QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 1 Kevin Y. Teruya (Bar No. 235916) kevinteruya@quinnemanuel.com 2 Adam B. Wolfson (Bar No. 262125) adamwolfson@quinnemanuel.com 3 William R. Sears (Bar No. 330888) willsears@quinnemanuel.com 4 Brantley I. Pepperman (Bar No. 322057) brantleypepperman@quinnemanuel.com 5 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017-2543 6 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 7 KELLER POSTMAN LLC 8 Warren D. Postman (Bar No. 33069) wdp@kellerpostman.com 9 1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20036 10 Telephone: (202) 918-1123
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13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 Skot Heckman, Luis Ponce, Jeanene Case No. CV 22-00047-GW-GJSx Popp, and Jacob Roberts, on behalf of 17 themselves and all those similarly situated, 18 STIPULATED AMENDED Plaintiffs, PROTECTIVE ORDER 19 vs. 20 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., and 21 Ticketmaster L.L.C.,
22 Defendants.
24 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 25 A. Purposes and Limitations 26 Discovery in this Action is likely to involve production of confidential, 27 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure 1 and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 2 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the 3 following Stipulated Amended Protective Order (the “Order”). Defendants Live 4 Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Ticketmaster L.L.C. stipulate to the specific 5 protections for information of Non-Party Competitors (as defined in Section 2.14, 6 below) in this Order pursuant to the Court’s orders at ECF Nos. 368 and 370, and for 7 no other reason. This Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or 8 responses to discovery, and the protection it affords from public disclosure and use 9 extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential 10 treatment under the applicable legal principles. 11 B. Good Cause Statement 12 This Action is likely to involve the production and exchange of confidential, 13 sensitive information that could cause business, competitive, and personal harm if 14 disclosed publicly or, without restrictions, between the parties or between the parties 15 and non-parties. This Action is also likely to involve trade secrets, operating plans, 16 market analyses, nonpublic contracts, negotiating positions and business negotiation 17 strategies, and financial information that if it were to become public could provide 18 confidential, competitively sensitive information to the market and competitors and 19 could put the producing party at a competitive disadvantage. Accordingly, to expedite 20 the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over 21 confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties 22 are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable 23 necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address 24 their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective 25 order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that 26 information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing 27 be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a 1 confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of 2 the public record of this case. 3 C. Acknowledgment of Procedure for Filing Under Seal 4 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 5 Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Civil 6 Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will 7 be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 8 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial 9 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, 10 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and 11 County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors 12 Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar- Welbon v. Sony Electrics, 13 Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require 14 good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons 15 with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to 16 Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation 17 of Discovery Material as Protected Material without submitting competent evidence 18 by declaration showing that the material is in fact confidential, privileged, or 19 otherwise protectable, does not establish good cause to file under seal. 20 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then 21 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief 22 sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See 23 Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item 24 or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal 25 in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking protection must 26 articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for 27 1 the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to 2 file documents under seal must be provided by declaration. 3 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in 4 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If 5 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only 6 the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall 7 be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety 8 should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 9 2. DEFINITIONS 10 2.1 Action: Skot Heckman, et al. v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al., 11 Case No. 2:22-cv-00047-GW-GJS (C.D. Cal.). 12 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 13 designation of information or items under this Order. 14 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: trade secrets or other 15 confidential research, development, or commercially sensitive information 16 (regardless of how it is generated, stored, or maintained) pursuant to Federal Rule of 17 Civil Procedure 26(c), or any document, transcript, or other material containing such 18 information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available. 19 2.4 “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” Information 20 or Items: Confidential Information that has been designated by a Non-Party 21 Competitor. 22 2.5 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 23 their support staff). 24 2.6 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information 25 or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as Protected 26 Material. 27 1 2.7 Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium 2 or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other 3 things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in 4 disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 5 2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 6 Information or Items: extremely sensitive Confidential Information, the disclosure 7 of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious and 8 irremediable harm to the Producing Party or its clients. 9 2.9 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – 10 NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” Information or Items: extremely sensitive 11 Confidential Information designated by a Non-Party Competitor, the disclosure of 12 which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious and 13 irremediable harm to a Non-Party Competitor or its clients. 14 2.10 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 15 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 16 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 17 2.11 Final Disposition: the conclusion of any appellate proceedings or, if no 18 appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal has run. 19 2.12 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party to this Action. 20 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 21 counsel. 