Neche, LLC v. Allied Insurance Company of America

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided November 19, 2020·No. 2:19-cv-01016·Unknown

Opinion

1 ROBERT W. FREEMAN Nevada Bar No. 3062 2 Robert.Freeman@lewisbrisbois.com PRISCILLA L. O’BRIANT 3 Nevada Bar No. 010171 Priscilla.OBriant@lewisbrisbois.com 4 JENNIFER A. TAYLOR Nevada Bar No. 006141 5 Jennifer.A.Taylor@lewisbrisbois.com LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 6 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 7 702.893.3383 FAX: 702.893.3789 8 Attorneys for Defendants Allied Insurance Company of America and Nationwide Mutual 9 Insurance Company 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA, SOUTHERN DIVISION 12 13 NECHE, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability CASE NO. 2:19-cv-01016-APG-VCF 14 Corporation, STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY 15 Plaintiff, AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 16 vs. 17 ALLIED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, an Ohio Corporation; 18 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, 19 Defendants. 20 21 In order to protect the confidentiality of certain information obtained by the parties herein, 22 Plaintiff NECHE, LLC (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Allied Insurance Company of America 23 (“Allied”) and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) (collectively 24 “Defendants”), hereby enter the following Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective 25 Order (“Protective Order”): 26 1. This Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order (“Protective 27 Order”) shall govern the use and treatment of information, documents, testimony or other tangible 1 from third parties, in the above-referenced action. The nature of this Protective Order is to protect 2 Defendants respective member and business interests in its own intellectual property, information, 3 and processes. The insurance, banking, and investment industries are highly competitive markets, 4 and disclosure of Defendants’ trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information could cause 5 irreparable and significant harm to the Defendants and its members. This Protective Order is 6 intended to prevent this foreseeable harm and any related unforeseeable harm. 7 2. As used in this Protective Order, the terms “Party” or “Parties” shall include the 8 Plaintiff and the Defendants, and each of their employees, agents, representatives, and attorneys 9 (including both outside counsel and inside counsel). 10 3. As used in this Protective Order, the term “Person(s)” shall include any “Party” or 11 non-party to this action, whether an individual, corporation, partnership, company, unincorporated 12 association, governmental agency, or other business or governmental entity. 13 4. As used in this Protective Order, the term “Confidential Material” or “Confidential 14 Document” shall refer to any and all documents or other materials produced in response to 15 Requests for Production of Documents as well as any confidential or proprietary documents, data, 16 or any information or documents provided in response to other written discovery requests, 17 interrogatory answers or deposition testimony, that contains: (1) information which any party or 18 non-party believes in good faith to be a trade secret, proprietary information or confidential 19 research, development, commercial, or other proprietary business information within the meaning 20 of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1)(G); and (2) documents and/or testimony that may reveal confidential, 21 proprietary, personal, or commercially sensitive information. Such Confidential Material may be 22 contained in any written, printed, recorded, or graphic matter of any kind and shall retain its 23 confidential designation regardless of the medium on which it is produced, reproduced, or stored. 24 Confidential Material includes all documents or information derived from Confidential Material, 25 including excerpts, copies or summaries of Confidential Material. Any party or non-party may 26 designate as Confidential Material (including interrogatory answers) any information or document 27 or other items with a watermark or legend as indicated in paragraphs 8 or 9 below. 1 who has requested the production of documents, information, testimony or other material 2 designated as Confidential Material under this Protective Order. 3 6. As used in this Protective Order, the term “Producing Party” shall mean the Party 4 who has produced documents designated as Confidential Material under this Protective Order. 5 7. It is the purpose of this Protective Order that Defendants will be provided 6 reasonable assurance that: 7 (a) The documents produced by the Defendants, whether jointly or 8 individually, will be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of this specific litigation only and 9 for no other purpose; 10 (b) The documents produce by the Defendants, whether jointly or individually, 11 will not be used for commercial purposes, including but without limitation, any business, 12 competitive or educational purpose; 13 (c) The documents produced by the Defendants, whether jointly or 14 individually, will not be used for any non-litigation purposes; and 15 (d) Such information shall not be disclosed or disseminated to any person, 16 organization, business, governmental body or administrative agency unless ordered by the Court. 17 Defendants are relying on this Protective Order, and would not have produced the 18 documents and information otherwise. Defendants’ production under this Protective Order does 19 not admit or concede the documents or information are relevant or admissible in this litigation. 20 8. Any party or non-party may designate information contained in a document as 21 Confidential Material, the designating party shall mark each page of the document with the word 22 “CONFIDENTIAL” and identify such Confidential Material at the time of production. 23 Confidential Information may be used in the course of depositions in accordance with this 24 Protective Order. Where a document or response consists of more than one page, the first page 25 and each page on which Confidential Material appears shall be so designated. 26 9. Defendants may designate any information, document, testimony or other tangible 27 thing disclosed during a deposition, in response to written discovery, or otherwise in connection 1 the deposition and requesting the preparation of a separate transcript of such material. Documents 2 may be designated Confidential Material by affixing the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each item 3 or document page. Deposition testimony and/or exhibits may be designated Confidential Material 4 either by: (a) stating on the record of the deposition that such deposition, or portion thereof, or 5 exhibit is confidential; or (b) stating in writing served upon counsel of record within thirty (30) 6 days after receipt of the deposition transcript and exhibits that such deposition, or portion thereof, 7 or exhibit is confidential. Transcripts and exhibits from any deposition or hearing shall be 8 temporarily designated as Confidential Material and be treated as subject to the terms of this 9 Protective Order, until counsel for Defendants notifies all other parties of the pages of the 10 transcripts or exhibits which shall remain designated as Confidential Material. If no designation is 11 made within thirty (30) days, the entire transcript and all exhibits will be deemed not confidential. 12 Any other party may object to such proposal, in writing or on the record. Upon such objection, the 13 parties shall follow the procedures described in paragraph 10 below.

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