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Parties Involved:
Homedics-U.S.A., Inc.
Defendant
USAA Casualty Insurance Company
Plaintiff

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05cv1160.o.wpd STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; ORDER

John W. Shaw [State Bar No. 82802]

Christopher M. McDonald [State Bar No. 198093]

SHAW, TERHAR & LaMONTAGNE LLP

707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3060

Los Angeles, California 90017

Telephone: (213) 614-0400

Facsimile: (213) 629-4534

Attorneys for Defendant,

HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC.; DOES 1 to

30, inclusive,

Defendant(s).

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CASE NO. 2:05CV01160-DFL-GGH

Date of First Filing: April 28, 2005

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE

ORDER; ORDER

Defendant HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC. has made application to this Court under

Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the regulation and protection of

proprietary information disclosed by any party to this litigation in the process of

discovery in this case. Based upon the stipulation of counsel, the Court rules as follows:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Prior to the production of any document (and the information contained

therein (including extracts, copies, notes, and summaries derived therefrom)) by any

party (hereinafter “THE PRODUCING PARTY”) believing that the document contains

confidential information, THE PRODUCING PARTY may designate the document as

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“confidential” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS”).

2. Production of CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS shall be subject to the

following terms and conditions:

A. All documents subject to the terms of this order shall be clearly

marked by THE PRODUCING PARTY with a “confidential” stamp;

B. Access to CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS and to the information

contained therein (including extracts, copies, notes, and summaries

derived therefrom) shall be restricted to the following individuals:

i) The attorneys of record appearing in this case and personnel

assisting those attorneys in their work in this case;

ii) Those agents of the party receiving the documents whose

assistance is required in the preparation of this case for trial

and who must have access to the materials to render assistance

in that preparation;

iii) Experts or consultants retained in connection with the

preparation or trial of this case;

iv) Such other persons as counsel for the party producing such

documents may authorize in writing, or as ordered by the

Court;

v) The Court and court personnel, including jurors and

stenographic reporters engaged in such proceedings, as are

necessarily incident to the preparation or trial of this case.

C. The parties to whom such documents are made available will not

disclose, directly or indirectly, the contents of the CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS produced herein to anyone except those persons

identified in paragraph B, immediately above;

D. It shall be the duty of counsel receiving such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS prior to their disclosure to those permitted to receive

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05cv1160.o.wpd STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; ORDER

them under this order to instruct those persons as to the

confidentiality of such documents and the terms of this order. Before

any such person shall receive any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

produced in this case, each such person shall agree in writing in a

writing in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” (hereinafter

“ACKNOWLEDGMENT”) to be bound by each of the terms of this

protective order;

E. In order for the Court to be able to ensure compliance with this order

by an in camera review of the chain of custody for copies of

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, if such in camera review is

deemed necessary by one of the parties to this action, it shall be the

duty of counsel receiving such CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS to

keep a log (hereinafter “CUSTODY LOG”) reflecting for each such

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT what document was sent (recording

by bate stamp numbers is sufficient), when such document was sent

to any of those persons identified in paragraph 2B ii), iii), and iv), to

whom such document was sent.

F. All information contained in CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

produced pursuant to this order shall be used only for the purposes

of preparation and trial in this lawsuit and for no other purpose(s)

whatsoever.

G. When this case terminates for all parties, 

i) All CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS produced by THE

PRODUCING PARTY to any other party to this action, and

all copies ofsuch documents, will be destroyed except for one

copy of such documents which will be maintained by counsel

for the party that received such documents and will remain

confidential;

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ii) Counsel for any party receiving CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS produced by THE PRODUCING PARTY

which it subsequently provided to any person identified in

paragraph 2B, above, will use reasonable efforts to confirm

that such CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS are destroyed; 

iii) All abstracts, extracts, summaries, and/or privileged work

product containing reference to such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS that were prepared by counsel for any party to

the action will be destroyed except for one copy of such

documents which will be maintained by counsel for such other

party and will remain confidential;

iv) Counsel for any party receiving CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS produced by THE PRODUCING PARTY

which it subsequently provided to any person identified in

paragraph 2B, above, will use reasonable efforts to confirm

that all abstracts, extracts,summaries, and/or privileged work

product containing reference to such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS are destroyed;

v) Counsel who have received CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

will provide a declaration, under penalty of perjury, reflecting

the following:

a) All originals and all copies of the CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS in declarant’s actual or constructive

possession have been destroyed except for one copy of

such documents which will be maintained by declarant

for completion of declarant’s file and will remain

confidential;

b) Declarant took reasonable steps to have all copies of

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05cv1160.o.wpd STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; ORDER

