Melissa Magana v. Zara USA, Inc., a New York Corporation

CourtDistrict Court, C.D. California
DecidedJuly 27, 2021
Docket8:18-cv-02249-DOC-ADS
StatusUnknown

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Melissa Magana v. Zara USA, Inc., a New York Corporation, (C.D. Cal. 2021).

Opinion

1 Armond M. Jackson, SBN 281547 ajackson@jacksonapc.com 2 Andrea M. Fernandez-Jackson, SBN 295924 afernandez@jacksonapc.com 3 JACKSON LAW A Professional Law Corporation 2 Venture Plaza, Ste. 240 4 Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 281-6857 5 Facsimile: (949) 777-6218 6 Attorneys for Plaintiff MELISSA MAGANA 7 CONTACT INFORMATION FOR COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT IS 8 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 MELISSA MAGANA, as an individual Case No.: 8:18-cv-02249-DOC (ADSx) 12 and on behalf of others similarly Assigned for all purposes to: David O. situated, Carter 13 Plaintiff, JOINTLY STIPULATED 14 PROTECTIVE ORDER: v. ORDER 15 ZARA USA, INC., a New York 16 corporation, MASSIMO DUTTI USA, Action Filed: March 29, 2018 INC., a New York corporation and Removal Date: September 10, 2018 17 DOES 1-50, inclusive, Trial Date: March 29, 2022 18 Defendant. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP A Limited Liability Partnership 2 Including Professional Corporations ADAM R. ROSENTHAL, Cal. Bar No. 246722 3 12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200 San Diego, California 92130-2006 4 Telephone: 650.815.2600 Facsimile: 650.815.2601 5 Email: aronsenthal@sheppardmullin.com 6 TYLER J. JOHNSON, Cal. Bar No. 307386 333 South Hope Street, 43rd Floor 7 Los Angeles, California 90071-1422 Telephone: 213.620.1780 8 Facsimile: 213.620.1398 Email: tjjohnson@sheppardmullin.com 9 AMANDA E. BECKWITH, Cal. Bar No. 312967 10 Four Embarcadero Center, 17rd Floor San Francisco, California 94111-4109 11 Telephone: 415.434.9100 Facsimile: 415.434.3947 12 Email: abeckwith@sheppardmullin.com 13 Attorneys for Defendant ZARA USA, INC. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 TO THE HONORABLE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR 2 ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 3 In order to facilitate discovery in the above-captioned matter, Plaintiff Melissa 4 Magana and Defendant Zara USA, Inc. (collectively, “the parties”) hereby agree to 5 the following Jointly Stipulated Protective Order concerning the CONFIDENTIAL 6 or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL treatment of certain documents and information. 7 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 8 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production 9 of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from 10 public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 11 may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court 12 to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this 13 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery 14 and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the 15 limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the 16 applicable legal principles. 17 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 18 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information 19 under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and 20 the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file 21 material under seal. Where the Court orders documents to be filed under seal, the 22 Stipulated Protective Order shall be deemed to automatically apply to all documents 23 sealed by order of the Court. 24 It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as 25 confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith 26 belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is 27 good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 1 Good cause exists for a Protective Order because both Plaintiff’s and 2 Defendant’s document productions will disclose information relating to (1) the trade 3 secrets and confidential business practices of Defendant, which Defendant safeguards 4 as a means to ensure competitiveness in their industry; and (2) employee’s personal 5 and confidential information. See Harmon v. City of Santa Clara, 323 F.R.D. 617, 6 623 (N.D. Cal. 2018) (identifying privacy interests, among others when considering 7 existence of good cause); Nutratech, Inc. v. Syntech (SSPF) Int’l, Inc., 242 F.R.D. 8 552, 554 (C.D. Cal. 2007) (recognizing trade secrets and confidential business 9 information as legitimate categories of information subject to protection). 10 2. DEFINITIONS 11 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 12 designation of information or items under this Order. 13 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information 14 (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify 15 for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). This may include, without 16 limitation and without either party conceding that any particular Protected Material is 17 properly designated as such, information regarding Defendant’s business practices 18 and employee financial and personal documents. 19 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and 20 House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 21 2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates 22 information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 23 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL– ATTORNEYS’ EYES 24 ONLY.” 25 2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, 26 regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained 27 (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are 1 2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a 2 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to 3 serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action. 4 2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 5 Information or Items: information that the Producing Party claims in good faith is 6 highly confidential or sensitive, including technical information, pricing and revenue 7 information and other sensitive financial data, and the disclosure of which to another 8 Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be 9 avoided by less restrictive means. 10 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this 11 action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other 12 outside counsel. 13 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, 14 association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 15 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 16 party to this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and 17 have appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm 18 which has appeared on behalf of that party. 19 2.11 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, 20 directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record 21 (and their support staffs). 22 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 23 Discovery Material in this action. 24 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation 25 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 26 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 27 and their employees and subcontractors. 1 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 2 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL— 3 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 4 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 5 Material from a Producing Party. 6 3.

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