1 KE-RMISaiTl EkNne NsbEitS@BfIiTsh, eSrBphNi l2li4p2s4.c2o6m 2 ANET CASTRO DRAPALSKI, SBN 282086 E-Mail [email protected] 3 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 444 South Flower Street, Suite 1500 4 Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: (213) 330-4500 5 Facsimile: (213) 330-4501

6 Attorneys for Defendant NTHRIVE SOLUTIONS, INC., ET AL. 7

8 JEREMY I. LESSEM, ESQ (SBN 213406) JAMAL L. TOOSON, ESQ (SBN 261373) 9 LESSEM, NEWSTAT & TOOSON, LLP 10 3450 Cahuenga Blvd W. Ste. 102 Los Angeles, CA 90068 11 Phone 818-582-3087 | 818-484-3087 12 [email protected] [email protected] 13 14 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 17 18 OMOBOLAJI AKINSAYA, Case No: 2:19-cv-09619-PSG-SK

19 Plaintiff, JOINT STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 20 v. ORDER

21 NTHRIVE SOLUTIONS, INC., et al.,

22 Defendant(s). Complaint Filed: October 8, 2019 23 Trial Date: August 19, 2021

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28 1 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 2 Discovery in this Action is likely to involve production of confidential, 3 proprietary or private information for which special protection from public 4 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 5 may be warranted. Accordingly, Plaintiff OMOBOLAJI AKISANYA and 6 Defendant NTHRIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. (collectively “the Parties”) hereby 7 stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective 8 Order. The Parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket 9 protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection 10 it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information 11 or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal 12 principles. 13 2. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 14 This Action is likely to involve trade secrets and other valuable research, 15 development, commercial, financial, technical, proprietary, confidential, and/or 16 private information for which special protection from public disclosure, and from 17 use for any purpose other than prosecution of this Action, is warranted. Such 18 confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other 19 things, employee personnel files, payroll records and other personal and confidential 20 business or financial information, information regarding confidential business 21 practices, or other confidential research, development, or commercial information 22 (including information implicating privacy rights of third parties), confidential and 23 private information of other employees, information prohibited from disclosure 24 pursuant to a written agreement to maintain such information in confidence, and 25 information otherwise generally unavailable to the public or which may be 26 privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, 27 court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of 28 information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of 1 discovery materials, to adequately protect information the Parties are entitled to 2 keep confidential, to ensure that the Parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses 3 of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their 4 handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order 5 for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that 6 information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that 7 nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in 8 a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part 9 of the public record of this case. 10 3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER 11 SEAL 12 The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that 13 this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 14 information under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must 15 be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission 16 from the court to file material under seal. There is a strong presumption that the 17 public has a right of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In 18 connection with non-dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support 19 a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu,

1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp,,

, 1210- 21 11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc.,

, 577 22 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good cause showing), 23 and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper 24 evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to 25 Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The Parties’ mere 26 designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not— 27 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that 28 the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or 1 otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 2 Further, if a Party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then 3 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the 4 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. 5 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass'n.,