THE PRODUCING PARTY’s CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS that were sent to any person identified

in paragraph 2B, above, destroyed and believes that all

such documents have been destroyed;

c) All abstracts, extracts, summaries, and/or privileged

work product containing reference to such

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS that were prepared

by counsel for any party to the action have been

destroyed except for one copy of such documents which

will be maintained by counsel for such other party and

will remain confidential;

d) Declarant took reasonable steps to have all abstracts,

extracts, summaries, and/or privileged work product

containing reference to such CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS that were prepared by any person

identified in paragraph 2B, above, forwarded to the

party to the action by and through whom such

individual was provided such documents and that all

such documents have been destroyed except for one

copy of such documents which will be maintained by

counsel for such other party and will remain

confidential;

3. At the conclusion of this case, all CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS entered

into evidence by any party will be withdrawn from evidence by the party who entered

such CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS into evidence.

4. In the event that the questions asked at depositions require the disclosure

of trade secrets and/or proprietary/confidential information and/or CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS, those deposition transcripts shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL

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DOCUMENTS and subject to the same controls set forth in paragraphs 2(B)-(G). 

5. Each CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or other evidence designated as

“confidential” that is filed or lodged with the Court will be filed or lodged with a motion

to seal (DFL), and only those people identified in paragraph 2B, above, shall have access

to those documents. A document will not be sealed in its entirety if only a portion is

confidential. (DFL)

6. Any party desiring to challenge the designation of any documents as

“confidential” by another party pursuant to the terms of this order may do so by noticed

motion in a manner that will preserve the confidentiality of the documents until the

motion is heard and determined; until such a motion is decided, however, all parties are

obligated to adhere to the terms of this order.

Dated: 7/25/2005 /s/ David F. Levi 

THE HONORABLE DAVID F. LEVI

(Note: Paragraph 5 above has been amended by the court to conform to caselaw requiring

public access to court files except upon specific findings by the court.) 

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: July 21 , 2005 SHAW, TERHAR & LaMONTAGNE LLP

By: s/Christopher M. McDonald 

JOHN W. SHAW

CHRISTOPHER M. MCDONALD

Attorneys for Defendant,

HOMEDICS-U.S.A., INC.

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DATED: July 21 , 2005 LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY E. KARPEL

By: s/Jeffrey E. Karpel 

JEFFREY E. KARPEL

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY

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PROOF OF SERVICE

USAA Casualty Insurance Company v. HoMedics-U.S.A., Inc., et al.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES:

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of

18 years and am not a party to the within action. My business address is Shaw, Terhar

& LaMontagne LLP, 707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3060, Los Angeles, California

90017. On July 22, 2005, I caused the foregoing document(s) described as

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; ORDER to be served on the

interested parties in this action as follows:

: by placing 9 the original : a true copy thereof enclosed in sealed

envelopes addressed as follows:

Jeffrey E. Karpel, Esq.

LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY E.

KARPEL 

4515 Sherman Oaks Avenue 

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 

: BY MAIL: I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s practice of collection and

processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be

deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage thereon

fully prepaid at Los Angeles, California in the ordinary course of business.

I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if

the postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after

date of deposit for mailing in the affidavit.

9 BY OVERNIGHT COURIER: I caused such envelope to be placed for

collection and delivery on this date in accordance with standard

__________________ delivery procedures.

9 BY FAX: In addition to service by mail, I transmitted a copy of the

foregoing document(s) this date via telecopier to the facsimile numbers

shown above.

9 BY PERSONAL SERVICE: I caused such envelope to be delivered by

hand to the offices of the addressees.

9 [State] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of

California that the foregoing is true and correct.

: [Federal] I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and

correct.

Executed on July 22, 2005, at Los Angeles, California. 

s/Nicki Lombardo

Nicki Lombardo

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