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Order by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu granting 127 Stipulation — In re Plaid Inc. Privacy Litigation (Dkt. 128, N.D. Cal. No. 4:20-cv-03056)
Filed May 19, 2021 in In re Plaid Inc. Privacy Litigation; one of 174 filings from this case.
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| Court | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California |
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| Filed | 2021-05-19 |
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · No. 4:20-cv-03056-DMR · Doc. 128 · 2021-05-19 · Docket on CourtListener
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY HERRERA KENNEDY LLP Shawn M. Kennedy (SBN 218472) skennedy@herrerakennedy.com 4590 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 500 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Tel: (949) 936-0900 Fax: (855) 969-2050 LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP Rachel Geman (Pro Hac Vice) rgeman@lchb.com 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013-1413 Tel: (212) 355-9500 Fax: (212) 355-9592 BURNS CHAREST LLP Christopher J. Cormier (Pro Hac Vice) ccormier@burnscharest.com 4725 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20016 Tel: (202) 577-3977 Fax: (469) 444-5002 Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel (Additional counsel on signature page) COOLEY LLP Michael G. Rhodes (SBN 116127) rhodesmg@cooley.com Whitty Somvichian (SBN 194463) wsomvichian@cooley.com Kyle C. Wong (SBN 224021) kwong@cooley.com Lauren J. Pomeroy (SBN 291604) lpomeroy@cooley.com Ellie Barczak (SBN 329180) ebarczak@cooley.com 101 California Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 Tel: (415) 693-2181 Fax: (415) 693-2222 Attorneys for Defendant PLAID INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION IN RE PLAID INC. PRIVACY LITIGATION Master Docket No.: 4:20-cv-03056-DMR JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY DOCUMENTS THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: ALL ACTIONS Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 1 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 2 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY I. PURPOSE This Stipulation and Order (“Order”) regarding the production of Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”) and Hard Copy Documents (collectively, “Document” or “Documents”) shall govern discovery of Documents in this case as a supplement to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and any other applicable orders and rules. Nothing in this Order is intended to expand or limit the parties’ obligations under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Any disputes arising out of the production of documents subject to this Order shall be resolved according to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Local Rule 26, and the Court’s Standing Orders. II. COOPERATION The Parties are aware of the importance the Court places on cooperation and commit to cooperate in good faith throughout the matter consistent with this Court’s Guidelines for the Discovery of ESI. III. PRESERVATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ESI The Parties have discussed their preservation obligations and needs and agree that preservation of potentially-relevant ESI will be reasonable and proportionate. 1. When a party propounds discovery requests pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, the parties agree to phase the production of ESI. Within a reasonable time following receipt of the requesting party’s requests for production of documents, the receiving party shall disclose the names of individuals and/or sources from which the producing party initially plans to collect documents in response to the document requests. The custodians shall be identified by name, title, and job description. Following the initial production, the parties will continue to prioritize the order of subsequent productions as necessary. The Parties shall have a continuing obligation to take reasonable and proportional steps to identify and preserve custodial and non-custodial data sources that may contain information that is relevant and proportional to the needs of the case and to the claims and defenses in this litigation. See FRCP 26(b)(1). 2. If a producing party is aware of inaccessible data that is likely to contain unique, discoverable ESI that may be relevant to the claims and defenses in this litigation, it will identify the source from which it claims the data is not reasonably accessible to the receiving party. Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 2 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 3 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY 3. Plaid has represented that it maintains dynamic databases which automatically overwrite data that may be relevant and discoverable in this action and that preserving such data in full would impose an undue burden on Plaid. The parties agree to meet and confer and attempt to resolve this issue by June 8, 2021, and, to submit any unresolved dispute to the Court for resolution. a. Examples of data the Parties agree not to preserve include but are not necessarily limited to: i. ESI created or received before 1/1/2012 or after final judgment in this action; ii. Deleted, “slack,” fragmented, or unallocated data only accessible by forensics; iii. Random Access Memory (RAM), online access data such as temporary internet files, history, cache, and cookies; iv. Structural files not material to individual file contents (e.g. .CSS, .XSL, .XML, .DTD, etc.). 