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7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 10 11 DANIEL MEDINA, an individual, Case No. 2:24-cv-06340-FLA (RAOx)

12 Plaintiff, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE

ORDER

13 v.

14 STILA STYLES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; MARIANO 15 TESTA, an individual; and Does 1-25, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17

18 WHEREAS, to facilitate the production and receipt of information during 19 discovery in the above-captioned litigation (“the Litigation”), the parties agree and 20 stipulate, through their respective counsel, to the entry of the following Protective 21 Order for the protection of Confidential Material and Highly Confidential Material 22 – Attorney’s Eyes Only (as defined herein) that may be produced or otherwise 23 disclosed during the course of this Litigation by any party or non-party. The Court 24 has been fully advised in the premises and has found good cause for its entry. 25 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the terms and conditions of 26 this Protective Order shall govern the handling of discovery materials in the 27 Litigation: 1 1. Applicability of Order: This Order does not and will not govern any 2 trial proceedings in this Litigation, but will otherwise be applicable to and govern 3 the handling of documents, depositions, deposition exhibits, interrogatory 4 responses, responses to requests for admissions, responses to requests for 5 production of documents, and all other discovery obtained pursuant to the Federal 6 Rules of Civil Procedure by or from a party in connection with the Litigation (this 7 information hereinafter referred to as “Discovery Material”). As used herein, 8 “Producing Party” or “Disclosing Party” shall refer to the parties to this action that 9 give testimony or produce documents or other information, and “Receiving Party” 10 shall refer to the parties to this action that receive such information. 11 2. Good Cause Statement: This action is likely to involve trade secrets, 12 business, research and development, design information, technical information, 13 marketing information, sales information, store sales, store information, customer 14 information and requirements, planning, personal, or commercial information, 15 financial, regulatory, or strategic information (including information regarding 16 business plans, technical data, and non-public designs), for which special 17 protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 18 prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials 19 and information consist of, among other things, confidential business or financial 20 information, information regarding confidential business practices, or other 21 confidential research, development, or commercial information (including 22 information implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise 23 generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise 24 protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, 25 or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the 26 prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to 27 adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to 1 ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in 2 preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of 3 the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information 4 is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be 5 designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated 6 without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public 7 manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of 8 this case. 9 3. Acknowledgment of Procedure for Filing Under Seal: The parties 10 further acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to 11 file confidential information under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the 12 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a 13 party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 14 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial 15 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, 16 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City 17 and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006); Phillips v. Gen. 18 Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002); Makar-Welbon v. Sony 19 Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective 20 orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or 21 compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be 22 made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The 23 parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as Confidential 24 Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only does not— 25 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the 26 material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or 27 otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 1 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, 2 then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and 3 the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be 4 protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 5 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed 6 or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party 7 seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts 8 and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence 9 supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by 10 declaration. 11 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable 12 in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be 13 redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, 14 omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the 15 document shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in 16 their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 17 4. Designation of Material: Any Producing Party may designate Discovery 18 Material that is in their possession, custody or control to be produced to a 19 Receiving Party as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s 20 Eyes Only” under the terms of this Order if the Producing Party in good faith 21 reasonably believes that such Discovery Material contains non-public, confidential 22 material as defined in sections 4 and 5 below, (hereinafter “Confidential Material” 23 or “Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only”). 