Mitchell v. Polaris Industries, Inc.

District Court, D. Nevada

Mitchell v. Polaris Industries, Inc.

Trial Court Opinion

1 James J. Pisanelli, Bar No. 4027 [email protected] 2 Debra L. Spinelli, Bar No. 9695 [email protected] 3 PISANELLI BICE PLLC 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: 702.214.2100 5 Facsimile: 702.214.2101 6 Paul D. Collier (pro hac vice forthcoming) R.Allan Pixton (pro hac vice forthcoming) 7 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 300 N LaSalle St 8 Chicago, IL 60654 (312)862-2000 9 [email protected] [email protected] 10 Attorneys for Defendants Polaris Inc. (f/k/a 11 Polaris Industries, Inc.), Polaris Sales Inc., and Polaris Industries Inc. 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 CY MITCHELL, individually on ) CASE NO.: 2:22-cv-00467-ART-EJY 15 behalf of himself and all others ) similarly situated, ) [PROPOSED] STIPULATED 16 ) PROTECTIVE ORDER 17 Plaintiff, ) v. ) 18 ) POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC., a ) 19 Delaware corporation; POLARIS ) SALES, INC., a Minnesota corporation; ) 20 POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC., a ) 21 Minnesota corporation; and DOES 1 ) through 10, inclusive, ) 22 ) Defendants. ) 23 24 25 Plaintiff and Defendants agree that during the course of discovery it may be necessary to disclose 26 certain confidential and proprietary information relating to the subject matter of the above-captioned 27 action (“Action”). They agree that the documents and other information, including the substance and contents thereof, designated by any party as confidential and proprietary, and produced by that party in 1 response to any formal or informal request for discovery in the Action, shall be subject to the terms of this 2 Protective Order (“Protective Order” or “Order”) as set forth below. 3 Good cause exists to support the entry of this Order because some of the information sought in 4 discovery will include information that at least one party considers confidential and proprietary, including 5 trade secret and confidential research, development, or commercial information, or other information that 6 a party deems confidential and protectable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26. Divulging such 7 information without any protection from disclosure to the general public, or to the parties for purposes 8 other than this Action, could be detrimental to the ongoing business of the parties, particularly those parties 9 who are conducting business in a highly competitive environment. The purpose of this Order is to expedite 10 the exchange of discovery material, facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality and 11 privilege, and protect material to be kept confidential or privileged pursuant to the Court’s inherent 12 authority, its authority under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), 13 and the judicial opinions interpreting such Rules. For good cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14 26(c), it is hereby stipulated among the Parties and ORDERED as follows: 15 ORDERED: 16 I. CONFIDENTIALITY. 17 1. Information. “Information” includes the contents of documents, any data and information 18 associated with documents (whether physical or in electronic format), oral and written testimony, answers 19 to interrogatories, admissions, and data and information derived from objects other than documents, 20 produced or disclosed in these proceedings by any party to the Action or by any third party (the “Producing 21 Party”) to any other party or parties, subject to the provisions in Paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Order (the 22 “Receiving Party”). 23 2. Confidentiality Designations. This Order covers Information that the Producing Party 24 designates “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential.” Information may be designated as Confidential when 25 (i)the Producing Party reasonably believes that the Information constitutes, reflects, discloses, or contains 26 Information subject to protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) or other confidential, non- 27 public information, or (ii) the Producing Party reasonably believes that the document or information 1 including (but not limited to) consumer and third-party names, such as the first and last names of persons 2 involved in an accident or of other individuals not directly involved in an accident but included in 3 documents related to an accident; Social Security Numbers; health information relating to the past, 4 present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to 5 an individual, or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual; 6 driver’s license or other identification numbers; personal financial information such as tax information, 7 bank-account numbers, and credit-card numbers, insurance-claim numbers; insurance-policy numbers; 8 vehicle identification numbers; or the personal email addresses or other contact information of board 9 members and employees (“Personal Information”). Information may be designated as Highly Confidential 10 when: (i) the Producing Party reasonably believes that the documents or information contain competitively 11 sensitive information regarding future product designs or strategies, commercial or financial information, 12 product testing, or other sensitive information, the disclosure of which to third-party competitors may 13 result in commercial harm; or (ii) the Producing Party reasonably believes that the documents or 14 information includes Personal Information. