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Parties Involved:
Juan Romero
Plaintiff
Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
Defendant

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JONES DAY

Koree B. Wooley, Bar No. 294489

kbwooley@jonesday.com

Cindi L. Ritchey, Bar No. 216899

critchey@jonesday.com

Jayce E. Gustafson, Bar No. 344961

jgustafson@jonesday.com

4655 Executive Drive, Suite 1500

San Diego, California 92121.3134

Telephone: +1.858.314.1200

Facsimile: +1.844.345.3178

Attorneys for Defendant

SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC

BLUMENTHAL NORDREHAUG BHOWMIK DE BLOUW LLP

Norman B. Blumenthal, Bar No. 068687

norm@bamlaw.com

Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Bar No. 205975

kyle@bamlawca.com

Aparajit Bhowmik, Bar No. 248066

aj@bamlawca.com

Jeffrey S. Herman, Bar No. 280058

jeffrey@bamlawca.com

Sergio J. Puche, Bar No. 289437

sergiojulian@bamlawca.com

2255 Calle Clara

La Jolla, California 92037

Telephone: +1.858.551.1223

Facsimile: +1.858.551.1232

Attorneys for Plaintiff JUAN ROMERO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN ROMERO, individually, and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability corporation; and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00427-ADA-HBK

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

Complaint Filed: February 2, 2023 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties to the above-captioned action, 

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. This action is likely to involve personal, commercial, technical, and/or proprietary 

information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any 

purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and 

proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, confidential business 

or financial information, information regarding confidential policies or procedures, 

employee compensation records, personal identifying information of current or former 

employees of Defendant, information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or 

which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal 

statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of 

information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality or 

discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep 

confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such 

material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end 

of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is 

justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be 

designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a 

good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and 

there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.

2. In this Stipulation and Protective Order, the words set forth below shall have the following 

meanings:

a. “Proceeding” means the above-captioned proceeding, United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California Case No. 1:23-cv-00427-ADA-HBK.

b. “Court” means any judge of the Court defined above, or any other judge to which this 

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Proceeding may be assigned, including Court staff participating in such proceedings.

c. “Confidential” means any information (regardless of how it is generated, stored, or 

maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(c) or California Law, including but not limited to proprietary policies 

and procedures, employee compensation records, personal identifying information of 

current and former employees, and other information as set forth above in Paragraph 

1.

d. “Confidential Materials” means any Documents, Testimony or Information as defined 

below designated as “Confidential” as that term is defined in Paragraph 2(c) above.

e. “Designating Party” means the Party that designates Materials as “Confidential.”

f. “Disclose” or “Disclosed” or “Disclosure” means to reveal, divulge, give, or make 

available Materials, or any part thereof, or any information contained therein.

g. “Documents” means any document or electronically stored information as described 

in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(a), which have been produced in discovery in 

this Proceeding by any person, and (ii) any copies, reproductions, or summaries of all 

or any part of the foregoing.

h. “Electronically Stored Information” or “ESI” means any Information or Documents 

that are created, used, or stored in an electronic medium. ESI includes, but is not 

limited to, electronic mail, SMS text messages, Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft 

Excel Spreadsheets, database files, as well as any time records, payroll records, wage 

records, personnel records, scheduling records, and any other records or 

communications stored in an electronic medium.

i. “Information” means the content of Documents or Testimony.

j. “Native” or “Native Format” means the original format for which Documents or 

Information is usually used, kept and/or maintained by a Party including, but not 

limited to, any ESI. For example, if email communications are maintained in an “.msg” 

or “.pst” file format on a Microsoft Exchange Server in the ordinary course of business, 

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then the .msg or .pst file format would represent the Native Format for email 

communications. Similarly, if written electronic documents on personal computer 

systems are maintained in a “.docx” format to be read by Microsoft Word, and “.xlsx” 

format to be read by Microsoft Excel, in the usual course of business, then these .docx 

and .xlsx formats represent the Native Format. Native Format does not refer to ESI 

which has been modified, altered, or printed and/or scanned into another electronic 

format.

k. “Testimony” means all depositions, declarations or other testimony taken or used in 

this Proceeding.

3. The Designating Party shall have the right to designate as “Confidential” any Documents, 

Testimony or Information that the Designating Party in good faith believes to contain nonpublic information that is entitled to confidential treatment under applicable law. 

