SMITH v. UNILIFE CORPORATION et al

Filing 116

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT PLAINTIFFS MOTION TO HOLD DEFENDANTS IN CONTEMPT (DOC. 67) IS DENIED. THE COURT WILL IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS DISCRETION AWARD ATTORNEYS FEES IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AGAINST DEFENDANT FOR THE PREPARATION INCLUDING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING OF THE BRIEFS THAT PLAINTIFF HAS FILED ON, ETC. PLAINTIFFS MOTION TO AMEND CONFIDENTIALITY ORDERS AND TO AMEND ORDER OF 6/26/14 (DOC. 1OO) IS DENIED.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MICHAEL M. BAYLSON ON 11/13/14. 11/14/14 ENTERED AND COPIES EMAILED.(rf, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TALBOT TODD SMITH
v.

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 13-5101

UNILIFE CORPORATION, et al.

ORDER
And NOW, this 13th day of November 2014, for the reasons stated in the foregoing
memorandum, upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion to Hold Defendants in Contempt for
Violation of This Court’s Stipulated Protective Orders Governing Confidential Information (ECF
No. 67), and Defendants’ opposition thereto; and Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Confidentiality
Orders and to Amend Order of June 26, 2014 (ECF No. 100), and Defendants’ response thereto;
it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Hold Defendants in Contempt (ECF No. 67) is DENIED.
2. The Court will, in the exercise of its discretion, award attorneys’ fees in FAVOR of
Plaintiff and AGAINST Defendants for the preparation, including legal research and
writing, of the briefs that Plaintiff has filed on, and for argument in Court relating to, the
issues discussed in the foregoing memorandum.
a. Plaintiff shall prepare and serve a statement of counsel’s time spent on the
preparation of briefs and argument in Court on these topics.
b. Plaintiff shall prepare this document and serve a copy on Defendants within
fourteen (14) days of the entry of this Order. The Court encourages counsel to try
to reach agreement on the amount of time spent, even if the propriety of the
Court’s Order is disputed.

c. Plaintiff’s statement and any brief in opposition shall be filed with the Court
within thirty (30) days of entry of this Order.
3. Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Confidentiality Orders and to Amend Order of June 26,
2014 (ECF No. 100) is DENIED.

BY THE COURT:
/s/ Michael M. Baylson
__________________________
Michael M. Baylson, U.S.D.J.

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