(9th Cir. 2010). For 6 each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced 7 under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the Party seeking 8 protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal 9 justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence 10 supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by 11 declaration. 12 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable 13 in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be 14 redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public 15 viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable 16 portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file 17 documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why 18 redaction is not feasible. 19 4. DEFINITIONS 20 4.1 Action: This above-entitled case styled as OMOBOLAJI 21 AKISANYA V. NTHRIVE SOLUTIONS, INC., ET AL., pending before the United 22 States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 2:19-cv- 23 09619-PSG-SK, removed from the Superior Court of the State of California, 24 County of Los Angeles, Case No. 20STCV06344. 25 4.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 26 designation of information or items under this Order. 27 4.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless 28 of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 1 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above 2 in the Good Cause Statement. 3 4.4 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House 4 Counsel (as well as their support staff). 5 4.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates 6 information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery 7 as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 8 4.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless 9 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 10 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced 11 or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 12 4.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a 13 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel 14 to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 15 4.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this 16 Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other 17 outside counsel. 18 4.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, 19 association or other legal entity not named as a Party to this Action. 20 4.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 21 Party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action 22 and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a 23 law firm that has appeared on behalf of that Party, and includes support staff. 24 4.11 Party: any Party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 25 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and 26 their support staffs). 27 4.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 28 Discovery Material in this Action. 1 4.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation 2 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits 3 or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or 4 medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 5 4.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 6 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 7 4.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 8 Material from a Producing Party. 9 5. SCOPE 10 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 11 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or 12 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 13 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 14 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 15 However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not 16 cover the following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain 17 at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public 18 domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not 19 involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record 20 through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party 21 prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure 22 from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of 23 confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial 24 shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This Order does not govern the 25 use of Protected Material at trial. 26 6. DURATION 27 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as 28 CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or 1 introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively 2 available to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling 3 reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to 4 the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 5 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in 6 discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are 7 part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend 8 beyond the commencement of the trial. 9 7. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 10 7.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 11 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 12 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 13 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 14 protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written 15 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items 16 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably 17 within the ambit of this Order. 18 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. 19 Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for 20 an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development 21 process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 22 expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 23 If it comes to a Designating Party's attention that information or items that 24 it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party 25 must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable 26 designation. 27 7.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided 28 in this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery 1 Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 2 designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 3 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 4 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 5 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 6 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend 7 “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that 8 contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for 9 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 10 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 11 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 12 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 13 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 14 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 15 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the 16 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which 17 documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, 18 before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 19 “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only 20 a portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also 21 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings 22 in the margins). 23 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party 24 identifies the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the 25 close of the deposition all protected testimony. 26 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary 27 and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a 28 prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the 1 information is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or 2 portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the 3 extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 4 7.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. An inadvertent failure to 5 designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the 6 Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material 7 so long as written notice of the inadvertent failure to designate is provided within 8 60 days of discovery by Designating Party of inadvertent failure to designate. 9 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make 10 reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the 11 provisions of this Order. This provision is not intended to apply to any 12 inadvertent production of any information or items protected by attorney-client 13 or work product privileges. No provision in this Order shall affect a Party’s right 14 to object to the designation of any document or other material as 15 “CONFIDENTIAL” on any ground that is available under applicable law. 16 8. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 17 8.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 18 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s 19 Scheduling Order. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s 20 confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial 21 unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of 22 the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality 23 designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 24 designation is disclosed. 25 8.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the 26 dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37-1, et seq. 27 8.3 Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via 28 a joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2. 1 8.4 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall 2 be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an 3 improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens 4 on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the 5 Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all 6 parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to 7 which it is entitled under the Producing Party's designation until the Court rules 8 on the challenge. 9 9. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 10 9.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material 11 that is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection 12 with this Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this 13 Action. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of 14 persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has 15 been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 16 15 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 17 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at 18 a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 19 authorized under this Order. 20 9.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 21 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, 22 a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 23 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 24 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this 25 Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is 26 reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 27 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House 28 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for 1 this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 2 Bound” (Exhibit A); 3 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to 4 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 5 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 6 (d) the Court and its personnel; 7 (e) court reporters and their staff; 8 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and 9 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action 10 and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 11 (Exhibit A); 12 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the 13 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the 14 information; 15 (h) any deposition, proceeding, or hearing witness who previously 16 has had access to the “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or who is currently or was 17 previously an officer, director, employee or agent of an entity that has had access 18 to the “CONFIDENTIAL” Information; 19 (i) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for 20 witnesses, in the Action who previously did not have access to the 21 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information, provided that: (1) disclosure is reasonably 22 necessary, (2) the deposing party requests that the witness and the attorney for the 23 witness sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 24 and (3) the witness and the attorney for the witness will not be permitted to keep 25 any confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and 26 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating 27 Party or ordered by the Court; 28 (j) any mediator, third-party neutral, or settlement officer, and 1 their supporting personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the Parties engaged 2 in settlement discussions; and 3 (k) any other person or entity that Designating Party agrees to in 4 writing. 5 Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that 6 reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may 7 not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective 8 Order. 9 10. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED 10 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 11 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 12 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 13 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 14 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification 15 shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 16 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or 17 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by 18 the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall 19 include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 20 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 21 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 22 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served 23 with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in 24 this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from 25 which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating 26 Party's permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of 27 seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these 28 provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party 1 in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 2 11. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 3 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 4 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 5 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such 6 information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is 7 protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Any such 8 designation shall also function as consent by such producing Non-Party to the 9 authority of the Court in the Action to resolve and conclusively determine any 10 motion or other application made by any person or Party with respect to such 11 designation, or any other matter otherwise arising under this Order. Nothing in 12 these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking 13 additional protections. 14 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 15 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party 16 is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 17 confidential information, then the Party shall: 18 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non- 19 Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a 20 confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 21 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 22 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a 23 reasonably specific description of the information requested; and 24 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the 25 Non-Party, if requested. 26 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court 27 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the 28 Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information 1 responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective 2 order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or 3 control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before 4 a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party 5 shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its 6 Protected Material. 7 12. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 8 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 9 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 10 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 11 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 12 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person 13 or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this 14 Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 15 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 16 13. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR 17 OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL 18 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 19 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other 20 protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal 21 Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify 22 whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for 23 production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 24 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of 25 disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client 26 privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement 27 in the stipulated protective order submitted to the Court. 28 1 14. MISCELLANEOUS 2 14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of 3 any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. This Order shall 4 not be construed to preclude either Party from asserting in good faith that certain 5 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items require additional protection. The 6 Parties shall meet and confer to agree upon the terms of such additional 7 protection. 8 14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 9 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 10 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in 11 this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on 12 any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective 13 Order. 14 14.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 15 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material 16 may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of 17 the specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected 18 Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the 19 information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 20 14.4 Waiver of Designating Party. This Order is entered into without 21 prejudice to the right of any Party to knowingly waive the applicability of this 22 Order to any “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items designated by that Party. 23 14.5 Previously Produced Documents. The Parties agree to be bound by 24 the terms set forth herein with regard to any “CONFIDENTIAL” information or 25 items that have been produced before the Court signs this Order. In the event that 26 the Court modifies this Order, or in the event that the Court enters a different 27 Protective Order, the Parties agree to be bound by this Order until such time as 28 the Court may enter such a different Order. 1 15. FINAL DISPOSITION 2 Within 60 days after the final disposition of this Action, as defined in 3 paragraph 6, and only upon written request by the Designating Party, each 4 Receiving Party mustreturn all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy 5 such material no later than 60 days after Designating Party’s written request. As 6 used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 7 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 8 Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the 9 Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if 10 not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that 11 (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 12 returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any 13 copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 14 capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel 15 are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, 16 deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition 17 and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert 18 work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival 19 copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective 20 Order as set forth in paragraph 6 (DURATION). To the extent permitted by law, 21 the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify, or reconsider this Order, even 22 after final disposition of the Action. 23 16. VIOLATION 24 Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate 25 measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary 26 sanctions. 27 28 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

