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Parties Involved:
Duarte & Witting, Inc.
Plaintiff
Afsaneh Eghtesad
Plaintiff
Nader Eghtesad
Plaintiff
Nader Chrysler Plymouth
Plaintiff
Universal Underwriters Insurance Company
Defendant

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CASE NO. C05-1315 MHP CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND

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MICHAEL BARNES (State Bar No. 121314) 

SONIA MARTIN (State Bar No. 191148) 

STEPHANIE DUCHENE (State Bar No. 234896) 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

685 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 882-5000 

Facsimile: (415) 543-5472 

Email: mbarnes@sonnenschein.com 

 smartin@sonnenschein.com 

 sduchene@sonnenschein.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DUARTE & WITTING, INC. dba NADER 

CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, and NADER 

EGHTESAD and AFSANEH EGHTESAD, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Defendants. 

No. C05-1315 MHP 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

WHEREAS, during the course of discovery in the above-captioned litigation (the 

“Action”), the underwriting file of Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (bates nos. 

U787-UU1692) constitutes or contains confidential information (“Confidential Material”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to protect the confidential nature of all Confidential 

Material or information derived therefrom (also hereinafter included in the term “Confidential 

Material”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed or may agree in the future to furnish certain 

documents constituting or containing Confidential Material subject to this Stipulated Protective 

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Order without waiving any legal right or privilege relating to the confidentiality of such 

Confidential Material; and 

In accordance with the stipulation of the parties and for purpose of preserving the 

confidentiality of documents and information that constitute or relate to personal, private or 

confidential business information; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a protective order shall be entered in this Action that 

shall apply as follows to all Confidential Material, whether contained or referenced in 

documents, deposition testimony, answers to interrogatories or document requests, written 

responses, answers to requests for admission, affidavits, or declarations; in copies, extracts, and 

summaries (complete or partial) prepared form such documents, or in copies of any of the 

foregoing: 

1. As used herein, the words “document” or “documents” shall include any “writing” 

as that term is set forth and defined in Federal Rule of Evidence 1001, including both 

“originals” and “duplicates” of any writing. 

2. Counsel for Universal Underwriters may designate its underwriting file as 

Confidential Material by marking each page so designated, at the time when it is first produced, 

served, or otherwise disclosed, with the legend “Confidential.” 

3. Universal may subsequently de-classify materials that it previously designated as 

“Confidential.” 

4. Any deposition testimony in this litigation, or any portion thereof, may be 

designated as Confidential Material by any party, or by any deponent not employed by any 

party, before or at the time of the deposition by the party’s counsel or by the deponent in 

accordance with the following procedure: 

(a) Such designation shall be made by letter or orally to all counsel. 

(b) If the other party objects to designation of any material as confidential, the party 

requesting confidentiality shall have the burden of moving for the appropriate protective order. 

The non-moving party shall maintain confidentiality of the material for sixty days after the 

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deposition, and if a motion is filed within that period, until the Court rules on the motion. If no 

motion is filed and served within sixty days, then the material will not be deemed confidential. 

5. Any document or other material designated by Universal Underwriters as 

Confidential Material shall not be used for any purpose except in contention with the 

prosecution or defense of this Action (including any appeal) and may be disclosed only to the 

following persons for the sole purpose of prosecution or defense of this Action; 

(a) the parties to this Action who agree to the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 

pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Stipulated Protective Order; 

(b) counsel of record for the parties to this Action and employees of such counsel who 

are assisting counsel in the preparation of this Action for trial; 

(c) independent experts or consultants retained by counsel of record to assist in the 

preparation of this Action for trial, pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Stipulated Protective Order, 

but only to the extent such persons need such Confidential Information for that preparation; 

(d) judicial officials, jurors, and Court personnel (including stenographic reporters 

employed by the Court), pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Stipulated Protective Order; 

(e) stenographic reporters not employed by the Court who are reporting deposition 

testimony in this Action, and their employees and agents who are assisting them for that 

purpose; and 

(f) any other person under such terms as may be agreed by the parties in writing or as 

the Court may hereafter order. 

