Lawrence

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN LAWRENCE, Case No. 1:22-cv-00931-ADA-EPG Plaintiffs, v. ORDER APPROVING, IN PART,

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,

Defendant. (ECF No. 23)

15 16 On July 20, 2023, the parties filed a stipulated protective order for the Court’s approval.1 17 (ECF No. 23). Upon review, the Court finds it acceptable in most respects. However, the Court 18 notes that the parties define the term “confidential information or items” to mean “information 19 (regardless of how generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection 20 under California Law.” (Id. at 2) (alterations to capitalization and punctuation). Such a definition 21 improperly allows the parties to deem information confidential so long as they themselves believe 22 that it qualifies for protection under California law and without ever disclosing the types of information at issue as required by Local Rule 141(c)(1). However, the parties elsewhere provide of description of certain “types” of…