3 || Dated: February 2, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 4 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP /s/ Anet Drapalski 6 By: KRISTEN NESBIT ty ANET. CASTRO DRAPALSK]___! tor Defendant 8 RUHR! E SOLUTIONS, INC., ET 10 11 |} Dated: February 2, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 12 LESSEM, NEWSTAT, & TOOSON, LLP. 13 Ah 14 By: () Jere I Lessem 15 Jamal L. Tooson, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 16 OMOBOLAS I AKISANYA 17 18 || FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 Sher Dated: February 11, 2021 eS 20 HONORABLE STEVE KIM United States Magistrate Judge

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1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, _________________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury 5 that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that 6 was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California 7 on _________[date] in the case of Omobolaji Akisanya v. nThrive Solutions, Inc., 8 et al., pending before the United States District Court for the Central District of 9 California, Case No. 2:19-cv-09619-PSG-SK. I agree to comply with and to be 10 bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and 11 acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and 12 punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose 13 in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective 14 Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this 15 Order. 16 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 17 for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this 18 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after 19 termination of this action. I hereby appoint ___________________ [print or type 20 full name] of ______________________________ [print or type full address and 21 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with 22 this Action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 23 Order. 24 25 Date: __________ 26 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 27 Printed name: __________________ Signature: __________________ 28 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 __ I, the undersigned, am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action; am 3 || employed with Fisher & Phillips LLP and my business address is 444 South Flower Street, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, California 90071. On February 9, 2021 I served the foregoing document entitled JOINT 5 || STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER on all the appearing and/or interested parties in this action as follows: J eremy I. Lessem, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 7 Jamal Tooson, Esd. OMOBOLAJI AKINSAYA LESSEM, NEWSTAT & TOOSON, LLP g || 3450 Cahuenga Blvd, W., Ste 102 Los Angeles, CA 90068 g || Pel: 818.582.3087 Emails: ey NL ein Fax: 818.484.3087 [email protected] 10 Ol [by MAIL] - I am readily familiar with the firm's practice of collection and 11 processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage thereon 12 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 13 postage cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after 4 date of deposit for mailing this affidavit. [by ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION] - I served the above listed 15 document(s) described via the United States District Court’s Electronic Filing Program on the designated recipients via electronic transmission 16 through the CM/ECF system on the Court’s website. The Court’s CM/ECF system will fenerate a Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) to the filing party, 17 the assigned judge, and any registered users in the case. The NEF will constitute service of the document(s). Registration as a CM/ECF user 18 constitutes consent to electronic service through the court’s transmission 9 facilities. O [by FEDERAL EXPRESS] - I am readily familiar with the firm’s practice 20 or collection and | processing of correspondence for overnight delivery by Federal Express. Under that practice such correspondence will be deposited 21 at a facility or pick-up box regularly maintained by Federal Express for receipt on the same day in the ordinary course of business with delivery fees 22 paid or provided for in accordance with ordinary business practices. 23 I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose direction the service was made.

35 Executed February 9, 2021 at Los Angeles, California.

26 Kristine Gonzalez By: /s/ Kristine Gonzalez Print Name Signature 27 28 18