22 2.13 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or 23 other legal entity not named as a Party to this Action (collectively, “Non-Parties”). 24 2.14 Non-Party Competitor: refers collectively to Anschutz Entertainment 25 Group, Inc.; SeatGeek, Inc.; Vivid Seats LLC; Viagogo Entertainment Inc.; StubHub, 26 Inc.; Sacramento Downtown Arena LLC; Another Planet Entertainment, LLC; 27 Hurricanes Holdings, LLC; Outback Presents, LLC; MGM Resorts International; 1 Vivendi Ticketing US LLC d/b/a See Tickets; Inter Miami CF LLC; Etix, Inc.; 2 Creative Artists Agency, LLC; Tickets.Com; Legends Hospitality Parent Holdings, 3 LLC; ASM Global; TickPick, LLC; and Eventbrite, Inc—each of which is a Non- 4 Party to this Action but has been afforded heightened confidentiality protections 5 pursuant to the Court’s Orders dated May 15, 2025 (ECF Nos. 368 and 370) and July 6 1, 2025 (ECF No. 443). This definition also includes any future Non-Parties who seek 7 and are granted similar confidentiality protections, whether by agreement of the 8 Parties or by order of the Court. 9 2.15 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 10 Party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this Action and 11 have appeared in this Action on behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a law firm 12 that has appeared on behalf of that Party, including support staff. 13 2.16 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 14 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (together, 15 the “Parties”). 16 2.17 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Discovery 17 Material in this Action. 18 2.18 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 19 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 20 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 21 and their employees and subcontractors. 22 2.19 Protected Material: any Discovery Material that is designated as 23 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR,” 24 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY 25 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY 26 COMPETITOR.” 27 1 2.20 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Discovery Material from a 2 Producing Party. 3 3. SCOPE 4 The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as 5 defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 6 Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; 7 and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that 8 reveal Protected Material. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by 9 the orders of the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material 10 at trial. 11 4. DURATION 12 Except as set forth below, the terms of this Order apply through Final 13 Disposition of the Action. The Parties stipulate—and the Court so orders—that the 14 Parties will be contractually bound by the terms of this Order beyond Final 15 Disposition. But after Final Disposition, a Party must file a separate action to enforce 16 the Order. 17 Once a case proceeds to trial, Protected Material that is used or introduced as 18 an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all members 19 of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific 20 factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the 21 trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for 22 sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when 23 merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, for such materials, 24 the terms of this Order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial. 25 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 26 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for 27 Protection. 1 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection 2 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 3 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 4 protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written 5 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items, 6 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably 7 within the ambit of this Order. 8 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 9 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 10 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose 11 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party 12 to sanctions. 13 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 14 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 15 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 16 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. 17 Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of 18 Section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Discovery Material that 19 qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the 20 material is disclosed or produced. 21 Designation in conformity with this Order requires that: 22 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 23 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 24 proceedings), the Producing Party must affix, at a minimum, the legend 25 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR,” 26 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY 27 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” 1 on each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a 2 page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 3 protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). Material 4 produced in native format (including but not limited to material produced in Excel) 5 containing Protected Material shall be designated by producing a TIFF (or similar 6 electronic) placeholder image corresponding to the native material that includes the 7 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR,” 8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY 9 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” 10 legend, and including such legend in the file name of the native material, where 11 practicable. 12 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 13 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 14 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before 15 the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed 16 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR,” 17 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY 18 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY 19 COMPETITOR.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 20 copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or 21 portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the 22 specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the legend reflecting the 23 appropriate designation to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion 24 of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 25 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 26 margins). 27 1 (b) for testimony given in depositions, the entire deposition transcript 2 shall be treated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (or, 3 if the witness is a Non-Party Competitor or a current or former officer, director, or 4 employee of a Non-Party Competitor, as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 5 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR”) until thirty (30) 6 days after receipt of the final deposition transcript by counsel for witness, unless 7 otherwise agreed at the deposition and on the record. At the deposition and on the 8 record, or in writing before the thirty (30) days have expired, the witness, his or her 9 current or former employer, or their counsel may designate portions of the deposition 10 transcript as Protected Material. The notice shall be sent to any person known to have 11 a copy of the transcript and shall reference this Order and identify the pages and lines 12 so designated. 