FTC Docket 9318
040811protectiveorder
UNITED STATES OF AMRICA
FEDERA TRAE COMMSSION
OFFICE OF ADMISTRATIV LAW JUGES
In the Matter of
BASIC RESEARCH, LLC
AG. WATERHOUSE, LLC
KLEIN-BECKER USA, LLC
NUTRASPORT, LLC
SOY AGE DERMOGIC LABORATORIES, LLC
BAN, LLC d//a BASIC RESEARCH, LLC
OLD BASIC RESEARCH, LLC
BASIC RESEARCH, AG. WATERHOUSE
KLEIN-BECKER USA, NUTRA SPORT, and
SOY AGE DERMOGIC LABORATORIS
DENNIS GAY
DANIEL B. MOWRY d//a AMRICAN
PHYTOTHERAY RESEARCH LABORATORY, and
MITCHELL K. FRIDLANER
Respondents.
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Docket No. 9318
PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING DISCOVERY MATERIAL
F or the purose of protecting the interests of the paries and third paries in the above
captioned matter against improper use and disclosure of confidential inormation submitted
produced in connection with this matter:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT this Protective Order Governing Confidential
Material ("Protective Order ) shall govern the handling of all Discovery Material, as hereafter
defmed.
DEFINTIONS
1. "Matter" means the matter captioned
In the Matter of Basic Research, LLC;
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Waterhouse, LLC; Klein-Becker USA, LLC; Nutrasport, LLC' Sovage Dermalogic
Laboratories, LLC; BAN, LLC; Dennis Gay; Daniel B. Mowrey; and Mitchell K Friedlander
Docket Number 9318, pending before the Federal Trade Commission, and all subsequent
appellate or other review proceedings related thereto.
2. "Commission" or "FTC" means the Federal Trade Commssion, or any of its
employees, agents, attorneys, and all other persons acting on its behalf, excluding persons
retained as consultants or experts for puroses of ths Matter.
3. "Basic Research" means Basic Research, L.L.C., a limited liability company, existing,
and doing business under and by virte of the State of Utah, with its principal place of business at
5742 West Harold Gatt Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.
4. "AG. Waterhouse" means A.G. Waterhouse, L.L.C., a limited liability company,
existing, and doing business under and by virte of the State of Utah, with its pricipal place of
business at 5742 West Harold Gatt Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.
5. "Klein-Becker" means Klein-Becker USA, L.L.C., a limited liability company,
existing, and doing business under and by virte ofthe State of Utah, with its pricipal place of
business at 5742 West Harold Gatty Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.
6. "Nutrasport" means Nutrasport, L.L.C., a limited liability company, existing, and
doing business under and by virte of the State of Utah, with its pricipal place of business
5742 West Harold Gatt Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.
7. "Sovage" means Sovage Dermalogic Laboratories, L.L.c., a limited liability company,
existing, and doing business under and by virue of the State of Utah, with its principal place of
business at 5742 West Harold Gatt Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.
8. "BAN" means BAN, L.L.C., a limited liability company, existing, and doing business
under and by virte of the State of Utah, with its principal place of business at 5742 West Harold
Gatt Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
9. "Gay" means Denns Gay.
10. "Mowrey" means Danel B. Mowrey.
11. "Friedlander" means Mitchell K. Friedlander.
12. "Respondents" means Basic Research, A.G. Waterhouse, Klein-Becker, Nutrasport
Savage, BAN, Gay, Mowrey, and Friedlander.
13. "Outside Counsel" means the law firms that are counsel of record for Respondents in
ths Matter and their associated attorneys; or other persons regularly employed by such law firms
including legal assistants, clerical staff, and inormation management personnel and temporar
personnel retained by such la
fmn(s) to perform legal or clerical duties, or to provide logistical
litigation support with regard to this Matter. The term Outside Counsel does not include persons
retained as consultants or experts for the puroses of this Matter.
14. "Counsel of Record" means counsel who have filed notices of appearance in this
matter.
15. "Producing Pary" means a Par or Thd Par that produced or intends to produce
Confidential Discovery Material to any of the Paries. For puroses of Confidential Discovery
Material of a Thid Par that either is in the possession, custody or control of the FTC or has
been produced by the FTC in this Matter, the Producing Par shall mean the Third Par that
originally provided the Confidential Discovery Material to the FTC. The Producing Par shall
also mean the FTC for puroses of any document or material prepared by, or on behalf of the
FTC.