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b), the parties shall 15 make Confidential and Highly Confidential designations in good faith to ensure that only those documents 16 that merit Confidential or Highly Confidential treatments are so designated. 17 3. Procedure for Confidentiality Designations. 18 (a) Designation. To designate Information as Confidential or Highly Confidential, a 19 Producing Party must mark it or identify it on the record or in writing as such. Any such designation may 20 be withdrawn by the Producing Party. 21 (b) Bulk Designation. To expedite production of potentially voluminous materials, a 22 Producing Party may, but is not required to, produce materials without a detailed confidentiality review, 23 subject to the “clawback” procedures in Paragraphs 3(f) and 10 of this Order or as otherwise agreed to. 24 In so doing, the Producing Party may designate those collections of documents that by their nature contain 25 Confidential or Highly Confidential Information with the appropriate designation notwithstanding that 26 some of the documents within the collection may not qualify for such designation. The materials that may 27 be so designated shall be limited to the types or categories of documents that the Producing Party 1 2 of this Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Receiving Party may at any time challenge the 2 designation of one or more particular documents as Confidential or Highly Confidential on the grounds 3 that it does not or they do not qualify for such protection. If the Producing Party agrees, it must promptly 4 notify all Receiving Parties that it is withdrawing or changing the designation. 5 (c) Marking. All or any part of a document, tangible object, discovery response, or 6 pleading disclosed, produced, or filed by a Producing Party may be designated Confidential or Highly 7 Confidential by marking the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”) 8 on the face of the document and each page so designated. With respect to tangible items or electronically 9 stored Information produced in native format, the appropriate legend shall be marked on the face of the 10 tangible item or media containing electronically stored Information, if practicable, or by written notice to 11 the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure, production, or filing that such tangible item or media is 12 Confidential or Highly Confidential or contains such Information. 13 (d) Redaction. Any Producing Party may redact from the documents and things it 14 produces any Information that the Producing Party claims is subject to attorney-client privilege, work 15 product protection, a legal prohibition against disclosure, or any other privilege or immunity. The 16 Producing Party shall mark each thing where matter has been redacted with a legend stating “PRIVACY,” 17 “PII,” “PRIVILEGED,” or a comparable notice. Where a document consists of more than one page, each 18 page on which Information has been redacted shall be so marked. The Producing Party shall preserve an 19 unredacted version of each such document. The process for challenging the designation of redactions 20 shall be the same as the process for challenging the designation of Confidential Material and Highly 21 Confidential Material set forth in Paragraph 4. If counsel for the Producing Party agrees that Confidential 22 or Highly Confidential Information initially redacted shall not be subject to redaction or shall receive 23 alternative treatment, or if the Court orders that those materials shall not be subject to redaction or shall 24 receive alternative treatment, and the Information is subsequently produced in unredacted form, then that 25 unredacted Information shall bear the appropriate legend and shall continue to receive the protections and 26 treatment afforded to documents bearing such designation. 27 (e) Timing. Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 3(f) and 10, documents and other 1 Producing Party designates some or all of a witness’s deposition testimony as Confidential or Highly 2 Confidential, the specific page and line designations over which confidentiality is claimed must be 3 provided to the Receiving Party within thirty (30) days of receipt of the final transcript, provided, however, 4 that the Receiving Party will consider reasonable requests for an extension of the deadline. Deposition 5 testimony shall be treated as Highly Confidential pending the deadline. 6 (f) Errors. Disclosure of Confidential or Highly Confidential Information does not 7 waive the confidential status of such Information. In the event that Confidential or Highly Confidential 8 Information is disclosed without a marking or designation of it as such, the Producing Party may thereafter 9 assert a claim or designation of confidentiality, and promptly provide replacement media. Thereafter, the 10 Receiving Party must immediately return the original Confidential or Highly Confidential Information 11 and all copies of the same to the Producing Party and make no use of such Information. 