United States DC Circuit

In an appeal from an order of the district court granting a petition to enforce subpoenas issued to pharmaceutical company officers in the course of an ongoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into agreements among companies suspected of unlawfully delaying entry of lower-cost generic versions of a drug, the order is affirmed where the FTC was permitted to record depositions by videotape in addition to stenographically.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/08/2009
• Decided 10/23/2009
• Published 10/23/2009

Judges

• SENTELLE, Chief Judge:, Before:  SENTELLE, Chief Judge;  TATEL, Circuit Judge;  and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric Grannon argued the cause for appellants.   With him on the briefs was J. Mark Gidley.  Christopher M. Curran entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence DeMille-Wagman, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the briefs were Willard K. Tom, General Counsel, and John F. Daly, Deputy General Counsel.