24 5. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for 25 Protection. Each party or non-party that designates information or items for 26 protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific 27 1 material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. Mass, indiscriminate, or 2 routinized designations are prohibited. 3 6. Confidential Material: For purposes of this Order, Confidential Material 4 is any information that a party believes in good faith to be confidential or sensitive 5 information, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, research, design, 6 development, financial, technical, marketing, sales information, store sales, 7 customer information and requirements, planning, personal, or commercial 8 information, as such terms are used in Rule 26(c)(1)(G) of the Federal Rules of 9 Civil Procedure and any applicable case law interpreting Rule 26(c)(1)(G) or the 10 former Rule 26(c)(7). 11 7. Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only: For purposes of 12 this Order, Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only is any 13 Confidential Material as defined in paragraph 4 which also includes non-public 14 product design and testing information or extremely sensitive, highly confidential, 15 non-public information, consisting either of trade secrets or proprietary or other 16 highly confidential business, research and development, sales, customer 17 information or requirements, store sales, financial, regulatory, or strategic 18 information (including information regarding business plans, technical data, and 19 non-public designs), the disclosure of which would create a substantial risk of 20 competitive or business injury to the Producing Party. Materials designated 21 “Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only” shall be maintained in 22 confidence by the Receiving Party’s counsel of record in this litigation, and shall 23 not be disclosed to any person, except such person(s) authorized to receive the 24 Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only, pursuant to paragraph 11 of 25 this Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Order shall not apply to computer 26 source code and related materials, or similar highly sensitive materials requiring 27 1 special protection, which shall be subject to additional forms of protection pursuant 2 to further order of this Court. 3 8. Designating Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material - 4 Attorney’s Eyes Only: The designation of Discovery Material as Confidential 5 Material or Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only for purposes of 6 this Order shall be made in the following manner: 7 a. Documents: In the case of documents or other materials (apart 8 from depositions or other pre-trial testimony), designation shall be made by 9 affixing the legend “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorney’s Eyes 10 Only” to each page containing any Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 11 Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only, respectively. 12 b. Deposition and Other Proceedings: In the case of depositions or 13 other pre-trial testimony, designation of the portion of the transcript (including 14 exhibits) which contains Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material - 15 Attorney’s Eyes Only shall be made (i) by a statement to such effect on the record 16 during the proceeding in which the testimony is received, or (ii) by written notice 17 served on counsel of record in this Litigation within thirty (30) business days after 18 the receipt of the draft transcript of such proceeding. However, before such thirty 19 (30) day period expires, all testimony, exhibits and transcripts of depositions or 20 other testimony shall be treated as Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes 21 Only. All portions of deposition transcripts not designated Confidential Material or 22 Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only as provided in paragraphs 4 23 and 5 shall be deemed not confidential. 24 c. Non-Written Materials: Any non-written Confidential Material or 25 Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only (e.g., videotape, audio tape, 26 computer disk, etc.) may be designated as such by labeling the outside of such non- 27 written material designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorney’s 1 Eyes Only.” In the event a Receiving Party generates any “hard copy” transcription 2 or printout from any such designated non-written materials, the person who 3 generates such “hard copy” transcription shall take reasonable steps to maintain the 4 confidentiality of such materials. 5 9. Inadvertent Disclosure: The inadvertent failure to designate Discovery 6 Material as Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s 7 Eyes Only does not constitute a waiver of such claim and may be remedied by 8 prompt supplemental written notice upon discovery of the inadvertent disclosure, 9 with the effect that such Discovery Material will be subject to the protections of 10 this Order. The Receiving Party shall exercise good faith efforts to ensure that 11 copies it makes of Discovery Material produced to it, and copies made by others 12 who obtained such Discovery Material directly or indirectly from the Receiving 13 Party, include the appropriate confidentiality legend, to the same extent that the 14 Discovery Material has been marked with the appropriate confidentiality legend by 15 the Producing Party. 16 10. Notes of Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material: 17 Any notes, lists, memoranda, indices, compilations prepared or based on an 18 examination of Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s 19 Eyes Only, that quote from or paraphrase, Confidential Material or Highly 20 Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only with such specificity that the 21 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only can 22 be identified, or by reasonable logical extension can be identified, shall be 23 accorded the same status of confidentiality as the underlying Confidential Material 24 or Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s Eyes Only from which they are made 25 and shall be subject to all of the terms of this Protective Order. 