Opinion
Misc. No. 99-197 (TFH), MDL No. 1285, This Document Applies To: All Actions.
January 7, 2002
ORDER
Re: Defendant Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd.'s Rule 53 Objection
In accordance with the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby
ORDERED the Special Master's Report and Recommendation of November 9, 2001 is affirmed and adopted by the Court. It is further hereby
ORDERED that plaintiffs' Rule 37(a) motion is granted in part and denied in part as follows:
1. Tanabe is ordered to produce full and sworn interrogatory answers, and complete its document production, in response to all the court-approved jurisdictional discovery and provide a privilege log.
2. Tanabe is ordered to identify in an appropriate pleading by its counsel by the names of persons and entities whose files have been searched in responding to the discovery, and the location of those files.
3. Tanabe is ordered to pay plaintiffs' reasonable costs and attorney fees incident to the Rule 37(a) motion at issue and that p1aintiffs' counsel produce competent proof of such costs and fees in a timely fashion.
4. Parties are ordered to meet arid confer within seven days of the this opinion and order to agree on dates so that the deposition may be promptly noticed within 30 days of this order.
It is so ORDERED.