16. "Third Pary" means any natual person, parnership, corporation, association, or
other legal entity not named as a par to ths Matter and their employees, directors, officers
attorneys and agents.
17. "ExpertConsultant" means experts or other persons who are retained to assist
Complaint Counselor Respondents' Counsel in preparation for trial or to give testimony at trial.
18. "Document" means the complete original or a tre, correct, and complete copy and
any non-identical copies of any written or graphic matter, no matter how produced, recorded
stored or reproduced, including, but not limited to, any writing, letter, envelope, telegraph
meeting minute, memorandUm statement, affidavit, declaration, book, record, surey, map, study,
handwritten note, workig paper, char, index, tabulation, graph, tariff, tape, data sheet, data
processing card, pritout, microfilm, index, computer readable media or other electronically
stored data, appointment book, diar, diar entry, calendar, desk pad, telephone message slip,
note of interview or communcation or any other data compilation, including all drafts of all such
documents. "Document" also includes every writing, drawing, graph, char, photograph, phono
record, tape, compact disk, video tape, and other data compilations from which information can
be obtained, and includes all drafts and all copies of every such writing or record that contain any
commentar, notes, or marking whatsoever not appearing on the original.
19. "Discovery Material" includes without limitation deposition testimony, deposition
exhbits, interrogatory responses, admssions, affidavits, declarations, documents produced
pursuant to compulsory process or voluntarily in lieu thereof, and any other documents or
inormation produced or given to one Par by another Par or by a Third Par in connection
with discovery in this Matter.
20. "Confidential Discovery Material" means all Discovery Material that is designated by
a Producing Par as confidential and that is covered by Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade
Commssion Act, 15 U.
C.
46(f), and Commssion Rule of Practice
10(a)(2), 16 C.
R.
10(a)(2); or Section 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and precedents
thereunder. Confidential Discovery Material shall include non-public commercial information
the disclosure of which to Respondents or Thid Paries would cause substantial commercial
har or personal embarassment to the disclosing pary. The following is a nonexhaustive list of
examples of information that likely will qualify for treatment as Confidential Discovery Material:
customer names; customer contact information; consumer complaints received by the Federal
Trade Commission; strategic plans (involving pricing, marketing, research and development
product roadmaps, corporate allances, or mergers and acquisitions) that have not been fully
implemented or revealed to the public; trade secrets; customer-specific evaluations or data (e.
prices, volumes, or revenues); personnel fies and evaluations; inormation subject to
confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements; proprietar techncal or engineering information;
proprietar or personal financial data or projections; any customer complaints received by the
FTC or entities that forward these complaints to the FTC; and proprietar consumer, customer or
market research or analyses applicable to curent or futue market conditions, the disclosure of
which could reveal Confidential Discovery Material.
21. "Complaint Counsel" means Counsel of Record for the Federal Trade Commission
and the Commission and its employees as needed in connection with their professional
responsibilities. The term Complaint Counsel does not include persons retained as consultants or
experts for the puroses of this Matter.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PROTECTIVE ORDER
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Discovery Material, or inormation derived therefrom, for aryother proceeding. Provided
however, that in the event that the Par seeking to use Discovery Material in any other
proceeding is granted leave to do so by the Administrative Law Judge, it will be required to take
appropriate steps to preserve the confidentiality of such material. Additionally, in such event, the
Commission may only use or disclose Discovery Material as provided by (1) its Rules of
Practice, Sections 6(f) and 21 of the Federal Trade Commssion Act and any cases so construing
them; and (2) any other legal obligation imposed upon the Commission. The Paries, in
condiiCtmg discovery froinThird Paries
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shall attach to such discovery requests a copy of this
Protective Order and'a cover letter that will apprise such Third Paries of their rights hereunder.
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2. ' Thsi'iaragniph concerns the designation ofmaIeriiil as " Confidential
Restricted
Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only," and "Restricted Confidential, Attorney of Record Eyes
Only. "
(a)
Designation of Documents as CONFIDENTIAL - FTC Docket No. 9318.
