United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2019

Juan J. Chavez v. Huhtamaki, Inc.

Juan J. Chavez v. Huhtamaki, Inc.
United States District Court for the Central District of California · Decided November 15, 2019
Juan J. Chavez v. Huhtamaki, Inc.

Trial Court Opinion

1 || SARAH E. ROSS, Bar No. 252206 TPSANDRIAM 2 . WITTE, Bar No. 273494 awitte@hittlercom 3 ittler Mendelson, P.C.

2049 Century Park East || 5th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067.3107 pelephone: 310-323-0308 Fax No.: 310.553.5583 Attorneys for Defendant | HUHTAMAKI, INC. | MOON & YANG, APC Kane Moon, Bar No. 249834 [email protected] . scott Leviant, Bar No. 4 10 scott leviant(@moonyanslaw.com ilit Ter-Astvatsatryan, Bar No. 320389 11 [email protected] . Seventh St., Suite 1880 || Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel: (213) 232-3128 |) Fax: (213) 232-3125 Attomeys for Plaintiff JUAN J. CHAVEZ 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JUAN J. CHAVEZ, individually, Case No. 2:19-cv-05930-ODW-JEM || and on behalf of all others similarly situated, ASSIGNED TO HONORABLE JUDGE 20 OTIS WRIGHT Plaintiff, 21 {Discovery Document: Referred to v. agistrate Judge John E. McDermott] HUHTAMAKI, INC. a Kansas STIPULATION AND [PRGPESED}— 23 corporation: and DOES ! through PROTECTIVE ORDER Defendant. Complaint Filed: June 5, 2019 25 Removed: July 10, 2019 1 Plaintiff JUAN J. CHAVEZ (‘Plaintiff’) on the one hand, and Defendant | HUHTAMAKI, INC. (“Defendant” or “Huhtamaki’) on the other, by and through || their respective counsel of record, herein AGREE and STIPULATE as follows: 4], 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 5 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, || proprietary or private information for which special protection from public disclosure || and from use for any purpose other than pursuing this litigation may be warranted.

8 || Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the || following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does |) not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the |} protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited || information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable || legal principles.

14 | 2. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 15 This is a putative class action involving third party putative class members’ || private and confidential personal and employment information, including but not || limited to, putative class members’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, social || security numbers, personal identifiable information, dates of employment, job titles, || employment personnel files, time punches, payroll data, financial information, and || other private and confidential information for which special protection from public |} disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is || warranted. Such confidential and private information is otherwise generally || unavailable to the public and/or is privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure || under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Disclosure || of the foregoing confidential information to the public without proper protection will || result in serious violation of privacy of third parties and may lead to misuse of such || information. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt || resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately 2. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the || parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and || in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve || the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It || is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for || tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it || has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause || why it should not be part of the public record of this case.

9 3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF UNDER SEAL FILING PROCEDURE 10 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3, below, that this |) Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under || seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the || standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file || material under seal. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access || to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive || motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. || City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. || Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon □□ Sony || Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective || orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or || compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be || made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The || parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL || does not—without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing || that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or || otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.

27 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then || compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief 3. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER | sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See || Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each || item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under || seal, the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by || specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent || evidence supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by || declaration.

8 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its || entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If || documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only || the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall || be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety || should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.

14 4. DEFINITIONS 15 4.1. Action: Juan J. Chavez v. Huhtamaki, Inc., Case No. 2:19-cv-05930- || ODW-JEM.

17 4.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation || of information or items under this Order.

19 43 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of || how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection || under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good || Cause Statement.

23 4.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their || support staff).

25 4.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or || items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as || “CONFIDENTIAL.”

28 4.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 4. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, || among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or || generated in disclosures or responses to discovery.

4 4.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter || pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an || expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.

7 4.8 “Huhtamaki Employee Information” means all information that is || provided by Huhtamaki to Plaintiff's Counsel that identifies or can be used to identify || a particular individual, including without limitation, names, addresses, phone || numbers, email addresses, employee numbers, and social security numbers. Unless || otherwise designated as “Confidential,” Huhtamaki Employee Information does not || include information provided by Huhtamaki regarding Plaintiff Juan J. Chavez.

13 4.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.

14 || House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside j| counsel.

