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United States ex rel. Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 5, 2008No. MDL No. 1456; Master File No. 01-12257-PBS; Civil Action No. 06-11337-PBSPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE: SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS FOR IN CAMERA REVIEW
SARIS, District Judge.
In this qui tarn action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. and *38state law,1 the government has submitted twelve documents for in camera review which it contends are protected by the deliberative process privilege. During discovery, the government produced 350,000 pages of documents; its privilege logs listed 451 documents (originally 600 documents). Defendant Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (Abbott) moved to compel and the Court issued a margin order on August 13, 2007 to which both parties objected. On…
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