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consent of the party that had classified the document as
confidential; (2) parties could apply to the court for
declassification of a document; (3) confidential information in
depositions could be classified as confidential by underlining
the confidential portion and designating that portion as under
the protective order; (4) if a classified document was subpoenaed
or ordered produced by another court, the party that classified
the document was to be advised; (5) classified documents were to
be used only for preparation and trial in the Cinpres case; (6)
the protective order provisions did not terminate at the
conclusion of the Cinpres case; and (7) within 120 days of the
termination of the Cinpres case the parties’ counsel were
permitted to maintain one set of protected matter, and all other
copies were to be returned to originating party or destroyed, at
the option of the originating party.
Initially, petitioner refused to produce any of the
depositions but now has produced redacted versions to respondent.
The redacted versions reflect that the redacted portions had been
classified as confidential under the protective order.2
Respondent contends he is entitled to the redacted portions.
Petitioner contends that to the extent it has not produced
2 There is no indication who classified the redacted
portions as protected. We assume that the deponent classified
the redacted portions. The deponents were generally either
parties or their agents.
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