Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

11 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Case No. 8:19-cv-00345-JLS-JDE

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, 12 and EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC, a PROTECTIVE ORDER Delaware corporation

Plaintiffs, [Discovery Document: Referred to v. Magistrate Judge John D. Early]

ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC., a California corporation, 17 Defendant.

Based upon the Stipulation (Dkt. 53-1) of the parties in the above-captioned

action (the “Action”), pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

the Court hereby orders the parties to abide by, this Protective Order on

Confidentiality (the “Protective Order”). The Court alters the proposed protective

order otherwise stipulated to by the parties to: (a) reflect that the Protective Order

does not govern the use or introduction of evidence at trial, which will be determined

exclusively by the trial judge; (b) clarify that nothing in the Protective Order

authorizes a person or party to disobey a lawful order…