Shanan Guinn v. The Walt Disney Company

CourtDistrict Court, C.D. California
DecidedMarch 17, 2023
Docket2:22-cv-07770
StatusUnknown

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Shanan Guinn v. The Walt Disney Company, (C.D. Cal. 2023).

Opinion

Case 2:22-cv-07770-DSF-PVC Document 33 Filed 03/17/23 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:219

7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 Shanan Guinn, Case No. 2:22-CV-07770-DSF (PVCx) 12 Plaintiff,

13 v. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 14 The Walt Disney Company,

15 Defendant. 16

17 18 1. INTRODUCTION 19 1.1 PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 20 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, 21 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 22 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may 23 be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to 24 enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this 25 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 26 discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends 27 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 28 under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth L EGAL_US_W # 115638731.1 Case 2:22-cv-07770-DSF-PVC Document 33 Filed 03/17/23 Page 2 of 15 Page ID #:220

1 in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to 2 file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the 3 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party 4 seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 5 1.2 GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 6 Good cause exists in this case to enter a pretrial protective order. This case 7 involves factual allegations concerning a reorganization in the Company, including 8 the elimination of the Corporate Affairs Organization as well as Plaintiff alleging 9 detrimental reliance in resigning her prior employment with a Non-Party to this 10 matter. As a result, the Parties anticipate that discovery will involve confidential, 11 private, competitively sensitive and/or trade secret information relating to the 12 internal organization of the Company and Plaintiff’s prior employment, business 13 planning, and strategic considerations regarding the Company’s affairs. 14 Additionally, the Parties anticipate that discovery may implicate private and 15 personal employee information, such as personnel and/or employment files, 16 financial and compensation information, mitigation efforts, and the like, raising 17 additional concerns regarding constitutional privacy rights. Grobee v. Corr. Corp. 18 of Am., No. 13CV1060-GPC DHB, 2014 WL 229266, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 17, 19 2014)(“Because jurisdiction in this action is based upon diversity, state law governs 20 Defendant’s privacy claims. . . .Under California law, personnel records of 21 employees are protected by California’s constitutional right of privacy.”)(citing Cal. 22 Const., art. I, § 1); see also In re Insurance Installment Fee Cases, 211 Cal.App.4th 23 1395, 1428 (2012) (discussing privacy of financial information). Disclosure of such 24 information without proper confidentiality protections in place could injure the 25 rights and interests of the individuals and entities implicated. 26 27 2. DEFINITIONS 28 2 L EGAL_US_W # 115638731.1 Case 2:22-cv-07770-DSF-PVC Document 33 Filed 03/17/23 Page 3 of 15 Page ID #:221

1 2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit. 2 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 3 designation of information or items under this Order. 4 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of 5 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 6 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and information that (1) 7 constitutes a trade secret within the meaning of 18 U.S. Code § 1839 or California 8 Civil Code section 3426; (2) is confidential, business, proprietary, or compensation 9 information, contractual, or personnel information not generally available to the 10 public; (3) contains personal information of any prospective, current, or former 11 Company employee, including addresses, social security numbers, personnel 12 records, payroll, compensation, or other benefits information, health, and medical 13 and/or workers’ compensation information; and (4) Plaintiff’s mitigation efforts 14 including prospective employers. 15 2.4 Counsel: All Counsel including Outside Counsel of Record and House 16 Counsel (as well as their firm attorneys and staff). 17 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 18 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 19 “CONFIDENTIAL.” 20 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless 21 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 22 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 23 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 24 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 25 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 26 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 27 28 3 L EGAL_US_W # 115638731.1 Case 2:22-cv-07770-DSF-PVC Document 33 Filed 03/17/23 Page 4 of 15 Page ID #:222

1 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 2 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 3 counsel. 4 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or 5 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 6 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 7 party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and 8 have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm 9 which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 10 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 11 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 12 support staffs). 13 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 14 Discovery Material in this Action. 15 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation 16 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 17 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 18 and their employees and subcontractors. 19 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 20 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 21 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 22 Material from a Producing Party. 23 24 3. SCOPE 25 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 26 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or 27 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 28 4 L EGAL_US_W # 115638731.1 Case 2:22-cv-07770-DSF-PVC Document 33 Filed 03/17/23 Page 5 of 15 Page ID #:223

1 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 2 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 3 Any use of Protected Material at trial will be governed by the orders of the 4 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 5 6 4. DURATION 7 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 8 imposed by this Order will remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 9 otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs.

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