26 11. Notice To Non-Parties: Any party issuing a subpoena to a non-party 27 shall enclose a copy of this Protective Order with a request that, within ten (10) 1 calendar days, the non-party either request the protection of this Protective Order 2 or notify the issuing party that the non-party does not need the protection of this 3 Protective Order or wishes to seek different protection. 4 12. Persons Authorized To Receive Confidential Material: Discovery 5 Material designated “Confidential” may be disclosed, summarized, described, 6 characterized or otherwise communicated or made available in whole or in part 7 only to the following persons: 8 a. The Court, persons employed by the Court who are necessary for 9 the handling of the Litigation, and court reporters transcribing the testimony or 10 argument at a hearing, trial or deposition in this Litigation or any appeal there 11 from; 12 b. Counsel of record in this Litigation, as well as paralegals, technical, 13 administrative and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of such 14 counsel, but excluding any attorney / law firm who represents any person or entity 15 not a party to this Litigation who is a supplier, subcontractor, lender, licensor, or 16 vendor of any party to this Litigation; 17 c. Subject to paragraph 12 hereof, experts or consultants assisting any 18 counsel of record in this Litigation, provided such experts and consultants have 19 signed the “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” 20 attached hereto as Exhibit A; 21 d. Individual named plaintiffs who have a need to know such 22 information for purposes of this Litigation and who have signed the “Agreement 23 Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit 24 A; 25 e. Officers, directors or employees of parties who have a need to know 26 such information for purposes of this Litigation and who have signed the 27 1 “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached 2 hereto as Exhibit A; 3 f. Graphics, translation, or design services retained by counsel of 4 record in this Litigation for purposes of this Litigation, provided authorized 5 representative(s) of the company performing the services have signed the 6 “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached 7 hereto as Exhibit A. A signature by an authorized representative of the company 8 who confirming that they have appropriately advised the relevant employees of the 9 confidentiality obligations in this order and have taken reasonable steps to comply 10 thereto shall be sufficient; 11 g. Commercial copy vendors retained by counsel of record in this 12 action for purposes of this Litigation, provided authorized representative(s) of such 13 vendors have signed the “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by 14 Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A. A signature by an authorized 15 representative of the company confirming that they have appropriately advised the 16 relevant employees of the confidentiality obligations in this order and have taken 17 reasonable steps to comply thereto shall be sufficient; 18 h. During their depositions, witnesses in the Litigation who agree on 19 the record to maintain the confidentiality of relevant documents or information 20 shown to them or who have signed the “Agreement Concerning Information 21 Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A (except that persons 22 described in sub-paragraph (i) below do not need to sign Exhibit A to be shown 23 Confidential Material in their depositions). In the event of refusal of the witness to 24 execute such confidentiality agreement, such witness shall nevertheless be deemed 25 bound by the terms of this Order; furthermore the party or parties seeking to use 26 such information and the Producing Party will secure from a court having 27 jurisdiction over such witness such order and directions directed specifically to 1 such witness containing such provisions as are consistent with the terms of this 2 Order; and the Producing Party will cooperate fully in the making of any such 3 application; 4 i. Any person indicated by a document marked as Confidential 5 Material to be an author, addressee, or copy recipient of the Confidential Material, 6 or as to whom there has been testimony, whether at deposition or trial, or by 7 declaration or affidavit, that the person was the author or recipient of the 8 Confidential Material; and 9 j. Any other person, only upon order of the Court or upon stipulation 10 of the Producing Party who has signed the “Agreement Concerning Information 11 Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A. 12 13. Persons Authorized To Receive Highly Confidential Material – 13 Attorney’s Eyes Only: Except as specifically provided for in this or subsequent 14 Court orders, Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only or its contents 15 shall not be disclosed, summarized, described, or otherwise communicated or made 16 available in whole or in part to any person or entity, directly or indirectly, other 17 than the following: 18 a. The Court, persons employed by the Court who are necessary for 19 the handling of the Litigation, and court reporters transcribing the testimony or 20 argument at a hearing, trial or deposition in this Litigation or any appeal there 21 from; 22 b. Counsel of record in this Litigation, as well as paralegals, technical, 23 administrative, and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of 24 such counsel, provided each has signed the “Agreement Concerning Information 25 Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A, but excluding any 26 attorney / law firm who represents any person or entity not a party to this Litigation 27 1 who is a supplier, subcontractor, lender, licensor, or vendor of any party to this 2 Litigation; 3 c. Subject to paragraph 12 hereof, experts or consultants necessary to 4 assist