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Parties Involved:
American Casualty Company of Reading Pennsylvania
Plaintiff
Continental Casualty Company
Plaintiff
The Salesian Society
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF 

READING PENNSYLVANIA; CONTINENTAL 

CASUALTY COMPANY,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THE SALESIAN SOCIETY,

Defendant.

Case No. C 06 0811 VRW

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker

Action Filed: February 6, 2006

WHEREAS, discovery will involve the disclosure of confidential and/or proprietary

business and financial information;

WHEREAS, the parties seek to preserve their confidentiality and/or proprietary interests 

in such information, without unduly encroaching on the public’s right to be informed of judicial 

proceedings;

WHEREAS, the parties represent that the parties and counsel will act in good faith in 

designating records pursuant to the protections provided by this Order; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court 

hereby enters this Order limiting the disclosure of certain information produced or otherwise 

discovered. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following protective provisions shall govern any 

discovery conducted by the parties in this action:

1. In responding to discovery requests in this action, any party or non-party

responding to the discovery requests (the “Responding Entity”) may designate as 

CONFIDENTIAL any documents, information or other material that contains proprietary 

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information or other commercially sensitive material, the disclosure of which would tend to 

cause substantial harm to the responding party’s legitimate business or privacy interests, or the 

privacy interests of the responding party’s employees or customers; personal information and 

development, commercial or financial information not generally disclosed to the public; trade 

secrets of producing party or its customers; non-public information relating to competitors’ 

internal strategy or proprietary planning processes; non-public information relating to customers; 

or any information in the producing parties possession where it has an independent obligation of 

confidentiality to a third party or person.

2. For purposes of an initial document inspection, all documents within produced 

files and records shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to this Order. Prior to receiving 

copies of documents, the Discovering Party shall treat all information learned from any 

inspection of the documents as CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to this Order. Prior to physical 

production of copies of documents (whether or not that production was preceded by an initial 

inspection), the Responding Entity shall conspicuously mark the copies of documents which 

contain confidential information as “CONFIDENTIAL.” All court filings which disclose 

information designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall also be marked in this manner, and the filing 

party shall seek leave of court to submit the filing under seal.

3. The designation of any document or information as CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to 

the terms of this Order shall constitute the verification of counsel for the producing party that the 

documents have been reviewed for compliance with the criteria of this Order and that the 

designation CONFIDENTIAL is, in the good faith judgment of counsel, consistent with the 

terms of this Order.

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4. Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL may be used by persons other than the 

Responding Entity only for the purpose of preparing for conducting, or pursuing discovery, 

including third party discovery and for pretrial, trial and appellate proceedings in this action, and 

for otherwise prosecuting or defending, or assisting in the prosecution or defense of this action. 

Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL may be used for no other purpose. Counsel for each 

party shall take all reasonable precautions necessary to prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent 

disclosure of any CONFIDENTIAL information. If CONFIDENTIAL information submitted in 

accordance with the terms of this Order is disclosed to any person other than in the manner 

authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the disclosure must immediately bring all 

pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of the other parties and, without 

prejudice to other rights and remedies of the other parties, must make every effort to prevent 

further disclosure by the person who received the information that is CONFIDENTIAL.

5. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of designation of 

information as CONFIDENTIAL at the time it is made, and failure to do so shall not preclude 

subsequent challenge thereto. At any state of these proceedings or thereafter any party may 

challenge a designation of certain materials as CONFIDENTIAL information. If any party 

objects to the designation of any document as CONFIDENTIAL, such party shall state the 

objection by letter to counsel for the entity (whether a party or non-party) making the 

designation. The parties shall attempt to resolve any disagreement as to the protected nature of 

the information on an informal basis before seeking relief from the Court. Until an objection to 

the designation of a document has been resolved by agreement of counsel or by order of the 

Court, the document shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL and subject to this Order. Nothing 

herein shall affect the Responding Entity’s obligation to show good cause for the protection of 

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the information in the event any person files a motion disputing the Responding Entity’s 

designation of discovery material as confidential.