4. In the event that counsel for a Party receiving Documents, Testimony or Information in 

discovery designated as “Confidential” objects to such designation with respect to any or 

all of such items, said counsel shall advise counsel for the Designating Party, in writing, 

of such objections, the specific Documents, Testimony or Information to which each 

objection pertains, and the specific reasons and support for such objections (the 

“Designation Objections”). Counsel for the Designating Party shall have thirty (30) days 

from receipt of the written Designation Objections to either (a) agree in writing to dedesignate Documents, Testimony or Information pursuant to any or all of the Designation 

Objections and/or (b) file a motion with the Court seeking to uphold any or all 

designations on Documents, Testimony or Information addressed by the Designation 

Objections (the “Designation Motion”). Pending a resolution of the Designation Motion 

by the Court, any and all existing designations on the Documents, Testimony or 

Information at issue in such Motion shall remain in place. The Designating Party shall 

have the burden on any Designation Motion of establishing the applicability of its 

“Confidential” designation. In the event that the Designation Objections are not timely 

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agreed to or timely addressed in the Designation Motion or the Parties have not agreed to 

an extension of time for the Designation Motion, then such Documents, Testimony or 

Information shall be de-designated in accordance with the Designation Objection 

applicable to such material.

5. The entry of this Stipulation and Protective Order does not alter, waive, modify, or 

abridge any right, privilege or protection otherwise available to any Party with respect to 

the discovery of matters, including but not limited to any Party’s right to assert the 

attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or other privileges or 

objections, or any Party’s right to contest any such assertion.

6. Any Documents, Testimony or Information to be designated as “Confidential” must be 

clearly so designated before the Document, Testimony or Information is Disclosed or 

produced. The “Confidential” designation should not obscure or interfere with the 

legibility of the designated Information.

a. For Documents (apart from transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 

proceedings), the Designating Party must affix the legend “Confidential” on each page 

of any Document containing such designated Confidential Material. If the legend 

cannot be affixed, such as with respect to Native ESI, then the Confidential designation 

must be clearly indicated by including “Confidential” within the file name of the 

Native ESI produced, or on a separate document created and concurrently produced 

by the Designating Party, which specifically describes the Native ESI that the 

Designating Party intends to designate as Confidential.

b. For Testimony given in depositions the Designating Party may either:

i. Identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, all “Confidential” 

Testimony, by specifying all portions of the Testimony that qualify as 

“Confidential;” or

ii. Designate the entirety of the Testimony at the deposition as “Confidential” 

(before the deposition is concluded) with the right to identify more specific 

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portions of the Testimony as to which protection is sought within 30 days 

following receipt of the deposition transcript. In circumstances where portions 

of the deposition Testimony are designated for protection, the transcript pages 

containing “Confidential” Information may be separately bound by the court 

reporter, who must affix to the top of each page the legend “Confidential,” as 

instructed by the Designating Party.

c. For Information produced in some form other than Documents, and for any other 

tangible items, including, without limitation, compact discs or DVDs, the Designating 

Party must affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in 

which the Information or item is stored the legend “Confidential.” If only portions of 

the Information or item warrant protection, the Designating Party, to the extent 

practicable, shall identify the “Confidential” portions.

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

Proceedings of any Document, Testimony or Information during discovery in this 

Proceeding 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. 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 (20) 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 “Confidential” 

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designated Materials. Should the receiving Party choose to destroy such inadvertently 

produced Document, Testimony or Information, the receiving Party shall notify the 

producing Party in writing of such destruction within ten (10) days of receipt of written 

notice of the inadvertent production. 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.

8. The production of privileged or work-product protected Documents, Testimony or 

Information, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is not a waiver of the privilege or 

protection from discovery in this case or in any other federal or state proceeding. This 

order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed by Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502(d).

9. No Waiver by Disclosure. This order (as a part of this overall Protective Order) is 

entered pursuant to Rule 502(d) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Subject to the 

provisions of this order, if the producing Party discloses information in connection with 

this case that the producing Party thereafter claims to be privileged or protected by the 

attorney-client privilege or work product protection (i.e,, “Privileged Information”), the 

disclosure of that Privileged Information will not constitute or be deemed a waiver or 

forfeiture—in this or any other action—of any claim of privilege or work product 

protection that the producing Party would otherwise be entitled to assert with respect to 

the Privileged Information and its subject matter.

a. Notification Requirements; Best Efforts of Receiving Party. A producing Party 

must promptly notify the Receiving Party receiving the Privileged Information, in 

writing, that it has disclosed that Privileged Information without intending a waiver by 

the disclosure. Upon such notification, the Receiving Party must—unless it contests 

the claim of attorney-client privilege or work product protection in accordance with 

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Paragraph 9(b) in which case it will follow the procedures outlined below—promptly 

(i) notify the producing Party that it will make best efforts to identify and return, 

sequester or destroy (or in the case of electronically stored information, delete) the 

