Legal Opinion
Glaxo, Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided April 27, 1993No. 91-759-CIV-5-BOPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
TERRENCE WILLIAM BOYLE, District Judge.
This matter is currently before the court for consideration of two outstanding motions. Defendant Novopharm has moved to compel discovery of documents withheld by plaintiff Glaxo under an assertion of attorney-client privilege. Novopharm has also moved to vitiate the attorney-client privilege for certain documents that it contends were prepared by Glaxo employees and attorneys in furtherance of a fraud on the patent office. For the reasons set out below, the motion to compel is granted in part and denied in part, and the motion to vitiate privilege…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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