It is not unheard of in litigation, for instance, against big corporations and entities with enormous amounts of money for them to go out and basically try to lock up all the best experts.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “It is not unheard of in litigation, for instance, against big corporations and entities with enormous amounts of money…”
On the recordJuly 26, 2010
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Whitehouse discusses corporate strategies in litigation affecting expert availability.
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