Discovery Material may be designated as Confidential Discovery Material byProducing
Parties by placingoll or affixing, in such maner as will not interfere with the legibility thereof
the notation "CONFIDENTIA - FTC DocketNo. 9318" (or other similar notation containing a
reference to this Matter) to the first page of a docUJent containing such Confidential Discovery
Material, or, by Paries by instructing the court reporter to denote each page of a transcript
containing such Confidential Discovery Material as Confidential. Such designations shall be
made within foureen days from the intial production or deposition and constitute a good-faith
representation by counsel for the Par or Third Par makg the designations that the document
constitutes or contains Confidential Discovery Material.
(b)
Designation of Documents as "RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIA
ATTORNEY EYES ONLY - FTC Docket No. 9318.
In order to permit Producing Paries to provide additional protection for a limited number
of documents that contain highly sensitive commercial information, Producing Paries may
designate documents as "RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIA, ATTORNY EYES ONLY - FTC
Docket No. 9318" by placing on or affixing such legend on; each page of the document.
It is anticipated that documents to be designated Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes
Only may include certain marketing plans, sales forecasts, revenue and profit data, business
plans, distribution arangements and agreements, the fmancial terms of contracts, operating
plans, pricing and cost data, price terms, analyses of pricing or competition inormation, and
limited proprietar personnel information; and that this paricularly restrctive designation is
be utilized for a limited number of documents. Documents designated Restricted Confidential
Attorney Eyes Only may be disclosed to witnesses or deponents at trial or deposition, Outside
Counsel, Complaint Counsel, and to Experts/Consultants (paragraph 4( c), hereof). Such
materials may not be disclosed to Experts/Consultants or to witnesses or deponents at trial or
deposition (paragraph 4( d) hereof), except in accordance with subsection (d) of this paragraph 2.
In all other respects, Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material shall be treated as
Confidential Discovery Material and all references in this Protective Order,and in the exhbit
hereto to Confidential Discovery Material shall include documents designated Restricted
Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only.
(c)
Disclosure of Restrcted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only Material to
Witnesses or Deponents at Trial or Deposition
If any Pary desires to discl,?se Restrcted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material ,
witnesses or deponents at trial or deposition, the disclosing Par shall notify the Producing Pary
of its desire to disclose such material. ' Such notice shall identify the specific individual to whom
the Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material is to be disclosed. Such identification
shall include, but not be limited to, the full name and professional address and/or affiliation of
the identified individual. The Producing Par may object to the disclosure of the Restricted
Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material within five business days of receiving notice of an
intent to disclose the Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material to an individual by
providing the disclosing Pary with a written statement of the reasons for objection. If the
Producing Par timely objects, the disclosing Par shall not disclose the Restricted
Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material to the identified individual, absent a written
agreement with the Producing Par, order of the Adminstrative Law Judge or ruing on appeal.
The Producing Pary lodging an objection and the disclosing Par shall meet and confer in good
faith in an attempt to determine the terms of disclosure to the identified individual. If at the end
of five business days of negotiating the paries have not resolved their differences or if counsel
determine in good faith that negotiations have failed, the disclosing Par may make written
application to the Adminstrative Law Judge as provided by paragraph 6(b) of this Protective
Order. Ifthe Producing Par does not object to the disclosure of Restricted Confidential
Attorney Eyes Only material to the identified individual within five business days, the disclosing
Par may disclose the Restrcted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only material to the identified
individual.
(d)
Disputes Concernng Designation or Disclosure of
Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only
Material.
Disputes concernng the designation or disclosure of Restricted Confidential, Attorney
Eyes Only material shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6.
(e)
No Presumption or Inference.
No presumption or other inference shall be drawn that material designated Restricted
Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only is entitled to the protections of this paragraph.
(f)
Due Process Savings Clause.
Nothng herein shall be used to argue that a Par' s right to attend the trial of, or other
proceedings in, this Matter is affected in any way by the designation of material as Restricted
Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only.
3. All documents heretofore obtained by the. Commission through compulsory process or
voluntarily from any Par or Third Par, regardless of whether designated confidential by the
Par or Thid Par, and transcripts of any investigational hearings, interviews and depositions
that were obtained during the pre-Complaint stage of ths Matter shall be treated as
Confidential " in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of this Order.