Privileged Information and any reasonably accessible copies it has, (ii) provide a 

certification that it has ceased further review, dissemination, and use of the Privileged 

Information, and (iii) provide a certification that the Privileged Information has been 

destroyed or returned. Within five (5) business days of receipt of the notification from 

the Receiving Party, the producing Party must produce a privilege log setting forth the 

basis for the claim of privilege. For purposes of this order, Privileged Information that 

has been stored on a source of electronically stored information that is not reasonably 

accessible, such as backup storage media, is sequestered. If such data is retrieved, the 

Receiving Party must promptly take steps to delete or sequester the restored Privileged 

Information. If a Receiving Party contests the claim of privilege being made pursuant 

to Paragraph 9(b) below, the Receiving Party must promptly (i) notify the producing 

Party of its claim in writing, (ii) take immediate steps to cease further review, 

dissemination or use of the Privileged Information, and (iii) confirm in writing that it 

has complied with Paragraph 9(a)(ii) and further certify the destruction or return of 

Privileged Information.

b. Contesting Claim of Privilege or Work Product Protection. If the Receiving Party 

contests the claim of attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 

Receiving Party must—within five (5) business days of receipt of the Producing 

Party’s privilege log— move the Court for an Order compelling disclosure of the 

information claimed as unprotected (a “Disclosure Motion”). The Disclosure Motion 

must be filed under seal and must not assert as a ground for compelling disclosure the 

fact or circumstances of the disclosure. Pending resolution of the Disclosure Motion, 

the Receiving Party must not use the challenged information in any way or disclose it 

to any person other than those required by law to be served with a copy of the sealed 

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Disclosure Motion.

c. The parties may stipulate to extend the time periods set forth in the preceding 

paragraphs.

d. Attorney’s Ethical Responsibilities. Nothing in this order overrides any attorney’s 

ethical responsibilities to refrain from examining or disclosing materials that the 

attorney knows or reasonably should know to be privileged and to inform the 

producing Party that such materials have been produced.

e. If a Party receiving Information has reason to believe that Disclosed Information may 

reasonably be subject to a claim of privilege, then the Party receiving such Information 

shall immediately sequester the Information, cease using the Information and cease 

using any work product containing the Information, and shall inform the Party that 

Disclosed such Information of the beginning BATES number of the Document or, if 

no BATES number is available, shall otherwise inform the Party that made the 

Disclosure of such Information.

f. If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 

Privileged Information to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 

Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating 

Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve and/or certify 

destruction of all unauthorized copies of the Privileged Information, (c) inform the 

person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this 

Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Certification re 

Confidential Discovery Materials” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

10. Access to and/or Disclosure of Confidential Materials designated as “Confidential” shall 

be permitted only to the following persons:

a. The Court.

b. Attorneys of record in the Proceedings and their affiliated attorneys, paralegals, 

clerical and secretarial staff employed by such attorneys who are actively involved in 

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the Proceedings and are not employees of any Party. 

c. In-house counsel to the undersigned Parties and the paralegal, clerical and secretarial 

staff employed by such counsel. Provided, however, that each non-lawyer given 

access to Confidential Materials shall be advised that such Materials are being 

Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order and that they may not be Disclosed other than pursuant to its terms; 

d. Those officers, directors, partners, members, employees and agents of all nondesignating Parties that counsel for such Parties deems necessary to aid counsel in the 

prosecution and defense of this Proceeding; provided, however, that prior to the 

Disclosure of Confidential Materials to any such officer, director, partner, member, 

employee or agent, counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of 

this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, shall explain that such person is 

bound to follow the terms of such Order, and shall secure the signature of such person 

on a statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

e. Court reporters in this Proceeding (whether at depositions, hearings, or any other 

proceeding); 

f. Any deposition, trial or hearing witness in the Proceeding who previously has had 

access to the Confidential Materials, or who is currently or was previously an officer, 

director, partner, member, employee or agent of an entity that has had access to the 

Confidential Materials;

g. Any deposition or non-trial hearing witness in the Proceeding who previously did not 

have access to the Confidential Materials; provided, however, that each such witness 

given access to Confidential Materials shall be advised that such Materials are being 

Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order and that they may not be Disclosed other than pursuant to its terms; 

h. Mock jury participants, provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of Confidential 

Materials to any such mock jury participant, counsel for the Party making the 

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Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, 

shall explain that such person is bound to follow the terms of such Order, and shall 

secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit A; and

i. Outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the undersigned Parties or their 

counsel in connection with the Proceeding, whether or not retained to testify at any 

oral hearing; provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of Confidential Materials 

to any such expert or expert consultant, counsel for the Party making the Disclosure 

shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, shall 

explain its terms to such person, and shall secure the signature of such person on a 

statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. It shall be the obligation of counsel, 

upon learning of any breach or threatened breach of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order by any such expert or expert consultant, to promptly notify counsel for the 

Designating Party of such breach or threatened breach. 

j. Any individuals whom the Parties have previously agreed in writing may review 

Confidential Materials for the purposes of collecting or verifying discoverable 

information related to the Confidential Materials.

