Sales Reps Overtime Suit Goes To Supreme Court; Could The IMS Win Bite Pharma?
Executive Summary
The high court will hear oral arguments on whether sales reps sell drugs or just promote them; Thomas Goldstein, who won a victory for PhRMA in Sorrell v. IMS, is representing the sales reps and former Solicitor General Paul Clement is arguing for GlaxoSmithKline.
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