12 4. Challenges to Confidentiality Designations. Any party may object to the propriety of the 13 designation of specific material as Confidential or Highly Confidential by serving a written objection upon 14 the Producing Party’s counsel. The Producing Party or its counsel shall thereafter, within ten calendar 15 days, respond to such objection in writing by either: (i) agreeing to remove the designation; or (ii) stating 16 the reasons for such designation. If the objecting party and the Producing Party are subsequently unable 17 to agree upon the terms and conditions of disclosure for the material(s) at issue, the objecting party may 18 move the Court for an order withdrawing the designation as to the specific designation on which the Parties 19 could not agree. Counsel may agree to a reasonable extension of the ten-day period, if necessary. On 20 such a motion, the Producing Party shall have the burden of proving that “good cause” exists for the 21 designation at issue and that the material is entitled to protection as Confidential or Highly Confidential 22 Information under applicable law. In the event a motion is filed by the objecting party, the Information at 23 issue shall continue to be treated in the manner as designated by the Producing Party until the Court orders 24 otherwise. A Receiving Party does not waive its right to challenge a Confidential or Highly Confidential 25 designation by electing not to raise a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed and 26 may challenge a designation at such time as the Receiving Party deems appropriate. Each party shall bear 27 its own fees and costs related to any challenges of confidentiality designations under this Protective Order. 1 5. Access to Confidential Information. The Receiving Party may only share Confidential 2 Information with the following persons and entities related to the Action: 3 (a) The Court and its staff; 4 (b) Parties to the Action; 5 (c) Counsel (and their staff) for the parties; 6 (d) Court reporters (including audio and video), interpreters, translators, copy services, 7 graphic-support services, document-imaging services, and database or coding services retained by 8 counsel, provided that these individuals or an appropriate company official with authority to do so on 9 behalf of the company executes a certification attached hereto as Appendix A; 10 (e) Special masters and their staff, provided that these individuals or an appropriate 11 company official with authority to do so on behalf of the company executes a certification attached hereto 12 as Appendix A; 13 (f) Mediators and their staff, provided that these individuals or an appropriate company 14 official with authority to do so on behalf of the company executes a certification attached hereto as 15 Appendix A; 16 (g) Persons who prepared, received, or reviewed the Confidential Information prior to 17 its production; 18 (h) A witness during a hearing, a deposition, or preparation for a deposition who is a 19 current employee of the Party that produced the applicable document(s) or who appears, based on the 20 document itself or testimony in a deposition, to have specific knowledge of the documents designated 21 “CONFIDENTIAL”; 22 (i) Deponents and trial witnesses during a deposition or trial who have a reasonable 23 need to see the Confidential Information in order to provide testimony, provided such witness executes a 24 certification in the form attached hereto as Appendix A; 25 (j) Any expert or consultant, and his, her or its staff, hired by a party for litigation 26 purposes who agrees to be bound by this Order and signs the certificate attached hereto as Appendix A; 27 and 1 6. Access to Highly Confidential Information. The Receiving Party may only share Highly 2 Confidential Information with the following persons and entities related to the Action: 3 (a) The Court and its staff; 4 (b) Counsel (and their staff) for parties; 5 (c) Court reporters (including audio and video), interpreters, translators, copy services, 6 graphic support services, document imaging services, and database or coding services retained by counsel, 7 provided that these individuals or an appropriate company official with authority to do so on behalf of the 8 company executes a certification attached hereto as Appendix A; 9 (d) Special masters and their staff, provided that these individuals or an appropriate 10 company official with authority to do so on behalf of the company executes a certification attached hereto 11 as Appendix A; 12 (e) Mediators and their staff, provided that these individuals or an appropriate company 13 official with authority to do so on behalf of the company executes a certification attached hereto as 14 Appendix A; 15 (f) Persons who prepared, received, or reviewed the Highly Confidential Information 16 prior to its production; 17 (g) A witness during a hearing, a deposition, or preparation for a deposition who is a 18 current employee of the Producing Party that produced the applicable document(s) or who appears, based 19 on the document itself or testimony in a deposition, to have specific knowledge of the documents 20 designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”; 21 (h) Outside experts, consultants, or other agents retained by a party for litigation 22 purposes, provided such expert, consultant, or agent executes a certification in the form attached hereto as 23 Appendix A; and 24 (i) Any other person to whom the Producing Party, in writing, authorizes disclosure. 25 7. Use of Confidential and Highly Confidential Information. 26 (a) Restricted to This Proceeding. Confidential Information and Highly Confidential 27 Information must be used only in this proceeding, except that nothing in this Protective Order shall be 1 construed as limiting any party from disclosing a potential safety defect to an appropriate government 2 agency. 