Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. v. Light & Wonder, Inc.

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: May 21, 2024
• Docket: 2:24-cv-00382
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 NICHOLAS J. SANTORO (Nevada Bar No. 532) 2 JASON D. SMITH (Nevada Bar No. 9691) 3 HOLLEY DRIGGS LTD 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1600 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel.: (702) 791-0308 5 Email: nsantoro@nevadafirm.com jsmith@nevadafirm.com 6 PETER A. SWANSON ZIWEI SONG 7 (pro hac vice) (pro hac vice) GARY M. RUBMAN COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 8 (pro hac vice) Salesforce Tower SIMEON BOTWINICK 415 Mission Street, Suite 5400 9 (pro hac vice) San Francisco, CA 94105-2533 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Tel.: (415) 591-6000 10 One CityCenter Email: ksong@cov.com 850 Tenth Street, NW 11 Washington, DC 20001 Tel.: (202) 662-6000 12 Email: pswanson@cov.com grubman@cov.com 13 sbotwinick@cov.com

14 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. and 15 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.

16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

18 ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES 19 AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.,

20 Plaintiffs,

21 v. Civil Case No. 2:24-cv-00382-GMN-MDC 22 LIGHT & WONDER, INC., LNW GAMING, INC., and SCIPLAY CORPORATION, 23 Defendants. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 24