11. Confidential Materials shall be used by the persons receiving them only for the purposes 

of preparing for, conducting, participating in the conduct of, and/or prosecuting and/or 

defending the Proceeding, and shall not be used for any business, commercial, 

competitive, or any other purpose whatsoever. 

12. Any Party to the Proceeding (or other person subject to the terms of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order) may ask the Court, after appropriate notice to the other Parties to the 

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Proceeding, to modify or grant relief from any provision of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order.

13. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order shall not:

a. Operate as an admission by any person that any particular Document, Testimony or 

Information marked “Confidential” contains or reflects trade secrets, proprietary, 

confidential or competitively sensitive business, commercial, financial or personal 

information; or

b. Prejudice in any way the right of any Party (or any other person subject to the terms 

of this Stipulation and Protective Order):

i. To seek a determination by the Court of whether any particular Confidential 

Material should be subject to protection as “Confidential” under the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order; or

ii. To seek relief from the Court on appropriate notice to all other Parties to the 

Proceeding from any provision(s) of this Stipulation and Protective Order, either 

generally or as to any particular Document, Material or Information.

14. Any Party to the Proceeding who has not executed this Stipulation and Protective Order as 

of the time it is presented to the Court for signature may thereafter become a Party to this 

Stipulation and Protective Order by its counsel’s signing and dating a copy thereof and 

filing the same with the Court, and serving copies of such signed and dated copy upon the 

other Parties to this Stipulation and Protective Order.

15. Any Information that may be produced by a non-Party witness in discovery in the 

Proceeding pursuant to subpoena or otherwise may be designated by such non-Party as 

“Confidential” under the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, and any such 

designation by a non-Party shall have the same force and effect, and create the same 

duties and obligations, as if made by one of the undersigned Parties hereto. Any such 

designation shall also function as a consent by such producing Party to the authority of the 

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Court in the Proceeding to resolve and conclusively determine any motion or other 

application made by any person or Party with respect to such designation, or any other 

matter otherwise arising under this Stipulation and Protective Order.

16. If any person subject to this Stipulation and Protective Order who has custody of any 

Confidential Materials receives a subpoena or other process (“Subpoena”) from any 

government or other person or entity demanding production of Confidential Materials, the 

recipient of the Subpoena shall promptly give notice of the same by electronic mail 

transmission, 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 Materials, and/or 

seek to obtain confidential treatment of such Confidential Materials from the subpoenaing 

person or entity to the fullest extent available under law. The recipient of the Subpoena 

may not produce any Documents, Testimony or Information pursuant to the Subpoena 

prior to the date specified for production on the Subpoena, unless the Designating Party 

authorizes the production.

17. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall be construed to preclude either Party 

from asserting in good faith that certain Confidential Materials require additional 

protection. The Parties shall meet and confer to agree upon the terms of such additional 

protection upon either Party’s request.

18. If, after execution of this Stipulation and Protective Order, any Confidential Materials 

submitted by a Designating Party under the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order 

is Disclosed by a non-Designating Party to any person other than in the manner authorized 

by this Stipulation and Protective Order, the non-Designating Party responsible for the 

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Disclosure shall bring all pertinent facts relating to the Disclosure of such Confidential 

Materials to the immediate attention of the Designating Party.

19. This Stipulation and Protective Order is entered into without prejudice to the right of any 

Party to knowingly waive the applicability of this Stipulation and Protective Order to any 

Confidential Materials designated by that Party. If the Designating Party uses Confidential 

Materials in a non-Confidential manner, then the Designating Party shall advise that the 

designation no longer applies.

20. To the extent any motions, briefs, pleadings, deposition transcripts, or other papers to be 

filed with the Court incorporate documents or information subject to this Order, the party 

filing such papers shall designate such materials, or portions thereof, as “Confidential,” 

and shall file them with the clerk under seal; provided, however, that a copy of such filing 

having the confidential information deleted therefrom may be made part of the public 

record. Any party filing any document under seal must comply with the requirements of 

L.R. 141 and/or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or Judge’s Local Rules/Standing 

Orders, as applicable. If a party intends to file a document designated confidential by 

another party, the party intending to make such filing must provide ten business days’ 

notice of its intent so that the designating party may assist with preparation of the Request 

to Seal Documents. 

