Legal Opinion
In Re Flonase Antitrust Litigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 2010No. Case 208-CV-3301PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EXPLANATION
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed this motion to compel defendant witness, Ms. Bowers, who is a former employee of the defendant, GlaxoSmithKline, to answer questions regarding her conversations with counsel at recesses during her deposition. Plaintiffs argue that, under federal law, off the record communications between deponent and counsel during these recesses are not protected by the attorney-client privilege and are therefore discoverable. Defendant responds that state law governs and that, under Pennsylvania state law, such communications are protected by the…
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