G.D. Searle & Co. v. Interstate Drug Exchange, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLYNE R. ROSS, United States Magistrate.

Plaintiffs, G.D. Searle & Co., Searle Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Searle & Co. (“Searle”) seek an order compelling defendant Marvin Sandler to answer questions posed to him at his deposition. In refusing to answer those questions, Sandler asserted a Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Plaintiffs urge that the questions, which pertain to Sandler’s prior activities in the so-called “diversion market” for .the American pharmaceutical industry, meet the test of relevance for purposes of civil discovery under Rule…