Attorneys' eyes only is the most restrictive confidentiality designation, limiting access to outside counsel and experts while excluding the parties.

A challenge to designation disputes whether material was properly marked confidential under a protective order.

A confidentiality designation is the label a producing party applies marking material as protected under a protective order.

A designation challenge is the formal objection procedure by which a receiving party contests confidentiality markings.

A protective order limits the use or disclosure of discovery material to protect confidential, proprietary, or private information.

A return or destruction provision requires parties to return or destroy confidential material when litigation concludes.

A stipulated protective order is a confidentiality order negotiated by the parties and entered by the court without contested motion practice.

An umbrella protective order permits parties to designate material without individualized good cause showings for each document.