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Parties Involved:
Matthew Budine
Counter Claimant
CAN Technologies, Inc.
Counter Defendant
Cargill Incorporated
Counter Defendant
Douglas W. DeGroff
Defendant
Diversified Dairy Solutions, LLC
Defendant
Luciana Jonkman
Counter Claimant
Progressive Dairy Solutions, Inc.
Counter Claimant
Todd Schwegel
Defendant
Brian Sundberg
Counter Claimant

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[Proposed] Joint Consent Decree and Order Approving Same 

Case No. 07-CV-00349 LJO (SMS) 

David J. Miclean (CSB# 115098/miclean@fr.com)

Katherine D. Prescott (CSB# 215496/prescott@fr.com)

Enrique D. Duarte (CSB# 247523/duarte@fr.com)

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

500 Arguello St., Suite 500

Redwood City, CA 94063

Tel: (650) 839-5070

Fax: (650) 839-5071

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

CARGILL INCORPORATED and CAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(FRESNO DIVISION)

CARGILL INCORPORATED and CAN

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

 Plaintiffs,

v.

MATTHEW BUDINE; DOUGLAS W.

DEGROFF; DIVERSIFIED DAIRY

SOLUTIONS, LLC; LUCIANA JONKMAN;

PROGRESSIVE DAIRY SOLUTIONS,

INC.; TODD SCHWEGEL; BRIAN

SUNDBERG, 

 Defendants.

Case No. 07-CV-00349 LJO (SMS)

 JOINT CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER

APPROVING SAME

Cargill Incorporated, CAN technologies (collectively “CARGILL”) and Todd Charles

Schwegel (hereinafter “SCHWEGEL”) jointly submit the following consent decree and proposed

order:

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[Proposed] Joint Consent Decree and Order Approving Same 

Case No. 07-CV-00349 LJO (SMS) 

1. SCHWEGEL was employed by CARGILL as a dairy nutritionist consultant from 1998

through January 31, 2007. On January 31, 2007, SCHWEGEL and four other CARGILL

employees resigned to form competing dairy consultant businesses, Progressive Dairy

Solutions, Inc. (“Progressive”) and Diversified Dairy Solutions, LLC (“Diversified”). 

SCHWEGEL was an employee of Progressive from February 1, 2007 until March 8, 2007;

2. On August 17, 1998 SCHWEGEL signed an Employee Confidential Information,

Inventions, and Original works of Authorship Agreement (“the Confidential Information

Agreement”) requiring that neither during nor after the termination of his employment

with CARGILL would SCHWEGEL use, disclose or communicate to any person, firm or

corporation, in any manner whatsoever, any trade secrets or confidential information of

CARGILL except as required by his duties to CARGILL (including, but not limited to,

information regarding customers, the prices of products, proprietary business information,

the manner of CARGILL business operations, its business plans, and processes or other

data);

3. SCHWEGEL admits that he understood that the information identified in the Confidential

Information Agreement was important, material and confidential to CARGILL and if

disclosed, could gravely affect the successful conduct of CARGILL’s business and

CARGILL’s goodwill; 

4. SCHWEGEL admits that he agreed in the Confidential Information Agreement to return to

CARGILL, at the time of termination, confidential information and materials of whatever

nature arising from his employment with CARGILL; 

5. Prior to his resignation from Cargill, and in preparation for his employment with

Progressive, SCHWEGEL admits that he improperly gathered CARGILL confidential and

proprietary ingredient and nutrient information from CARGILL’s ration-building MAX

system for use by Progressive. Schwegel further admits that Progressive employees,

including himself, used Cargill confidential, proprietary and trade secret information

during his tenure with Progressive .

6. SCHWEGEL resigned from Progressive on March 8, 2007 because, among other reasons, 

he became increasingly concerned and uncomfortable about the way Progressive was

basing its business on the use of Cargill confidential information and because he was

troubled by the allegations and evidence in the complaint about the other defendants;

7. As part of a comprehensive Settlement Release and Agreement dated June 6, 2007, all

claims against SCHWEGEL in this action are hereby dismissed with prejudice pursuant to

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 41(a);

8. CARGILL and SCHWEGEL shall bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs; and

9. CARGILL and SCHWEGEL agree to jurisdiction and venue in the United States District

Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division for any action arising out of the

Settlement Release and Agreement.

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[Proposed] Joint Consent Decree and Order Approving Same 

Case No. 07-CV-00349 LJO (SMS) 

Dated: June 6, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

By: /s/ David J. Miclean 

David J. Miclean 

Katherine D. Prescott

Attorneys for PlaintiffsCARGILL

INCORPORATED AND CAN

TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Dated: June 6, 2007

KEEGIN HARRISON SCHOPPERT SMITH & KARNER LLP

By: /s/ Wendy L. Wyse (as authorized on June

6, 2007)

Wendy L. Wyse

Attorneys for DefendantTODD SCHWEGEL

IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 7, 2007 b9ed48

 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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