counsel of record in this Litigation, provided such experts and consultants 5 have signed the “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by Protective 6 Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A; 7 d. Graphics, translation, or design services retained by counsel for 8 purposes of preparing demonstrative or other exhibits, provided authorized 9 representative(s) of the company performing such services have signed the 10 “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached 11 hereto as Exhibit A; 12 e. Commercial copy vendors retained by counsel for purposes of this 13 Litigation, provided such vendors have signed the “Agreement Concerning 14 Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A; 15 f. During their depositions, witnesses in the Litigation to whom 16 disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Agreement 17 Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit 18 A (except that persons described in sub-paragraph (g) below do not need to sign 19 Exhibit A to be shown Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only in 20 their depositions); 21 g. Any person indicated by a document marked Highly Confidential 22 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only to be an author, addressee, or copy recipient of 23 the Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only, or as to whom there has 24 been testimony, whether at deposition or trial or by declaration or affidavit, that the 25 person was the author or recipient of the Highly Confidential Material - Attorney’s 26 Eyes Only; and 27 1 h. Any other person, only upon order of the Court or upon stipulation 2 of the Producing Party, and who has signed the “Agreement Concerning 3 Information Covered by Protective Order,” attached hereto as Exhibit A. 4 14. Qualification of Outside Experts and Consultants: Neither 5 Confidential nor Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only shall be 6 disclosed to any outside experts or consultants who are current employees or 7 consultants of a direct competitor of any of the entities named in the Litigation. 8 With respect to outside experts or consultants who were employed by a direct 9 competitor of any of the entities named in the Litigation within one (1) year from 10 the date of this Order, Confidential and Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s 11 Eyes Only may be shared with those experts or consultants only after counsel for 12 the entities named as defendants in this Litigation are given at least twenty (20) 13 days prior written notice of the identity of the expert or consultant to whom such 14 Confidential or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only is to be 15 disclosed (including their name, address, current job title and the names of any 16 direct competitors by which they have been employed), are afforded an 17 opportunity to object to the disclosure of the Confidential or Highly Confidential 18 Material– Attorney’s Eyes Only, and a resolution to any such objection has been 19 reached. Notwithstanding paragraphs 10(c) and 11(c), Confidential Material or 20 Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only may be provided to experts 21 or consultants only for the purpose of aiding, assisting, or allowing such expert or 22 consultant to prepare a written opinion, to prepare to testify, or to assist counsel for 23 a party in this Litigation. 24 15. Use of Discovery Material: Discovery Material containing 25 Confidential and/or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only shall be 26 used solely for purposes of the Litigation, including any appeal and retrial. Any 27 person or entity in possession of Discovery Material designated Confidential or 1 Highly Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes Only (defined above) shall maintain those 2 materials in accordance with paragraph 17 below. 3 16. Restriction on Disclosure in Actions Outside the United States: 4 Neither Confidential nor Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only 5 shall be disclosed, shared, distributed, or otherwise provided in any manner to legal 6 counsel in pending or threatened litigation against Stila Styles, LLC, or any of its 7 entities outside of the United States through any other provision of this Protective 8 Order, including but not limited to paragraphs 10, 11, 12 and 13, regardless of 9 whether such legal counsel can be classified as a consultant or affiliate of any 10 United States attorney of record in any legal proceedings against Stila Styles, LLC, 11 or any of its entities within the United States. This restriction does not apply to 12 valid subpoenas, court orders, or other legal mandates requiring disclosure, subject 13 to this Protective Order, of Confidential or Highly Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes 14 Only Materials, in or outside of the United States. 15 17. Agreement Must Be Signed Prior To Disclosure. Each person to 16 whom Confidential or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only may 17 be disclosed that is also required to sign the “Agreement Concerning Information 18 Covered by Protective Order” (attached hereto as Exhibit A) pursuant to 19 Paragraphs 10(c)-10(h), 10(j), 11(b)-11(f), and 11(h) shall do so prior to the time 20 such Material is disclosed to him or her. 21 18. Exclusion of Individuals From Depositions: Counsel for any 22 Producing Party shall have the right to exclude from depositions any person who is 23 not authorized by this Order to receive documents or information designated 24 Confidential or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only, but only 25 during periods of examination or testimony directed to or comprising information 26 that is Confidential or Highly Confidential. 27 1 19. Storage Of Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material: 2 The recipient of any Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – 3 Attorney’s Eyes Only that is provided under this Protective Order shall maintain 4 such information in a reasonably secure and safe manner that ensures that access is 5 limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 6 20. Filing of Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material. 