4. The Parties agree to timely meet and confer as needed to resolve any disagreements regarding whether preservation of data from particular sources, in whole or in part, is reasonable and proportional to the needs of this case and to submit any unresolved disputes to the Court for resolution. IV. SEARCH & REVIEW 1. The parties agree that in responding to an initial Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 request, or earlier if appropriate, they will meet and confer about methods to search ESI in order to identify ESI that is potentially relevant and thus subject to production in discovery and filter out ESI that is not subject to discovery. The Parties will meet and confer to discuss the use of search terms, filters, and date ranges for the purposes of production, and if possible to come to agreed-upon custodians and search terms, though productions of responsive, non-privileged documents may begin before an agreement, if one is possible, has been reached on these items. 2. No party will use advanced culling techniques or technology assisted review processes to exclude documents from manual review or production without first conferring with the opposing Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 3 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 4 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY party. The Parties agree to timely meet and confer as needed to resolve any disagreements regarding whether collection from particular sources is reasonable and proportional to the needs of this case and/or specific discovery requests and to submit any unresolved disputes to the Court for resolution. V. PRODUCTION FORMATS The Parties agree to produce documents in the formats set forth in Appendices 1 and 2 to this Order. If particular documents warrant a different format, the parties will cooperate to arrange for the mutually acceptable production of such documents. The parties agree not to degrade the searchability of documents as part of the document production process. VI. DOCUMENTS PROTECTED FROM DISCOVERY 1. Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), the production of a privileged or work-product-protected document (including both paper documents and electronically stored information), whether inadvertent or otherwise, shall be governed by the protective order entered into in this case. 2. If the producing party redacts information from a page, the producing party shall “burn” a white box with visible text indicating that the document was redacted onto the document image over the information it intends to redact. If the producing party redacts a document, the metadata fields must nonetheless be produced to the extent the fields are already populated in the ordinary course, with the exception of email subject, which may be withheld from emails redacted on the basis that the email contains privileged or work-product materials where the email subject itself constitutes privileged or work-product material. Additional metadata fields deemed privileged may be redacted only to the extent necessary to protect the privilege. 3. The parties agree to comply with this Court’s standing order for the appropriate scope and terms for privilege logs. Communications may be identified on a privilege log by category, rather than individually, if the parties agree that such communications are logged in sufficient detail for the opposing party to assess whether the assertion of privilege is justified. 4. Communications between a party and its counsel in this litigation that post-date the filing of the complaint need not be placed on a privilege log. 5. This stipulated agreement set forth in this section does not constitute a concession by any Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 4 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 5 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY party that any documents are subject to protection by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine or any other potentially applicable privilege or doctrine. This agreement also is not intended to waive or limit in any way either party’s right to contest any privilege claims that may be asserted with respect to any of the documents produced except to the extent stated in the agreement. VII. MODIFICATION This Order may be modified by a stipulation of the Parties or by the Court for good cause shown. VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS A. Objections Preserved. Nothing in this Order shall be interpreted to require disclosure of either irrelevant information or relevant information protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work- product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or immunity. Except as provided expressly herein, the parties do not waive any objections as to the production, discoverability, authenticity, admissibility, or confidentiality of Documents and ESI. B. Technical Variances. Recognizing that each producing party may experience production issues due to data systems or files that may not be fully compatible with the technical specifications set forth herein, any practice or procedure set forth herein may be varied by agreement of the parties, confirmed in writing, to accommodate such issues and/or where such variance is deemed appropriate to facilitate the timely and economical production of Documents or ESI. No party shall unreasonably object to any such variance. C. Reproduction as Natives. The parties agree that to the extent any party seeks production in native format of specifically identified ESI produced originally in TIFF form, the producing party shall respond reasonably and in good faith to any such request. Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 5 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 6 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY IT IS SO STIPULATED, through Counsel of Record. Dated: May 14, 2021 /s/ Melissa Gardner Michael W. Sobol (SBN 194857) Melissa A. Gardner (SBN 289096) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 msobol@lchb.com mgardner@lchb.com Telephone: (415) 956-1000 Fax: (415) 956-1008 Rachel Geman (pro hac vice) Rhea Ghosh (Pro Hac Vice) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013-1413 rgeman@lchb.com rghosh@lchb.com Telephone: (212) 355-9500 Fax: (212) 355-9592 Shawn M. Kennedy (SBN 218472) Bret D. Hembd (SBN 272826) HERRERA KENNEDY LLP 4590 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 500 Newport Beach, CA 92660 skennedy@herrerakennedy.com bhembd@herrerakennedy.com Telephone: (949) 936-0900 Fax: (855) 969-2050 Nicomedes Sy Herrera (SBN 275332) Laura E. Seidl (SBN 269891) HERRERA KENNEDY LLP 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600 Oakland, CA 94612 nherrera@herrerakennedy.com lseidl@herrerakennedy.com Telephone: (510) 422-4700 Christopher J. Cormier (pro hac vice) BURNS CHAREST LLP 4725 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20016 Telephone: (202) 577-3977 Email: CCormier@BurnsCharest.com Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 6 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 7 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY Warren T. Burns (pro hac vice) BURNS CHAREST LLP 900 Jackson Street, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75202 wburns@burnscharest.com Telephone: (469) 904-4550 Fax: (469) 444-5002 C. Jacob Gower (pro hac vice) BURNS CHAREST LLP 365 Canal Street, Suite 1170 New Orleans LA 70130 jgower@burnscharest.com Telephone: (504) 799-2845 Fax: (504) 881-1765 Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel Dated: May 14, 2021 /s/ Kyle C. Wong Michael G. Rhodes (SBN 116127) Whitty Somvichian (SBN 194463) Kyle C. Wong (SBN 224021) Lauren J. Pomeroy (SBN 291604) Ellie Barczak (SBN 329180) COOLEY LLP rhodesmg@cooley.com wsomvichian@cooley.com kwong@cooley.com lpomeroy@cooley.com ebarczak@cooley.com 101 California Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 Tel: (415) 693-2181 Fax: (415) 693-2222 Counsel for Defendant Plaid Inc. IT IS ORDERED that the foregoing Agreement is approved. Dated: May 19, 2021 Honorable Donna M. Ryu Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 7 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY APPENDIX 1 PRODUCTION DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS I. GENERAL PRODUCTION PROVISIONS The parties agree that ESI should be produced as TIFF images and in Native format where applicable with accompanying data and image load files. If particular documents warrant a different format, the parties will cooperate to arrange for the mutually acceptable production of such documents. A. TIFF Image Files. The parties agree that all other Documents, with the exception of Documents produced in Native Format, will be produced as single-page black and white Group IV TIFF image files of at least 300 dpi resolution with 1 bit depth. Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches, unless in the reasonable judgment of the producing party, a particular item requires a different page size. Each image file will use the Bates number of the page as its unique file name. Original document orientation as displayed in the native file should be maintained in the TIFF image (i.e., portrait to portrait and landscape to landscape). B. Text Files. Each Document produced under this Order shall be accompanied by a document level text file containing all of the text for that document, not one text file per page. Each text file shall be named to use the Bates number of the first page of the corresponding document. The text files shall be generated by extracted text from native files and OCR text files from hard copy scanned documents as applicable. The .DAT load file shall include a link to the corresponding text file. C. OCR Text File. The parties will provide searchable OCR text of any paper or imaged Documents, unless doing so would be impracticable. In the case of impracticability, the producing party will produce the documents as they are kept in the ordinary course of business. D. Extracted Text Files from ESI. The parties shall extract the text of each ESI item directly from the ESI native file, where extracted text is reasonably available. For any calendar entries collected and/or processed after the Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 8 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 2 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY execution date of this Order, fields should be extracted and produced as text. E. OCR Text for Redacted Documents. The parties will provide searchable OCR text for any redacted files. F. Bates Numbering. 