Seattle Cell Market, LLC v. M. Segue Corporation

District Court, C.D. California·Decided March 5, 2026·No. 2:25-cv-06165·Unknown

Opinion

} UMBERG ZIPSER LLP WOLF, RIFKIN, SHAPIRO, SCHULMAN > || Mark A. Finkelstein (SBN 173851) & RABKIN, LLP ~ || mfinkelstein@uzllp.com Matthew Oster (SBN 190541) Ellen S. Kim (SBN 329348) moster@wrslawyers.com ekim@uzllp.com Paulo A. de Almeida (SBN 279168) 1920 Main Street, Suite 750 pdealmeida@wrslawyers.com Irvine, California 92614 11400 W Olympic Blvd., 9" FI. Telephone: (949) 679-0052 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Facsimile: (949) 679-0461 Telephone: (310) 478-4100 g || Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendant SEATTLE CELL MARKET, LLC M. SEGUE CORPORATION SEATTLE CELL MARKET, LLC, Case No. 2:25-cv-06165-JFW (Ex) Plaintiff, Assigned to: Hon. Charles F. Eick Vs. DISCOVERY MATTER M. SEGUE CORPORATION, JOINT STIPULATION AND }PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE Defendant. ORDER CASE NO. 2:25-CVv-06165-JFW (EX) JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than pursuing this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, Plaintiff Seattle Cell Market, LLC (“Plaintiff or “SCM”’), on the one )hand, and Defendant M. Segue Corporation (“Defendant” or “Segue”), on the other hand (collectively, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter this Stipulated Protective Order (“Protective Order” or the ““Order’”). The Parties acknowledge that this 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. Further, as set forth in Sections 3 and 14.3 below, this Protective Order does not entitle the Parties to file confidential information under seal. Rather, when the Parties seek permission from the court to file material under seal, the Parties must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and with any pertinent orders of the assigned District Judge and Magistrate Judge. 2 GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT This action 1s likely to involve highly sensitive financial information, customer or supplier identifiers, and pricing lists and other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, the parties’ respective customer or supplier identifying information, sales and revenue data, business decisions, internal company communications, pricing lists, confidential business or financial information, information regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, or commercial information (including information implicating privacy

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rights of third parties), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or 2 which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal 3 statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the 4 flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality 5 of discovery materials, to adequately protect highly sensitive information the parties 6 /are entitled to keep confidential (public disclosure of which would risk harming their 7 competitive positions in their industries and could also result in reputational harm), to 8 ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in 9 preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and to serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the Parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF UNDER SEAL FILING PROCEDURE The Parties acknowledge, as also set forth Section 14.3 below, that this Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal. When the Parties seek permission from the court to file material under seal, the Parties )must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and with any pertinent orders of the assigned District Judge and Magistrate Judge. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-79 (9th Cir. 2006). To overcome this presumption, a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification must be made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016). The Parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery

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| || Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of competent 2 evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal 3 qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 4 Further, if a party requests sealing, the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve 5 the specific interest to be protected. 6 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its 7 entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If 8 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only 9 the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall / be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 4. DEFINITIONS 4.1 Action: The instant federal lawsuit, styled as Seattle Cell Market, LLC v. M. Segue Corporation, Case No. 2:25-cv-06165-JFW (Ex). 4.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 4.3. “CONFIDENTIAL” and “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible ! things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement. 4.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 4.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 4.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: 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

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