25 26 27 1 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), Plaintiffs Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. 2 and Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. and Defendants Light & Wonder, Inc., LNW 3 Gaming, Inc., and SciPlay Corporation, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate 4 and agree that discovery in the above-captioned action (“Action”) may involve the disclosure of 5 certain documents, things, and information that are alleged to constitute or contain trade secrets, 6 financial records, or other proprietary and confidential research, development, or commercial 7 information within the meaning of Rule 26(c), and that must be protected in order to preserve 8 legitimate business interests. Good cause exists for the entry of this Protective Order pursuant to 9 Rule 26(c) because it protects against improper disclosure or use of such trade secrets, financial 10 records, and proprietary and confidential information produced or disclosed in this case. The 11 parties therefore further stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the Court, that the terms and 12 conditions of this Protective Order shall govern the handling of documents, depositions, pleadings, 13 exhibits and all other information exchanged by the parties in this Action, or provided by or 14 obtained from non-parties in this Action. The parties agree to comply with the terms and conditions 15 of this Protective Order pending approval by the Court. 16 SCOPE 17 1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, electronically stored 18 information, tangible things, testimony, or other discovery material in this Action, including 19 responses to requests for production of documents, answers to interrogatories, responses to 20 requests for admissions, deposition testimony, expert testimony and reports, exhibits and all other 21 discovery taken pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, matters in evidence and any 22 other information hereafter furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of any party, non-party 23 or witness in connection with this Action (“Discovery Material”). 24 2. As used herein, “Producing Party” shall refer to any party to this Action and to any 25 non-party who produces Discovery Material, and “Receiving Party” shall refer to any individual 26 who properly receives or is shown Discovery Material. 27 1 DESIGNATION 2 3. A Producing Party may designate Discovery Material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 3 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (materials so designated are 4 “Confidentially Designated”) in accordance with this Protective Order if the party in good faith 5 believes that such Discovery Material contains CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 6 CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information as defined in Paragraph 4. The 7 burden of establishing that Discovery Material is CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 8 CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY as defined herein shall be on the Producing 9 Party. The designation of any Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 10 CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY shall be deemed effective unless and until the 11 Court orders otherwise or the Producing Party withdraws the designation. 12 4. CONFIDENTIAL and HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 13 ONLY Discovery Material shall be construed as follows: 14 a. CONFIDENTIAL Discovery Material refers to information that reflects 15 marketing information, contacts, financial information, proprietary business 16 information, and/or similar commercially sensitive business information or data 17 which the designating party in good faith believes in fact is confidential or that 18 unprotected disclosure might result in economic or competitive injury, and which 19 is not publicly known. 20 b. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Discovery 21 Material refers to any Confidential information (as defined in Section 4(a) above), 22 trade secrets, know-how, proprietary data, technical information relating to a trade 23 secret, or other confidential research or development information that, if disclosed 24 to the other party, non-parties, or the public, would cause substantial risk of 25 competitive, business, or personal injury to the Producing Party or others. This 26 includes, without limitation, information that may be subject to an existing 27 obligation of confidentiality by the Producing Party or its affiliates, financial 1 information (e.g., detailed nonpublic financial information such as information 2 relating to sales, sales volume, profits, account balances, and money transfers), 3 game design and development information, strategic business plans, forecasts, and 4 other commercial, marketing or technical information that the Producing Party 5 reasonably believes would provide significant technical or business advantage to 6 the Receiving Party. 7 FORM AND TIMING OF DESIGNATION 8 5. Confidentially Designated documents shall be so designated by placing or affixing 9 the wording “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 10 ONLY” on each page of the document in a manner that will not interfere with the legibility of the 11 document, or through other means reasonable in the circumstances for noting the appropriate 12 confidentiality designation for electronic documents. Documents shall be designated 13 CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY prior to, or 14 contemporaneously with, the production or disclosure of the documents. 15 6. Portions of depositions shall be deemed Confidentially Designated if designated as 16 such when the deposition is taken or within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the 17 transcript. Depositions shall be automatically treated as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL— 18 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY for fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the transcript. 19 7. Information from inspection of things and premises shall be deemed Confidentially 20 Designated if designated as such at the time of the inspection or within fourteen (14) calendar days 21 after the inspection. All information gleaned from inspection of things and premises shall be 22 automatically treated as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY for fourteen 23 (14) calendar days after the day of inspection. 24 8. To the extent that any party wishes to file or submit for filing as part of the Court 25 record any Discovery Materials subject to this Protective Order, or any pleading, motion or 26 memorandum referring to them, the party wishing to do so shall cause to be filed a motion for 27 leave to file such materials under seal pursuant to the Court’s local rules and any other applicable 1 rules governing sealed documents. If a non-designating party is filing Confidentially Designated 2 Discovery Material, then the non-designating party shall file the material under seal and shall 3 reference the fact that the material was designated under this Protective Order. A non-designating 4 party may make a written request to have the material unsealed, and if the designating party does 5 not agree to the request within ten (10) calendar days, the non-designating party may file an 6 appropriate motion or application as provided by the Court’s procedures that shows good cause to 7 unseal the material. 