Complaint Counsel and Outside Counsel wil continue to confer on the most efficient procedure
for Paries and Third Paries to designate documents or materials that the Commission obtained
during the pre-Complaint investigation as Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only in an
effort to avoid imposing a burden that might prove to be unecessar. In any event, Complaint
Counsel and Outside Counsel shall confer on this subject again no later than thirt days from the
date of ths Order. At that time or later, if either Complaint Counselor Outside Counsel
conclude that they canot reach an agreement on a procedure, then the paries wil jointly set
forth their positions on amending the protective order on this issue for the Administrative Law
Judge s review. Both counsel agree that resolution of the procedures set forth in paragraph
shall not delay or affect discovery deadlines and compliance.
4. Confidential Discovery Material shall not, directly or indirectly, be disclosed or
otherwse provided to anyone except to:
(a)
Complaint Counsel and the Commission, as permitted by the
Commission s Rules of Practice;
(b)
(c)
Outside Counsel;
Experts/Consultants (in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 7 hereto);
(d)
witnesses or deponents at trial or deposition (in accordance with paragraph
7 hereto);
(e)
(f)
the Administrative Law Judge and personnel assisting him;
cour reporters and deposition transcript reporters;
(g)
judges and other cour personnel of any cour having jurisdiction
over any appeal proceedings involving ths Matter; and
(h)
any author or recipient of the Confidential Discovery Material (as
indicated on the face of the document, record or material), and any
individual who was in the direct chain of supervision of the author
at the time the Confidential Discovery Material was created or
received.
5. Confidential Discovery Material, including material designated as "Confidential" and
Restricted Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only," shall not, directly or indirectly, be disclosed or
otherwise provided to an ExpertConsultant, uness such ExpertConsultant agrees in writing:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
to maintain'such Confidential Discovery Material in separate
locked rooms or locked cabinet(s) when such Confidential
Discovery Material is not being reviewed;
to return such Confidential Discovery Material to Complaint
Counselor Respondents' Outside Counsel , as appropriate, upon
the conclusion of the ExpertConsultant's assignment or retention
or the conclusion of ths Matter;
to not disclose such Confidential Discovery Material to anyone
except as permitted by the Protective Order; and
to use such Confidential Discovery Material and the information
contained therein solely for the purose of rendering consulting
services to a Par to this Matter, including providing testimony in
judicial or admstrative proceedings arising out of this Matter.
6. This paragraph governs the procedures for the following specified disclosures and
challenges to designations of confidentiality:
(a)
Challenges to Confidentiality Designations.
If any Par seeks to challenge a Producing Pary s designation of material as Confidential
Discovery Material or any other restriction contained within this Protective Order, the
challenging Par shall notify the Producing Par and all Paries to this action of the challenge to
such designation. Such notice shall identify with specificity (i. , by document control numbers
deposition transcript page and line reference, or other means sufficient to locate easily such
materials) the designation being challenged. The Producing Par may preserve its designation
within five business days of receiving notice of the confidentiality challenge by providing the
challenging Pary and all Paries to this action with a written statement of the reasons for the
designation. If the Producing Par timely preserves its rights, the Paries shall continue to treat
the challenged material as Confidential Discovery Material, absent a written agreement with the
Producing Par or order of the Administrative Law Judge. The Producing Pary, preserving its
rights, and the challenging Part shall meet and confer in good faith in an attempt to negotiate
changes to any challenged designation. If at the end of five business days of negotiating the
paries have not resolved their differences or if counsel determine in good faith that negotiations
have failed, the challenging Par may make written application to the Admnistrative Law Judge
as provided by paragraph 6(b) of this Protective Order. If the Producing Par does not preserve
its rights within five business days, the challenging Par may alter the designation as contained
in the notice. The challenging Par shall notify the Producing Par and the other Paries to this
action of any changes in confidentiality designations.
Regardless of confidential designation, copies of published magazine or newspaper
aricles, excerpts from published books, publicly available tariffs, and public documents filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other governental entity may be used by any
Par without reference to the procedures of this subparagraph.
(b)
Resolution of Disclosure or Confidentiality Disputes.