13 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary 14 and for any other tangible items, the Producing Party must affix in a prominent place 15 on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the 16 legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR,” 17 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY 18 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY 19 COMPETITOR.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants protection, 20 the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 21 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. 22 If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or 23 items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure 24 protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, 25 the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated 26 in accordance with the provisions of this Order. In particular, the Receiving Party 27 must replace the inadvertently non-designated material with the newly designated 1 material and make reasonable efforts to destroy the originally non-designated 2 material. 3 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY OR PRIVILEGE 4 DESIGNATIONS 5 6.1 Timing of Challenges. 6 Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality or 7 privilege at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order. 8 6.2 Meet and Confer. 9 The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local 10 Rule 37-1 et seq. 11 6.3 Burden and Waiver 12 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 13 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose 14 (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 15 expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived 16 or withdrawn the confidentiality or privilege designation, all parties shall continue to 17 afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the 18 Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge. 19 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 20 7.1 Basic Principles. 21 A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced by 22 another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action only for prosecuting, 23 defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be 24 disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this 25 Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with 26 the provisions of Section 13 below (Final Disposition). 27 1 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 2 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 3 authorized under this Order. 4 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. 5 Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the 6 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 7 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 8 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, 9 as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably 10 necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 11 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) 12 of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 13 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 14 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 15 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 16 (d) the court and its personnel; 17 (e) court reporters and their staff; 18 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and 19 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and 20 who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 21 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information 22 or who is identified on the face of such document as a recipient of the document 23 through means other than the discovery process in this Action; 24 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in 25 the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, provided that: (1) the 26 deposing party requests that the witness sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement 27 to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and (2) witnesses will not be permitted to keep any 1 confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 2 Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered 3 by the Court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that 4 reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not 5 be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; 6 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 7 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions, who 8 has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and 9 (j) the Parties’ insurers, including the insurers’ support staff and 10 service organizations, who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 11 Bound” (Exhibit A). 12 7.3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” 13 Information or Items. 14 Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the 15 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 16 “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” only to: 17 (a) any individual specified in Paragraphs 7.2(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), 18 (i), or (j); 19 (b) no more than three House Counsel of Defendants with 20 responsibilities for the litigation of this Action. House Counsel shall not (currently or 21 for a period of two years following the last occasion on which “CONFIDENTIAL – 22 NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” Information is disclosed to such House Counsel): 23 (1) participate in or advise on competitive decision-making (defined 24 only for purposes of this Order, subject to the Court’s orders at 25 ECF Nos. 368 and 370, as decision-making relating to a 26 competitor, potential competitor, customer, or distribution partner 27 including decisions regarding contracts, marketing, pricing, 1 product or service development or design, product or service 2 offerings, research and development, mergers and acquisitions, or 3 licensing, acquisition, or enforcement of intellectual property 4 rights) at Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. or Ticketmaster L.L.C. 5 (2) participate in or advise on competitive decision-making involving 6 “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” 7 Information they accessed during the course of this Action at any 8 employer, or 9 (3) participate in or advise on litigation or other legal actions on behalf 10 of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Ticketmaster L.L.C., or any 11 other employer where a Non-Party Competitor is a party and 12 whose “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” 13 Information House Counsel accessed in the course of this Action 14 for two years following the last occasion on which 15 “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” 16 Information is disclosed to such House Counsel (aside from 17 litigation arising from or related to the allegations in the 18 Complaint in this Action). 19 Before qualifying for access under this subpart, House Counsel must be 20 publicly designated through a letter filed on ECF and must execute a Designated In- 21 House Litigation Counsel Agreement Concerning Confidential Information in the 22 form of Exhibit B attached hereto (executed versions of which shall be maintained by 23 Outside Counsel and available for inspection upon the request of the Court, any Party, 24 or any Non-Party Competitor). House Counsel so designated shall only access 25 “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” Information in person at the 26 offices of Defendants’ Outside Counsel of Record, or using a secure electronic data 27 room or document review platform using an individual login identification and 1 password. The Parties shall promptly report any confirmed or suspected unauthorized 2 use or disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL – NON-PARTY COMPETITORS” 3 Information to the Court. Any counsel subject to this subsection who leaves to work 4 in an industry unrelated to the decisions associated with competitive decision-making 5 shall be presumed to be exempt from the post-employment limits of this provision 6 absent a showing by any Party or interested Non-Party that such a person remains 7 engaged in such competitive decision-making. 