8 USE 9 9. Confidentially Designated Discovery Material under this Protective Order 10 may be used only for purposes of this Action and any appeal therefrom, and shall not be used for 11 any other purpose, including, but not limited to, any business, proprietary, commercial, 12 governmental or other legal purpose, including in connection with any other litigation, arbitration 13 or claim. Nothing in this Protective Order precludes a Producing Party from using or disseminating 14 its own Confidentially Designated information. Nothing herein shall prevent disclosure beyond 15 the terms of this Protective Order if the Producing Party consents in writing to such disclosure, or 16 if the Court, after notice to all affected parties, orders or permits such disclosure. Notwithstanding 17 the foregoing, this Protective Order does not preclude any individual who has received 18 Confidentially Designated Discovery Material from discussing such material with individuals 19 authorized to access Discovery Material in any other legal proceeding relating to the same 20 underlying dispute. 21 10. Confidentially Designated Discovery Material shall be protected from disclosure 22 as specified herein, unless a party obtains an order of the Court declaring that all or certain portions 23 of such Discovery Material are not, in fact, protected and may be disclosed. 24 11. Non-parties may designate as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL— 25 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY transcripts of depositions of their witnesses and any documents or 26 information they produce, whether voluntarily or by subpoena, to the same extent and in the same 27 manner as parties to this Action, and any such Discovery Material shall be treated by parties to 1 this Action in the same manner as materials and information so designated by a party. Non-parties 2 shall have the same rights and obligations under this Protective Order as parties and may move the 3 Court to enforce the provisions of this Protective Order. A non-party’s use of this Protective Order 4 to protect its own information does not entitle that third party access to Confidentially Designated 5 Discovery Material produced by any party in this case. 6 DISCLOSURE 7 12. Unless otherwise directed by the Court or authorized in writing by the Producing 8 Party, Discovery Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed by the Receiving 9 Party only to the following persons: 10 a. outside attorneys of record for each party in this Action, including any attorneys 11 employed by firms of record who are representing a party in this Action even if not 12 otherwise identified specifically on pleadings, provided the attorneys are working 13 on this Action. Support personnel for these outside attorneys (e.g., law clerks, 14 analysts, paralegals, litigation assistants, secretaries and support staff) also are 15 allowed access under this provision; 16 b. subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in Paragraph 14 below, three (3) 17 designated in-house counsel for each party who are responsible for managing this 18 Action, and support personnel for the in-house counsel, such as law clerks, analysts, 19 paralegals, litigation assistants, secretaries and support staff, provided the in-house 20 counsel does not actively participate in the conception, design, development, and 21 marketing of electronic gaming machines; 22 c. subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in Paragraph 14 below, up to three 23 (3) designated employee representatives for each party to the extent reasonably 24 necessary for the litigation of this Action, and provided the employee 25 representatives do not actively participate in the conception, design, development, 26 and marketing of electronic gaming machines; 27 1 d. subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in Paragraph 14 below, independent 2 consultants or expert witnesses (including partners, associates and employees of the 3 firm which employs such consultant or expert) retained by a party or its attorneys 4 for purposes of this Action; 5 e. the Court and its personnel, and all appropriate courts of appellate jurisdiction, 6 including, but not limited to, stenographic reporters regularly employed by the 7 Court and stenographic reporters not regularly employed by the Court who are 8 engaged by the Court or the parties in connection with this Action; 9 f. service contractors such as document copy services, e-discovery vendors, trial 10 technology consultants, jury consultants, translators, and graphic artists; 11 g. employees of copy services, e-discovery vendors, design services (including 12 graphics services), microfilming or database services, trial support firms (including 13 mock jurors) and/or translators who are engaged by the parties during the litigation 14 of this Action; 15 h. the authors and the original recipients of the document; 16 i. any mediator who is assigned to hear this matter, and his or her staff, subject to 17 their agreement to maintain confidentiality to the same degree as required by this 18 Protective Order; and 19 j. such other persons as hereafter may be designated by written agreement between 20 the parties in this Action or by the order of the Court. 21 13. Unless otherwise directed by the Court or authorized in writing by the Producing 22 Party, Discovery Material designated as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 23 ONLY may be disclosed by the Receiving Party only to the persons listed in Paragraphs 12(a) and 24 (d) – (j). 25 14. Prior to disclosing a Producing Party’s Confidentially Designated Discovery 26 Material to any person under Paragraphs 12(b) – (d), the Receiving Party shall provide written 27 notice to the Producing Party that includes: (i) the name of the person, (ii) the present employer 1 and title of the person, and (iii) a signed agreement to be bound by the terms of this Protective 2 Order in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. For persons under Paragraph 12(d), the Receiving 3 Party shall also provide an up-to-date curriculum vitae, and written disclosure of the proposed 4 consultant/expert’s prior and current employment or consulting for any party; any current work 5 for any other slot machine manufacturer; and any specific future employment or consulting 6 opportunities that the consultant/expert has accepted or intends to accept for any party or any other 7 slot machine manufacturer. Within seven (7) calendar days of receiving the information required 8 to be provided under this paragraph, the Producing Party may object in writing to the disclosure. 