Confidentiality Prior to Entry of Case Specific Protective

Order. (a) If any document or information produced is deemed confidential by the producing party and if the Court has not entered a protective order, until a protective order is issued by the Court, the document shall be marked AConfidential B Subject to Protective Order@ by the disclosing party and disclosure of the confidential document or information shall be limited to each party=s outside attorney(s) of record and the employees of such outside attorney(s). (b) If a party is not represented by an outside attorney, disclosure of the confidential document or information shall be limited to one designated Ain house@ attorney, whose identity and job functions shall be disclosed to the producing party five (5) court days prior to any such disclosure, in order to permit any motion for protective order or other relief regarding such disclosure. (c) Pending entry of a protective order (by stipulation or on motion), all persons to whom disclosure of a confidential document or information is made under this local rule shall not disclose any such protected information to any person not entitled to have access to it.

After entry of such an order, the limits on disclosure provided by such order shall apply to the disclosure of documents otherwise produced pursuant to this rule. PR-4 (d) A party that desires to file documents containing or disclosing information protected by this rule must follow the procedures outlined in Appendix H to the Local Rules for filing documents under seal in civil cases. (e) Nothing in this rule shall affect the burden of proof or persuasion imposed by law on a party seeking to limit or prevent disclosure or use of a document deemed confidential by that party.