Fezzani v. Bear, Stearns & Co.

District Court, S.D. New York·Decided June 8, 2022·No. 1:99-cv-00793·Unknown

Opinion

ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT errr □□□ _ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------ MOHAMED FEZZANI, et al., : : 99-Civ-0793 (PAC)(JLC) Plaintiffs, :

- against - : : STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR : THE PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE : OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION BEAR, STEARNS & COMPANY, INC., et al. : Defendants. : ------

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Mohamed Fezzani, Cirenaca Foundation, Dr. Victoria Blank, Lester Blank, James and Jane Bailey, Baydel Ltd., Margaret and Patrick Burgess, Bootlesville Trust, and Adam Cung (together, “Plaintiffs”) and defendants isaac R. Dweck, individually and as custodian for Nathan Dweck, Barbara Dweck, Morris I. Dweck, Ralph I. Dweck, and Jack Dweck (collectively, the “Dweck Defendants”), and defendants Morris Wolfson, Aaron Wolfson, and Abraham Wolfson (collectively, the “Wolfson Defendants’)! (Plaintiffs, the Dweck Defendants and the Wolfson Defendants together are the “Parties”), recognize that disclosure and discovery activity may involve production of information that the disclosing party deems to be confidential, as defined below; WHEREAS, the Parties wish to facilitate discovery while protecting confidential information, as defined below, in accordance with applicable law;

'Tn the Amended Complaint [ECF 98], the Wolfson Defendants also included (1) Arielle Wolfson, (2) Tovie Wolfson, (3) Anderer Associates, (4) Boston Partners, (5) Wolfson Equities, (6) Chana Sasha Foundation, and (7) United Congregation Mesarah. Each of these defendants has been dismissed from this action. Fezzani v. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., 592 F. Supp. 2d 410, 432 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) (dismissing all causes of action against Wolfson Defendants), aff'd in part, vacated in part, 716 F.3d 18 (2d Cir. 2013), and aff'd in part, vacated in part, 527 F. App'x 89, 93 (2d Cir. 2013) (allowing state law claims of civil conspiracy to defraud and aiding and abetting fraud to proceed against only “Morris, Aaron, and Abraham Wolfson”). Counsel also has since learned that Abraham Wolfson died earlier this year.

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to facilitate discovery while preventing the waiver of applicable privileges or protections, including privacy rights, due to inadvertent disclosure of privileged information; WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that this Stipulated Order for the Production and

Exchange of Confidential Information (the “Stipulated Confidentiality Order”) does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery, and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles; WHEREAS, the Court retains discretion whether to afford or deny confidential treatment to any confidential document or information contained in any document designated confidential; and WHEREAS, the Parties, having conferred through their respective counsel, stipulated and agreed to the following terms of a protective order and hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Confidentiality Order;

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the undersigned and ORDERED by the court that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), good cause exists for the entry of this Stipulated Confidentiality Order (the “Order”). I. DEFINITIONS 1. “Challenging Party,” as used in this Order, means a Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2. The term “CONFIDENTIAL,” as used in this Order shall mean all Documents and Testimony, and all information contained therein, and other information designated as confidential, which the disclosing Party and its counsel believes in good faith contains, constitutes or reveals information that as of the date of production deserves protection because it contains confidential design, engineering, business or development information, confidential research information, confidential commercial information, non-public financial information, trade secrets, confidential or private information about current or former employees, contractors or vendors (including employee, contractor and vendor personnel records), confidential customer

information, information implicating an individual’s legitimate expectation of privacy, or other information of a confidential, proprietary, private or personal nature, the disclosure of which would, in the good faith judgment of the party and his/her counsel or, as appropriate, Non-Party and his/her counsel designating the material as confidential, be detrimental to the conduct of that Party’s or Non-Party’s business or the business of any of that Party’s or Non-Party’s customers or clients, and that, to the best of the party’s and his/her counsel’s knowledge, such information has been protected from public disclosure by the Disclosing Party or the Non-Party. 3. “Counsel,” as used in this Order, means attorneys (and their support staffs) who are not employees of a party to this action, but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this action or have appeared in this action on behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a law firm which has

appeared on behalf of that Party. 4. “Designating Party,” as used in this Order, means a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL”. 5. “Disclosure or Discovery Material,” as used in this Order, means all items or information, regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 6. “Final Disposition,” as used in this Order, means the later of (a) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with prejudice; or (b) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

8. “Litigation” means the case captioned Mohamed Fezzani, et al. v. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 99-cv-0793 (PAC) (JLC) (S.D.N.Y.). 9. “Non-Party,” as used in this Order, means any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 10. “Party or Parties,” as used in this Order, means any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and their Counsel (and their support staffs). 11. “Producing Party,” as used in this Order, shall mean the Parties to this action and any Non-Parties producing Disclosure or Discovery Material, including in connection with depositions, document production, subpoenas or otherwise.

12. “Protected Material,” as used in this Order, means any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL”. Extracts and summaries of Protected Material shall also be treated as confidential in accordance with the provisions of this Confidentiality Order. 13. “Receiving Party,” as used in this Order, shall mean the Parties to this action and/or any Non-Party receiving Disclosure or Discovery Material, including in connection with depositions, document production, subpoenas or otherwise. II.

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