A federal judge has ordered a French drug company to pay $32.6 million in attorney fees for vexatious conduct in patent litigation against Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.
Southern District of New York Judge Robert P. Patterson said last week that Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., which became Aventis after merging with Hoechst Marion Roussel of Germany, “defiled the temple of justice” by obstructing depositions and discovery, instructing a witness not to answer questions at a deposition and advancing baseless claims.
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