8 7.4 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 9 EYES ONLY” Information or Items. 10 Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the 11 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 12 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: 13 (a) up to three (3) House Counsel for each Party who either have 14 responsibility for making decisions dealing directly with the litigation of the Action, 15 or who are assisting outside counsel in the litigation of the Action and have executed 16 the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 17 (b) any individual specified in Paragraphs 7.2(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), 18 (i), or (j). 19 7.5 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 20 EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY COMPETITOR” Information or Items. 21 Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the 22 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 23 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – NON-PARTY 24 COMPETITOR” only to: 25 (a) any individual specified in Paragraphs 7.2(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), 26 (i), or (j). 27 1 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED 2 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 3 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 4 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated as Protected Material 5 in this Action, that Party must: 6 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such 7 notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order to the extent permitted 8 by law; 9 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or 10 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the 11 subpoena or order is subject to this Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 12 this Order; and 13 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 14 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 15 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 16 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated as Protected 17 Material in this Action before a determination by the court from which the subpoena 18 or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The 19 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court 20 of its confidential material, and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 21 authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful 22 directive from another court. 23 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 24 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 25 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to Discovery Material 26 produced by any Non-Party or Non-Party Competitor in this Action and designated 27 as Protected Material. Such information produced by any Non-Party or Non-Party 1 Competitor in connection with this Action is protected by the remedies and relief 2 provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting 3 a Non-Party or Non-Party Competitor from seeking additional protections. 4 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, 5 to produce a Non-Party’s Protected Material in its possession, and the Party is subject 6 to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s Protected 7 Material, then the Party shall: 8 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the 9 Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is 10 subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 11 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of this Order, 12 the relevant discovery request(s) to the extent permitted by 13 law, and a reasonably specific description of the 14 information requested; and 15 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by 16 the Non-Party, if requested. 17 (c) If Section 9(b) is applicable, and the Non-Party fails to seek a 18 protective order from this Court within 14 days of receiving the notice and 19 accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s 20 confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 21 seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its 22 possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non- 23 Party before a determination by the Court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the 24 Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this Court of its 25 Protected Material. 26 27 1 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 2 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 3 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 4 Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating 5 Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all 6 unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to 7 whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) 8 request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 9 Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 10 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 11 PROTECTED MATERIAL 12 11.1 No Waiver of Privilege or Clawback Rights. 13 The production of documents by a Designating Party shall, to the maximum 14 extent permitted by law, be governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5) and 15 Federal Rule of Evidence 502 regarding the inadvertent production of material 16 protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work-product doctrine, or any other 17 privilege or protection from disclosure recognized under applicable law. A Party’s 18 inadvertent disclosure in connection with this Action of information that the 19 Designating Party believes is protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work 20 product doctrine, or any other privilege or immunity from discovery shall not 21 constitute a waiver with respect to such privilege or immunity in this or any other 22 Action. 23 11.2 Notification by the Disclosing Party. 24 In the event of an inadvertent disclosure of information that the Designating 25 Party believes is protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, 26 or any other privilege or immunity from discovery, the Designating Party may provide 27 notice in writing to the Receiving Party advising of the inadvertent disclosure, 1 requesting return of the information, and asserting the basis of the clawback request. 2 Upon such notice, the Receiving Party shall make no further use of the information, 3 shall immediately segregate the information in a manner that will prevent any further 4 disclosure or dissemination, and shall take reasonable steps to retrieve the information 5 to the extent it was disclosed or disseminated prior to receipt of the notice. Within ten 6 (10) business days of receiving the notice of inadvertent disclosure, the Receiving 7 Party shall take reasonable steps to return all information in its possession, custody, 8 or control that the Designating Party believes is protected, or shall provide written 9 confirmation that such information has been deleted. The Receiving Party’s 10 reasonable steps shall not require the return or destruction of information that is stored 11 on backup storage media made in accordance with regular data backup procedures for 12 disaster recovery purposes. Backup storage media will not be restored for purposes of 13 returning or certifying destruction of information, but such retained information shall 14 continue to be treated in accordance with this Order. 