1. Each TIFF image produced under this Order should be assigned a Bates number that must: (1) be unique across the entire document production; (2) maintain a constant length of nine numeric digits (including 0-padding) across the entire production; (3) contain only alphanumeric characters, no special characters or embedded spaces; and (4) be sequential within a given Document. The producing party will identify the Bates number range of each production in a cover letter or production log accompanying the production. If a producing party skips a Bates number or set of Bates numbers in a production, the producing party will identify and note the gap in the cover letter or production log accompanying the production. 2. The producing party will brand all TIFF images in the lower right-hand corner with its corresponding Bates number, using a consistent font type and size. If the receiving party believes that a Bates number obscures the content of a Document, then the receiving party may request that the Document be produced with the Bates number in a different position. G. Re-Production of Prior or Other Litigation Documents. If re-production is required for a set of documents produced in a prior litigation or any other proceeding, or where a prior production of documents or ESI by a party in a prior litigation or any other proceeding is the only reasonably accessible source of those documents or ESI to be produced by a party in this litigation, the producing party may re-produce such documents in the manner in which they were produced in the prior case, including all objective coding or metadata fields required by this protocol to the extent reasonably available to the producing party as part of the productions set. For any such re-production in accordance with this Paragraph, the producing party is not obligated to re-format the prior production in accordance with the production specifications in ESI stipulation, but must provide Bates numbering and confidentiality designations specific to this litigation. H. Parent-Child Relationships. Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 9 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 3 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY Parent-child relationships for all embedded ESI documents (e.g., the association between an attachment and its parent email, or a spreadsheet embedded within a word processing document), must be preserved by assigning sequential Bates numbers to all items within the parent-child group, and identifying those Bates numbers in the relevant ESI metadata and coding fields specified in Appendix 2. For example, if a party is producing an email with embedded attachments, the attachments must be processed and assigned Bates numbers in sequential order, following consecutively behind the parent email. Not all attachments may be produced – for example, privileged or nonresponsive attachments may be removed, but all documents within responsive families will be Bates numbered prior to production. I. Color Documents. If an original ESI Document contains color text, markings or graphics, and the receiving party believes it is necessary to view such Document in its original color to understand its full meaning or content, then the receiving party may request that the ESI Document be produced in color format. The producing party shall then reproduce such Document(s) and/or ESI in color JPEG format, or in native format. This section also applies to documents that are produced as TIFF images. J. Confidentiality Designations. If a particular Document has a confidentiality designation, the designation shall be stamped on the face of all TIFF images pertaining to such Document, in the lower left-hand corner of the Document, or as close thereto as possible while preserving the underlying image. If the receiving party believes that a confidentiality designation obscures the content of a Document, then the receiving party may request that the Document be produced with the confidentiality designation in a different position. No party may attach to any filing or any correspondence addressed to the Court (including any Magistrate Judge), or any adverse or third party, or submit as an exhibit at a deposition or any other judicial proceeding, a copy (whether electronic or otherwise) of any native format Document produced by any party without ensuring that the corresponding Bates number and confidentiality legend appear in the file name of the document. For each document that is marked confidential, a Confidentiality field will be populated with the word “Confidential” in the Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 10 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 4 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY .dat file. In the event that the metadata confidentiality designation and the image designation do not match, the parties will assume the highest level of protection exists for the document and agree to notify the producing party of the issue promptly upon becoming aware of it. Also, any documents marked Confidential must be handled in accordance with the Protective Order entered in this case. II. PRODUCTION OF HARD COPY DOCUMENTS All hard copy Documents that are scanned will be produced in electronic form. Where necessary and practicable, hard copy Documents in color will be scanned in color to ensure full information is communicated in the scanned copy. Scanned color documents will be provided in JPG file format. A. Unitization of Paper Document. To the extent practicable, hard copy Documents shall be unitized using logical document determinations or “LDD.” B. Identification. Where a Document or group of Documents has an identification spine, “post-it note,” or any other label, the information on the label shall be scanned and produced to the extent