Ifnegotiations under subparagraph 6(a) of ths Protective Order have failed to resolve the
issues, a Par seeking to disclose Confidential Discovery Material or challenging a
confidentiality designation or any other restriction contained withn this Protective Order may
make written application to the Adminstrative Law Judge for relief. Such application shall be
served on the Producing Pary and the other Pary, and be accompamed by a certification that the
meet and confer obligations ofthis paragraph have been met, but that good faith negotiations
have failed to resolve outstanding issues. The Producing Par and any other Paries shall have
five business days to respond to the application. Whle an application is pending, the Paries
shall maintain the pre-application status of the Confidential Discovery Material. Nothing in this
Protective Order shall create a presumption or alter the burden of persuading the Administrative,
Law Judge of the proprietar of a requested disclosure or change in designation.
7. Confidential Discovery Material shall not be disclosed to any person described in
subparagraphs 4(c) and 4(d) of ths Protective Order until such person has executed and
transmitted to Respondents' Counsel or Complaint Counsel , as the case may be, a declaration or
declarations, as applicable, in the form attached hereto as Exhbit "
" which is incorporated
herein by reference. Respondents' Counsel and Complaint Counsel shall maintain a fie of all
such declarations for the duration of the litigation. Confidential Discovery Material shall not be
copied or reproduced for use in this Matter except to the extent such copying or reproduction is
reasonably necessar to the conduct of this Matter, and all such copies or reproductions shall be
subject to the terms ofthis Protective Order. If the duplication process by which copies or
reproductions of Confidential Discovery Material are made does not preserve the confidentiality
designations that appear on the original documents, all such copies or reproductions shall be
stamped "CONFIDENTIAL - FTC Docket No. 9318.
8. The Paries shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation or
treatment of information as confidential and the failure to do so promptly shall not preclude any
subsequent objection to such designation or treatment, or any motion seeking permission to
disclose such material to persons not referred to in paragraph 4. If Confidential Discovery
Material is produced without the legend attached, such document shall be treated as Confidential
from the time the Producing Par advises Complaint Counsel and Respondents' Counsel in
writing that such material should be so designated and provides all the Paries with an
appropriately labeled replacement. The Paries shall retu promptly or destroy the unarked
documents.
9. If the FTC: (a) receives a discovery request that may require the disclosure by it of a
Third Par' s Confidential Discovery Material; or (b) intends to or is required to disclose
voluntarily or involuntarly, a Third Par's Confidential Discovery Material (whether or not such
disclosure is in response to a discovery request), the FTC promptly shall notify the Third Par of
either receipt of such request or its intention to disclose such material. Such notification shall be
in writing and shall be provided by facsimile or electronic mail and by federal express or other
overnight courier service to the Thid Par at least five business days before production, and
shall include a copy of this Protective Order and a cover letter that wil apprise the Thrd Par of
its rights hereunder.
10. If any person, including the Commission, receives a discovery request or a subpoena
(excluding investigative subpoenas from a federal or state law enforcement agency) in another
proceeding that may require the disclosure of a Producing Par' s Confidential Discovery
Material, the par receiving the discovery request or subpoena promptly shall notify the
Producing Par of receipt of such request. Such notification shall be in writing and shall be
provided by facsimile or electronic mail by federal express or other overnght courier service by
the Producing Par at least five business days before production, and shall include a copy of ths
Protective Order and a cover letter that wil apprise the Producing Par of its rights hereunder.
The Producing Par shall be solely responsible for asserting any objection to the requested
production. Nothing herein shall be constred as requirg the recipient of the subpoena or
discovery request or anyone else covered by this Order to challenge or appeal any such order
requiring production of Confidential Discovery Material, or to subj ect itself to any penalties for
noncompliance with any such order, or to seek any relief from the Admnistrative Law Judge or
the Commssion.
11. This Order governs the disclosure of information durg the course of discovery and
does not constitute an
in camera
order as provided in Section 3.45 of the Commission s Rules of
Practice, 16 C. R. ~ 3.45.
12. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be constred to conflict with the provisions of
Sections 6, 10, and 21 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.
C. ~~ 46, 50, 57b- , or with
Rules 3.
3.45 or 4. 11 (b)-(e), 16 C.F.R. 9~ 3.22, 3.45 and 4. 11 (b)-(e).