9 In the absence of any objection at the end of the seven (7) day period, the individual shall be 10 deemed approved under this Protective Order. If an objection is made, the parties shall meet and 11 confer within four (4) calendar days after the objection and attempt in good faith to resolve the 12 dispute informally. If the dispute is not resolved, the party objecting to the disclosure will have 13 seven (7) calendar days from the date of the meet and confer to seek relief from the Court. If relief 14 is not sought from the Court within that time, the objection shall be deemed withdrawn. If relief is 15 sought, Confidentially Designated Discovery Material shall not be disclosed until the objection is 16 resolved by the Court. Counsel for the Receiving Party shall retain the signed agreement for a 17 period of five years after the conclusion of the action, including all appeals. 18 15. Prior to disclosing a Producing Party’s Confidentially Designated Discovery 19 Material to mock jurors under Paragraph 12(g), the Receiving Party shall require the mock jurors 20 to sign a confidentiality agreement that prohibits any use or disclosure of the Confidentially 21 Designated Discovery Material outside of the mock jury exercise, and counsel for the Receiving 22 Party shall retain the signed agreements for a period of five years after the conclusion of the action, 23 including all appeals. 24 16. In the event of an unauthorized disclosure of Confidentially Designated Discovery 25 Material, the Producing Party may make a reasonable request for the signed agreements, and upon 26 receipt of such request, counsel for the Receiving Party shall produce the signed agreements. 27 1 17. Whenever information that is Confidentially Designated pursuant to this Protective 2 Order is to be discussed by a party or disclosed in a deposition, hearing, or pre-trial proceeding, 3 the Producing Party may exclude from the room any person, other than persons designated in 4 Paragraphs 12-13, as appropriate, for that portion of the deposition, hearing or pre-trial proceeding. 5 18. The recipient of any Confidentially Designated Discovery Material that is provided 6 under this Protective Order shall maintain such information in a secure and safe area and shall 7 exercise reasonable and proper care with respect to the storage, custody, use and/or dissemination 8 of such information. 9 EXEMPTED MATERIALS 10 19. None of the provisions of this Protective Order shall apply to the following 11 categories of documents or information, and any party may seek to remove the restrictions set forth 12 herein on the ground that Confidentially Designated information has or had been: 13 a. available to the public at the time of its production hereunder; 14 b. available to the public after the time of its production through no act, or failure to 15 act, on behalf of the Receiving Party, its counsel, representatives or experts; 16 c. known to the Receiving Party, or shown to have been independently developed by 17 the Receiving Party, prior to its production hereunder without use or benefit of the 18 information; and/or 19 d. obtained outside of this Action by the Receiving Party from the Producing Party 20 without having been Confidentially Designated and without otherwise being 21 subject to any obligation of confidentiality. 22 20. While the Producing Party has the burden of proof of establishing that Discovery 23 Material is CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY as 24 set forth in Paragraph 4, the Receiving Party shall have the burden of proof to establish that any 25 otherwise valid claims of confidentiality have been vitiated based on any of the grounds set forth 26 in Paragraph 19. 27 INADVERTENT PRODUCTION/DESIGNATION 1 21. The inadvertent production of any document or information subject to attorney- 2 client privilege or work product immunity will not waive attorney-client privilege or work product 3 immunity in this Action or any other action or proceeding before any court, agency, or tribunal. In 4 addition, the fact that a document or information was inadvertently produced shall not be used in 5 any manner as evidence in support of any alleged waiver of attorney-client privilege or work 6 product immunity. If a party has inadvertently produced a document or information subject to a 7 claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity, upon written request, the document 8 or information, and all copies thereof, shall be returned or destroyed promptly, and in no event 9 later than seven (7) calendar days, after a written request is made by the producing party, and the 10 receiving party shall otherwise comply with Rule 26(b)(5)(B). Moreover, any notes or summaries 11 referring to or describing any inadvertently produced document or information subject to a claim 12 of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity shall be destroyed. After return or 13 destruction of the document or information, the receiving party may challenge the producing 14 party’s claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity by making a motion to the 15 Court. 16 22. The inadvertent failure to designate Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL or 17 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY prior to disclosure shall not operate 18 as a waiver of the party’s right to later designate the material in this Action or any other action or 19 proceeding before any court, agency, or tribunal. 20 23. In the event of disclosure of Confidentially Designated Discovery Material to any 21 person not authorized to access such Discovery Material under this Protective Order, the party 22 responsible for having made such disclosure, and each party with knowledge thereof, shall 23 immediately inform counsel for the Producing Party of all known relevant information concerning 24 the nature and circumstances of the disclosure. The party responsible for improperly disclosing 25 such Discovery Material shall also promptly take all reasonable measures to retrieve the 26 improperly disclosed Discovery Material and to ensure that no further or greater unauthorized 27 disclosure and/or use thereof is made. 1 24. Nothing in this Protective Order shall waive or limit any protections afforded the 2 parties under Federal Rule of Evidence 502. 3 OBJECTION TO DESIGNATIONS 4 25. Any party may object to the designation by the Producing Party of any 5 Confidentially Designated Discovery Material. The process for making such an objection and for 6 resolving the dispute shall be as follows: 7 a. The objecting party shall notify the Producing Party in writing as to its objection(s) 8 to the designations. This notice shall include, at a minimum, a specific identification 9 of the designated Discovery Material objected to as well as the reason(s) for the 10 objection. 11 b. The objecting party shall thereafter have the burden of conferring within seven (7) 12 calendar days, either in person or by telephone, with the Producing Party, as well 13 as any other interested party, in a good faith effort to resolve the dispute. 14 c. Failing agreement, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling that the 15 Discovery Material sought to be protected is not entitled to such designation. The 16 Producing Party bears the burden to establish that the Discovery Material is 17 CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 18 ONLY and entitled to such protection under this Protective Order. 19 26. Notwithstanding any such challenge to the designation of Discovery Material, all 20 Confidentially Designated Discovery Material shall be treated as such and shall be subject to the 21 provisions of this Protective Order until either the party who designated the Discovery Material 22 withdraws such designation in writing or the Court rules that the designation is not proper and that 23 the designation be removed. 