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Parties Involved:
Clifford Chance US LLP
Defendant
Asma Gull Hasan
Plaintiff

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER C:\Documents and Settings\Workstation\Local 

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FRED W. ALVAREZ, State Bar No. 68115 

TROY A. VALDEZ, State Bar No. 191478 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Clifford Chance US LLP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ASMA GULL HASAN, an individual, 

Plaintiff, 

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CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP, a corporation, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. C 05 1850 CW 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

The Defendant Clifford Chance US LLP and Plaintiff Asma Gull Hasan, through 

their undersigned attorneys of record, enter into this stipulation and protective order to facilitate 

open exchange of information relating to this litigation. The parties assert that the disclosure of 

certain records and information are confidential and protected by the privacy rights of the parties 

and/or third parties (hereafter referred to as “Confidential Information”). The parties assert that 

they and third parties have privacy interests and confidentiality interests in these records and the 

information contained therein. Therefore, the parties stipulate as follows: 

1. Any party who conveys or receives, and any non-party who conveys, 

information in connection with this action may designate any record, which the party reasonably 

and in good faith believes to be confidential, as Confidential Information by marking any such 

documents with the words, “Confidential” or “Confidential: Subject to Protective Order.” 

Confidential Information includes responses to discovery requests, documents produced in 

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response to a request for production, deposition testimony (subject to Paragraph 2), or any other 

information a party or non-party exchanges in discovery in connection with this action that the 

party or non-party claims in good faith to constitute Confidential Information. 

2. In order to designate deposition testimony as confidential, counsel, the 

witness, or the party whose Confidential Information is to be or was disclosed, must state on the 

record at the deposition what is to be treated as Confidential Information. Additionally, a party, or 

non-party deponent, may designate testimony as Confidential Information in writing within 20 

days from the date the court reporter transmits the deposition transcript for review for certification. 

After any such written designation, counsel for all the parties shall be responsible for marking the 

designated material in all previously unmarked copies of transcripts. Prior to the expiration of the 

20-day period, all information disclosed during a deposition shall constitute Confidential 

Information, unless otherwise agreed by the parties and the witness, or ordered by the Court. 

3. The parties shall preserve the confidentiality and privacy of all Confidential 

Information. 

4. The Confidential Information shall be made available only to the Court, the 

parties, counsel of record, experts engaged by the parties or counsel of record, copy services, 

certified court reporters, videographers, consultants, and the authors of the Confidential 

Information. A party disclosing Confidential Information to any such person or entity shall bear 

the responsibility of informing them of the provisions of this Order. A non-party witness may be 

examined and may testify regarding Confidential Information, if the non-party witness 

acknowledges receipt of this Protective Order. This order shall be shown to and explained to any 

person who receives Confidential Information. This Order binds any person who receives or 

reviews Confidential Information. 

5. Persons receiving Confidential Information shall use it solely for the 

purpose of this litigation. Confidential Information may be disclosed to persons only to the extent 

necessary for the preparation or trial of this case. Confidential Information shall not be disclosed 

directly or indirectly to any other person other than as provided in this Order, except by written 

agreement of the party or non-party designating the information Confidential Information. 

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Unauthorized disclosure of the substance, a summary, or any portion of a confidential document 

constitutes a violation of this Order. 

6. In the event that any Confidential Information is disclosed to any person set 

forth in paragraph 4, supra (or to any person beyond the scope of that permitted by this Order, to 

the extent permitted by agreement or subsequent order), each person receiving such disclosure 

shall be shown a copy of this Order and shall sign a statement acknowledging receipt of this Order 

prior to receiving the disclosure. Each person receiving such disclosure shall be bound by this 

Order. Counsel making such disclosure shall be responsible for maintaining a log of the originals 

of such statements. This Order is enforceable in contempt proceedings. 

