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Parties Involved:
Genesco, Inc.
Defendant
James Martin
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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1-SF/7640397.1 1 Case No. 1:07-CV-01005-LJ0-SMS 

STIPULATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

ERIC MECKLEY, State Bar No. 168181 

THERESA MAK, State Bar No. 211435 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENESCO, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES MARTIN, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GENESCO INC.,and DOES 1 through 20 

inclusive, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:07-CV-01005-LJO-SMS 

STIPULATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY 

AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Action filed: May 18, 2006 

Trial date: None set 

 Plaintiff James Martin (“Plaintiff” or “Martin”) and Defendant Genesco Inc. (“Genesco”), 

through their respective counsel, seek this Court’s approval of this Stipulation of Confidentiality 

and [Proposed] Protective Order. 

 WHEREAS, pretrial discovery in James Martin v. Genesco Inc., and Does 1 through 20, 

inclusive, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case No. 1:07-CV01005-LJO-SMS (the “Action”), may require disclosure of confidential information and 

documents, including personal information, medical information, proprietary material, or other 

confidential information as well as sensitive personnel information (the “Confidential 

Materials”); and 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Genesco (collectively the “Parties”) desire to maintain the 

confidentiality of the Confidential Materials. 

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties to this Action, 

through their respective counsel, as follows: 

1. Each Party to this Action who, in response to a discovery request, or by way of 

voluntary disclosure or Initial Disclosures under Rule 26, produces or discloses (the “Disclosing 

Party”) any matter, including documents, things, testimony or information which such Party 

reasonably and in good faith believes to comprise or contain Confidential Materials may 

designate the same “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2. The Disclosing Party shall designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” only information that 

the Disclosing Party in good faith believes is confidential, that normally would not be revealed to 

third parties, and that is typically maintained in confidence. 

3. All information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by the Disclosing Party shall 

not be disclosed by any of the other Parties to any person or entity other than those persons 

designated herein and, in any event, shall not be used for any purpose other than in connection 

with the Action. Such “CONFIDENTIAL” information may be disclosed only to the following: 

 A. The Court (subject to provisions for filing under seal, set out below); 

 B. Counsel of record for any Party, including their associates, paralegals, and 

clerical personnel; 

 C. The Parties, including employees and agents of the Parties; 

 D. Persons retained or consulted by the Parties or their attorneys for purposes 

of this litigation (including, but not limited to, accountants, marketing consultants, financial 

advisors, statisticians and economists), if such persons reasonably require the information to 

enable them to assist counsel in the prosecution or defense of this litigation, provided that no such 

disclosure shall be made to any person employed by any competitor of Defendant, except upon 

further order of the Court; 

 E. Any court reporter who takes testimony; 

 F. A non-expert witness or potential witness at or for any deposition or other 

proceeding in this Action who may have knowledge of or information concerning matters 

contained in any “confidential” document; and 

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 G. Any other person as to whom the Parties agree in writing. 

 To the extent counsel or any of their expert consultants, witnesses, or potential witnesses 

prepare summaries of “CONFIDENTIAL” materials, or cause such summaries to be prepared, 

such summaries shall be subject to the terms of this Protective Order. 

 4. No disclosure of Confidential Materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by any 

Disclosing Party may be made to any person pursuant to the terms of paragraphs 3(D), 3(F) or 

3(G) unless that person first executes an agreement to be bound by the terms of this Order in the 

form attached hereto as Exhibit “A.” This Order shall be binding upon the Parties (including all 

employees and agents of the Parties), counsel for any Party (including their associates, paralegals, 

and clerical personnel), and all persons who, pursuant to the preceding sentence, have executed an 

agreement to be bound by the terms of this Order. No person or entity upon whom this Order is 

binding shall use Confidential Materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” for any purpose other 

than in connection with the Action. 

 5. Counsel shall keep a record of all copies of each “CONFIDENTIAL” document 

distributed, in whole or in part, to any qualified person. Any copy so distributed shall be returned 

to the distributing counsel after the completion of the qualified person’s consultation or 

representation in this action. 

 6. With respect to documents which the Disclosing Party reasonably believes contain 

Confidential Materials, the Disclosing Party shall either stamp such documents 

“CONFIDENTIAL” before the time of production or when photocopied and delivered or 

designate categories of documents in container(s) marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and provide a 

description of the designated categories of documents in the container(s). Such documents will 

also bear a Bates stamp number, or some other mutually agreeable identifying number. 

 7. To the extent Confidential Materials, or information obtained therefrom, are used 

in the taking of depositions, such documents or information shall remain subject to the provisions 

of this Protective Order. On the record at a deposition, a Party may designate as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” the testimony which it reasonably believes discloses Confidential Materials. 

The Designating Party shall be responsible to instruct the court reporter to segregate confidential 

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from non-confidential testimony and exhibits in separate transcripts. Confidential portions of 

deposition transcripts shall be treated in the same manner as any other “document” described in 

this Order. 

