Pulver v. Kane

Opinion

! || Christian L. Moore, Esq. Dane A. Littlefield, Esq. 2 Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg 3 6005 Plumas Street, Third Floor Reno, NV 89519 4 } Telephone: (775) 786-6868 clm@lge.net; dal@lge.net Theodore E. Chrissinger, Esq. 6 Hoy Chrissinger Vallas 3 50 W. Liberty St., Suite 840 - Reno, Nevada 89501 g || Lelephone: (775) 786-8000 tchrissinger@nevadalaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff 10 GARY A. PULVER dba PULVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 14 ] GARY A. PULVER dba PULVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, an individual, Case. No.: 3:20-cv-00673-MMD-CLB 16 Honorable Miranda M. Du Plaintiff, 17 v. 18 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER BARRY KANE, an individual; ANNA 19 KANE, an individual; and 1059 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD LLC, a 20 Nevada limited liability company fka 1059 Lakeshore Drive LLC, Defendants. 93 1059 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, 24 Counterclaimant, 25 v. 26 GARY A. PULVER dba PULVER 27 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, an 28 individual, GRUNDY & EISENBERG

and ROES 1-50, inclusive,

3 GARY A. PULVER dba PULVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, an 4 individual, 5 Third-Party Plaintiff, 6 Ill vy. 7 Ill CRUZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, g INC., a Nevada corporation, 9 Third-Party Defendant. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER, CONFIDENTIALITY 12 COMES NOW, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff GARY A. PULVER 13 doa PULVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, by and through its counsel LEMONS, GRUNDY & 14 EISENBERG, Defendant/Counterclaimant 1059 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD, LLC and 15 Defendants BARRY KANE and ANNA KANE, by and through their counsel of record 16 MOUNTAINSIDE Law, and Third-Party Defendant CRUZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., 17 through its counsel, ERICKSON, THORPE & SWAINSTON, and hereby certify that they have 1g ||conferred amongst each other pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1) and hereby stipulate to the 19 following joint Stipulated Protective Order, Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, 99 Subject to the approval of the Court. 1 1. Purpose. It is recognized that certain information that may be produced and 97 discussed in this litigation is deserving of protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) in that it may 53, || contain confidential, personal, or commercial information which is sensitive and private in nature 54 and therefore deserving of protection from disclosure and dissemination. This protective order 95 is intended to govern the use and dissemination of this confidential information which may be 56 contained in all documents and other discovery material, specifically including electronically »7 || Stored information (ESI) produced by the parties, whether informally or formally, and whether 5g || produced affirmatively by a party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 or in response to interrogatories,

1 request for admissions, request for production of documents, or obtained or submitted to the court 2 through affidavit, designated record or other testimony, whether through deposition or otherwise, 3 obtained or submitted in this action. 4 A “Producing Party” or “Producing Parties” as used herein means any party and any non- 5 party that has produced documents pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including 6 by subpoena or similar process. 7 2. Definition of Confidential Information. Confidential information shall be 8 designated as such at the time of production or as soon as practicable and should be limited to 9 any information which a party reasonably and in good faith believes to contain or disclose 10 confidential, sensitive and private, trade secrets or other confidential research, development, 11 commercial or financial proprietary personal or business information of the party or of a third 12 party, that could not be independently obtained, and/or confidential, personal or business 13 information, the disclosure of which might reasonably pose a commercial disadvantage to the 14 ] owner or custodian of the information. 15 3. Limitation on Designation of Information. The parties shall only designate 16 information that is confidential if they have a reasonable and good faith belief that the 17 information should, in fact, be so designated. If the Court later determines that the parties did 18 not act reasonably or in good faith in making such a designation, the Court shall award to the 19 party opposing the designation that party’s reasonable attorneys’ fees in disputing the 20 designation; provided, however, that no party may challenge such a designation unless and until 21 that party has first made a reasonable good faith attempt to resolve the matter informally with the 22 designating party. If any party objects to the designation of “CONFIDENTIAL”, such party shall 23 state the objection in a letter to counsel for the producing party, setting forth the reasons that the 24 party believes the material should not be treated as confidential information. The producing party 25 shall respond, in writing, within ten days of receipt of the objection, setting forth the reasons the 26 producing party believes the material is confidential. Ifthe parties cannot resolve the objection, 27 the objecting party may then move the Court for an appropriate order regarding such designation. 28