7 Without written permission from the Producing Party or a court order, a party may 8 not file in the public record in this action any Confidential Material or Highly 9 Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only. The parties shall comply with Local 10 Rule 79-5 when seeking to file Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 11 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only under seal. 12 The party desiring to place any Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 13 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only before the Court shall lodge the information in a 14 sealed envelope along with an application to file the papers or the portion thereof 15 containing Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s 16 Eyes Only under seal and a copy of a Proposed Order Sealing Documents. Said 17 envelope shall be endorsed with the title of the Litigation, an indication of the 18 nature of the contents of such sealed envelope, the identity of the party filing the 19 materials, the phrase “Confidential Material” or “Highly Confidential Material – 20 Attorney’s Eyes Only,” and a statement substantially in the following form: 21 THIS ENVELOPE CONTAINS MATERIALS SUBJECT TO A 22 PROTECTIVE ORDER ENTERED IN THIS LITIGATION. IT IS NOT TO BE 23 OPENED NOR ARE ITS CONTENTS TO BE DISPLAYED, REVEALED, OR 24 MADE PUBLIC, EXCEPT BY ORDER OF THE COURT. UNLESS THE 25 COURT ORDERS THAT IT NOT BE FILED, IT SHALL BE FILED UNDER 26 SEAL. 27 1 Additionally, within seven (7) days from the date that the papers (or portions 2 thereof) were filed under seal consistent with the above procedures, the party who 3 filed the papers under seal also shall file in the public record a version of the 4 papers that has been redacted to omit the Confidential Material or Highly 5 Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only (or any references thereto). 6 The parties shall also comply with Local Rule 5.2-1 with respect to the 7 appropriate treatment of personal data identifiers in connection with any filing with 8 the Court. 9 21. No Prejudice: Agreeing to be bound by this Protective Order, agreeing 10 to and/or producing or receiving Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 11 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only or otherwise complying with the terms of this 12 Order shall not: 13 a. Prejudice in any way the rights of the parties to object to the 14 production of documents they consider not subject to discovery, or operate as an 15 admission by any party that the restrictions and procedures set forth herein 16 constitute adequate protection for any particular information deemed by any party 17 to be Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes 18 Only; 19 b. Prejudice in any way the rights of any party to object to the 20 authenticity or admissibility into evidence of any document, testimony or other 21 evidence subject to this Order; 22 c. Prejudice in any way the rights of a party to seek a determination by 23 the Court whether any Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – 24 Attorney’s Eyes Only should be subject to the terms of this Order; 25 d. Prejudice in any way the rights of a party to petition the Court for a 26 protective order relating to any purportedly confidential information; or 27 1 e. Prevent a Disclosing Party from authorizing disclosure of its own 2 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only to 3 any party. 4 22. Challenging Designation of Materials: A party shall not be obligated 5 to challenge the propriety of a Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 6 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only designation at the time made, and failure to do so 7 shall not preclude a subsequent challenge thereto during the pendency of this 8 Litigation. 9 a. Challenge: The Receiving Party may challenge the propriety of a 10 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only 11 designation by providing to Producing Party a writing which briefly: (i) identifies 12 with reasonable particularity the documents and/or information which are the 13 subject of the challenge; and (ii) describes the basic legal or factual grounds for the 14 challenge. 15 b. Meet and Confer and Motion: Once a challenge is made, the 16 Producing Party will bear the burden of initiating and conducting a sufficient meet 17 and confer (per Local Rule 37-1); and, if necessary, Producing Party will bear the 18 burdens of proof and persuasion in moving for a Protective Order (per Local Rule 19 37-2) to uphold the challenged Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 20 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only designation(s). If the Producing Party does not 21 initiate the discovery motion process under Local Rule 37 within ninety (90) days 22 of a challenge, the subject Confidential Material designation or Highly 23 Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only designation is effectively withdrawn 24 and the subject documents and material may be used for all purposes in this 25 Litigation. The Receiving Party must make de-designation requests in good faith. 26 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized requests for de-designation are prohibited. 27 1 c. Status of Challenged Designation Pending Judicial 2 Determination: Until the court rules on the timely filed Motion for Protective 3 Order, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of 4 protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation. 5 23. No Application to Public or Otherwise Available Information: This 6 Order shall not limit or restrict a Receiving Party’s use of information that the 7 Receiving Party can demonstrate: (i) was lawfully in the Receiving Party’s 8 possession prior to such information being designated as protected material in the 9 Litigation and that the Receiving Party is not otherwise obligated to treat as 10 confidential; (ii) was obtained without any benefit or use of protected material 11 from a third party having the right to disclose such information to the Receiving 12 Party without restriction or obligation of confidentiality; (iii) was independently 13 developed by it after the time of disclosure by personnel who did not have access 14 to the Producing Party’s protected material; or (iv) has been published to the 15 general public. If the Receiving Party believes that the Disclosing Party has 16 designated information that is covered by any of the preceding categories as 17 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only, the 18 Receiving Party shall challenge the propriety of such designation using the 19 procedure outlined in paragraph 20 above. Any challenged designation remains in 20 force until the propriety of such designation has been decided as outlined above. 