal by a party, to its officers, 

directors, employees, attorneys, consultants or experts, or to any other person. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 Dated: June 5, 2015 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CLEARPLEX CORPORATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

BRAY GROUP, a/k/a, BRAY a/k/a THE 

BRAY GROUP, INC., a/k/a BRAY GROUP 

INC., and ALAN BRAY 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-CV-02099-GEB-AC 

DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT 

PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

 I, __________________, am employed by ______________________. In connection 

with this action, I am: 

_______ a director, officer or employee of _________________________ who is directly 

assisting in this action; 

_______ have been retained to furnish technical or other expert services or to give 

testimony (a "TECHNICAL ADVISOR"); 

______ Other Qualified Recipient (as defined in the Stipulated Protective Order) 

(Describe:______________________________________________). 

I have read, understand and agree to comply with and be bound by the terms of the 

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Stipulated Protective Order in the matter of above-captioned action, pending in the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I further state that the 

Stipulated Protective Order entered by the Court, a copy of which has been given to me 

and which I have read, prohibits me from using any PROTECTED INFORMATION, 

including documents, for any purpose not appropriate or necessary to my participation in 

this action or disclosing such documents or information to any person not entitled to 

receive them under the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order. To the extent I have 

been given access to PROTECTED INFORMATION, I will not in any way disclose, 

discuss, or exhibit such information except to those persons whom I know (a) are 

authorized under the Stipulated Protective Order to have access to such information, and 

(b) have executed a Disclosure Agreement. I will return, on request, all materials 

containing PROTECTED INFORMATION, copies thereof and notes that I have prepared 

relating thereto, to counsel for the party with whom I am associated. I agree to be bound 

by the Stipulated Protective Order in every aspect and to be subject to the jurisdiction of 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California for purposes of its 

enforcement and the enforcement of my obligations under this Disclosure Agreement. I 

declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

 _______________________________ 

 Signed by Recipient 

 

 _______________________________ 

 Name (printed) 

 Date: __________________________ 

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