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Parties Involved:
Jonelle Lewis
Plaintiff
Starbucks Corporation
Defendant

Document Text:

6092208 

Stipulation for Protective Order 2:07-CV-07-00490-MCE-KJM 

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CATHERINE A. CONWAY (SBN 98366) 

GREGORY W. KNOPP (SBN 237615) 

MARK R. CURIEL (SBN 222749) 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, California 90067-3012 

Telephone: 310-229-1000 

Facsimile: 310-229-1001 

cconway@akingump.com 

gknopp@akingump.com 

mcuriel@akingump.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STARBUCKS CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JONELLE LEWIS, on behalf of herself and all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STARBUCKS CORPORATION, 

Defendant. 

 Case No. 2:07-CV-00490-MCE-KJM 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTION OF 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Date Action Filed: March 12, 2007 

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Plaintiff Jonelle Lewis and defendant Starbucks Corporation, by and through their respective 

counsel, hereby enter into the following Stipulation for Protection of Confidential Information. The 

parties mutually request that the Court approve this Stipulation and agree that, upon entry of an order 

approving this Stipulation, this Stipulation and Order shall govern the handling of documents, 

testimony and any other information produced or disclosed in this action by any party or third party 

prior to trial (“Discovery Material”). As used herein, the term “Designating Party” shall mean a party 

or non-party that designates Discovery Material as Confidential Information, and the term “Receiving 

Party” shall include all parties to whom the production or disclosure of any Confidential Information is 

made. The term “Litigation” shall mean the above-entitled putative class action filed by Lewis 

notwithstanding any changes to the named representative. 

1. Any Designating Party may designate as Confidential Information any Discovery 

Material that it believes in good faith to contain confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, or 

personal private information protected by constitutional, statutory and/or common-law rights of 

privacy and/or confidentiality. A Designating Party may designate as Confidential Information 

material that is produced informally or in response to formal discovery in the course of the Litigation. 

2. The designation of Discovery Material as Confidential Information shall be made in the 

following manner: 

a. in the case of documents other than deposition testimony: by stamping or labeling 

“Confidential” each page containing any Confidential Information; or 

b. in the case of deposition testimony: (i) by a statement on the record, by counsel for the 

Designating Party, at any time during the deposition, that any particular deposition testimony shall be 

treated as Confidential Information. In that event, the reporter shall separately transcribe any such 

portion of the testimony; or (ii) by written notice, sent by counsel to all parties within twenty-one (21) 

business days after receiving a copy of the deposition transcript, that any particular deposition 

testimony shall be treated as Confidential Information. With respect to any depositions that take place 

before approval of this Stipulation by the Court, such designation shall be made no later than thirty 

(30) days after entry of the Order approving this Stipulation. 

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3. A party may challenge a designation of Discovery Material as Confidential Information 

by notifying the Designating Party in writing. After making a good faith effort to resolve any such 

challenge, either party may move, on reasonable notice, for an order vacating or upholding the 

designation. Discovery Material designated as Confidential Information shall be treated in accordance 

with that designation while any such application is pending. The provisions of this paragraph are not 

intended to shift the Designating Party’s burden of establishing confidentiality. 

4. A Designating Party that produces Confidential Information but inadvertently fails to 

mark an item “Confidential” may correct its failure upon discovery of the error. Such correction and 

notice thereof shall be made in writing, and the Designating Party shall promptly substitute copies of 

each item appropriately marked. After the Receiving Party receives such notice, the Receiving Party 

shall thereafter treat the Confidential Information in accordance with the corrected designation, but no 

Receiving Party shall be held responsible for any disclosures that may have been made prior to said 

corrective notice. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the corrected or substitute copies, unless the 

Designating Party agrees otherwise, the Receiving Party shall return the previously unmarked items 

and all copies thereof or destroy the same and certify the destruction to counsel for the Designating 

Party. 

5. A party may designate Discovery Material produced by any other party, non-party 

and/or expert witness as Confidential Information by providing written notice to the producing party 

and each Receiving Party. Upon receipt of the foregoing notice, all parties shall thereafter treat the 

Confidential Information in accordance with that designation. 

6. A Receiving Party shall use Confidential Information solely for purposes of this 

Litigation and for no other purpose whatsoever. It shall be the duty of each party and each individual 

bound by this Stipulation and Order to take reasonable steps to ensure that Confidential Information is 

not made public or disclosed except as set forth herein. 

7. Discovery Material designated as “Confidential” may be disclosed, summarized or 

otherwise communicated in whole or in part only to the following persons: 

a. the Court and those employed by the Court; 

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b. the parties’ attorneys in this Litigation, including associate attorneys within the parties’ 

respective law firms or law departments, paralegals, secretaries or other support personnel (including 

copy, data entry or computer services personnel); 

c. independent consultants, experts or translators, including their support personnel, who 

have been retained by a party or counsel for purposes of assisting in the Litigation or to serve as an 

expert witness in this case, provided that such persons have complied with the provisions of paragraph 

8 below; 

d. any currently named party including the party’s respective officers, directors and 

employees; 

e. any person who, by virtue of his or her employment with Defendant, would reasonably 

be expected to have been provided the Confidential Information by Defendant or to have been given 

access to the Confidential Information by Defendant; 

f. any person with respect to his or her own personnel file material and time records only; 

g. deposition witnesses, (other than anyone covered by paragraph 7(d)-(f) above) provided 

that such persons have complied with the provisions of paragraph 8 below; 

h. court reporters and employees of court reporters engaged by counsel to record, 

transcribe, or videotape testimony in this Litigation; 

i. such other persons as the parties may agree or may be ordered by the Court. 

