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1 June 2017Americas

FTC would ‘eviscerate’ attorney-client privilege, says Boehringer

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) attempt to obtain Boehringer Ingelheim’s documents relating to a patent dispute settlement would “eviscerate attorney-client privilege”, Boehringer told a US court on Friday, May 26.

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