Eric Hayde and Megan Wheeler, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Arcadia Consumer Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation

Summary

This document is a Stipulated Protective Order entered by the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Hayde v. Arcadia Consumer Healthcare Inc. It governs the designation, use, disclosure, challenge, filing, and disposition of confidential discovery materials, including privileged material and non-party information. The order was entered for good cause on January 9, 2026, by Magistrate Judge John D. Early.

Holdings

1. Good cause supported entry of the parties' stipulated protective order to protect qualifying confidential, proprietary, private, commercial, financial, technical, and potentially privileged discovery material from inappropriate public disclosure or use.
2. Material designated as confidential under the order may be used only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle the action and may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions specified in the order.
3. The protective order does not itself authorize filing confidential material under seal; a party must separately comply with Central District of California Local Civil Rule 79-5 and make the showing required for the particular filing.
4. Within 30 days after final disposition of the action, each receiving party must return or destroy protected material and provide written certification, subject to the order's archival-copy exception for counsel.

Questions Presented

1. Whether good cause supported entry of a stipulated protective order governing confidential discovery material.
2. What procedures should govern designation, disclosure, challenge, sealing, inadvertent production, and final disposition of protected material.
3. What showing is required to file protected material under seal in connection with non-dispositive motions, dispositive motions, or trial.

Disposition

other