24 27. Any failure to object to any Discovery Material being Confidentially Designated 25 shall not be construed as an admission by any non-producing party that the material constitutes or 26 contains a trade secret or other confidential information. 27 RETURN/DESTRUCTION OF MATERIALS 1 28. Not later than sixty (60) calendar days after the termination of this Action, including 2 all appeals, all Confidentially Designated Discovery Material, including all copies thereof, shall 3 be returned to the Producing Party or destroyed, such election to be made by the Receiving Party, 4 except that each party’s outside counsel may retain all papers filed with the Court, transcripts and 5 videos of testimony and exhibits, expert reports, discovery requests and responses, correspondence 6 and their own work product containing Confidentially Designated Discovery Material for archival 7 purposes, and provided that such counsel shall not disclose any party’s Confidentially Designated 8 Discovery Material contained therein to any person or entity except pursuant to a written 9 agreement with the Producing Party or as otherwise provided in this Protective Order. Not later 10 than seventy-five (75) calendar days after the termination of this Action, including all appeals, the 11 party receiving any Confidentially Designated Discovery Material shall certify in writing that all 12 such material has been returned or destroyed. 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 14 29. This Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party to seek further 15 or additional protection of Discovery Material for which the protection of this Protective Order is 16 not believed by such party to be adequate. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be deemed to bar 17 or preclude any Producing Party from seeking such additional protection, including, without 18 limitation, an order that certain information may not be discovered at all. 19 30. The entry of this Protective Order shall not be construed as a waiver of any right to 20 object to the furnishing of information in response to discovery and, except as expressly provided, 21 shall not relieve any party of the obligation of producing information in the course of discovery. 22 31. If at any time Confidentially Designated Discovery Material is subpoenaed by any 23 court, or any arbitral, administrative or legislative body, or is subject to a discovery request in 24 another proceeding, the person to whom the subpoena or request is directed shall immediately give 25 written notice thereof to counsel for every party who has produced such Confidentially Designated 26 Discovery Material and shall provide each such party with an opportunity to object to the 27 production of such materials prior to their disclosure. If the Producing Party does not move for a 1 protective order within seven (7) calendar days of the date written notice is given, the party to 2 whom the referenced subpoena or request is directed may produce, on or after the date set for 3 production in the subpoena or request but not prior to the end of the seven (7) calendar day notice 4 period, such material in response thereto. Any such production shall be made pursuant to 5 confidentiality protections at least as strict as the protections in this Protective Order. 6 32. All notices required by any provision of this Protective Order are to be made by e- 7 mail to counsel representing the noticed party. The date by which a party receiving notice shall 8 respond or otherwise take action shall be computed from the date of receipt of the notice. Any of 9 the notice requirements herein may be waived in whole or in part, but only in a writing signed by 10 counsel for the Producing Party. 11 33. Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar or otherwise restrict counsel from 12 rendering advice to his or her client with respect to this Action and, in the course thereof, relying 13 in a general way upon his or her examination of Confidentially Designated Discovery Material in 14 this Action; provided, however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating 15 with a person not entitled to view Confidentially Designated Discovery Material, counsel shall not 16 disclose the contents of Confidentially Designated Discovery Material produced by any other party 17 or non-party. 18 34. Execution of this Protective Order shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any 19 party to claim in this Action or otherwise that any document, or any portion thereof, is protected 20 by the attorney-client privilege or work product immunity or is otherwise not discoverable or 21 admissible in evidence in this Action or any other proceeding. 22 35. This Protective Order shall remain in full force and effect until modified, 23 superseded, or terminated on the record by agreement of the parties or by an order of the Court. At 24 the conclusion of the present Action, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this 25 Protective Order. Each person or entity who receives Confidentially Designated Discovery 26 Material agrees to subject himself or herself to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of any 27 1 proceedings relating to the performance under, compliance with or violation of this Protective 2 Order. 3 4 IT IS SO STIPULATED this ____ day of April, 2024. 5 6 For Plaintiffs Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. For Defendants Light & Wonder, Inc., LNW and Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. Gaming, Inc., and SciPlay Corporation 7 8 9 NICHOLAS J. SANTORO PHILIP R. ERWIN, ESQ. (11563) (Nevada Bar No. 532) CAMPBELL & WILLIAMS 10 JASON D. SMITH 710 South Seventh Street (Nevada Bar No. 9691) Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 11 HOLLEY DRIGGS LTD 300 South 4th Street, Suite 1600 Tel: (702) 382-5222 12 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Email: pre@cwlawlv.com Tel.: (702) 791-0308 13 Email: nsantoro@nevadafirm.com jsmith@nevadafirm.com JONES DAY 14 HAROLD K. GORDON, ESQ. PETER A. SWANSON (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 15 (pro hac vice) 250 Vesey Street GARY M. RUBMAN 16 (pro hac vice) New York, New York 10281 SIMEON BOTWINICK Tel: (212) 326-3939 17 (pro hac vice) Email: hkgordon@jonesday.com COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 18 One CityCenter RANDALL E. KAY, ESQ. 850 Tenth Street, NW, Washington, DC (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 19 20001 4655 Executive Drive, Suite 1500 Tel.: (202) 662-6000 / Fax: (202) 662-6291 20 Email: pswanson@cov.com San Diego, California 92121 grubman@cov.com Tel: (858) 314-1139 21 sbotwinick@cov.com Email: rekay@jonesday.com 22 ZIWEI SONG ANNA E. RAIMER, ESQ. (pro hac vice) (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 23 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 717 Texas Street, Suite 3300 24 Salesforce Tower Houston, Texas 77002 415 Mission Street, Suite 5400 Tel: (832) 239-3786 San Francisco, CA 94105-2533 25 Tel.: (415) 591-6000 Email: aeraimer@jonesday.com Email: ksong@cov.com 26 27 IT IS SO ORDERED: Designation of documents as ‘confidential’

