No. 2013–1306. 2014-10-20 BRISTOL–MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., Defendant–Appellee. William F. Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, of Boston, MA, filed a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the petition were Lauren B. Fletcher and Andrew J. Danford, of Boston, MA, and Amy K. Wigmore and Thomas G. Saunders, of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the petition were Paul H. Berghoff, Alison J. Baldwin
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