practicable. C. Custodian Identification. The parties will utilize reasonable best efforts to ensure that paper records for a particular custodian or department level custodian, which are included in a single production, are produced in consecutive Bates stamp order. D. Metadata. The metadata associated with each hard copy Document need only identify the Bates number, the custodian associated with that hard copy Document, and any Confidential Designation or Redaction applied to that Document. III. PRODUCTION OF “ESI” A. De-NISTING and System Files: ESI productions shall be de-NISTed using the industry standard list of such files maintained in the National Software Reference Library by the National Institute of Standards & Technology. De-NISTED files need not be produced. The parties may additionally exclude from review and production common system files and application Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 11 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 5 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY executable files. Additional culling of system file types based on file extension may include, but are not limited to: WINNT, LOGS, DRVS, C++ Program File (c) , C++ Builder 6 (cpp), Channel Definition Format (cdf), Creatures Object Sources (cos), Dictionary file (dic), Executable (exe), Hypertext Cascading Style Sheet (css), JavaScript Source Code (js), Label Pro Data File (IPD), Office Data File (NICK), Office Profile Settings (ops), Outlook Rules Wizard File (rwz), Scrap Object, System File (dll), Temporary File (tmp), Windows Error Dump (dmp), Windows Media Player Skin Package (wmz), Windows NT/2000 Event View Log file (evt), Python Script files (.py, .pyc, .pud, .pyw), Program Installers and the additional file extensions in Appendix 3 that are non- standard, non-readable or non-reviewable file types. If a party excludes from review a standard, readable, and reviewable file type that is not listed above or in Appendix 3, that party must disclose such exclusion to the other parties. The parties further agree that, notwithstanding the file types listed above and in Appendix 3, no party shall exclude from review or withhold file types that are required to review responsive, non- privileged substantive discovery. B. Native Files: Certain files types, such as presentation-application files (e.g., MS PowerPoint), spreadsheet-application files (e.g., MS Excel, .csv), and multimedia audio/visual files such as voice and video recordings (e.g., .wav, .mpeg, and .avi), shall be produced in native format. For files produced in native format, the producing party shall provide a single-page TIFF slip-sheet with the applicable Bates stamp indicating that a native item was produced. The corresponding load (.DAT) file shall include a NativeFileLink which provides the relative path linking information for each native file that is produced. In addition, the confidentiality designation will be indicated in the name of the native file where reasonably feasible. C. Metadata Fields and Processing. 1. ESI shall be processed in a manner that preserves the source native file and relevant metadata without modification, including their existing time, date, and time-zone metadata consistent with the requirements provided in this Order. The parties agree to process all data in Pacific Standard time. 2. Hidden text. ESI shall be processed, to the extent practicable, in a manner Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 12 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 6 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY that preserves hidden columns or rows, hidden text, notes, or worksheets, speaker notes, tracked changes, redlines and comments. Upon request, a producing party will produce files with any such information in native format. 3. Compressed Files and Encrypted Files. Compressed file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression resulting in individual files. The producing party will take reasonable steps, prior to production, to unencrypt any discoverable electronically stored information that exists in encrypted format (e.g., because password-protected) and that can be reasonably unencrypted. 4. Microsoft “Auto” Feature and Macros. For Microsoft Excel (.xls/.xlsx), Microsoft Word (.doc), and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) documents that contain “auto” features, (e.g., where documents have an automatically updated date and time in the document), the metadata associated with such files shall accurately reflect the automatically populated fields (i.e., the metadata date or other automatically populated field will reflect the date and/or entry for how the document was used or held in the ordinary course of business). 