1 Until such objection is resolved, the information shall be treated as confidential information and 2 remain subject to the Protective Order. 3 4, Method of Document Designation. Documents containing confidential 4 information may be so designated at the point of production or as soon thereafter as is practical. 5 Confidential information shall be identified by the designating producing party, on the first or 6 cover page of each document and each page thereafter which contains the confidential 7 information by the label, “CONFIDENTIAL.” 8 5. Designation of Deposition Testimony. Deposition testimony that the parties 9 reasonably believe will contain confidential information shall! only be taken in the presence of 10 the persons entitled to such information under this Order. Where practical, the record shall 11 identify those portions which relate to confidential information and that information will be 12 identified as such at the time the deposition is taken. At the request of the party claiming 13 confidentiality, the parties may make arrangements with the court reporter so that the portion of 14 the transcription in question can be separately bound and labeled as confidential. 15 6. Method of Exhibit Designation. Exhibits introduced at deposition or trial that 16 contain confidential information may be so designated by making a statement to that effect on 17 record at the time of their introduction. At the request of the party claiming confidentiality, 18 ] exhibits designated as containing confidential information shall be placed in sealed containers or 19 otherwise designated as such prior to being place in the Court file so as to ensure that they are 20 not placed within the public record. 21 7. Qualified Persons to Review Confidential Information. Confidential 22 information produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made available only to the 23 persons set forth below (collectively “Qualified Persons”): 24 (a) the Court, jury, court personnel, and court reporters in connection with this 25 litigation; 26 (b) counsel for a party, including partners, associates, clerks, paralegals, 27 clerical and secretarial staff, and other support personnel employed or engaged by such counsel’s 28 firm;

1 (c) outside experts or consultants (together with their staff) retained by 2 counsel for a party to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 3 (d) persons who are shown on the face of the Confidential Information to have 4 been the authors or recipients of the confidential information or who otherwise legally received 5 or know of the contents of the confidential information prior to the litigation; and 6 (e) any other person with the prior written consent of the designating party. 7 8. Dissemination of Confidential Information. Prior to delivering any information 8 controlled by this document to persons designated in paragraph 7(c) or 7(e) above, the person(s) 9 to be provided the information shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute a 10 Declaration in the form of Exhibit 1 to this Order, wherein they agree to comply with the terms 11 of this Order. Counsel for the parties shall maintain a file of all such declarations signed by 12 person(s) to whom confidential information has been given. 13 9. Responding to Discovery. This Protective Order will not prevent any party from 14 opposing production of any information in response to a discovery request for any reason other 15 than confidentiality. 16 10. Use of Confidential Materials in Court. In the event that any confidential 17 information is included with, or the contents thereof are in any way disclosed in, any pleading, 18 motion, deposition transcript, or other paper filed in any court proceeding in this action, it shall 19 not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party using such confidential information 20 shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use. All portions of 21 briefs, pleadings or other filings with the Court, which incorporate or disclose confidential 22 } information shall be appropriately labeled on the cover page and filed under seal. The person 23 filing any such documents shall place the material being filed with the Court in sealed envelopes 24 !or other appropriate sealed containers on which shall be endorsed the title to this action, an 25 indication of the nature of the contents of such sealed envelope or other container, the legend 26 “CONFIDENTIAL” and a statement substantially in the following form: “This envelope 27 containing documents which are filed in this case by [name of party] is not to be opened nor the 28 contents thereof displayed or revealed except by order of the Court.” The person filing any such

1 document shall inform the Clerk in writing that all or a portion designated thereof is subject to 2 this Order and is to be kept under seal, except that, upon the failure of the filing party to so 3 designate, any party may do so. Such confidential information shall be kept under seal by the 4 Clerk of the Court until further order of the Court.

5 11. Future Applications to Court Not Prohibited. This Order shall be without 6 prejudice to the right of the parties (a) to bring before the Court at any time the question of 7 whether any particular document or information is confidential or whether its use should be 8 restricted or (b) to present a motion to the Court for a separate protective order as to any particular 9 document or information, including restrictions differing from those specified herein. This Order 10 } shall not be deemed to prejudice the parties in any way in any future application for modification 11 of this Order. 12 12. Use by the Parties. Nothing in this Order shall prevent or limit the parties from 13 using or disclosing their own confidential information, and information or documents derived 14 therefrom, for any purpose, and the parties shall take all steps required by this Order to maintain 15 their confidentiality during such use. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit any party’s rights 16 to discovery in connection with this action or restrict the prosecution, defense, or settlement of 17 the action. 18 13. Inadvertent Production/“Clawback” Agreement. If a party inadvertently 19 produces or discloses any confidential information without marking it with the appropriate 20 legend, it may give notice to the receiving party that the information should be treated in 21 accordance with the terms of this Order, and shall forward appropriately-stamped copies of the 22 items in question. The receiving party shall return the previously-unmarked items and all copies 23 thereof. The inadvertent disclosure shall not be deemed a waiver of confidentiality, and such 24 designation may be made as soon as possible after the discovery of the inadvertent production or 25 disclosure. If a party inadvertently produces or discloses any information that the disclosing 26 party asserts is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege and/or attorney work 27 product doctrine or other legal privilege, it may give notice to the receiving party that the 28 □□ information should be treated as so privileged. The receiving party shall, at the request of the

