Legal Opinion
In Re Digitek® Product Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided July 23, 2009No. MDL 1968Published
1Opinion of the Court
PRETRIAL ORDER # 31 (Ex Parte Contact with Former Actavis Employees)
MARY E. STANLEY, United States Magistrate Judge.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs’ motion for an order permitting ex parte contact with former Actavis employees (docket # 153). The Actavis defendants have responded in opposition (# 156), and Plaintiffs have filed a reply (# 158). Positions of the parties
Plaintiffs contend that the court should apply the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct with respect to counsel’s ex parte contact with the former employees of the Actavis defendants. (# 153, at 1.) They assert…
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