3 does not itself provide sufficient basis to seal documents, nor does it

4 mean that documents can be properly sealed. The parties must

5 comply with LR IA 10-5 and the requirements of Kamakana y. City 6 & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006) and its progeny 5 when seeking to seal or redact any document.

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1 EXHIBIT A 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and 4 ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES 5 AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 6 Plaintiffs, Civil Case No. 2:24-cv-00382-GMN-MDC 7 v. 8 LIGHT & WONDER, INC., LNW GAMING, INC., and SCIPLAY CORPORATION, DECLARATION AND UNDERTAKING TO BE BOUND BY STIPULATED 9 Defendants. PROTECTIVE ORDER 10 11 I, ________________________________________________________, declare that: 12 1. My residence address is 13 14 _____________________________________________________________________________. 15 2. My current employer is 16 _____________________________________________________________________________, 17 and the address of my current employment is 18 _____________________________________________________________________________. 19 3. My current occupation or job description is 20 _____________________________________________________________________________. 21 22 4. [Experts Only] A copy of my current curriculum vitae is attached hereto. 23 5. I have received and read the Stipulated Protective Order in this Action dated 24 _________________________, and I understand its provisions. I agree (a) to be bound by the 25 terms of the Stipulated Protective Order, (b) to use Confidentially Designated Discovery 26 Material solely for this action, and (c) not to disclose any Confidentially Designated Discovery 27 1 Material to any person, firm, corporation or other entity not qualified to have access to such 2 information pursuant to the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order. 3 6. Upon termination of this Action, including all appeals, I will destroy or return to 4 retaining counsel all Confidentially Designated Discovery Material and summaries, abstracts and 5 indices thereof that come in my possession, and documents that I have prepared relating thereto. 6 7. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 7 8 District of Nevada for the purpose of enforcement of the Stipulated Protective Order. I 9 understand that if I violate the provisions of the Stipulated Protective Order, I will be in violation 10 of a Court Order and subject to sanctions or other remedies that may be imposed by the Court 11 and may be liable in civil action by one or more of the parties in this Action. 12 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 13 foregoing is true and correct. 14 15 Executed this ______ day of _____________________ 2024 at ____________________ 16 in the State of __________________________________. 17 18 19 ___________________________ (signature) 20 21 ___________________________ (print name) 22 23 24 25 26 27