Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MALCOLM J. HOWARD, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the motion of defendant Barr Laboratories, Inc., (“Barr”), to compel plaintiff Burroughs Wellcome Co. (“BW Co.”) to produce discovery pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Barr seeks production of 357 documents withheld by BW Co. on the basis of the attorney-client and/or attorney work product privilege.1 The parties have submitted memoranda and have presented oral arguments before the court. The court has painstakingly reviewed each document in camera and now rules on this matter.
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