5. Metadata and Coded Fields. ESI items shall be produced with all of the metadata and coding fields set forth in Appendix 2. This Order does not create any obligation to create or manually code fields that are not automatically generated by the processing of the ESI, or that do not exist as part of the original metadata of the Document; provided, however, that the producing party must populate, where possible, the (a) BegBates, (b) EndBates, (c) BegAttach, (d) EndAttach, (e) Custodian, (f) NativeFileLink fields, if applicable, (g) TextPath, (h) Redaction status, and (i) Confidentiality designation. These fields should be populated for all produced ESI, as well as paper Documents converted to electronic form, regardless of whether the fields can be populated pursuant to an automated process. IV. DATABASES, STRUCTURED, AGGREGATED OR APPLICATION DATA 1. The Parties will produce documents collected from databases or other structured databases in a reasonably useable format. If the data cannot be produced in a reasonably useable Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 13 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 7 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY format, the parties will meet and confer to address the production format. Prior to or during any such meet and confer, the producing party will provide sufficient information to enable the receiving party to evaluate the best method and format of production, If the parties cannot reach agreement, the matter will be decided by the Court or its designee. V. REDACTIONS. A. Redactions: The parties agree that where ESI items need to be redacted, they shall be produced in TIFF format with each redaction clearly indicated or where TIFF format is not practicable, in redacted native format, as noted below. Any unaffected data fields shall be provided. The redaction of any material for privilege or other reason shall be governed by the applicable rules and case law regarding privilege and the provisions contained in the Protective Order entered in this action. Spreadsheets that are to be produced in native format may be produced with redaction applied directly to the native file itself. If modification of a native file is required for redaction purposes, metadata information associated with that file should remain unchanged, unless it also requires redaction. For each document that is redacted, a Redaction field will be populated with the word “REDACTED” in the .DAT file. Also, the producing party will keep a pristine original copy of the native document. B. Printing Specifications for Excel and PowerPoint files: In the event that a party produces Excel and PowerPoint type files in printed TIFF format for redaction and redacted, the following printing options shall be enabled: Excel Print to TIFF Options Unhide columns and rows Unhide worksheets Autofit columns and rows, settings to be over by columns first and, then down by rows Wrap text Print gridlines Do not apply Autofilter Display headings Display comments Header and Footer filename field handling: Show field code PowerPoint Print to TIFF Options Print notes pages Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 14 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 8 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY Print hidden slides Print comments 1. The producing party shall also make reasonable efforts to ensure that any spreadsheets produced only as TIFF images because of redactions are formatted so as to be legible. For redacted items which were originally ESI, all metadata fields noted in this protocol that do not contain privileged or protected information will be provided and will include all non- redacted data. A document’s status as redacted does not relieve the producing party from providing all of the metadata required herein. C. De-duplication and Document Families: 1. ESI shall be de-duplicated globally at the parent level using MD5 hash or SHA-1 hash. For emails, de-duplication may be performed using a hash calculated using combination of metadata fields. Such hash shall, at a minimum, account for all sender and recipient metadata including BCC recipients, the email subject, date sent, and attachment names. The parties are permitted to produce the longest unique email chain and do not need to separately produce the lesser-included emails unless those lesser-included emails have bcc recipients or unique attachments not included in the longest chain. If a lesser-included email has a bcc recipient or unique attachment, then the lesser-included email must be separately produced with the attachments If a party produces only inclusive email, the parties agree to redact any privileged content or message component and produce in full the rest of the conversation in the inclusives. “Near duplicate” documents shall be produced rather than removed. The producing party need only produce a single copy of a particular ESI. The hash value for each item shall be reflected in the .DAT load file in the HashValue field specified in Appendix 2. In de-duplicating globally, the producing party shall identify custodians who were in possession of a de-duplicated Document in the AllCustodian metadata field specified in Appendix 2. This means that the field “AllCustodian” will be populated showing all custodians who had a copy of the same document which is not being produced because of de-duplication. 2. De-duplication shall not break apart families and shall be performed at a Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 15 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 9 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY family level. A document and all other documents in its attachment range, emails with attachments and files with extracted embedded OLE documents all constitute family groups. The producing party agrees that the presence of a custodian’s name contained in the “AllCustodian” field in the metadata for a particular document is evidence that the custodian possessed that document in his/her custodial file. D. Load Files: The data load file should be in standard Concordance format (.DAT). The .DAT file shall contain a relative path to the corresponding Native file. Concordance Data Load Files: The data load file should use standard