Watkins v. Rapid Financial Solutions, Inc.

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided August 23, 2022·No. 3:20-cv-00509·Unknown

Opinion

Sheri M. Thome, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 008657 Taylor A. Buono, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 015513 EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 6689 Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Telephone: (702) 727-1400 Facsimile: (702) 727-1401 sheri.thome@wilsonelser.com taylor.buono@wilsonelser.com Russell S. Ponessa, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice) Minnesota Reg. #169316 250 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1150 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Telephone: (612) 333-3434 Facsimile: (612) 334-8888 rponessa@hinshawlaw.com Attorneys for Defendant Keefe Commissary Network, LLC CHRISTOPHER WATKINS, on behalf of CASE NO. 3:20-cv-00509-MMD-CSD himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER v. RAPID FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. d/b/a ACCESS FREEDOM CARDS; AXIOM BANK N.A.; KEEFE COMMISSARY NETWORK, LLC d/b/a ACCESS SECURE RELEASE; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants. In order to protect the confidentiality of certain information obtained by the parties in connection with this case, Plaintiff Christopher Watkins and Defendants Rapid Financial Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Access Freedom Cards; Axiom Bank N.A. and Keefe Commissary Network, LLC hereby agree as follows, subject to the approval of the Court: 1. DEFINITIONS The terms defined in this paragraph shall have the meanings provided. Defined terms may be used in the singular or plural. 1.1 “Litigation” specifically refers to the above-captioned case. 1.2 “Producing Party” means the party, or the person or entity other than a party, that produces documents or information considered by that party, person, or entity to be Confidential Information, and includes a party asserting a confidentiality interest in information produced by others. 1.3 “Receiving Party” means that party/person/entity receiving or requesting production of Confidential Information. 1.4 “Confidential Information” means information, whether or not embodied in any physical medium, including all originals and copies of any document and/or information, used by the Producing Party in or pertaining to its business, information pertaining to third-party privacy interests, which information the Producing Party reasonably and in good faith believes contains or concerns confidential, private, non-public, proprietary, and/or sensitive information, including, but not limited to, Plaintiff and third party personal financial records, financial data, intellectual property, information involving privacy interests, and commercially and/or competitively sensitive information of a nonpublic nature including, but not limited to, Defendants’ confidential and proprietary financial records and program policies and procedures. 1.5 “Litigation Documents” means all pleadings, motions, affidavits, and related papers, all documents produced or exchanged in the course of this Litigation or any settlement negotiations, all written discovery responses, and all transcripts and testimony given in depositions, in hearings, or at trial. 1.6 “Termination” means the dismissal of this Litigation, or entry of final judgment, or expiration of all periods to appeal or seek judicial review of this action. 2. DESIGNATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 2.1 Documents. A Producing Party may, in good faith, designate Confidential as “CONFIDENTIAL” or by designation, in writing, identifying the Bates stamp number which has been assigned to the document or thing. 2.2 Depositions. A Producing Party may, in good faith, designate information or documents disclosed during deposition as Confidential Information by indicating on the record at the deposition that the deposition testimony, or any specified part of the testimony given or to be given, and/or all or any part of the document or thing marked for identification at such deposition is Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of a deposition transcript, any Producing Party may specifically designate information not previously designated as confidential as Confidential Information, by notifying all parties in writing of any specific pages and lines of the transcript which contain the Confidential Information. Each party shall attach a copy of such written statement to the face of the transcript and each copy thereof in its possession, custody or control. 2.2 Interrogatories. A Producing Party may, in good faith, designate Confidential Information contained in a response to an interrogatory by designating the responses Confidential, or by otherwise advising the Receiving Party in writing of such confidential status, and the Confidential Information may be served in a separate document if desired. 3. USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 3.1 All documents and information designated in good faith by a party to the Litigation as Confidential Information shall be used solely for the purposes of this Litigation and shall not be used for any other purpose, including, without limitation, any business or commercial purpose, product development, intellectual property development, or in any other legal proceeding, action or matter and shall not, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, be revealed or disclosed, or made available for inspection or copying to persons other than Qualified Persons as defined in paragraph 3.2. 3.2 “Qualified Person” for Confidential Information means: (a) Counsel of record in this Litigation and such partners, associate attorneys, paralegal assistants, and stenographic or clerical employees of such counsel settlement of this Litigation. (b) Persons noticed for depositions or designated as trial witnesses to the extent reasonably necessary in preparing to testify, provided that if the person is not a party or employee of a party already subject to this Protective Order the person must first sign a copy of Attachment “A” hereto. (c) Any party, including current employees who are involved in assisting with the prosecution or defense in this Litigation or who appear as witnesses including consulting and testifying experts and damages experts. (d) The judge or any other Court having jurisdiction over discovery procedures in this Litigation. (e) Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon such terms as the Court may deem proper. (f) Any court reporter or typist recording or transcribing testimony in this Litigation and any outside independent reproduction firm. (g) Any person who was the author, recipient, or copy recipient of a document for the purpose of interrogation of such person at trial, by deposition, or during the course of preparation for trial or deposition. (h) In-house counsel for a party. (i) Any mediator agreed to by the Parties. (j) In the event that any of the foregoing persons ceases to be engaged in the preparation of this Litigation, access by such person(s) to discovery material designated as Confidential Information shall be terminated. Any such material in the possession of any such person(s) shall immediately be returned or destroyed within 72 hours. The provisions of this Order shall remain in full force and effect as to all such person(s) as to all such material and the obligations not to disclose any portions of such material, except as may be specifically ordered by the Court. pursuant to this stipulation and order shall disclose it or its contents to any person other than those described in Paragraphs 3.2. No such disclosure shall be made for any purposes other than those specified in Paragraphs 3.1 and/or 3.2, and in no event shall such person make any other use of such discovery material or transcript. Counsel shall be responsible for obtaining prior written agreement to be bound to the terms of this Order from all persons to whom any discovery material or transcript so designated is disclosed. Such written agreement shall be obtained by securing the signature of any recipient of such discovery material or transcript on Attachment “A” hereto after having such recipient read the Order and having explained its contents to

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