8. Discovery Material designated as “Confidential” may be provided to persons listed in 

paragraph 7(c) and (g) above provided that such person confirms his or her understanding and 

agreement to abide by the terms of this Stipulation and Order by signing an Agreement to Be Bound by 

Protective Order in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The signed Agreement to Be Bound by 

Protective Order shall be maintained by counsel for the receiving party who seeks to disclose such 

Confidential Information and a copy shall be provided to the Designating Party upon agreement of the 

parties or order by the Court. 

9. In the event that any party seeks to file with the Court a document containing or 

constituting Confidential Information, that party will first seek to file the document provisionally under 

seal pursuant to Local Rule 39-141. If the party filing the document wants the document to remain 

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sealed, the filing party shall make a request to seal pursuant to Local Rule 39-141(b). If the party 

filing the document has no objection to the document becoming part of the public record, the filing 

party shall serve a Notice of Filing of Provisionally Sealed Document and any other party who wishes 

for the document to remain sealed shall have 7 days to make a request to seal pursuant to Local Rule 

39-141(b). If the Court refuses to uphold the confidentiality requested or accept the document as filed 

under seal, the document may be filed in the public record. 

10. By entering into or complying with the terms of this Stipulation and Order, the parties 

do not: 

a. admit that any Discovery Material designated by another party or third party as 

Confidential Information contains or reflects trade secrets, proprietary or commercially sensitive 

information or any other type of Confidential Information; 

b. waive any attorney-client, work product, or other privilege; 

c. waive the right to object to disclosure or production of documents or other information 

they believe not subject to discovery; 

d. waive the right to object to the authenticity or admissibility into evidence of any 

document, testimony or other evidence; 

e. waive the right to seek an order from the Court to treat Confidential Information more 

restrictively than otherwise provided for herein or to rescind or modify the terms of this Stipulation and 

Order; 

f. waive the right to seek a court determination whether material should be subject to the 

terms of this Stipulation and Order; or 

g. waive the right to agree to alter or waive the provisions or protections provided for 

herein with respect to particular Discovery Material. 

11. If a Receiving Party receives a subpoena or other compulsory process from a non-party 

seeking production or other disclosure of Confidential Information, the Receiving Party shall give 

written and telephonic notice to counsel for the Designating Party within five (5) business days 

thereafter (or before the date for compliance if earlier) identifying the Confidential Information sought 

and enclosing a copy of the subpoena or other compulsory process. The Receiving Party shall not 

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produce the Confidential Information if the Designating Party obtains a protective order before the last 

day for compliance with the subpoenas or other compulsory process or files a motion for a protective 

order that, in accordance with law, allows for non-compliance with the subpoena or other compulsory 

process. Any Confidential Information produced to the non-party shall still be treated as Confidential 

by the parties to this Stipulation and Order. 

12. In the event of any unauthorized disclosure of any Confidential Information, the 

Receiving Party shall notify the Designating Party in writing within five (5) business days of discovery 

of such unauthorized disclosure. The Receiving Party and the Designating Party shall thereafter 

cooperate and make every reasonable effort to prevent disclosure by each unauthorized person who 

obtained access to such Confidential Information. 

13. The inadvertent production of any document or other information during discovery in 

the Litigation shall be without prejudice to any claim that such material is privileged under the 

attorney-client or other privilege or protected from discovery as work product, and no person shall be 

held to have waived any rights by such inadvertent production. 

14. This Stipulation and Order has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, the producing 

party's use of its own Confidential Information. 

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15. Within 60 days after receiving notice of the entry of an order, judgment or decree 

finally disposing of this Litigation (including any appellate proceedings), or such longer period of time 

as the parties may agree, all persons having received Confidential Information shall either return such 

material to the Designating Party or certify in writing to the Designating Party that such documents 

have been destroyed. Notwithstanding the above, counsel for the parties shall be entitled to retain 

court papers, deposition and trial transcripts and videotapes, attorney work product, and any other 

documents belonging to a client that counsel is obligated to retain provided that any Confidential 

Information in such documents shall not be used or disclosed except as permitted herein. 

Dated: AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

By /S/ 

Mark R. Curiel 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STARBUCKS CORPORATION 

Dated: SPIRO MOSS BARNESS LLP 

By /S/ 

Gregory N. Karasik 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JONELLE LEWIS 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 5, 2007. 

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EXHIBIT A

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JONELLE LEWIS, on behalf of herself and all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

STARBUCKS CORPORATION, 

Defendant. 

 Case No. 2:07-CV-00490-MCE-KJM 

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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

pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Stipulation for Protection of Confidential Information 

approved by the Court (“Protective Order”) and (ii) that I have read the Protective Order. I understand 

the terms of the Protective Order, I agree to be fully bound by the Protective Order, and I hereby 

submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California for 

purposes of enforcement of the Protective Order. I understand that any violation of the terms of the 

Protective Order may be punishable by money damages, interim or final injunctive or other equitable 

relief, sanctions, contempt of court citation, or such other or additional relief as deemed appropriate by 

the Court. 

Dated: 

[signature] 

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