Attorneys Asked to Sign Protective Order in Calif. DePuy ASR Cases

SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiff and defense counsel will be bound by a protective order approved by the judge overseeing California's coordinated DePuy ASR Hip System cases. In re DePuy ASR Hip System Cases, No. JCCP 4649 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Francisco Cty.).

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer included counsel's stipulated protective order in the court's Case Management Order No. 2 on July 28.

The Protective Order approved by the court applies to "all hard copy and electronic materials, the information contained therein, and all other information including all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, whether revealed in …