16 4.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or || other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

18 4.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party || to this Action but are retained to represent a party to this Action and have appeared in || this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that has appeared || on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.

22 4.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, |} employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their || support staffs).

25 4.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or || Discovery Material in this Action.

27 4.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support || services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 5. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) || and their employees and subcontractors.

3 4.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is || designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

5 4.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material || from a Producing Party.

7 5. SCOPE 8 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only || Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted || from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of || Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties || or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.

13 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial || judge and other applicable authorities. This Order does not govern the use of Protected || Material at trial.

16 6. | DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 17 6.1 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in || this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure of Discovery Material that || qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the || material is disclosed or produced.

21 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 22 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic || documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial || proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend || “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend’), to each page that || contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for || protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) || (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

6. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection || need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated || which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before || the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed || “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants || copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or || portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the || specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” || to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a || page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the || protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

12 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party || identifies the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the || deposition all protected testimony.

15 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and || for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the || exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend || “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants || protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected || portion(s).

21 6.2 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent || failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the || Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.

24 || Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable || efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this || Order.

Po a0 7. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 7. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 2 7.1. Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a || designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s || Scheduling Order.

5 7.2 Meet_and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute |} resolution process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq.

7 7.3 Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a || joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2.

9 7.4 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on || the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose || (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may || expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or || withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the || material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing || Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge.

16 8. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 17 8.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is || disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this || Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such || Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the || conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving || Party must comply with the provisions of section 14 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

23 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a || location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons |) authorized under this Order.

26 8.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless || otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a || Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” 8. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || only to: 2 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as || well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably || necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 5 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of || the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 7 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom || disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the || “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 10 (d) the court and its personnel; 11 (e) court reporters and their staff; 12 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional || Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have || signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 15 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a || custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 17 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the || Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party || requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will || not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the || “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed || by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition || testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately || bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted || under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 26 (i) any mediators or settlement officers and their supporting personnel, || mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.

28 8.3 Protection and Use of Huhtamaki Employee Information.

9. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 (a) At all times, Plaintiff's Counsel have, and will maintain for as long as || they access, process, store or transmit Huhtamaki Employee Information, a || comprehensive, written information security program that complies with applicable || law and industry best practices. The security program will apply to all locations, || systems, devices and equipment used by Plaintiff or Plaintiff's Counsel to access, || process, store, or transmit Huhtamaki Employee Information (‘Plaintiff's Counsel’s || Systems”), and it will include physical, administrative, and technical security controls || that prevent unauthorized access to, disclosure of, loss of, or use of the Plaintiffs || Counsel’s Systems and the Huhtamaki Employee Information that those Plaintiffs || Counsel’s Systems process, store, or transmit. In the event that Plaintiff or Plaintiff's |} Counsel suspect that any Plaintiff's Counsel’s Systems or Huhtamaki Employee || Information that the Plaintiff's Counsel’s Systems, the Plaintiff or the Plaintiffs || Counsel processes, stores, or transmits is subject to any suspected or actual || unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, Plaintiff's Counsel will immediately notify || Huhtamaki’s Counsel, Littler Mendelson, P.C., c/o Sarah E. Ross and Alexandria M.

16 || Witte, by telephone and writing. Plaintiff and Plaintiff's Counsel shall use Huhtamaki || Employee Information only to the extent necessary in this lawsuit, shall securely || delete Huhtamaki Employee Information upon conclusion of the Proceeding or as || required by law, and shall not disclose Huhtamaki Employee Information to any third || party, including to Plaintiff. Plaintiff's Counsel will also be responsible for ensuring || that any vendors, subcontractors or third parties retained by Plaintiff or Plaintiffs || Counsel that have access to any Huhtamaki Employee Information have security || programs that meet the same requirements as set forth in this paragraph.

24 (b) To further ensure that Huhtamaki Employee Information is || adequately protected, the Parties agree to follow the notice process sanctioned by the || Federal District Court in York v. Starbucks Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92274, 2009 || WL 3177605 (C.D. Cal. June 30, 2009). The Parties agree that, at the outset of || Plaintiff's Counsel’s (or their designees’) first contact with each current or former 10. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || Huhtamaki employee whose contact information is provided by Huhtamaki through || discovery in this litigation, Plaintiff's Counsel (or their designees) will inform each || contacted individual that (a) the decision whether to talk with Plaintiffs Counsel is || voluntary and the individual has the right not to talk with Plaintiff's Counsel (or their || designees) and (b) that, if he or she elects not to talk to Plaintiff's Counsel (or their || designees), Plaintiff's Counsel (or their designees) will terminate the contact and not || contact them again.

