Eminent Consulting, LLC v. Rightsourcing, LLC

Summary

This document is an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California approving a modified stipulated protective order in Eminent Consulting, LLC v. Rightsourcing, LLC. The protective order governs confidentiality designations, disclosure and use of protected discovery material, challenges to designations, sealing procedures, inadvertent disclosure, and disposition of protected material after the litigation, with the court clarifying that it will not retain jurisdiction to enforce the order after the case is closed.

Holdings

1. The court approved the parties' modified stipulated protective order because it comported with the relevant authorities and the court's Local Rules, subject to the stated clarification concerning post-closure jurisdiction.
2. The court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the protective order once the case is closed.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should approve the parties' modified stipulated protective order.
2. Whether the court would retain jurisdiction to enforce the protective order after the action was closed.

Disposition

approved