Concordance delimiters: Column - ¶ (ASCII 20); Quote - þ (ASCII 254); Newline - ® (ASCII 174). The first line of the .DAT file should contain the field names arranged in the same order as the data is arranged in subsequent lines. All date fields should be produced in mm/dd/yyyy format, if possible. Date fields may be combined date/time fields All produced attachments should sequentially follow the parent Document/email. Sample Concordance .DAT Load File: þBegBatesþ¶þBegattatchþ¶þCustodianþ¶þNative Pathþ¶þExtracted Textþ þABC000001þ¶þABC000001þ¶þSampleþ¶þ\VOL001\NATIVES\001\ABC000001.xlsþ¶þTEXT\ 001\ABC000001.t tþþABC000002þ¶þABC000001þ¶þSampleþ¶þNATIVES\001\ABC000002.gifþ¶þTEXT\001\AB C000002.txtþ The image load file must be in standard Option (.OPT) format and must reference each TIFF file in the corresponding production, and the total number of TIFF files referenced in the load file must match the total number of image files in the production. The total number of Documents Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 16 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 10 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY referenced in a production’s data load file should match the total number of designated Document breaks in the corresponding image load file for that production. In any deliverable volume, documents should be organized in such a way that each folder in the volume contains 1000 files (each TIFF page or native file is a single file) as one file per folder. Every image in the delivery volume should be cross-referenced in the image load file. The imageID key should be named the same as the Bates number of the page. Load files should not span across media (e.g., CDs, DVDs, hard drives, etc.), i.e., a separate volume should be created for each piece of media delivered. Sample Concordance/Opticon Image (.OPT) Load File: MSC000001,MSC001, \VOL001\IMAGES\001\MSC000001.TIF,Y„,2 MSC000002,MSC001, \VOL001\IMAGES\001\MSC000002.TIF,,,, MSC000004,MSC001, \VOL001\IMAGES\001\MSC000004.TIF,Y,,,2 MSC000005,MSC001, \VOL001\IMAGES\001\MSC000005.TIF,,,, OCR/Extracted Text Files: OCR or Extracted Text files shall be provided in a separate directory containing Document level text files. The .DAT file shall contain a relative path to the corresponding text file. OCR or Extracted text itself should not be included in the .DAT file: PROD001\TEXT\001\ABC00015.txt Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 17 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY APPENDIX 2: ESI METADATA AND CODING FIELDS The chart below describes the metadata fields to be produced, where reasonably available, in generic, commonly used terms which the producing party is to adapt to the specific types of ESI it is producing, to the extent such metadata fields exist associated with the original electronic Documents and are automatically generated as part of the electronic data discovery process. Ambiguities about a metadata field should be discussed with the receiving party prior to processing the subject ESI for production. Field Name Field Description BegBates First Bates number (production number) of an item EndBates Last Bates number (production number) of an item **The EndBates field should be populated for single-page items. AttachName File name of the attachment, with any attachments separated by semi-colon. BegAttach/Group ID First Bates number of family group. EndAttach Last Bates number of attachment range (i.e., Bates number of the last page of the last attachment) PgCount Number of pages in the item Custodian Name of person or source from whose/which files the item is produced AllCustodian Name of the person(s), in addition to the Custodian, from whose files the item would have been produced if it had not been de- duplicated FileSize Size (in kilobytes) of the source native file SourceFilePath1 The directory structure or path where the original file was stored on the party’s source computer system, ending in the filename. Any container name (such as ZIP or PST containers) is included in the path.2 1 This field may be excluded if the producing party determines it includes information protected by any applicable privilege or immunity. 2 This field may be excluded when producing documents from Google Vault, as this field is not supported. Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 18 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 2 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY Field Name Field Description HashValue The MD5 or SHA-1 hash value of the item NativeFileLink Relative path for documents provided in native format only **The linked file must be named per the BegBates value SourceParty Name of entity or party producing the item RecordType Indicates item type (e.g., email, edoc, attachment) FileType (e.g., Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, etc.) FileExtension Indicates file extension of the file e.g., .docx, .pptx DateSent (mm/dd/yyyy) Date email or calendar item was sent TimeSent (hh:mmAM/PM) Time email or calendar item was sent (Date and time fields may be combined) DateReceived Date email or calendar item was received TimeReceived Time email or calendar item was received (Date and time fields may be combined) To The names and/or SMTP email addresses of all recipients that were included on the “To” line of the email or calendar item From The name and/or SMTP email address of the sender of the email or calendar item CC The names and/or SMTP email addresses of all recipients that were included