1 { disclosing party, return or destroy such privileged documents and all copies thereof and confirm 2 the same to counsel for the disclosing party. The inadvertent disclosure shall not be deemed a 3 waiver of any privilege or doctrine that precludes disclosure, and such designation may be made 4 as soon as possible after the discovery of the inadvertent production or disclosure. 5 14. Limited Effect of Order. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of 6 facilitating the parties’ exchange of documents and information in this action without involving 7 the Court unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order, the production of any information 8 or document under the terms of this Order, or any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be 9 deemed to have the effect (a) of an admission or waiver by the parties regarding the 10 confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any information, document, or thing, or (b) of altering 11 the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document, thing, or information. 12 15. Application of this Order. This Order shall apply to all information, documents, 13 premises and things which are produced or made available in discovery by a producing party and 14 i which are owned or in the custody or control of the producing party or of any parents, 15 subsidiaries, divisions, branches, and affiliates of the producing party. 16 16. Additional and New Parties. In the event that any other parties are added or 17 substituted into this case, this Protective Order will be binding on and inure to the benefit of such 18 new parties subject to the right of such new parties to apply to the Court for relief from or 19 modification of any of its provisions. 20 17. Termination of Action. This Order shall survive the final termination of this 21 action, and the parties agree that the Court may retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute 22 concerning the use of information disclosed hereunder. Upon termination of this case, all 23 documents, materials, and deposition transcripts designated as containing confidential 24 information and all copies of the same, but not including any derivative materials protected by 25 the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine, shall be returned to the attorney(s) of 26 record for the producing party, or at the producing party’s option, destroyed by counsel for the 27 receiving party. In the case where the latter option is used, within thirty (30) days of the 28 conclusion of this or any subsequent action or claim arising out of this action, counsel for the

1 receiving party shall notify counsel for the producing party by written declaration signed by 2 icounsel under penalty of perjury that such destruction has taken place. The provisions of this 3 Order, insofar as they restrict the disclosure, communication of, and use of, confidential 4 information, shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action or any potential claim 5 arising out of this action. Nothing in this Order shall prohibit counsel for the parties from 6 requesting the same documents covered by this Protective Order in a different or subsequent 7 lawsuit involving one or more of the same parties. 8 18. Entire Agreement. This Order sets forth the entire agreement and understanding 9 between the parties with respect to the use of discovery material in this action and supersedes 10 any prior or contemporaneous agreement between the parties. This agreement may be executed 11 } in counterparts. 13 ] DATED this /g “4 day of August, 2021. 4 and Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg 15 Hoy Chrissinger Vallas 16 Theodore E. Chrissinger, Esq. 50 W. Liberty St., Suite 840 7 By: ¢ Reno, Nevada 89501 18 Chfistian L. Moore, Telephone: (775) 786-8000 ane A. Littlefield, Esq. tchrissinger@nevadalaw.com 19 6005 Plumas Street, Third Floor Reno, Nevada 89519 Attorneys for Proposed Intervenor 20 Ph: (775) 786-6868 GARY A. PULVER dba Fax: (775) 786-9716 PULVER CONSTRUCTION clm@lge.net; dal@lge.net COMPANY 22 //1 23 /// 24 95 /// 26 ) /// 27 /// 28 Wl GRUNDY & EISENBERG PLUMAS STREET THIRD FLOOR

Mountainside Law 3 4 By: Ae Whee 5 Alan R. Wechsler, Esq. 940 Southwood Blvd., Suite 102 6 Incline Village, NV 89451 775.548.5020 phone 7 775.249.0553 fax □ alan@mountainsidelaw.com 9 Attorneys for Defendant/ □ Counterclaimant 1059 Lakeshore 10 Boulevard and Defendants Barry Kane and Anna Kane 11 Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston, LTD

13 14 By: 15 John C. Boyden, Esq. 16 99 W. Arroyo Street Reno, NV 89505 17 (775) 786-3930 jboyden@etsreno.com 18 Attorney for Third-Party Defendant 19 Cruz Construction Company, Inc. 20 Dated this _ day of , 2021. 23 MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 26 27 □ 28 GRUNDY

