IN RE: APPLICATION OF BIOMET ORTHOPAEDICS SWITZERLAND GMBH UNDER 28 U.S.C. 1782 FOR AN ORDER TO TAKE DISCOVERY FOR USE IN A FOREIGN PROCEEDING

Filing 23

MEMORANDUM OPINION ORDER THAT THE MOTION TO QUASH (DOC. NO. 7 ), IS GRANTED. THE SUBPOENA SERVED BY BIOMET ORTHOPAEDICS SWITZERLAND ON ESSCHEM, INC.'S LITIGATION COUNSEL (GREENBERG TAURIG, LLP AND FINEMAN KREKSTEIN & HARRIS P.C.), IS QUASHED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE CYNTHIA M. RUFE ON 11/21/2017. 11/22/2017 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO COUNSEL AND E-MAILED.(amas)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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IN RE: APPLICATION OF BIOMET
:
ORTHOPAEDICS SWITZERLAND GMBH
:
UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1782 FOR AN ORDER TO :
MISC. ACTION NO. 17-0158
TAKE DISCOVERY FOR USE IN A
:
FOREIGN PROCEEDING
:
:
ORDER
AND NOW, this 21st day of November 2017, upon consideration of Heraeus Medical
GmbH’s Motion to Quash Biomet Orthopaedics Switzerland’s Subpoena to Counsel for
Esschem, Inc. (Doc. No. 7), and the responses and replies thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that
the Motion (Doc. No. 7) is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that the Subpoena served by
Biomet Orthopaedics Switzerland on Esschem, Inc.’s litigation counsel (Greenberg Taurig, LLP
and Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C.) is QUASHED.
It is so ORDERED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Cynthia M. Rufe, J.
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CYNTHIA M. RUFE, J.