3 (b) Acknowledgment. Subject to the restrictions contained in Paragraphs 5 and 6, the 4 persons identified in Paragraphs 5 and 6 may receive or review Confidential or Highly Confidential 5 Information. All persons specifically designated in Paragraphs 5 and 6 must execute the certificate 6 attached hereto as Appendix A or affirm on the record that he or she will not disclose Confidential or 7 Highly Confidential Information revealed during a deposition and will keep the transcript confidential. 8 (c) Filings. All parties shall make reasonable efforts to avoid requesting the filing of 9 Confidential or Highly Confidential Information under seal by, for example, redacting or otherwise 10 excluding from a submission to the Court any such Information not directly pertinent to the submission. 11 Where not reasonably possible, any Receiving Party wishing to file a document or paper designated 12 Confidential or Highly Confidential by a Producing Party may only file such documents in accordance 13 with Local Rule IA 10-5, and comply with the appropriate directives of the Ninth Circuit. See, e.g., 14 Kamakana v. City of Honolulu,

447 F.3d 1172

(9th Cit. 2006); Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, 15 LLC,

809 F.3d 1092, 1097

(9th Cir. 2016). 16 (d) Hearings. The use of Confidential or Highly Confidential Information during a 17 pre-trial hearing shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by Order of the Court. 18 (e) Trial. The use of Confidential or Highly Confidential Information during the trial 19 shall be determined by Order of the Court. 20 (f) Subpoena by Other Courts or Agencies. If another court or an administrative 21 agency subpoenas or otherwise orders production of Confidential or Highly Confidential Information that 22 any Party or other person has obtained under the terms of this Order, the Party or other person to whom 23 the subpoena or other process is directed must notify the Producing Party in writing within five days of 24 all of the following: (a) the Confidential or Highly Confidential Information that is requested for 25 production in the subpoena; (b) the date by which compliance with the subpoena is requested; (c) the 26 location at which compliance with the subpoena is requested; (d) the identity of the party serving the 27 subpoena; and (e) the case name, jurisdiction and index, docket, complaint, charge, civil action or other 1 proceeding in which the subpoena or other process has been issued. Confidential or Highly Confidential 2 Information shall not be produced prior to the receipt of written notice by the Producing Party and after a 3 reasonable opportunity to object has been offered. Further, the party or person receiving the subpoena or 4 other process will provide the Producing Party with reasonable cooperation. The Producing Party will 5 bear the burden and all costs of opposing the subpoena on grounds of confidentiality. 6 8. Return of Discovery Materials. Within ninety days of the termination of any party from 7 all proceedings in this proceeding, that party, its employees, attorneys, consultants and experts must 8 destroy or return (at the election of the Receiving Party) all originals and/or copies of documents with 9 Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information. Polaris will retain possession of all files 10 returned by Plaintiffs’ Counsel at the termination of all proceedings for a period of five (5) years. At the 11 written request of the Producing Party, any person or entity having custody or control of recordings, notes, 12 memoranda, summaries or other written materials, and all copies thereof, related to or containing 13 discovery materials produced by the Producing Party (the “Discovery Materials”) shall deliver to the 14 Producing Party an affidavit certifying that reasonable efforts have been made to assure that all Discovery 15 Materials (except for privileged communications, work product and court-filed documents as stated 16 above) have been destroyed or delivered to the Producing Party in accordance with the terms of this 17 Protective Order. A Receiving Party is permitted to retain a list of the documents by Bates Number that 18 are produced by a Producing Party under this Protective Order. 19 II. PRIVILEGES. 20 9. No Waiver by Disclosure. 21 (a) This Order is entered, inter alia, pursuant to Rule 502(d) of the Federal Rules of 22 Evidence. If a Producing Party discloses information in connection with the pending litigation that the 23 Producing Party thereafter claims to be privileged or protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney 24 work product protection (“Disclosed Protected Information”), the disclosure of the Disclosed Protected 25 Information shall not constitute or be deemed a waiver or forfeiture of any claim of privilege or work 26 product protection that the Producing Party would otherwise be entitled to assert with respect to the 27 1 Disclosed Protected Information and its subject matter in this proceeding or in any other federal or state 2 proceeding. 3 (b) A Producing Party may assert in writing attorney-client privilege or work product 4 protection with respect to Disclosed Protected Information. The Receiving Party must—unless it contests 5 the claim of attorney-client privilege or work product protection in accordance with sub-paragraph (c)— 6 within five business days of receipt of that writing, (i) return or destroy all copies of the Disclosed 7 Protected Information, and (ii) provide a certification of counsel that all of the Disclosed Protected 8 Information has been returned or destroyed. Within five business days of receipt of the notification that 9 the Disclosed Protected Information has been returned or destroyed, the Producing Party must produce a 10 privilege log with respect to the Disclosed Protected Information. 