STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

R. BROOKER JACKSON, District Judge.

Under Rules 26(c) and 26(c)(7), Fed. R. Civ. P., upon a showing of good cause in support of the entry of a protective order to protect the discovery and dissemination of confidential and proprietary information or information which will improperly annoy, embarrass, or oppress any party, witness, or person providing discovery in this case, IT IS ORDERED:

1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, materials, and information, including without limitation, documents produced, answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, deposition testimony, and other information disclosed pursuant to the disclosure or discovery duties created by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

2. As used in this Protective Order, the term "document" is defined as provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a). A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of this term.

3. Information designated "CONFIDENTIAL" shall be information that is confidential, including but not limited to confidential business information, policies and procedures of Defendants Bank of America Corporation or LandSafe Appraisal Services, Inc. ("Defendants"), Defendants' affiliates or subsidiaries, personnel information regarding employees of a party to this litigation, customer information, proprietary financial or trade secret information, the Plaintiff's health and tax information, and/or other information which is entitled to protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). As a condition of designating information as CONFIDENTIAL, the information must be reviewed by a lawyer and a good faith determination must be made that the information is entitled to protection.

4. CONFIDENTIAL information shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose except the preparation and trial of this case. The duty to keep CONFIDENTIAL information confidential survives the completion of this case.

5. CONFIDENTIAL documents, materials, and/or information (collectively "CONFIDENTIAL information") shall not, without the consent of the party producing it or further Order of the Court, be disclosed except that such information may be disclosed to:

6. Prior to disclosing any CONFIDENTIAL information to any person listed above (other than individuals listed in Paragraph 5 a., b., c., e., and f. above), counsel shall provide such person with a copy of this Protective Order and obtain from such person a written acknowledgment stating that he or she has read this Protective Order and agrees to be bound by its provisions. All such acknowledgments shall be retained by counsel and shall be subject to in camera review by the Court if good cause for review is demonstrated by opposing counsel. Exceptions to the requirement of written acknowledgment should include experts, deponents and others by written agreement of the parties.

7. Documents are designated as CONFIDENTIAL by placing or affixing on them (in a manner that will not interfere with their legibility) the following or other appropriate notice: "CONFIDENTIAL."

8. Any party that wishes to file CONFIDENTIAL information with the Court must move the Court to file such information under seal pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2.

9. Whenever a deposition involves the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL information, the deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL and shall be subject to the provisions of this Protective Order. Such designation shall be made on the record during the deposition whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as CONFIDENTIAL after transcription, provided written notice of the designation is promptly given to all counsel of record within thirty (30) days after notice by the court reporter of the completion of the transcript.

10. A party may object to the designation of particular CONFIDENTIAL information by giving written notice to the party designating the disputed information. The written notice shall identify the information to which the objection is made. If the parties cannot resolve the objection within ten (10) business days after the time the notice is received, it shall be the obligation of the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL to file an appropriate motion requesting that the Court determine whether the disputed information should be subject to the terms of this Protective Order. If such a motion is timely filed, the disputed information shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Protective Order until the Court rules on the motion. If the designating party fails to file such a motion within the prescribed time, the disputed information shall lose its designation as CONFIDENTIAL and shall not thereafter be treated as CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with this Protective Order. In connection with a motion filed under this provision, the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL shall bear the burden of establishing that good cause exists for the disputed information to be treated as CONFIDENTIAL.

11. At the conclusion of this civil action, unless other arrangements are agreed upon, each document and all copies thereof which have been designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be returned to the party that designated it as CONFIDENTIAL.

12. This Protective Order may be modified by the Court at any time for good cause shown following notice to all parties and an opportunity for them to be heard.