United States v. International Business Machines Corp.

OPINION

EDELSTEIN, Chief Judge:

Pursuant to Pretrial Order No. 12 the parties in the above captioned action served subpoenas duces tecum and ad testificandum on ten1 competitors or former competitors of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Seven of the ten subpoenaed parties moved before this court for various forms of relief. In the main, three types of relief were requested: (1) advancement of costs for complying with the duces tecum directive of the IBM subpoena, Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(b)(2); (2) quashing or modifying certain portions of the IBM document demand, Fed.R. Civ.P.…