6. As a prerequisite to disclosing Confidential Materials to any person identified in 

paragraph 5(a), (c) and (e), the person to whom the Confidential Materials are to be disclosed 

must first execute a document in which they agree to be bound by the terms of the Stipulated 

Protective Order, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

7. Whenever any Confidential Material is submitted to the Court or used in 

connection with any filing or proceeding in this Action, such document shall be submitted under 

seal unless the party whose document or information to be submitted has consented in writing to 

the disclosure or unless the Court otherwise directs. The manner in which confidential 

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documents or information may be handled and disclosed in the course of the trial hereof shall be 

determined by the Court at a pre-trial conference. 

8. Confidential Material may be disclosed to and discussed with the persons identified 

in paragraph 5(b), (e) and (f) only if, prior to any disclosure or discussion of Confidential 

Material, the party or the party’s counsel shall inform each such person of the existence of this 

Protective Order and instruct that such persons respect its provisions. 

9. Counsel receiving Confidential Material shall not make more copies of such 

Confidential Material than counsel deems reasonably necessary for the prosecution or defense 

of this Action. All copies of Confidential Material shall be kept and stored in a manner which 

counsel deems reasonably calculated to preserve confidentiality. 

10. Plaintiffs’ counsel may retain a copy of the Confidential Material for the period 

required by the California Rules of Professional Conduct, during which time the confidentiality 

of those materials will be protected in accordance with the terms of this Stipulated Protective 

Order. Promptly at the end of that period (including appeals, any satisfaction of judgment, or 

any settlement of the Action), all copies of Confidential Material, including all copies in the 

possession of experts and consultants, shall be returned by the counsel receiving such 

Confidential Material to the counsel of the party who produced or provided it. Counsel for the 

parties may retain legal memoranda or opinion letters that contain references to or information 

extracted from Confidential Material; however, the confidentiality of any such memoranda or 

letters is to be protected in accordance with the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

11. The provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order, insofar as they relate to the 

communication and use of Confidential Material, shall continue in effect after the conclusion of 

this Action and until further order of the Court or agreement by the parties in writing. 

12. If any dispute arises about whether a document constitutes Confidential Material, 

the parties will try and resolve the dispute informally. If informal resolution is not possible, the 

party asserting confidentiality of the document will bring a motion to have the document 

designated as Confidential Material with notice to all parties and upon a showing of good cause. 

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13. The Stipulate Protective Order may be modified by written agreement of the parties 

or by order of the Court. Any such agreement by the parties shall be filed in this Action. 

14. By entering into this Stipulation, no party waives any right it may have to object to 

any discovery upon the grounds of privacy, confidentiality, or privilege, or to withhold 

information or documents from discovery on such grounds. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 28, 2006 

By /s/ 

 Tod Ratfield 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

DUARTE & WITTING, INC. dba NADER 

CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, and NADER 

EGHTESAD and AFSANEH EGHTESAD 

Dated: March 30, 2006 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

By /s/ 

 Sonia Martin 

Attorney for Defendant 

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

 IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: March _____, 2006 

 ___________________________________ 

 Honorable Marilyn H. Patel 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

 Northern District of California 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

April 4, 

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EXHIBIT A

I hereby acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of the Confidentiality 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order in the action entitled Duarte & Witting dba Nader 

Chrysler, et al. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., United States District Court, Northern 

District of California Case No. C05-1315 MHP. I agree to be bound by the provisions of the 

Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order with respect to any “Confidential 

Material” disclosed to me, and I specifically agree that I will not communicate, reveal, or use 

any “Confidential Material” except in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order. I further agree to return any Confidential Material 

provided to me and all copies thereof to the party or counsel who provide such Confidential 

Material to me. 

I hereby submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court, Northern 

District of California for all purposes relating to the enforcement of the provisions of the 

Stipulated Protective Order. 

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

Executed this _____ day of ________________ 2006 at ______________________ 

 (City, State) 

 _________________________________ 

 Signature 

 _________________________________ 

 Name (typed) 

27233070\V-1

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