21. The Parties shall meet and confer regarding the procedures for use of Confidential 

Materials at trial and shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate order.

22. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall affect the admissibility into 

evidence of Confidential Materials or abridge the rights of any person to seek judicial 

review or to pursue other appropriate judicial action with respect to any ruling made by 

the Court concerning the issue of the status of Protected Material.

23. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of 

this Proceeding and all subsequent proceedings arising from this Proceeding, except that a 

Party may seek the written permission of the Designating Party or may move the Court for 

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relief from the provisions of this Stipulation and Protective Order. To the extent permitted 

by law, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify, or reconsider this Stipulation 

and Protective Order, even after the Proceeding is terminated.

24. Upon written request made within thirty (30) days after the settlement or other termination 

of the Proceeding, the undersigned Parties shall have thirty (30) days to either (a) 

promptly return to counsel for each Designating Party all Confidential Materials and all 

copies thereof (except that counsel for each Party may maintain in its files, in continuing 

compliance with the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, all work product, and 

one copy of each pleading filed with the Court and one copy of each deposition together 

with the exhibits marked at the deposition); (b) agree with counsel for the Designating 

Party upon appropriate methods and certification of destruction or other disposition of 

such Confidential Materials; or (c) as to any Documents, Testimony or other Information 

not addressed by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), file a motion seeking a Court order regarding 

proper preservation of such Materials. To the extent permitted by law the Court shall 

retain continuing jurisdiction to review and rule upon the motion referred to in subparagraph (c) herein. 

25. After this Stipulation and Protective Order has been signed by counsel for all Parties, it 

shall be presented to the Court for entry. Counsel agree to be bound by the terms set forth 

herein with regard to any Confidential Materials that have been produced before the Court 

signs this Stipulation and Protective Order. 

26. The Parties and all signatories to the Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A agree to be 

bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order pending its approval and entry by the 

Court. In the event that the Court modifies this Stipulation and Protective Order, or in the 

event that the Court enters a different Protective Order, the Parties agree to be bound by 

this Stipulation and Protective Order until such time as the Court may enter such a 

different Order. It is the Parties’ intent to be bound by the terms of this Stipulation and 

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Protective Order pending its entry so as to allow for immediate production of Confidential 

Materials under the terms herein.

This Stipulation and Protective Order may be executed in counterparts. 

Dated: August 24, 2023 JONES DAY

By: /s/ Koree B. Wooley

Koree B. Wooley

Cindi L. Ritchey 

Jayce E. Gustafson

Attorneys for Defendant SAPUTO DAIRY 

FOODS USA, LLC

Dated: August 24, 2023 BLUMENTHAL NORDREHAUG 

BHOWMIK DE BLOUW, LLP

By: /s/ Sergio Julian Puche (as authorized on Aug. 

24, 2023)

Aparajit Bhowmik

Jeffrey S. Herman

Sergio Julian Puche 

Attorneys for Plaintiff JUAN ROMERO

ORDER

Having considered the Joint Stipulation between all Parties, and good cause appearing, 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

HON. HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

United States Magistrate Judge

August 24, 2023

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATION RE CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY MATERIALS

I here acknowledge that I, _____________________________________ [NAME], 

________________________________________ [POSITION AND EMPLOYER], am about to 

receive Confidential Materials supplied in connection with the Proceeding, United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California Case No. 1:23-cv-00427-ADA-HBK. I certify that I 

understand that the Confidential Materials are provided to me subject to the terms and restrictions 

of the Stipulation and Protective Order filed in this Proceeding. I have been given a copy of the 

Stipulation and Protective Order; I have read it, and I agree to be bound by its terms. 

I understand that Confidential Materials, as defined in the Stipulation and Protective Order, 

including any notes or other records that may be made regarding any such materials, shall not be 

Disclosed to anyone except as expressly permitted by the Stipulation and Protective Order. I will 

not copy or use, except solely for the purposes of this Proceeding, any Confidential Materials 

obtained pursuant to this Protective Order, except as provided therein or otherwise ordered by the 

Court in the Proceeding. 

I further understand that I am to retain all copies of all Confidential Materials provided to 

me in the Proceeding in a secure manner, and that all copies of such Materials are to remain in my 

personal custody until termination of my participation in this Proceeding, whereupon the copies of 

such Materials will be returned to counsel who provided me with such Materials. 

I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing is 

true and correct. Executed this ___ day of ______________, 20__, at 

_______________________. 

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