8 Plaintiff's Counsel (or their designees) will also inform each individual that his || or her refusal to speak with counsel will not prejudice his or her rights in any way.

10 Plaintiff's Counsel (or their designees) will keep a list of all individuals || contacted and all individuals who make it known that they do not want to be contacted || and preserve that list for the Court. In addition, Plaintiff's Counsel agrees that || Huhtamaki Employee Information will be used only for purposes of this Proceeding |} and will not be disseminated to anyone not necessary to the prosecution of this case.

15 9. PROTECTED MATERIAL _SUBPOENAED OR _ ORDERED 16 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 17 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation || that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as | “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 20 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification || shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 22 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order || to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena || or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of || this Stipulated Protective Order; and 26 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be || pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the || Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena 11. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as || “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or || order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The || Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that || court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed || as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful || directive from another court.

8 10. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 9 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 10 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a || Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information | produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the || remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be || construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

15 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to || produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is || subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s || confidential information, then the Party shall: 19 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party || that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement || with a Non-Party; 22 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated || Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably || specific description of the information requested; and 25 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non- || Party, if requested.

27 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within || 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party 12. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery || request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not || produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the || confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.

5 || Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense || of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

7 11. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 8 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed || Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this || Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in || writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts || to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or || persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, | and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment an | Agreement to Be Bound” attached hereto as Exhibit A.

16 12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 17 PROTECTED MATERIAL 18 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain || inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, || the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil || Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure || may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior || privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the || parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or || information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the || parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to || the court.

28 /// 13. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 13. MISCELLANEOUS 2 13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any || person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.

4 13.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this || Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to || disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this || Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any || ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

9 13.3. Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any || Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may | only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the || specific Protected Material. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is || denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public || record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

15 14. FINAL DISPOSITION 16 After the final disposition of this Action, within 60 days of a written request by || the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the || Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected || Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other || format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected || Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written || certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the || Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where || appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms || that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, || summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material.

27 || Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all || pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, 14. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER || correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, || and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected || Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material || remain subject to this Protective Order.

5 15. VIOLATION 6 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures || including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.

9 || ITIS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: November 13, 2019 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

/s/ Alexandria M. Witte 13 SARAHE.ROSS”~ 4 ALEXANDRIA M. WITTE Attorneys for Defendant 15 HUHTAMAKI, INC. ig Dated: November 13, 2019 MOON & YANG, APC /s/ Lilit Ter-Astvatsatryan H. SCOTT LEVIANT 21 LILIT TER-ASTVATSATRYAN 22 Attomeys for Plaintiff 33 JUAN J. CHAVEZ 15. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER | FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

3] patep: Mov. (4, olf Hgnp rable John E. McDermott 6 NYTED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16. STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I hereby acknowledge that I, [NAME], 4 [POSITION AND EMPLOYER], am || about to receive Protected Material supplied in connection with the Action: Juan J.

6 || Chavez v. Huhtamaki, Inc.,, Case No. 2:19-cv-05930-ODW-JEM. I understand that || said Protected Material is provided to me subject to the terms and restrictions of the || Stipulated Protective Order filed in this Action. I have been given a copy of the || Stipulated Protective Order; I have read it; and, I agree to be bound by its terms. I || understand that Protected Material as defined in the Stipulated Protective Order, || including any notes or other records that may be made regarding any such materials, || shall not be disclosed to anyone, except as expressly permitted by the Stipulated || Protective Order. I will not copy or use, except solely for the purposes of this Action, || any Protected Material obtained pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order, except as || provided therein or otherwise ordered by the Court in the Action. I further understand || that I am to retain all copies of all Protected Material provided to me in a secure || manner, and that all copies of such Protected Material are to remain in my personal || custody and control until termination of my participation in this Action, whereupon || the copies of such Materials will be returned to counsel who provided me with such || Material.

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