ALJ Precludes Respondents from Calling Trial Counsel As Witness
On July 20, 2009, ALJ Gildea issued the public version of his June 30, 2009, decision to preclude respondents from calling its trial counsel as a witness at trial in Inv. No. 337-TA-650, In the Matter of Certain Coaxial Cable Connectors and Components Thereof and Products Containing Same. (PDF) ALJ Gildea concluded that respondents failed to show that their case depended on evidence that can only be obtained through testimony from their trial counsel. In the same decision, ALJ Gildea denied complainant’s motions in limine seeking to preclude:
- evidence of patent misuse and equitable estoppel
- ay witness opinion testimony
- certain cross-examination of complainant’s expert witnesses
