DePuy Asks MDL Court to Allow Discovery of Social Media Accounts

CLEVELAND - DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and other defendants in the ASR Hip Implant Products MDL have asked a federal judge to resolve several disagreements that arose in preliminary discovery talks, including defendants' request that they be allowed to question plaintiffs about Facebook and other social network accounts. In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products, No. 1:10-md-2197 (N.D. Ohio).

DePuy submitted its motion for an order adopting the parties' respective fact sheets to Judge David A. Katz of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Aug. 15. Judge Katz has set a deadline of Aug. …