21 24. No Waiver of Privilege: Disclosure (including production) of 22 information that a party or non-party later claims should not have been disclosed 23 because of a privilege, including, but not limited to, the attorney-client privilege or 24 work product doctrine (“Privileged Information”), shall not constitute a waiver of, 25 or estoppel as to, any claim of attorney-client privilege, attorney work-product, or 26 other ground for withholding production as to which the Producing Party would be 27 entitled in the litigation or any other federal or state proceeding. This Order is 1 intended to provide the full protection afforded by Federal Rule of Evidence 2 502(d), providing that “A federal court may order that the privilege or protection is 3 not waived by disclosure connected with the litigation pending before the court–in 4 which event the disclosure also is not a waiver in any other federal or state 5 proceeding.” Upon discovery by a Producing Party (or upon receipt of notice from 6 another party) that he/she/it may have produced Privileged Information, the 7 Producing Party shall, within ten (10) days of such discovery, request the return of 8 such information in writing by identifying the Privileged Information and stating 9 the basis on which the Privileged Information should be withheld from production. 10 After being notified, all other parties must promptly return, sequester, or destroy 11 the Privileged Information and any days of receipt of the request for the return of 12 the Privileged Information. The parties thereafter shall meet and confer in good 13 faith regarding the disputed claim within thirty (30) days. In the event that the 14 parties do not resolve their dispute, either party may bring a motion for a 15 determination of whether a privilege applies. If such a motion is made, the 16 Producing Party shall submit to the Court for in camera review under seal a copy 17 of the disputed information in connection with its motion papers. The submission 18 to the Court shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege or protection. The 19 Producing Party must preserve the information claimed to be privileged or 20 otherwise protected until the claim is resolved. 21 Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing in this provision shall limit the 22 bases on which the Objecting Party may challenge the assertion of any privilege or 23 protection by the Producing Party. In addition, nothing in this provision shall 24 permit the Producing Party to seek to withhold or “claw back” a previously- 25 produced document in this Litigation if that document was the subject of 26 deposition testimony in this Litigation and the Producing Party did not provide 27 1 notice, as described above in paragraph 6(b), within thirty (30) days after the 2 deposition that the document was privileged or protected and should be returned. 3 25. Additional Parties or Attorneys: In the event additional parties join or 4 intervene in this action, the newly joined party(ies) shall not have access to 5 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only 6 until its counsel has executed and, at the request of any party, filed with the Court 7 its agreement to be fully bound by this Order. If any additional attorneys make 8 appearances in this Litigation, those attorneys shall not have access to Confidential 9 Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only until they 10 execute the “Agreement Concerning Information Covered by Protective Order,” 11 attached hereto as Exhibit A. 12 26. Protective Order Remains In Force: This Protective Order shall 13 remain in force and effect until modified, superseded, or terminated by consent of 14 the parties or by order of the Court made upon reasonable written notice. Unless 15 otherwise ordered, or agreed upon by the parties, this Protective Order shall 16 survive copies he/she/it has; must not use or disclose the information until the 17 claim is resolved; and must take reasonable steps to retrieve the Privileged 18 Information if he/she/it disclosed the Privileged Information before being notified. 19 If any party disputes the privilege claim (“Objecting Party”), that Objecting Party 20 shall notify the Producing Party of the dispute and the basis therefore in writing 21 within thirty (30) the termination of this action. The Court retains jurisdiction even 22 after termination of this action to enforce this Protective Order and to make such 23 amendments, modifications, deletions and additions to this Protective Order as the 24 Court may from time to time deem appropriate. 25 27. No Prejudice For Further Relief: This Protective Order is without 26 prejudice to the right of any party to seek other or further relief from the Court. 