CONSENT PROTECTIVE ORDER

DAVID C. KEESLER, Magistrate Judge.

It is hereby ORDERED by the Court that the following restrictions and procedures shall apply to certain information, documents, and excerpts from documents supplied by the parties to each other in response to discovery requests:

1. Counsel for any party may designate any document or information contained in a document as confidential if counsel determines, in good faith, that such designation is necessary to protect the interests of the client. Information and documents designated by a party as confidential will be labeled "CONFIDENTIAL". "Confidential" information or documents may be referred to collectively as "confidential information." In the case of deposition testimony, confidentiality designations may be made during the deposition and in any event shall be made within thirty (30) days after the transcript has been received by counsel making the designation and shall specify the testimony being designated confidential by page and line number(s).

2. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, or otherwise provided for herein, the confidential information disclosed will be held and used by the person receiving such information solely for use in connection with the above-captioned action.

3. In the event a party challenges another party's confidential designation, counsel shall make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute, and in the absence of a resolution, the challenging party may thereafter seek resolution by the Court. Nothing in this Protective Order constitutes an admission by any party that confidential information disclosed in this case is relevant or admissible. Each party specifically reserves the right to object to the use or admissibility of all confidential information disclosed, in accordance with applicable law.

4. Information or documents designated as "Confidential" shall not be disclosed to any person, except:

5. Prior to disclosing or displaying the confidential information to any person, counsel shall:

6. The confidential information may be displayed to and discussed with the persons identified in Paragraph 4(c) and (d) only on the condition that prior to any such display or discussion, each such person shall be asked to sign an agreement to be bound by this Order in the form attached as Exhibit A. In the event such person refuses to sign an agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A, the party desiring to disclose the confidential information may seek appropriate relief from this Court.

7. For the purpose of Paragraphs 4(d) and (e), it is understood by the parties that any documents which become part of an official judicial proceeding or which are filed with the Court are public documents, and that such documents can and will be sealed by the Court only upon motion and in accordance with applicable law. This Protective Order does not provide for the automatic sealing of such documents.

8. The entry of this Consent Protective Order does not alter, waive, modify, or abridge any right, privilege, or protection otherwise available to any party or third party with respect to discovery matters, including, but not limited to, any party's or third party's right to assert the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other privileges with respect to Discovery Materials or any party's or third party's right to contest such assertion. Any inadvertent disclosure of Discovery Materials protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine will not be deemed a waiver of such privilege. Upon request from the producing party, a non-producing party shall return all copies of any inadvertently disclosed privileged materials. The return of any inadvertently disclosed privileged materials shall not prejudice the rights of any party or third party to contest an assertion of the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other privileges with the Court.

9. At the conclusion of litigation, the confidential information and any copies thereof shall be promptly (and in no event later than thirty (30) days after entry of a final judgment no longer subject to further appeal) returned to the producing party or certified as destroyed. The ultimate disposition of protected materials shall be subject to a final order of the Court upon completion of the litigation.

10. The foregoing is entirely without prejudice to the right of any party to apply to the Court for any further Protective Order relating to confidential information; or to object to the production of documents or information; or to apply to the Court for an order compelling production of documents or information; or for modification of this Order.

SO ORDERED.

EXHIBIT A

I have been informed by counsel that certain documents or information to be disclosed to me in connection with the matter entitled Bobby J. Brown v. Waste Connections of North Carolina, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-00173-RJC-DCK, have been designated as confidential. I have been informed that any such documents or information labeled as "CONFIDENTIAL" are confidential by Order of the Court.

Under penalty of contempt of Court, I hereby agree that I will not disclose any information contained in such documents to any other person, and I further agree not to use any such information for any purpose other than this litigation.