6. Except as the Court may otherwise expressly direct and subject to the further 

conditions imposed by this Order, material that is CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed only to 

the following persons:

a. Counsel for the parties to this action, and paralegal assistants, office 

clerks, secretaries and other such personnel working under counsel’s 

supervision;

b. Expert witnesses and consultants, litigation consultants, and mock jurors 

who are not employed by or affiliated with any party, and their associates, 

assistants, and other personnel employed directly by such persons who 

agree to be bound by the terms of this Order;

c. Persons identified as deponents and/or trial witnesses by the parties, and 

persons whom a party reasonably anticipates will be identified as 

deponents and/or trial witnesses;

d. Employees and former employees of the parties to this action;

e. The Court, court personnel and court reporters; and

f. Such other persons as may be agreed by written stipulation of the 

Responding Entity and the party seeking to make the disclosure, or by

further order of the Court.

7. Prior to giving possession of any CONFIDENTIAL material to any person as 

provided in paragraph 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d) (but only to the extent of former employees), or 6(f), 

counsel for the party that receives such material that is CONFIDENTIAL shall first provide the 

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intended recipient with a copy of this Order, and shall cause him or her to execute the following 

written Agreement of Confidentiality, which counsel shall thereafter retain:

Agreement of Confidentiality

I understand that I am being given access to “CONFIDENTIAL” 

material pursuant to a Protective Order entered in the matter 

American Casualty Co. of Reading Pennsylvania and Continental

Casualty Company v. Salesian Society, Case No. 06 C 0811 (N.D. 

Cal.). I have read the Protective Order and agree to be found by its 

terms with respect to the handling, use and disclosure of such 

CONFIDENTIAL material. Before disseminating any protected 

information to any clerical or secretarial staff working under my 

supervision, I will advise them of the restrictions contained in this 

Protective Order and that said restrictions shall not be 

circumvented. I further agree and attest to my understanding that, 

in the event that I fail to abide by the terms of the Protective Order, 

I may be subject to sanctions, including sanctions by way of 

contempt of court, imposed by the Court for such failure. In 

consideration for me being allowed access to said information and 

documents in connection with this litigation, I further agree to be 

contractually bound by the terms of this Protective Order.

8. Upon written request of counsel for a party not later than thirty (30) days 

following the final conclusion of this action and any related action, copies of all executed 

Agreement of Confidentiality forms shall be provided to counsel for the other parties within 

seven (7) days of such request. Persons identified in all other subparagraphs of this Order are not 

required to execute an Agreement of Confidentiality but shall be advised of the restrictions of 

this Order and shall be informed by counsel and the party otherwise disseminating the protected 

information not to circumvent those restrictions or otherwise disclose the protected information.

9. Notwithstanding any other term or provision of this Order, consulting experts 

shall not be deposed or otherwise subject to discovery, except as provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(b)(4)(B), whether or not such experts receive CONFIDENTIAL information.

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10. Anything in this Order to the contrary notwithstanding any party may use the 

services of a photocopying service, printing and binding service, trial graphics service, or 

computer input service with regard to CONFIDENTIAL material without regard to the 

provisions of paragraphs 6 or 7 hereof, provided such services are advised of the confidential 

nature of the documents and agreement to maintain their confidentiality pursuant to the terms of 

paragraph 8.

11. If a party inadvertently produces documents or information which that party

believes to be CONFIDENTIAL, the party that inadvertently produced the documents or 

information without designating them as CONFIDENTIAL may re-designate the documents or 

information. Disclosure or production of documents or information without appropriate marking 

or redaction shall not constitute a waiver of the right by any party to seek protection under this 

Order and compliance with the procedures of this Paragraph shall not prejudice the right of any 

party to challenge the designation of documents or information as CONFIDENTIAL.

12. If deposition testimony concerning CONFIDENTIAL material is requested or 

elicited, counsel for the Responding Entity that produced the material may request that:

a. the portions of the testimony, and the transcript thereof, disclosing such 

material be treated as CONFIDENTIAL and

b. the room in which the deposition is being taken shall, at the request of the 

Responding Entity, be closed except to persons who are permitted access 

to such documents under the terms of this Order or for questioning 

pertaining to such material.

13. Each Responding Entity shall have until ten (10) days after receipt of a deposition 

transcript to inform the parties, the deponent and other persons attending the deposition that 

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certain portions of the transcript are designated CONFIDENTIAL. This designation may also be 

made on the record at the time of the deposition. During these ten (10) days, no deposition 

transcript, or contents thereof, shall be disclosed to any person other than those persons set forth 

in paragraphs 6 and 7, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7. Upon being informed that 

certain portions of a deposition are to be designated as CONFIDENTIAL material, each party 

shall treat the designated pages of each transcript in its custody as CONFIDENTIAL. 