11 (c) If the Receiving Party contests the claim of attorney-client privilege or work 12 product protection, the Receiving Party must—within 21 days of receipt of the claim of privilege or 13 protection—move the Court for an Order compelling disclosure of the Disclosed Protected Information (a 14 “Disclosure Motion”). In its Disclosure Motion, the Receiving Party must not assert as a ground for 15 compelling disclosure the fact or circumstance of disclosure in this case, and may not disclose any of the 16 Disclosed Protected Information. Pending resolution of the Disclosure Motion, the Receiving Party must 17 sequester the Disclosed Protected Information and not use the Disclosed Protected Information or disclose 18 it to any person other than as required by law. 19 (d) Disclosed Protected Information that is sought to be reclaimed by the parties to this 20 case pursuant to this Order shall not be used as grounds by any third party to argue that any waiver of 21 privilege or protection has occurred by virtue of any production in this case. 22 (e) The Producing Party retains the burden of establishing the privileged or protected 23 nature of the Disclosed Protected Information. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of any party 24 to petition the Court for an in camera review of the Disclosed Protected Information. 25 10. Receiving Party’s Obligation. Nothing in this Order shall relieve counsel for any 26 Receiving Party of any existing duty or obligation, whether established by case law, rule of court, 27 regulation or other source, to return, and not to review, any privileged or work product materials without 1 that it is in possession of what appears to be privileged or protected documents or materials, then counsel 2 for the Receiving Party shall immediately: (i) cease any further review or use of that document or material 3 and (ii) notify the Producing Party of the apparent production of Disclosed Protected Information, 4 requesting whether the documents or materials are Disclosed Protected Information. In the event the 5 Producing Party confirms the documents or material are Disclosed Protected Information, the Receiving 6 Party shall (i) promptly return or destroy all copies of the Disclosed Protected Information in its possession 7 and (ii) take reasonable steps to retrieve all copies of the Disclosed Protected Information distributed to 8 other counsel or non-parties. 9 11. Privilege Log Production. 10 (a) Unless otherwise provided in this Order, any document falling within the scope of 11 any request for production or subpoena that is withheld on the basis of a claim of attorney-client privilege, 12 work product protection, or any other claim of privilege or immunity from discovery is to be identified by 13 the Producing Party on a privilege log, which the Producing Party shall produce in an electronic format 14 that allows text searching. For administrative purposes, an e-mail thread contained within a single 15 document need only be recorded once on the Producing Party’s privilege log, even if a privilege or 16 protection is asserted over multiple portions of the thread. Redacted documents need not be logged as 17 long as (a) for emails, the bibliographic information (i.e. to, from, cc, bcc, recipients, date and time) is not 18 redacted, and the other information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(A) to enable assessment of the 19 Producing Party’s claims of privilege or protection is noted on the face of the document; and (b) for non- 20 email documents, the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(A) to enable assessment of the 21 Producing Party’s claims of privilege or protection is noted on the face of the document. Documents that 22 are redacted shall be identified as such in a “redaction” field in the accompanying data load file. The 23 parties will meet and confer regarding any redactions which a Receiving Party has questions and/or is 24 considering challenging. 25 (b) Privilege log identification is not required for work product created by counsel, or 26 by an agent of counsel other than a party, after March 15, 2022, or for communications (including work 27 product) exchanged between or among: (i) the Producing Party and their external counsel; (ii) external 1 counsel for the Producing Party; (iii) external counsel for plaintiffs; and/or (iv) external counsel for 2 defendants. 3 III. MISCELLANEOUS. 4 12. Documents from Related Cases: The parties agree that documents, depositions and 5 materials produced by any party in the related matters of Paul Guzman, et al. v. Polaris Industries Inc., et 6 al., No. 8:19-cv-01543-FLA-KES (C.D. Cal.); Tim Artoff et al. v. Polaris Industries Inc., et al., No. 1:22- 7 cv-00514-MC (D. Ore.); Michael Hellman et al. v. Polaris Industries Inc., et al., No. 2:21-cv-00949 JAM 8 DMC (E.D. Cal.); and Jonathan Lollar et al. v. Polaris Industries Inc., et al., No. 4:22-CV-820 (S.D. 9 Tex.) may be used in this proceeding. The parties will not object to the use of such documents, depositions 10 or testimony in this Action, except all issues of admissibility for trial are reserved. The documents, 11 depositions, and materials from these related matters may only be used in this Action and the above 12 referenced related matters, and may not be used in any other actions not referenced above. 