 8. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent any Party from disclosing his or its 

own Confidential Materials as it deems appropriate. Such disclosure shall not constitute a waiver 

of the designation of such confidential materials as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

 9. If any Party objects to the designation of any Confidential Materials as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party shall state the objection by letter to counsel for the Party making 

the designation. Each Party shall have the right, on reasonable notice, and after meeting and 

conferring with the Designating Party in a good faith effort to resolve the matter informally, to 

apply to the Court for a determination of the issue. Until the Court rules on the motion, 

Confidential Materials shall continue to be treated and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

 10. For applications and motions to the Court in which a Party submits confidential 

documents or information, all documents containing Confidential Materials that are submitted to 

the Court shall be filed with the Court in sealed envelopes or other appropriate sealed containers 

on which shall be endorsed the title of the action to which it pertains, an indication of the nature 

of the contents of the sealed envelope or other container, the word “CONFIDENTIAL,” and a 

statement substantially in the following form: 

This envelope is sealed pursuant to Order of the Court entered [date 

of this Order], contains confidential information, and is not to be 

opened or the contents revealed except by order of the Court. 

The Parties shall follow any procedures for filing documents under seal set forth in the Court’s 

Local Rules. 

 12. Any court hearing which refers to or describes Confidential Materials may, in the 

Court’s discretion, be in camera. 

 13. If a Party in possession of Confidential Materials designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” receives a subpoena from a non-party to this Protective Order which seeks 

production or other disclosure of Confidential Materials, such party shall immediately give 

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written notice to counsel for the Party who designated the Confidential Materials as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” stating the Confidential Materials sought and enclosing a copy of the 

subpoena. Where possible, at least 10 days’ notice before production or other disclosure should 

be given. In no event shall production or disclosure be made before telephonic notice is given 

and, whenever possible, sufficiently in advance of production or disclosure to afford the Party to 

whom such notice has been given at least three business days to take appropriate action, including 

seeking judicial relief. 

 14. Upon final resolution of this Action, including appeals, all Parties and persons to 

whom any Confidential Materials have been disclosed or provided shall either destroy all such 

Confidential Materials or return them to the Disclosing Party provided, however, that this 

obligation shall not extend to any Confidential Materials included in conformed copies of 

materials filed with the Court. The Parties further agree that their obligations over this Protective 

Order will not terminate upon final resolution of this Action, and that this Protective Order will 

remain in effect. 

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

Protective Order, nor the failure to object thereto, shall be construed as a waiver of any claim or 

defense in this Action. The entry of this Order shall not be construed as a waiver of the right to 

object to the furnishing of information or documents in response to discovery requests, and the 

Parties expressly reserve their right to withhold information or documents on the basis of such 

objections. 

 16. This Protective Order shall not prevent any Party from applying to the Court for 

relief from this Protective Order, or from applying to the Court for further or additional protective 

orders, or from agreeing to modify this Protective Order, subject to the approval of the Court. 

 17. This Protective Order shall not control the use of any evidence during the trial of 

this Action. However, nothing herein shall preclude any Party from seeking the assistance of the 

Court in maintaining the confidential nature of any evidence which is presented at trial. 

 18. If a Party through inadvertence produces or provides discovery of any Confidential 

Materials without designating it as such in accordance with paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 of this Order, 

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the Disclosing Party may give written notice to the Party or Parties that have received the 

Confidential Materials that the document(s), information, response, testimony, or other discovery 

are Confidential Materials and should be treated as confidential in accordance with the provisions 

of this Order. The Party or Parties that have received the materials must treat the materials as 

confidential from the date such notice is received. The inadvertent disclosure of any confidential 

document or information shall not be deemed a waiver of confidentiality as to any other 

document in which such information may be contained. 

 19. The Parties, and any other person subject to the terms of this Order, agree that after 

this Action is terminated, this Court shall have and retain jurisdiction over him or it for the 

purpose of enforcing this Order. 

 20. In the event of any dispute over the terms of this Order, the Parties stipulate and 

agree that no part of this Order shall be construed against either Party on the basis of authorship. 

Dated: December ___, 2007 GLEASON & CAMACHO 

TIMOTHY M. CAMACHO 

By 

Timothy M. Camacho 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JAMES MARTIN 

Dated: December ___, 2007 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

ERIC MECKLEY 

THERESA MAK 

By 

Eric Meckley 

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENESCO INC. 

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RE: Confidentiality matters and Protective order: 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 12/13/07 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

 The Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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EXHIBIT A

TO PROTECTIVE ORDER RE CONFIDENTIALITY

The undersigned, _________________________________________, hereby 

acknowledges that he or she has received and reviewed a copy of the Stipulation of 

Confidentiality and Order Thereon (the “Protective Order”) entered in James Martin v. Genesco 

Inc., and Does 1 through 20, inclusive, Case No. 1:07-CV-01005-LJO-SMS, pending in the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The undersigned agrees to 

observe and be bound by all terms of the Protective Order. The undersigned further understands 

that the unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Materials as defined in the Protective 

Order may constitute contempt of court, and hereby consents to the personal jurisdiction over him 

or her in connection with use or disclosure of Confidential Materials. 

Dated: ____________________ _________________________________ 

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