COM. v. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC.

No. 24 EAP 2009.

2 A.3d 474 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, c/o Office of General Counsel, Appellee v. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC., Trading As "Janssen, L.P.", Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David John Antczak, Joanne Celia Lewers, Kenneth Alonzo Murphy, Edward M. Posner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

John G. Harkins, Jr., Marianne Consentino, Harkins Cunningham, LLP, Philadelphia, Richard Faulk, John Gray, Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP, for Amicus Curiae American Chemistry Council, et al.

William H. Graham, Connell Foley LLP, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Atlantic Legal Foundation.

Charles H. Moellenberg, Leon F. DeJulius, Stephanie Marie Chmiel, Jones Day, Pittsburgh, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Lori J. Mininger, Eric Lasker, Hollingsworth LLP, for Amicus Curiae National Paint & Coatings Association, Inc.

Arnd N. von Waldow, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Counsel.

Sean Peter Wajert, James Michael Beck, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation (WLF).

Stewart Lee Cohen, William David Marvin, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Philadelphia, Robert E.J. Curran, Media, Ralph G. Wellington, Bruce Philip Merenstein, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of PA, c/o Office of General Counsel.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

This appeal of the trial court's order denying the motion of appellant Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. ("Janssen") to disqualify contingent fee counsel retained by appellee, the Commonwealth's Office of General Counsel ("OGC"), is before this Court on a grant of extraordinary relief pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 726,1 by which we exercised jurisdiction...

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