FTC v. Tarriff, No. 08-5205

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.

Read FTC v. Tarriff, No. 08-5205

Appellate Information

Argued October 8, 2009

Decided October 23, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Sentelle

Counsel

For Appellants:

Eric Grannon, J. Mark Gidley, Christopher M. Curran, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC

For Appellee:

Lawrence DeMille-Wagman, Willard K. Tom, John F. Daly, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC