7th Circuit Affirms Discovery Ruling In Bone Cement Trade Secret Row

Mealey's (February 6, 2018, 1:13 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A German bone cement manufacturer failed to timely appeal two rulings denying its motions to modify protective orders governing discovery and use of trade secret documents, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 1, also affirming denial of a third such motion and finding that a trial court used the proper standard in concluding that no good cause for modification exists (Heraeus Kulzer GmbH v. Biomet Inc., et al., No. 17-1674, 7th Cir, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2588)....