Any Par or Producing Pary may move at any time for
in camera
treatment of any
Confidential Discovery Material or any portion of the proceedings in this Matter to the extent
necessar for proper disposition of the Matter. An application for
in camera
treatment must meet
the standards set forth in 16 C.
R. ~ 3.45 and explained in
In re Dura Lube Corp. 1999 FTC
LEXIS 255 (Dec. 23 , 1999) and
In re Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. 2000 FTC LEXIS 157 (Nov.
2000) and 2000 FTC LEXIS 138 (Sept. 19 2000) and must be supported by a declaration or
affidavit by aperson qualified to explain the natue of the dpc11erits.
13. At the conclusion of this Matter, Respondents' Counsel shall retu to the Producing
Par, or destroy all originals and copies of documents and all notes, memoranda, or other papers
containing Confidential Discovery Material which have not been made par of the public record
in this Matter. Complaint Counsel shall dispose of all documents in accordance with Rule 4.
16 C.
R. ~ 4. 12.
14. The provisions of this Protective Order, insofar as they restrict the communcation
and use of Confidential Discovery Material shall, without written permission of the Producing
Par or fuher order of the Admistrative Law Judge hearing this Matter, continue to be
binding after the conclusion of this Matter.
15. This Protective Order shall not restrct in any way the disclosure by a Producing
Par or its Counsel of such Producing Pary s Confidential Discovery MateriaL
! Tht; right of the Administrative Law Judge, the Commssion, and reviewig cours to
disclose information afforded
in camera
treatment or Confidential Discovery Material, to
the extent necessar for proper disposition of the proceeding, is specifically reserved
pursuant to Rule 3.45, 16 C.
R. ~ 3.45.
16. The production or disclosure of any Discovery Material made after entry of this
Protective Order which a Producing Par claims was inadvertent and should not have been
produced or disclosed because of a privilege will not automatically be deemed to be a waiver of
any privilege to which the Producing Par would have been entitled had the privileged
Discovery Material not inadvertently been produced or disclosed. In the event of such claimed
inadvertent production or disclosure, the following procedures shall be followed:
(a) The Producing Pary may request the retu of any such Discovery
Material within twenty days of discovering that it was inadvertently produced or disclosed (or
inadvertently produced or disclosed without redacting the privileged content). A request for the
retu of any Discovery Material shall identify the specific Discovery Material and the basis for
asserting that the specific Discovery Material (or portions thereof) is subject to the attorney-client
privilege or the work product doctrine and the date of discovery thatthere had been an
inadvertent prod ction or disclos
(b) If a Producing Par requests the retu, pursuant to this paragraph, of any
such Discovery Material from another Par, the Par to whom the request is made shall retur
immediately to the Producing Par all copies of the Discovery Material withi its possession;
custody, or control-including all copies in the possession of experts, consultants, or others to
whom the Discovery Material was provided-uness the Para,sked tQ retu the Discovery
Material in good faith reasonably believes that the Discovery Material is not privileged. Such
good faith belief shall be based on either (i) a facial review of the Discov ry Material, or (ii) the
inadequacy of any explanations provided by the Producing Par, and shall not be based on an
arguent that production or disclosure of the Discovery Material waived any privilege. In the
event that only portions of the Discovery Material contain privileged subject matter, the
Producing Par shall substitute Cl redacted version of the Discovery Material at the time of
makng the request for the retu ofthe requested Discovery Material.
(c) Should the Par contesting the request to retur the Discovery Material
pursuant to this paragraph decline to retu the Discovery Material, the Producing Par seeking
retu of the Discovery Material may thereafter move for an order compelling the retu of the
I)iscovery Material. In any such motion, the Producing Par shall have the burden of showig
that the Discovery Material is privileged and that the production was inadvertent. Such motion
shall be fied within five business days of the refuSal of the contesting par to retu the
Discovery Material in question. Upon notice of the claim of privilege, the contesting Pary shall
make no fuer use and shall not fuher disclose the material in question, until the lapse of this
five business day period without a motion being filed or until resolution of the motion by the
Adminstrative Law Judge.
17. Entr of the foregoing Protective Order is without' prejudice to the right of the Paries
or Third Paries to apply for fuher protective orders or for modification of any provisions of this
Protective Order.
ORDERED:
ephen J. McGui
Chief Adminstrative Law Judge
August 11 , 2004