1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3

4 SPOTLIGHT TICKET MANAGEMENT, INC. d/b/a Case No. 2:24-cv-00859-WLH- 5 TICKETMANAGER, SSC

6 Plaintiff,

7 v. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 8 CONCIERGE LIVE LLC,

9 Defendant.

10 CONCIERGE LIVE LLC, 11 Counterclaimant, v. 12 SPOTLIGHT TICKET 13 MANAGEMENT, INC. d/b/a TICKETMANAGER, 14 Counterdefendant, 15 16 17 1. INTRODUCTION 18 1.1 Purposes and Limitations. Discovery in this action is likely to 19 involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for 20 which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any 21 purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 22 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to 23 enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties 24 acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all 25 disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords 26 from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or 27 1 items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 2 legal principles. 3 1.2 Good Cause Statement. 4 This action is likely to involve trade secrets, customer and pricing 5 lists and other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, 6 technical and/or proprietary information for which special protection 7 from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 8 prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and 9 proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, 10 confidential business or financial information, information regarding 11 confidential business practices, customer identities and contract pricing 12 or other confidential research, development, or commercial information 13 (including information implicating privacy rights of third parties), 14 information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may 15 be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or 16 federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, 17 to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of 18 disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect 19 information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that 20 the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in 21 22 preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at 23 the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order 24 for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the 25 parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical 26 reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief 27 that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and 1 there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this 2 case. 3 1.3 Acknowledgment of Procedure for Filing Under Seal. The 4 parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 5 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 6 information under seal; Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that 7 must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party 8 seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 9 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access 10 to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with 11 non-dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing 12 under seal. See Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu,

(9th Cir. 2006), Phillips ex rel. Ests. of Byrd v. Gen. Motors 14 Corp.,

, 1210–11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony 15 Elecs., Inc.,

(E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated 16 protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of 17 good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and 18 legal justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material that 19 a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation of 20 Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not— 21 22 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, 23 establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as 24 confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 25 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion 26 or trial, then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing 27 must be shown, and the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve 1

, 677–79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of 2 information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under 3 seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking 4 protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific 5 facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, 6 competent evidence supporting the application to file documents under 7 seal must be provided by declaration. 8 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise 9 protectable in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential 10 portions can be redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted 11 version for public viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or 12 otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed. Any 13 application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety 14 should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 15

16 2. DEFINITIONS 17 18 2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit. 19 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 20 designation of information or items under this Order. 21 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information 22 (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible 23 things that qualify for protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of 24 Civil Procedure, and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement. 25 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as 26 well as their support staff). 27 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates 1 information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to 2 discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 3 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, 4 regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or 5 maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and 6 tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 7 responses to discovery in this matter. 8 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in 9 a matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or 10 its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 11 2.8 Final Disposition: the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and 12 defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment 13 herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, 14 remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for 15 filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 16 applicable law. 17 2.9 In-House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to 18 this Action. In-House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of 19 Record or any other outside counsel. 20 2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, 21 22 association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 23 2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees 24 of a party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to 25 this Action and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or 26 are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, 27 and includes support staff. 1 directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel 2 of Record (and their support staffs). 3 2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces 4 Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action. 5 2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide 6 litigation- support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, 7 preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or 8 retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 9 subcontractors. 10 2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that 11 is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 12 2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 13 Material from a Producing Party. 14

15 3. SCOPE 16 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not 17 18 only Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information 19 copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, 20 summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any 21 testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel 22 that might reveal Protected Material. 23 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the 24 orders of the trial judge. This Stipulated Protective Order does not 25 govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 26 27 4. TRIAL AND DURATION 1 The terms of this Stipulated Protective Order apply through Final 2 Disposition of the Action. 3 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as 4 CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this Stipulated Protective 5 Order and used or introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public and 6 will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including 7 the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual 8 findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of 9 the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180–81 (distinguishing “good 10 cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from 11 “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part 12 of court record). Accordingly, for such materials, the terms of this 13 Stipulated Protective Order do not extend beyond the commencement of 14 the trial. 15

16 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 17 18 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for 19 Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or 20 items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such 21 designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate 22 standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only 23 those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written 24 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, 25 documents, items, or communications for which protection is not 26 warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 27 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. 1 Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been 2 made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case 3 development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on 4 other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 5 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or 6 items that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that 7 Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it is 8 withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 9 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise 10 provided in this Stipulated Protective Order (see, e.g., second paragraph 11 of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure 12 or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Stipulated 13 Protective Order must be clearly so designated before the material is 14 disclosed or produced. 15 Designation in conformity with this Stipulated Protective Order 16 requires: 17 18 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 19 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or 20 trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the 21 legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected 22 material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page 23 qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify 24 the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 25 margins). 26 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for 27 inspection need not designate them for protection until after the 1 inspecting Party has indicated which documents it would like copied 2 and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of 3 the material made available for inspection shall be deemed 4 CONFIDENTIAL. After the inspecting Party has identified the 5 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must 6 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection 7 under this Stipulated Protective Order. Then, before producing the 8 specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 9 “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected 10 Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page 11 qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify 12 the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 13 margins). 14 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party 15 identify the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the 16 close of the deposition all protected testimony. 17 (c) for information produced in some form other than 18 documentary and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party 19 affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers 20 in which the information is stored the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend. If only 21 22 a portion or portions of the information warrants protection, the 23 Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 24 portion(s). 25 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an 26 inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not, 27 standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection 1 under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 2 designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure 3 that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this 4 Stipulated Protective Order. 5 6 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 7 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may 8 challenge a designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent 9 with the court’s Scheduling Order. 10 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the 11 dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. and with 12 Section 2 of Judge Christensen’s Civil Procedures titled “Brief Pre- 13 Discovery Motion Conference.”1 14 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding 15 shall be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those 16 made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary 17 18 expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging 19 Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or 20 withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to 21 afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is 22 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on 23 the challenge. 24 25 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 26