on the “CC” line of the email or calendar item BCC The names and/or SMTP email addresses of all recipients that were included on the “BCC” line of the email or calendar item Number of Attachments Number of attached, embedded or grouped items DateCreated (mm/dd/yyyy) Date the item was created TimeCreated (hh:mm AM/PM) Time the item was created (Date and time fields may be combined) ModifiedBy Person who last modified or saved the item, as populated in the metadata or document properties of the native file LastModDate Date the item was last modified Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 19 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 3 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY Field Name Field Description (mm/dd/yyyy) LastModTime (hh:mm AM/PM) Time the item was last modified Date Last Printed Date the document was last printed FileName The filename of the source native file for an ESI item Title Any value populated in the Title field of the source file metadata or item properties Subject/E-Mail Subject Any value populated in the Subject field of the source file metadata or document properties (e.g., subject line of email or calendar item) Author Creator of the document; any value populated in the Author field of the source file metadata or document properties TextPath Full relative path to the location of the document-level text file Redacted User-generated field that will indicate redactions. With the word “REDACTED”. Otherwise, blank. Confidentiality User-generated field that will indicate confidentiality. With the word “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” applicable; Otherwise, blank X-RSMF-BeginDate3 The begin date of the string of messages X-RSMF-EndDate The end date of the string of messages X-RSMF-EventCount The number of individual messages in a string 3 X-RSMF fields shall be produced only if, and to the extent that, documents are produced in Relativity Short Message Format. Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 20 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 4 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY APPENDIX 3: NON-STANDARD OR NON-REVIEWABLE FILE TYPES The following file types are considered non-standard, non-readable, or non-reviewable file types that may be excluded without further disclosure: $P$; 3DMAP; 3M; ; A; ACCDB; ACL; ACRODATA; AD; AIFC; ANT; AODL; APB; ARD; ARF; ARSC; AS; ASE; AUTOMATICDESTINA; BAK; BCK; BIG; BIN; BINARZZZ; BLA; BLF; BLOG; BRO; C2; CAD; CATDRAWING; CATPART; CATPRODUCT; CC2; CDB; CDF-MS; CDG; CDM; CDR; CDX; CEL; CFS; CGM; CHK; CHM; CLASS; COM; CONTROL-7; CPIO; CPT; CRL; CSB; CSG; CSH; CSS; CST; CSX; CTB; CUSTOZZZ; CWD; DB6EC15298050000; DBF; DBT; DCM; DCT; DEFAULTS-7; DEL; DEX; DGM; DIB; DIR; DLL; DLLꞏ$EA; DMP; DNG; DOWN_ZZZ; DRM; DS_STORE; DYLIB; EDB; EL6; EMF; ENC; ENCR; EOT; EPT; ETL; EXE; FDT; FDX; FEED-MS; FEEDSDB-MS; FEV; FIL; FILE; File Extension; FIXML; FLA; FRQ; FSB; FSD; FSF; FT; GERMAN; GLA; GLZA; GR2; GRD; HASH; HCOM; HDR; HDS; HEU; HIR; HIV; HPGL; HTRI; HVS; HXD; HXH; HXW; I01; ICM; ICNS; ID; IDX; IGPI; IGR; IGS; ILL; INDD; INDEX; INFO; INIT; INSTALLED; IPT; ISU; ITDB; ITHMB; ITL; IWA; IXV; JCP; JFM; JNILIB; JOBOPTIONS; JS; JTX; KEY; KEYSTORE; LACCDB; LAY; LCK; LDB; LIC; LINUX; LNK; LOCALZZZ; LRU; M3D; M3G; MAP; MCX-7; MDB; META; MKV; MMD-7; MOBI; MODEL; MOM; MOVꞏ$ZZZ; MSI; MSO; MST; NIB; NOP; NRM; NWD; NYC; O; OAB; OBJ; OCX; ODL; ODLGZ; ODLSENT; ODTTF; OGG; OLD; OLE; OMO; ONE; ONECACHE; ONETOC2; OPERATIONS-7; OTC; OTF; OUT; P12; P7S; PAK; PB; PCB; PCK; PCM; PDB; PIC; PICKLE; PKGDAT; PKGX; PLIST; PLT001; PMA; POL; PREVIOUS; PRI; PRO; PRP; PRX; PSB; PTM; PVDB; PVF; PVR; PXM; PYC; PYO; PYRO; QXP; R1297; RBT; RDB; REGTRZZZ; REP; RES; RESOURCES; RLE; RNG; RPMSG; RSC; RVM; SAV; SBI; SCR; SDA; SDC; SDD; SDF; SDG; SDV; SDW; SER; SESSION; SHOCKED; SHS; SINF; SLDASM; SLDPRT; SMF; SNDT; SO; SQLITE; SQLITE3; SQLITZZZ; SQM; SRS; STAT; STH; STL; STORAGE; STORE; STP; STRINGS; SUPP; SVG; SWP; SWZ; SXC; SXI; T80; TAX; TBACCT; TBL; TBRES; TDE; TERATERM; THM; THMX; TMP; TRUSTSTORE; TTC; TTF; UMD; UP_META; USAGE; VBE; VMAS; VOL; VPOL; VPOLꞏZZZ; VSDX; VUE; VVS; WBT; WEBARCHIVE; WEBLOC; WEBP; WID; WOFF; XTERM-R6; XTERM-XFREE86; 0; ACP; APW; ASC; DBM; HMX; HYPER; KOA; P7M; PPROF; Q; RPM; SIG; SWO; TEXTCZZZ; TXZ; XPL; XZ; 0 - IZZZ; 00000ZZZ; 0-022ZZZ; ADAT; AMR; ARJ; ARLOLOGX; ASWCS; AWB; BACKUP; BLEND; BZ; CACHE; CAP; CER; CERT; CFE; CONFIG; CRDOWZZZ; CTRL; DAC; DB4; DCA; DEB; DER; DICT; DSK; DSX; DUMP; DVI; DXF; ECONFIG; EMC; ENCRYPT; EPS; EX_; FBCINDEX; FBCSEZZZ; FMT; FNM; FRX; FTS; GEMSPEC; GID; GLB; GMO; GPG; GZIP; HB; HLP; HTI; IPK; ISO; JASPER; JIO; JKS; KDB; KERN; KEYTAB; KS; LIB; LINKED; LZ4; M; MMPZ; NODE; NPS; ORC; PARQUET; PARTIAL; PCAP; PCAPNG; PDML; PFL; PGP; PIE; PKG; PKL; PKR; PL; PNM; POD; PP; PS; PWD; PY; QXD; RAM; RDATA; REDO; RENAMED; ROM; RPMNEW; SCC; SCSSC; SH; SI; SOLV; SOLVX; STATE; SVM; SWN; SXW; TABLES; TDB; TFEVENTS; TIM; TIP; TORRENT; TRUSTZZZ; TS; TXO; UN~; VCE; VDX; VERSION; WOFF2; WORKSZZZ; XCF; XPT; XZAA; XZAH; Z02; Z06; ZST Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 21 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 5 - STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION (“ESI”) AND HARD COPY Filer’s Attestation Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. Dated: May 14, 2021 /s/ Melissa Gardner Melissa Gardner LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR Document 128 Filed 05/19/21 Page 22 of 22
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