Additionally, the cover page of any deposition transcript containing testimony designated as 

confidential shall be marked: “THIS TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.”

14. If a witness in a deposition is shown CONFIDENTIAL material, the witness shall 

be admonished that such materials are confidential and may not be further disclosed or 

disseminated to any third person.

15. Any Party seeking to file documents containing CONFIDENTIAL material with 

the Court must move the Court for leave to file such documents under seal. At the time of filing 

or any time thereafter, such material shall be placed in a sealed envelope, which shall be marked 

with the title of the action and shall state the following: “THIS ENVELOPE CONTAINS 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” The Party that 

files a motion, memorandum or the like under seal shall, within five days of the filing, file a 

public version of the sealed document without the CONFIDENTIAL material.

16. Any Party (including any third party not named in this action) that is required to 

produce materials or information in discovery in this case may make a designation pursuant to 

this Protective Order. The producing Party may designate any document or other discovery 

material as CONFIDENTIAL if that Party in good faith believes that such material is 

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proprietary, commercially sensitive, or constitutes a trade secret or other confidential information 

as those terms are defined within Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

17. Any CONFIDENTIAL material designated by any party to be introduced at trial 

or as part of the record on appeal may be offered into evidence in open court unless the 

Responding Entity that produced the material or obtained the CONFIDENTIAL designation for 

material produced by others obtains an appropriate protective order from this Court or the 

appellate court. The Responding Entity must be given notice and a sufficient opportunity to seek 

such a protective order. However, in the event that either party intends to use CONFIDENTIAL 

materials for purposes of impeachment or rebuttal, that party shall show such materials to the 

Responding Entity that produced such material before using that material in open court.

18. Within sixty (60) days of conclusion of this case in the District Court, all 

CONFIDENTIAL material and all copies thereof shall, at the request of the party which 

produced such information, be destroyed, except that counsel shall be entitled to retain all 

materials which constitute work product and such memoranda and pleadings embodying 

CONFIDENTIAL information to the extent necessary to preserve a file in this case, so long as 

such materials are maintained in accordance with the provisions hereof. All CONFIDENTIAL 

material disclosed to any person or party pursuant to any provision herein and all deposition 

transcripts and exhibits and any other materials returned to the parties by the Court shall also, if 

practicable, be destroyed as set forth above.

19. The parties may obtain the return of any previously-sealed or previously-restricted 

documents by a motion filed within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of this case in the District 

Court.

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20. If a party in possession of CONFIDENTIAL material receives a subpoena or 

other request seeking production or other disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL material, that party 

shall immediately give written notice to counsel for the party that initially produced the 

CONFIDENTIAL material, stating the nature and type of CONFIDENTIAL material that has 

been sought and the date and time proposed for production or disclosure of the material. Any 

party objecting to the production or disclosure shall have the obligation to take action within ten 

business days in the appropriate court or courts. In the event that such action is taken (e.g., a 

motion is filed), no CONFIDENTIAL material that is the subject of said action to prevent 

disclosure shall be produced or disclosed without written approval by counsel of the objecting 

party or by further order of the appropriate court(s).

21. In additional to any other remedies set forth herein, any party violating this Order 

and thereby causing damage to the interests of the Responding Entity may be liable to the 

Responding Entity for any appropriate relief allowed in law or equity.

22. Nothing contained in this Order shall prejudice in any way or waive in any respect 

the right of any Responding Entity (including non-parties) to assert any privilege as to any 

documents, whether or not designated as CONFIDENTIAL material pursuant to this Order. 

Counsel for a Responding Entity may redact or mask documentary material deemed privileged 

and all documents containing redacted or masked material shall be so identified.

23. Nothing contained in this Order shall prejudice in any way the right of any party 

to seek by way of consent of all parties or by motion to the Court:

a. Additional protection for specific items of CONFIDENTIAL material; or 

b. Relief from the provisions of this Order with respect to specific items or 

categories of CONFIDENTIAL materials.

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24. Moreover, if a party does not comply with the terms of this Order, the 

complaining party may petition the Court for sanctions, or other appropriate relief.

Entered this ____ day of ________________, 2007. 

_______________________________

107488v1

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1st March

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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