15 11.3 Notification by the Receiving Party. 16 In the event a Receiving Party receives information that appears on its face to 17 be subject to the attorney-client privilege, the work-product doctrine, or any other 18 privilege or immunity from discovery, the Receiving Party shall refrain from 19 reviewing the information any more than is essential to ascertain that the information 20 is privileged, and shall immediately notify the Designating Party in writing that he or 21 she possesses information that appears on its face to be privileged. The Designating 22 Party shall then have ten (10) business days after receiving the notice to request the 23 return of the information. If the Designating Party requests return of the information, 24 the Receiving Party shall immediately return the information to the Designating Party 25 and destroy any other copies, and confirm the return and destruction of the materials 26 in writing. 27 11.4 Challenge Process. 1 For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section (11) shall preclude a 2 Receiving Party from challenging a confidentiality or privilege designation under 3 Section 6 (Challenging Confidentiality or Privilege Designations). 4 12. MISCELLANEOUS 5 12.1 Right to Further Relief. 6 Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification 7 by the Court in the future. 8 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. 9 No Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or 10 producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Order. 11 Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any 12 of the material covered by this Order. 13 12.3 Filing Protected Material. 14 A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with 15 Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a 16 court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a 17 Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, then the 18 Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise 19 instructed by the court. 20 13. FINAL DISPOSITION 21 After the Final Disposition of this Action, within 60 days, each Receiving Party 22 must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As 23 used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 24 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 25 Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the 26 Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not 27 the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) 1 identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned 2 or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, 3 abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any 4 of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 5 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 6 transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert 7 reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such 8 materials contain Protected Material. Furthermore, Counsel shall not be required to 9 return or destroy information that is stored on backup storage media made in 10 accordance with regular data backup procedures for disaster recovery purposes. Any 11 archival copies or backup storage media that contain or constitute Protected Material 12 remain subject to this Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 13 14. VIOLATION 14 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures 15 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 16 15. MODIFICATIONS 17 This Order may be amended and superseded by any subsequent order of the 18 Court on the Court’s own motion, upon the stipulation of the Parties, or on other 19 grounds that are appropriate under applicable law. 20 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Dated: July 2, 2025 Qu INN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 2 3 By: /s/ Kevin Y. Teruya 4 Kevin Y. Teruya (Bar No. 235916) 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor 5 Los Angeles, California 90017-2543 Telephone: +1.213.443.3000 6 Facsimile: +1.213.443.3100 Email: 7 kevinteruya@quinnemanuel.com 8 Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel 9 10 Dated: July 2, 2025 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP By: /s/ Timothy L. O’Mara 12 Timothy L. O’Mara (Bar No. 212731) 13 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94111-6538 14 Telephone: +1.415.391.0600 Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095 15 Email: tim.o’mara@lw.com 16 Attorneys for Defendants Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Ticketmaster 17 L.L.C. 18 19 20 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 DATED: July 3, 2025 2 Ang, Me Mince 23 HON. GEORGE H. WU, 24 United States District Judge 25 26 27 28
1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, _______________ [print or type full name], of _______________ [print or 4 type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 5 understand the Stipulated Amended Protective Order that was issued by the United 6 States District Court for the Central District of California on [date] in the case of Skot 7 Heckman et al. v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. et al., 2:22-cv-00047-GW-GJS 8 (C.D. Cal.). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated 9 Amended Protective Order, and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 10 comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 11 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that 12 is subject to this Stipulated Amended Protective Order to any person or entity except 13 in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further agree to submit to the 14 jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 15 for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Amended Protective Order, even if such 16 enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I hereby appoint 17 _______________ [print or type full name] of _______________ [print or type full 18 address and telephone number] _______________ as my California agent for service 19 of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement 20 of this Amended Protective Order. 21 Date: 22 City and State where sworn and signed: 23 Printed name: 24 Signature:
25 26 27 1 EXHIBIT B 2 DESIGNATED IN-HOUSE LITIGATION COUNSEL AGREEMENT 3 CONCERNING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 4 I, ____________________ [print or type full name], am employed as 5 ____________________ by ____________________. I certify that: 6 1. I have read the Stipulated Amended Protective Order that was issued by 7 the United States District Court for the Central District of California on 8 [date] in the case of Skot Heckman et al. v. Live Nation Entertainment, 9 Inc. et al., 2:22-cv-00047-GW-GJS (C.D. Cal.) and understand its terms. 10 2. I agree to be bound by the terms of this Stipulated Amended Protective 11 Order, agree that in my role as in-house counsel for the above Defendant 12 company I meet the requirements of Paragraph 7.3(b) of this Stipulated 13 Amended Protective Order, and agree to use the information provided to 14 me only as explicitly provided in this Stipulated Amended Protective 15 Order. 16 3. I understand that my failure to abide by the terms of this Stipulated 17 Amended Protective Order will subject me without limitation to civil 18 penalties for contempt of Court. 19 4. I submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 20 Central District of California solely for the purpose of enforcing the 21 terms of this Stipulated Amended Protective Order and freely and 22 knowingly waive any right I may otherwise have to object to the 23 jurisdiction of said Court. 24 Date: 25 City and State where sworn and signed: 26 Printed name: 27 Signature: