Symeonides v. Trump Ruffin Commercial LLC

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided October 12, 2023·No. 2:23-cv-00854·Unknown

Opinion

1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP JOSH COLE AICKLEN 2 Nevada Bar No. 007254 Josh.Aicklen@lewisbrisbois.com 3 DAVID B. AVAKIAN Nevada Bar No. 009502 4 YILMAZ E. TURKERI Nevada Bar No. 15468 5 David.Avakian@lewisbrisbois.com 6385 S. Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 600 6 Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 Telephone: 702.893.3383 7 Facsimile: 702.893.3789 Attorneys for Defendant TRUMP RUFFIN 8 TOWER I, LLC, erroneously sued herein as TRUMP RUFFIN COMMERCIAL, LLC, d/b/a 9 TRUMP INTERNATIONAL LAS VEGAS and TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & 10 TOWER LAS VEGAS; and TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTELS MANAGEMENT, 11 LLC 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA, SOUTHERN DIVISION 14 15 SEBASTIAN SYMEONIDES, an Case No. 2:23-cv-00854-JAD-VCF Individual, 16 CONFIDENTIALITY STIPULATION AND Plaintiff, PROTECTIVE ORDER 17 vs. 18 TRUMP RUFFIN COMMERCIAL, LLC, a 19 Foreign Limited-Liability Company d/b/a TRUMP INTERNATIONAL LAS VEGAS 20 and TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & TOWER LAS VEGAS; TRUMP RUFFIN 21 TOWER I, LLC, a Foreign Limited-Liability Company; TRUMP INTERNATIONAL 22 HOTELS MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Foreign Limited-Liability Company; OTIS 23 ELEVATOR CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation; DOES I through X, inclusive; 24 and ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES I through XX, inclusive, 25 Defendants. 26 27 Certain parties believe that discovery will encompass documents and information 1 materials would cause competitive harm, raise privacy concerns, and violate confidentiality 2 provisions set forth in various, current contracts binding on the parties. Accordingly, the 3 parties have agreed to the entry of this Confidentiality Stipulation and Protective Order 4 (“Agreed Order”) to expedite the flow of discovery materials, preserve the integrity of 5 information that one or more parties believe is confidential, promote the prompt resolution 6 of discovery disputes over confidentiality, facilitate the preservation of materials that may 7 contain confidential information and trade secrets, and prevent breach of the confidential 8 provisions set forth in contracts. For purposes of this Agreed Order, “Confidential 9 Information” shall mean documents or other materials that one or more parties believe to 10 include proprietary information relating to their business or personal financial information, 11 disclosure of which might be harmful. Documents or information designated by one or 12 more parties as “Confidential Information” pursuant to this Agreed Order governing 13 discovery shall be without prejudice to any party’s claim, defense or contention, whether 14 relating to discovery issues in this lawsuit or to substantive issues in this or any other 15 lawsuit, that such documents or information do not in fact constitute trade secrets or 16 confidential information. 17 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Confidential Information" does not include 18 information which (a) is in or becomes a part of the public domain without violation of this 19 Agreed Order by any party to this litigation or their counsel; (b) is customarily provided by 20 any party to this litigation to third parties without restriction on disclosure; (c) was known to 21 a party to this litigation on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to such party or 22 their counsel in this litigation; or (d) is not otherwise subject to a restriction on disclosure 23 and is rightfully obtained by any party or their counsel from a source other than a party in 24 this litigation. 25 Accordingly, in the interests of justice and to expedite discovery, the parties hereby 26 STIPULATE AND AGREE that: 27 1. Confidential Information: To protect trade secrets, personal financial 1 party or third party may designate documents, information, or testimony as Confidential 2 Information under this Order as follows: 3 The designation shall be made by clearly stamping or marking any document, 4 including any interrogatory answer or transcript, with the word “CONFIDENTIAL.” 5 Transcripts (or portions thereof) may be designated "CONFIDENTIAL" or "ATTORNEYS' 6 EYES ONLY" (described in paragraphs 3 and 4 below) by instructing the reporter to stamp 7 or mark the transcript (or portions thereof) within ten (10) days after it is received, and shall 8 be treated as Attorneys' Eyes Only Information until the ten (10) day designation period has 9 passed. 10 In the case of electronically-stored information, a party producing Confidential 11 Information in an electronically-stored format shall stamp the physical medium by which 12 the information is transmitted (e.g. computer tape, computer disk, CD Rom, etc.) as 13 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If the party to whom such electronically-stored information is produced 14 shall create any readable report or output from such confidential data, that party shall 15 prominently label each page of such output report as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 16 A party, provider of documents or non-party witness may denominate any response 17 to any written discovery request brief, motion or other material filed with the court, and any 18 appendix, exhibit or document pertaining to such material as Confidential Information by 19 stamping the cover or first page, “CONFIDENTIAL.” 20 Documents produced, or to be produced, by a third-party, including but not limited 21 to personal financial bank records, tax records, or other private documents or information, 22 may be designated as confidential prior to their release through subpoena via a written 23 notice to all parties. 24 2. Limited Disclosure and Use of Confidential Information: A person who 25 received Confidential Information (hereinafter, “receiving person”) has a duty to preserve 26 confidentiality, shall not make any further disclosure of it except as authorized below or by 27 further order, and shall use it only for purposes of this case or any arbitration or mediation 1 attached hereto as Exhibit A as a required condition precedent of receiving any Confidential 2 Information when requested to do so by a party to the above-captioned litigation or their 3 counsel, where said party originally created and/or possesses or controls the Confidential 4 Information. A receiving person is defined by this Agreed Order to refer to one of to the 5 following persons: 6 A. Attorneys of record for the parties of this litigation; 7 B. Designated business persons from each of the corporate parties 8 (“Corporate Designees”) but only to the extent necessary for the conduct of this action; 9 provided, however, that no Confidential Information shall be revealed to such persons until 10 the conditions detailed in Paragraph 1 have been met; 11 C. Deposition reporters; 12 D. Independent experts, investigators, and other consultants retained by 13 counsel; provided, however, that no Confidential Information shall be revealed to such 14 persons until the conditions detailed in Paragraph 1 have been met; 15 E. Associates, secretaries, paralegals, clerical and other employees of 16 the individuals identified in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, to the extent 17 reasonably necessary to render professional services in the litigation; 18 F. A deponent during the course of his or her deposition; 19 G. Any person who is referenced in Confidential Information; provided, 20 however, that no Confidential Information shall be revealed to such persons until the 21 conditions detailed in Paragraph 1 have been met; 22 H. Witnesses or prospective witnesses in the course of investigation or in 23 preparation for deposition, or at deposition; provided, however, that no Confidential 24 Information shall be revealed to such persons until the conditions detailed in Paragraph 1 25 have been met; and 26 I. The Court, any arbitrator, mediator or adjudicator and their personnel. 27 3. Attorneys’ Eyes Only Information: A producing party may designate 1 determination that the information threatens significant competitive harm if revealed to an 2 opposing party or other competitor.

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