13 13. Additional Protective Orders. Nothing herein prevents a Producing Party from seeking 14 additional protective orders from the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 and Fed. R. Evid. 502(d). 15 14. Violations of the Protective Order by a Receiving Party. In the event that any person or 16 party violates the terms of this Protective Order or threatens to violate the terms of this Protective Order, 17 the aggrieved Producing Party may apply to the Court to obtain relief against any such person or party 18 violating or threatening to violate any of the terms of this Protective Order. The parties and any other 19 person subject to the terms of this Protective Order agree that this Court shall retain jurisdiction over it 20 and them for the purpose of enforcing this Protective Order. 21 15. Violations of the Protective Order by Disclosure of Personal Information. In the event that 22 any person or party violates the terms of this Protective Order by disclosing Confidential Personal 23 Information or Highly Confidential Information relating to an individual third party, as defined in 24 Paragraph 2 of this Order, or in the event that any person or party breaches the terms of the Protective 25 Order in a manner that requires disclosure to a third party under pertinent privacy laws or otherwise, it 26 shall be the responsibility of the breaching party to contact that third party and to comply with any laws 27 or regulations involving breaches of Personal Information. 1 16. Security Precautions and Data Breaches. Each Receiving Party must make reasonable 2 | efforts to protect the confidentiality of any confidential document disclosed or produced to that Receiving 3 | Party. A Receiving Party who learns of a breach of confidentiality must promptly notify the Producing 4 | Party of the scope and nature of that breach and make reasonable efforts to remedy the breach. 5 17. Protective Order Remains in Force. This Protective Order shall remain in force and effect 6 | until modified, superseded, or terminated by order of the Court. Unless otherwise ordered, or agreed upon 7 |by the parties, this Protective Order shall survive the termination of this action. The Court retains 8 | jurisdiction even after termination of this action to enforce this Protective Order and to make such 9 | amendments, modifications, deletions and additions to this Protective Order as the Court may from time 10 | to time deem appropriate. 11 D DATED: October 4, 2022 /s/ John P. Kristensen /s/_Debra L. Spinelli 13 (As authorized on October 4, 2022) James J. Pisanelli, Esq., Bar No. 4027 14 John P. Kristensen (SBN 224132) Debra L. Spinelli, Esq., Bar No. 9695 CARPENTER & ZUCKERMAN 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 15 8827 W. Olympic Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Beverly Hills, California 90211 16 | Telephone: + 310 507 7924 and Facsimile: +310 8581063 Paul D. Collier (admitted pro hac vice) R. Allan Pixton (admitted pro hac vice) Todd M. Friedman, Esq. (SBN 216752) Kirkland & Ellis LLP 18 LAW OFFICES OF TODD M. 300 N LaSalle St FRIEDMAN, P.C. Chicago, IL 60654 19 Christopher W. Wood (SBN 193955) Attorneys for Defendants Polaris Inc. (f/k/a 0 DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD Polaris Industries, Inc.), Polaris Sales Inc., and CAMPORA, LLP Polaris Industries Inc. 21 Attorneys for Plaintiff 22 23 ORDER 94 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 26 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 27 DATED: __ October 4, 2022 28 CASE NO.: 2:22-CV-00467-ART-EJY

1 APPENDIX A 2 I hereby certify that I have read the Order Protecting Confidentiality (“Order”) entered in the 3 above-captioned action and that I understand the terms thereof. I agree to be bound by the Order. If I 4 receive documents or information designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential, as those terms are 5 defined in the Order, I understand that such information is provided to me pursuant to the terms and 6 restrictions of the Order. I agree to hold in confidence and not further disclose or use for any purpose, 7 other than as permitted by the Order, any information disclosed to me pursuant to the terms of the Order. 8 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for purposes of enforcing the Order and agree to 9 accept service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of the 10 Order by certified letter, return receipt requested, at my principal residence, in lieu of personal service or 11 other methods of service. 12 I understand that these certifications are strictly confidential, that counsel for each party are 13 maintaining the certifications without giving copies to the other side, and that the parties expressly agreed 14 and the Court ordered that except in the event of a violation of this Order, the parties will make no attempt 15 to seek copies of the certifications or to determine the identities of persons signing them. I further 16 understand that if the Court should find that any disclosure is necessary to investigate a violation of this 17 Order, the disclosure will be limited to outside counsel only, and outside counsel shall not disclose any 18 information to their clients that could tend to identify any certification signatory unless and until there is 19 specific evidence that a particular signatory may have violated the Order, in which case limited disclosure 20 may be made with respect to that signatory. 21 22 Dated: ___________________ Signature: 23 Printed Name: 24 25 26 27

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