Judge Signs ‘Tailored’ Protective Order in Verizon’s Fight vs. CBE
Good cause exists for a confidentiality order that’s “appropriately tailored” for governing the pretrial phase of Verizon’s legal fight with its debt collector, CBE Customer Solutions, said a protective order signed Tuesday (docket 1:22-cv-08703) by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff…
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for Southern New York. Any witness exposed to confidential discovery materials must first sign a nondisclosure agreement, said the order. Counsel will hold the NDA in escrow and produce it for opposing counsel before a witness is permitted to testify at deposition or trial or at the conclusion of the litigation, whichever comes first, it said. Verizon’s complaint alleges CBE won’t honor an indemnification agreement between the parties to repay nearly $6.1 million in damages and court costs the carrier spent in negotiating, finalizing and executing a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class-action settlement (see 2210140026). CBE countersued in November, alleging any negligence that mushroomed into a TCPA class action and settlement was of Verizon’s own doing, not CBE’s (see 2211210034).