7. If a pleading, a memorandum of points and authorities or an affidavit or 

declaration filed contains or discloses the content of records designated as Confidential 

Information, the filing party must concurrently file redacted copies, lodge unredacted originals as 

specified by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including but not limited to Rules 26 and 29, 

and the Local Rules of the Court for the Northern District of California (“Civil Local Rules”), and, 

if the record was designated confidential by another party, give written notice to the party that 

designated the records confidential that the records will be placed in the public file unless within 

10 days of the notice such party files a motion for a sealing order in compliance with Civil Local 

Rule 3-4, 7-11, 79-5 and any other applicable Rule, as well as the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. If the party that designated the records confidential fails to file such a motion within 

10 days (unless extended by the court for good cause), that party must be deemed to have 

consented to the public filing of the record and the clerk must remove the originals from the 

envelope labeled “CONDITIONALLY UNDER SEAL” and file the complete pleading, 

memorandum of points and authorities, or affidavit or declaration in the public file. If the party 

that designated the records confidential does file such a motion within 10 days (or within any 

extension ordered by the court), the originals must remain conditionally under seal until the court 

rules on the motion, and thereafter must be filed in the manner directed by the court. 

8. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to: (1) limit or waive any right of any 

party to resist or compel discovery with respect to documents or other material which maybe 

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claimed to be privileged or otherwise protected or protectable; (2) preclude any party at any time 

from seeking and obtaining from the court, on an appropriate showing, additional protection, 

including an order that material shall not be produced at all; or (3) constitute a ruling on the 

admissibility of any documents or other material as evidence in this action. 

9. At the conclusion of this litigation, by whatever means, all Confidential 

Information shall be returned to counsel for the party that produced such information, including all 

copies of Confidential Information ever in their possession or caused to be created through their 

possession that were produced in this action. 

10. If there is any unauthorized disclosure of any documents or records subject 

to this Order by any person, said person shall be subject to sanctions and contempt for violation of 

this Order. Counsel for the parties agree to forward a copy of this protective order to their clients 

prior to or concurrently with providing Confidential Information to their clients. The parties are 

bound by this protective order. 

11. Any party may, at any time after production of Confidential Information, 

object to its designation by notifying all parties in writing of that objection and specifying the 

designated material to which the objection is made. Within fifteen (15) days of the date of the 

written objection, the parties shall meet and confer verbally or in writing, or both, regarding the 

objection. If the objection is not resolved, the party designating the information Confidential 

Information shall either file and serve a motion to designate records as Confidential Information 

pursuant to this order, or otherwise request judicial intervention to resolve the parties’ dispute. 

Such a motion or other request for judicial intervention must be submitted and served on all 

parties within thirty (30) days of the date of the written objection. The party designating the 

information or record as Confidential Information shall bear the burden of proof on whether good 

cause exists for the information to be designated as confidential. If no such motion is filed or 

request for judicial intervention is not made, the material will not be considered Confidential 

Information until further order of the Court or written agreement of the parties. 

12. Inadvertent failure to designate documents as Confidential Information shall 

not constitute a waiver of an otherwise valid claim for protection, so long as such claim is asserted 

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within 14 calendar days of the discovery of the inadvertent failure. A party shall not be in 

violation of this Order for using or disclosing information that is subsequently designated as 

confidential within the 14-day period, but shall, upon the designation of such information as 

confidential, use its best efforts to enforce the provisions of this Order with respect to any such 

belatedly designated Confidential Information. If a party who has previously designated a 

document in this action as confidential subsequently introduces that same document in a public 

forum, in a manner that exposes that document to the public, any opposing party may argue that 

the party has waived his, her, or its right to continue to claim that document as confidential in this 

action. 

13. If a party to this action receives a court order or subpoena for documents 

that have been designated Confidential Information, that party shall (a) promptly notify counsel of 

record for the party or non-party claiming the confidential treatment of the documents, and (b) 

furnish that counsel with a copy of the subpoena or other process or order. 

14. This Order is subject to modification by either party pursuant to 

stipulation and order and/or appropriate motion procedures. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 2, 2006 

_______________________ 

G.W. MERRICK & ASSOCIATES, LLC. 

_ [signature on 

original]__________________________ 

GLENN W. MERRICK 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ASMA GULL HASAN 

Dated: _March 2, 

2006______________________________

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WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & 

ROSATI 

 /s/ 

TROY A. VALDEZ 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: 3/9/06 

/s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

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THE HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN 

United States District Judge 

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