27 1 28. No Waiver of Grounds For Producing Material: This Protective 2 Order shall not be construed as waiving any right to assert a claim of privilege, 3 relevance, overbreadth, burdensomeness or other grounds for not producing 4 material called for, and access to such material shall be only as otherwise provided 5 by the discovery rules and other applicable laws. 6 29. Conclusion of Litigation: Within ninety (90) days after receiving 7 notice of the entry of an order, judgment, or decree finally disposing of this 8 Litigation, all persons having received Confidential Material or Highly 9 Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only shall either return such material and 10 all copies thereof to counsel for the Producing Party, or destroy all such 11 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only and, 12 in either case, certify that fact to counsel for the Producing Party. Counsel of 13 record shall make arrangements for the return of Confidential Material or Highly 14 Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only that counsel of record provided to 15 any persons or entities in paragraphs 11 and 12, except the Court, court personnel 16 and court reporters. Outside counsel of record for the parties shall be entitled to 17 retain court papers, depositions, trial transcripts and attorney work product, and 18 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material-Attorney’s Eyes Only to the 19 extent required to comply with their ethical obligations or insurance requirements, 20 provided that such outside counsel of record shall not disclose Confidential 21 Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only to any person 22 except pursuant to a court order or agreement with the party that produced the 23 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only. All 24 material returned to the parties or their counsel by the Court shall likewise be 25 disposed of in accordance with this paragraph. 26 30. No Loss of Confidential or Highly Confidential Status By Use In 27 Litigation or Appeal: In the event that any Confidential or Highly Confidential 1 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only is used in any court proceeding in this Litigation 2 or any appeal therefrom, such Confidential or Highly Confidential Material – 3 Attorney’s Eyes Only shall not lose its status as Confidential or Highly 4 Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes Only through such use. Counsel shall comply with 5 all applicable local rules and shall confer on such procedures that are necessary to 6 protect the confidentially of any documents, information and transcripts used in the 7 course of any court proceedings, including petitioning the Court to close the court 8 room. 9 31. Protected Material Subpoenaed or Ordered Produced in Other 10 Actions: If any person receiving documents covered by this Order (the 11 “Receiver”) is served with a subpoena, order, interrogatory, or document or civil 12 investigative demand (collectively, a “Demand”) issued in any other action, 13 investigation, or proceeding, and such Demand seeks Discovery Material that was 14 produced or designated as Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – 15 Attorney’s Eyes Only by someone other than the Receiver, the Receiver shall give 16 prompt written notice by hand or facsimile transmission within ten (10) business 17 days of receipt of such Demand to the person, party, or third party who produced 18 or designated the material as Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material 19 – Attorney’s Eyes Only, and shall object to the production of such materials on the 20 grounds of the existence of this Order. The burden of opposing the enforcement of 21 the Demand shall fall upon the party who produced or designated the material as 22 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only. 23 Unless the person, party, or third party who produced or designated the 24 Confidential Material or Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only 25 obtains an order directing that the Demand not be complied with, and serves such 26 order upon the Receiver prior to production pursuant to the Demand, the Receiver 27 shall be permitted to produce documents responsive to the Demand on the Demand 1 response date. Compliance by the Receiver with any order directing production 2 pursuant to the Demand of any Confidential Material or Highly Confidential 3 Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only shall not constitute a violation of this Order. 4 Nothing in this Order shall be construed as authorizing a party to disobey a lawful 5 subpoena issued in another action. 6 32. Advice Based on Discovery Material Allowed: Nothing in this 7 Protective Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any attorney from rendering advice 8 to their client with respect to this litigation and, in the course of rendering advice, 9 referring to or relying generally on the examination of Confidential Material or 10 Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only; provided, however, that in 11 rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating with their client, the 12 attorney shall not disclose the contents of any Confidential Material or Highly 13 Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only produced by another party if that 14 disclosure would be contrary to the terms of this Protective Order. 15 33. Redaction Allowed: Any Producing Party may redact from the 16 documents and things it produced matter that the Producing Party claims is subject 17 to attorney-client privilege, work product immunity, a legal prohibition against 18 disclosure, or any other privilege or immunity. The Producing Party shall mark 19 each thing where matter has been redacted with a legend stating “REDACTED,” as 20 appropriate, or a comparable notice. Where a document consists of more than one 21 page, at least each page on which information has been redacted shall be so 22 marked. The Producing Party shall preserve an unredacted version of each such 23 document. 24 34. Violations of Protective Order: In the event that any person or party 25 should violate the terms of this Protective Order, the aggrieved Disclosing Party 26 should apply to the Court to obtain relief against any such person or party violating 27 or threatening to violate any of the terms of this Protective Order. In the event that 1 the aggrieved Disclosing Party seeks injunctive relief, it must petition the District 2 Judge for such relief, which may be granted at the sole discretion of the District 3 Judge. The parties and any other person subject to the terms of this Protective 4 Order agree that this Court shall retain jurisdiction over it and them for the purpose 5 of enforcing this Protective Order. 6 35. Headings: The headings herein are provided only for the convenience 7 of the parties and are not intended to define or limit the scope of the express terms 8 of this Protective Order. 9 DATED: August 8, 2025 Respectfully stipulated to and submitted by,

