Common use of Redactions Clause in Contracts

Redactions. a) Files that must be redacted pursuant to any applicable protective order or applicable law, should be produced as Produced PDFs or Produced TIFFs in redacted form, with applicable TIFF text files or PDF text layers, containing extracted or OCRed text acquired after redaction. b) Native documents corresponding with redacted documents may be withheld from production, or a party may employ native redaction techniques so long as the method of redaction employed does not significantly impair the usability or searchability of the redacted item and the fact of alteration is disclosed. c) Redactions must be logged in the manner of any other responsive material withheld on claims of privilege. d) If the items redacted and partially withheld from production are PowerPoint-type presentation decks or Excel-type spreadsheets, and the native versions are also withheld, then the entire Paginated Document must be produced as a Produced PDF or Produced TIFF, including all unprivileged pages, hidden fields and other information that does not print when opened as last saved by the custodian or end-user. For PowerPoint-type presentation decks, this shall include, but is not limited to, any speaker notes. For Excel-type spreadsheets, this shall include, but is not limited to, hidden rows and columns, all cell values, annotations and notes. e) The producing party shall also make reasonable efforts on request to ensure that any spreadsheets produced only as Produced PDFs or Produced TIFFs are formatted so as to be legible. For example, column widths should be formatted so that the numbers in the column will display readable content rather than “##########.” f) If the items redacted and partially withheld from production are audio/visual files, the producing party shall provide the unredacted portions of the content. If the content is a voice recording, the parties shall meet and confer to discuss the appropriate manner for the producing party to produce the unredacted portion of the content.