In re Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products Liability Litigation

*937 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 27 (CONTACT WITH PLAINTIFFS’ TREATING PHYSICIANS)

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:

Defendant AbbVie has asked the Court to impose restrictions on pre-deposition contacts between both plaintiffs’ and defendants’ counsel and the physicians who treated or prescribed medications for plaintiffs. Plaintiffs oppose AbbVie’s request.

In the motion and briefs it has filed with the Court on this issue, AbbVie has referred to pre-deposition contacts between counsel and the physicians as “ex parte contacts.” Plaintiffs have adopted the same terminology in their response to…