' || Mountainside Law 4]) By: 5 Alan R. Wechsler, Esq. 940 Southwood Blvd., Suite 102 6 Incline Village, NV 89451 775.548.5020 phone 7 775.249.0553 fax 3 alan@mountainsidelaw.com 9 Attorneys for Defendant/ Counterclaimant 1059 Lakeshore 10 Boulevard and Defendants Barry Kane and Anna Kane 12 Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston, LTD 13 Paragraph 10 is modified to reflect that 14 any motion to seal shall comply with By: LRIA 10-5 and the requirements of 15 John & Boydenf Esq. Kamakana v. City and County of 16 99 W. Arroyo Street Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006) 175) 786 and Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler 17 □ jboyden@etsreno.com Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 18 2016). Attorney for Third-Party Defendant 19 Cruz Construction Company, Inc. The Court's jurisidiction over this 20 protective order shall cease upon 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. termination of this case.

0 Dated this _4aday of August’ 2021. 23 25 26 27 28 LEMONS, GRUNDY & EISENBERG : STREET THIRDFLOOR RENO, NV 80510-6069 (775) 786-6868 -9-

l CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 3 Pursuant to F.R.C.P. 5(b), I certify that I am an employee of LEMONS, GRUNDY & EISENBERG, and that on August 12, 2021, I served a true and correct copy of the Stipulated 4 Protective Order on the party(s) set forth below by: 5 é BY MAIL: in an envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the US. Mail at Reno, Nevada, following ordinary business practices; 7 BY E-MAIL: by transmitting by electronic mail to the respective e-mail addresses; 8 9 BY PERSONAL SERVICE: in an envelope to be hand delivered this date;

10 BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: in an envelope to be delivered to an overnight delivery carrier with delivery fees provided for; BY FACSIMILE: by transmitting by facsimile to the respective fax telephone phone number(s); 3 x BY USING THE COURT’S EFS which electronically served the following; 14 Theodore E. Chrissinger, Esq. John C. Boyden, Esq. is || Hoy, Chrissinger, Kimmel & Vallas Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston, LTD 50 W. Liberty St., Suite 840 P.O. Box 3559 16 Reno, Nevada 89501 99 Arroyo Street Telephone: (775) 786-8000 Reno, NV 89505 7 tchrissinger@nevadalaw.com Telephone: (775) 786-3930 jboyden@etsreno.com 1g || Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant and Attorney for Third-Party Defendant 19 Lhird-Party Plaintiff Cruz Construction Company, Inc. GARY A. PULVER dba 59 PULVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Alan R. Wechsler, NV Bar No, 13782 940 Southwood Blvd., Suite 102 5 Incline Village, NV 89451 775.548.5020 phone 93 775.249.0553 fax alan@mountainsidelaw.com 24 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 95 1059 Lakeshore Boulevard LLC and Defendants Barry Kane and Anna Kane 26 27 . arte Page ___ Sierra Sage, As$istant to 28 Christian L. Moore, Esq. GRUNDY ISENBERG

INDEX OF EXHIBITS TO STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 2 :

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Exhibit 1 Declaration Re: Confidential Discovery Materials

Exhibit 1 Declaration Re: Confidential Discovery Materials

1 Exhibit 1 2 DECLARATION RE: CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY MATERIALS 3 I hereby acknowledge that I, [NAME]. 4 [POSITION AND EMPLOYER], am about to 5 feceive Confidential Materials supplied in connection with the proceeding entitled GARY A. 6 PULVER dba PULVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, an individual, Plaintiff, v. BARRY 7 KANE, an individual, et al., Case No 3:20-cv-00673-MMD-CLB. I certify that I understand that 3 the Confidential Materials are provided to me subject to the terms and restrictions of the

9 Protective Order filed in this Proceeding. I have been given a copy of the Protective Order, I have read it, and I agree to be bound by its terms. 10 I understand that Confidential Materials, as defined in the Protective Order, including any 11 notes or other records that may be made regarding any such materials, shall not be disclosed to 12 anyone except as expressly permitted by the Protective Order. Unless otherwise provided in the 13 Protective Order, I will not use Confidential Materials obtained pursuant to this Protective Order for any purpose other than the prosecution, defense and/or settlement of this proceeding. 1 J further understand that I am to retain all copies of all Confidential Materials provided 16 li to me in this Proceeding in a secure manner, and that all copies of such Materials are to remain !7 || in my personal custody until termination of my participation in this Proceeding, whereupon the 18 copies of such Materials will be returned to counsel who provided me with such Materials or 19 otherwise disposed pf pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order. 20 I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of Nevada, that the 21 foregoing to true and correct. 22 33 Executed: This day of , 20 .

25 Name: Title: . 26 Address: 27 TO 28 Tel: EMONS, GRUNDY & EISENBERG PLUMAS oe