Case No.: 4:23-cv-01478-MTS IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a status conference will be held on this matter on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. via video on Zoom.

Conference participants are directed to use the following login information to participate by www.zoomgov.com: Meeting ID: 160 969 4455, Password: 355339.

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Dated this 18th day of December 2023.

WHEREAS, on November 28, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ Wolters Kluwer United States, Inc. and CCH Incorporated (collectively, the “Company”) application for a temporary restraining order and expedited discovery and directed defendants IRIS Americas (“IRIS”) and Nathan Brown (“Brown”) (IRIS and Brown are individually referred to herein as “Defendant” and collectively as “Defendants”) to submit a Case Management Order governing the expedited discovery.

Commencing immediately, the Company shall be permitted to serve on each Defendant and each Defendant shall be permitted to serve on the Company: a. no more than ten (10) interrogatories (including subparts), b. fifteen (15) document requests, and 2.

Responses to interrogatories and document requests (including responsive documents) shall be required within twenty (20) days of service; 4.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties shall submit a proposed Protective Order no later than Friday, December 15, 2023, to facilitate the expedited discovery.

The failure to comply with any part of this Order may result in the imposition of sanctions.

WHEREAS, the Court, having considered the Consent Motion of Plaintiffs Wolters Kluwer United States, Inc. and CCH Incorporated (collectively, the “Company”) for a Temporary Restraining Order, Expedited Discovery, and Scheduling a Hearing on the Application for a Preliminary Injunction; and WHEREAS, the Court having considered the agreement between the parties, and for the reasons set forth on the record and for good cause shown, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Consent Motion as follows: IT IS ORDERED that effective immediately IRIS Americas and Nathan Brown shall be immediately temporarily restrained from directly or indirectly using or disclosing the Company’s trade secrets and “Confidential Information” as described in Brown’s April 9, 2021 Promotion Memorandum with the Company, which states:

[Brown] further understand[s] that and acknowledges that such information is valuable to the Company Entities, is not known to others in the relevant industry, and give the Company Entities a substantial competitive advantage in serving its customers, vendors and business relationships.

This prohibition against disclosing Confidential Information shall continue unless and until such Confidential Information becomes public knowledge through legitimate means, and that [Brown’s] disclosure or unauthorize disclosure by another person shall not constitute legitimate means.

the Company’s Confidential Information (defined above) and trade secrets, if any, in his possession within ten (10) days of the date hereof or provide a sworn statement under oath (a) stating he is not in possession of any such Confidential Information or trade secrets or (b) if he had been in possession of same following his termination from the Company, but no longer is, identifying the Confidential Information and/or trade secret and the date and method of disposition of same.

IT IS ORDERED THAT Defendants shall show cause before this Court at Courtroom 14S at the United States Courthouse, 111 South 10th Street, St. Louis, Missouri on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. on why a preliminary injunction, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, should not be issued enjoining Defendants in the matter set forth above for the duration of this litigation.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an attorneys-only conference will be held in this matter on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 12:45 p.m. via Zoom.

Conference participants are directed to use the following login information to participate by www.zoomgov.com: Meeting ID: 160 969 4455, Password: 355339.

All participants are directed to add their names (right click and select Rename) to their profile upon entering the Zoom conference.

Pursuant to Local Rule 13.02, all means of photographing, recording, broadcasting, and televising are prohibited in any courtroom, and in areas adjacent to any courtroom, except when authorized by the presiding judge.

This Rule includes proceedings ordered by the Court to be conducted by telephone or video.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a teleconference will be held in this matter on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 4:30 p.m.

Dated this 21st day of November 2023.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Expedited Discovery, Doc. [7], will be held on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at noon in Courtroom 4A of the Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall provide a copy of this Order to Defendants.

Plaintiffs shall file a Certificate of Service confirming they have done so.

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that, no later than 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, Plaintiffs shall file a Proposed Temporary Restraining Order that complies with all applicable provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65.

Dated this 21st day of November 2023.

INC. and CCH INCORPORATED

GROUP and IRIS AMERICAS,

With consent of Plaintiffs, Defendant Nathan Brown hereby moves for an additional two weeks, from the current responsive pleading due date of December 18, 2023, to and including January 2, 2024, to answer, move, or otherwise plead in response to the Complaint in this action.

The additional time is necessary to allow counsel to adequately prepare a response to the Complaint, which spans 33 pages and has over 140 numbered paragraphs, with an additional 54 pages of exhibits.

HAAR & WOODS, LLP