27 1 Judge Christensen’s Procedures are available at 1 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected 2 Material that is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non- 3 Party in connection with this Action only for prosecuting, defending, or 4 attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be 5 disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions 6 described in this Order. When the Action reaches a Final Disposition, a 7 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below. 8 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving 9 Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is 10 limited to the persons authorized under this Stipulated Protective 11 Order. 12 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. 13 Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the 14 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or 15 item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only: 16 (a) to the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this 17 Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom 18 it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 19 (b) to the officers, directors, and employees (including House 20 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably 21 22 necessary for this Action; 23 (c) to Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to 24 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have 25 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 26 (d) to the court and its personnel; 27 (e) to court reporters and their staff; 1 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for 2 this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement 3 to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 4 (g) to the author or recipient of a document containing the 5 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or 6 knew the information; 7 (h) during their depositions, to witnesses, and attorneys for 8 witnesses, in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, 9 provided: (1) the deposing party requests that the witness sign the 10 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and (2) the 11 witness will not be permitted to keep any confidential information 12 unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 13 (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or 14 ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or 15 exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately 16 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except 17 as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 18 (i) to any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting 19 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in 20 settlement discussions. 21

22 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED 23 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 24 25 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in 26 other litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items 27 designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 1 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such 2 notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 3 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the 4 subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the 5 material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective 6 Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated 7 Protective Order; and 8 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to 9 be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be 10 affected. 11 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the 12 Party served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any 13 information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a 14 determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, 15 unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The 16 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 17 protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these 18 provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a 19 Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another 20 court. 21 22 23 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 24 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 25 9.1 Application. The terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 26 are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this Action and 27 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non- 1 and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 2 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional 3 protections. 4 9.2 Notification. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid 5 discovery request, to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in 6 its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non- 7 Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the 8 Party shall: 9 (a) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the 10 Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a 11 confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 12 (b) make the information requested available for inspection by 13 the Non-Party, if requested. 14 9.3 Conditions of Production. If the Non-Party fails to seek a 15 protective order from this court within 14 days of receiving the notice 16 and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 17 Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. 18 If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party 19 shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is 20 subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 21 22 determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the 23 Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in 24 this court of its Protected Material. 25 26 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED 27 MATERIAL 1 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it 2 has disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance 3 not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving 4 Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of 5 the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all 6 unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 7 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of 8 this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 9 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A). 10

11 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR 12 OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL 13 14 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that 15 certain inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege 16 or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set 17 forth in Rule 26(b)(5)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This 18 provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be 19 established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without 20 prior privilege review. Pursuant to Rules 502(d) and (e) of the Federal 21 Rules of Evidence, insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the 22 effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the 23 attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may 24 incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order 25 submitted to the court. 26

27 1 12. MISCELLANEOUS 2 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Stipulated 3 Protective Order abridges the right of any person to seek its 4 modification by the court in the future. 5 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry 6 of this Stipulated Protective Order no Party waives any right it 7 otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 8 information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated 9 Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 10 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this 11 Stipulated Protective Order. 12 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under 13 seal any Protected Material must comply with Local Rule 79-5. 14 Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court 15 order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. 16 If a Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the 17 18 court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public 19 record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 20 21 13. FINAL DISPOSITION 22 After the Final Disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 23 4, within 60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each 24 Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing 25 Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all 26 Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 27 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 1 Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or 2 destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to 3 the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 4 Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by 5 category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 6 returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not 7 retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other 8 format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. 9 Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel is entitled to retain an archival 10 copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 11 transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial 12 exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and 13 expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. 14 Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material 15 remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4. 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 || 14. VIOLATION 2 Any violation of this Stipulated Protective Order may be punished 3 || by any and all appropriate measures including, without limitation, 4 || contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 5 6 || ITIS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 7 S| DATED:_2/14/2025 Szik Kame J ? HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff/ Counterdefendant 12 (bun. sy DATED:__ 2/5/25 14 Is HINCKLEY & HEISENBERG LLP

16 Attorneys for Defendant/ Counterclaimant 18 19 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 DATED: February 14, 2025 Zz STEPHANIE 8S. CHRISTENSEN 23 United States Magistrate Judge 24 25 26 27 28

1 EXHIBIT A ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 2

3 I, ________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under 5 penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the 6 Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States 7 District Court for the Central District of California on [date] in the 8 case of __________ [insert formal name of the case and the 9 number and initials assigned to it by the court]. I agree to 10 comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated 11 Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 12 comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of 13 14 contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner 15 any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective 16 Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the 17 provisions of this Order. 18 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States 19 District Court for the Central District of California for the purpose of 20 enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such 21 enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I 22 hereby appoint ________________________ [print or type full name] 23 of _________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as 24 25 26 27 1 my California agent for service of process in connection with this action 2 or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 3 Order. 4 5 Date: ___________________________ 6 City and State where sworn and 7 signed: ___________________________ 8 Printed name: ___________________________ 9 Signature: ___________________________ 10

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