Herb Hallman Chevrolet, Inc. v. General Motors LLC

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided January 23, 2023·No. 3:22-cv-00447·Unknown

Opinion

1 || LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH E. KAEMPFER CROWELL LYON, II Robert McCoy, No. 9121 2 || Kenneth E. Lyon, II, No. 7071 Sihomara L. Graves, No. 13239 432 Court Street 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 700 3 || Reno, Nevada 89501 Reno, Nevada 89501 Telephone: (775) 786-4188 Telephone: (775) 852-3900 4 || Facsimile: (775) 786-5573 Facsimile: (775) 327-2011 Email: ken@lyonlaw.net Email: rmccoy@kcnvlaw.com 5 Email: sgraves@kcnvlaw.com BASS SOX MERCER 6 || Richard M. Sox (pro hac vice) SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Nicholas A. Bader (pro hac vice) James C. McGrath (pro hac vice) 7 || Jeremiah Hawkes (pro hac vice) William F. Benson (pro hac vice) 2822 Remington Green Circle Seaport East 8 || Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1200 Telephone: (850) 878-6404 Boston, Massachusetts 02210 9 || Facsimile: (850) 942-4869 Telephone: (617) 946-4800 Email: rsox @dealerlawyer.com Facsimile: (617) 946-4801 10 || Email: nbader@dealerlawyer.com Email: jcmcgrath @seyfarth.com Email: jhawkes @dealerlawyer.com Email: wbenson @seyfarth.com 1] Attorneys for Plaintiff Herb Hallman Attorneys for Defendant General 12 || Chevrolet, Inc. Motors LLC 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 15 |} HERB HALLMAN CHEVROLET, INC. | Case No. 3:22-cv-00447-MMD-CLB d.b.a. CHAMPION CHEVROLET, 16 Plaintiff, 17 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE VS. ORDER ON CONFIDENTIALITY 18 OF DISCOVERY MATERIALS GENERAL MOTORS LLC, 19 Defendant. 20 21 WHEREAS, to facilitate the production and receipt of information 22 ||during discovery in the above-captioned litigation (the “Litigation”), the parties 23 ||agree and stipulate, through their respective counsel, to the entry of the following 24 ||Protective Order (the “Order’’) for the protection of Confidential and Highly

1 ||Confidential Materials (as defined herein) that may be produced or otherwise 2 || disclosed during the course of this Litigation by or on behalf of any party or non- 3 || party. The Court has been fully advised in the premises and has found good cause 4 || for its entry. 5 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the terms and conditions 6 || of this Order shall govern the handling of discovery materials in the Litigation: 7 1. Applicability of Order: This Order will be applicable to and 8 ||govern the handling of documents, depositions, deposition exhibits, deposition 9 || videos, interrogatory responses, responses to subpoenas, responses to requests for 10 |/admissions, responses to requests for production of documents, and all other 11 ||discovery obtained pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by or from, or 12 || produced on behalf of a party in connection with the Litigation (this information 13 || hereinafter referred to as “Discovery Material’’). This Order does not restrict or limit 14 ||the use of any Confidential or Highly Confidential Material introduced in evidence 15 ||at trial. Nothing in this Order, however, shall prevent any Party from seeking an 16 || appropriate protective order to govern the use of Confidential Discovery Material at 17 || trial. 18 2. Definitions: As used herein, “Producing Party” or “Disclosing 19 ||Party” shall refer to the parties in this Litigation that give testimony or produce 20 ||documents or other information, as well as non-parties that provide documents or 21 testimony in response to a subpoena, and “Designating Party” shall refer to parties 22 || whose Confidential and Highly Confidential information is disclosed in documents 23 produced by other parties or third parties, in which case the affected party may 24 || designate such information as Confidential or Highly Confidential under this Order.

1 ||“Receiving Party” shall refer to the parties in this Litigation that receive such 2 ||/information. “Authorized Recipient” shall refer to any person or entity authorized 3 || by Sections 11 and 12 of this Order to obtain access to Confidential Material, Highly A || Confidential Material, or the contents of such Material. 5 3. Designation of Material: Any party may designate Discovery 6 || Material that is in its possession, custody, or control to be produced to a Receiving 7 ||Party, or Discovery Material that is produced by another party (including a third 8 ||party) but qualifies for protection under this Order, as “Confidential” or “Highly 9 ||Confidential” under the terms of this Order if the party in good faith reasonably 10 || believes that such Discovery Material contains non-public, confidential material as 11 ||defined in Sections 4 and 5 below (hereinafter “Confidential Material” or “Highly 12 || Confidential Material”). 13 4. Confidential Material: For purposes of this Order, Confidential 14 || Material is any information that a party believes in good faith to be confidential or 15 sensitive information, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, research, design, 16 ||development, financial, technical, marketing, planning, private or confidential 17 || personal information, customer information, or commercial information, as such 18 || terms are used in Rule 26(c)(1)(G) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and any 19 || applicable case law interpreting Rule 26(c)(1)(G) or the former Rule 26(c)(7). 20 5. Highly Confidential Material: For purposes of this Order, 21 ||Highly Confidential Material is any Protected Data (defined below) and/or 22 || Confidential Material as defined in Section 4 which also includes non-public product 23 ||design and testing information or extremely sensitive, highly confidential, non- 24 || public information, consisting either of trade secrets or proprietary or other highly

1 ||confidential business, dealer, financial, regulatory, or strategic information 2 ||C(including information regarding business plans, technical data, and non-public 3 || designs), the disclosure of which would create a substantial risk of competitive or 4 || business injury to the Producing or Designating Party. Certain Protected Data may 5 ||compel alternative or additional protections beyond those afforded Highly 6 || Confidential Material, in which event the parties shall meet and confer in good faith, 7 \\and, if unsuccessful, shall move the Court for appropriate relief. 8 6. Protected Data: Protected Data shall refer to any information 9 ||that a party believes in good faith to be subject to federal, state, or foreign Data 10 Protection Laws or other privacy obligations. Protected Data constitutes highly 11 ||sensitive materials requiring special protection. Designating material as Protected 12 ||Data does not preclude the parties from designating that same material, as 13 || appropriate, for Confidentiality and Privilege. 14 7. Designating Confidential Material, Highly Confidential 15 ||Material, or Protected Data: The designation of Discovery Material as 16 || Confidential Material, Highly Confidential Material, or Protected Data for purposes 17 || of this Order shall be made in the following manner: 18 a. Documents: The parties shall stamp or otherwise clearly label 19 each page of a designated document as “Confidential” or “Highly 20 Confidential” if feasible to do so. However, failure to do so shall 21 not be considered a waiver of such designation, and shall not 22 deem such information to not qualify as “Confidential” or 23 “Highly Confidential.” A party who disagrees with another 24 party's designation must nevertheless abide by that designation

] until the matter is resolved by written agreement of the parties or 2 by order of the Court. Parties further agree to abide by the 3 producing party’s designation upon notice, written or otherwise, 4 that a party will seek appeal or other form of judicial review of 5 an order of the Court. 6 b. Deposition Transcripts.

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