10 THE GUHA LAW FIRM

11 By: /s/ Ranojoy Guha

RANOJOY GUHA

12 Attorneys for Plaintiff Daniel Medina

13 14 DATED: August 8, 2025 THOMPSON COBURN LLP 15

16 By: /s/ Cara A. Strike 17 JOHN L. VIOLA

CARA A. STRIKE

18 CHARLES M. POPLSTEIN (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant Stila Styles, LLC 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURE 2 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-4.3.4(a)(2), I certify that I am the ECF User whose 3 ID and password are being used to file the foregoing Stipulated Protective Order, 4 and I have obtained the authorization from the above signatories to file the above- 5 referenced document, and that the above signatories concur in the filing’s content. 6 DATED: August 8, 2025

7 /s/ Cara A. Strike 8 Cara A. Strike

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 l ORDER 2 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 3|| DATED: August 19, 2025 4 5 □ Rayetls, a. □□ 7 Honora le Rozella A. Oliver United States Magistrate Judge

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

1 EXHIBIT A 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION

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6 DANIEL MEDINA, an individual, Case No. 2:24-cv-06340-FLA (RAOx) 7 Plaintiff, EXHIBIT A - UNDERTAKING OF 8 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE v. ORDER 9 STILA STYLES, LLC, a Delaware 10 limited liability company; MARIANO TESTA, an individual; and Does 1-25, 11 inclusive,

12 Defendants. 13 14 I, __________________________________, hereby acknowledge that I 15 have received a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in this action Case 16 No. 2:24-cv-06340-FLA (RAOx) by the United States District Court for the 17 Central District of California, Western Division (hereinafter, “the Protective 18 Order”). 19 I have either read the Protective Order or have had the terms of the 20 Protective Order explained to me by my attorney. 21 I understand the terms of the Protective Order and agree to comply with and 22 to be bound by such terms. I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply 23 could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. 24 If I receive documents or information designated as Confidential Material or 25 Highly Confidential Material – Attorney’s Eyes Only, (as those terms are defined 26 in the Protective Order), I understand that such information is provided to me 27 pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order. 1 I agree to hold in confidence and not further disclose or use for any purpose 2 (other than is permitted by the Protective Order) any information disclosed to me 3 pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order. 4 I hereby submit myself to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 5 for the Central District of California for resolution of any matters pertaining to the 6 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of 7 this action. 8 My address is __________________________________________________ 9 10 My present employer is __________________________________________ 11 12 Dated _______________ 13 14 Signed: ____________________________________ 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27