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Covance Files Lawsuit Against PETA and Its InfiltratorReleased on = June 10, 2005, 8:59 am Press Release Author = Mark Sincavage Industry = Biotech Press Release Summary = Covance Files Lawsuit Against PETA and Its Infiltrator Press Release
Body = Princeton, New Jersey, June 6, 2005 — Covance Inc.
(NYSE: CVD) has announced that it filed a lawsuit against PETA and
its agent Lisa Leitten, charging fraud, violation of employee contract,
and conspiracy to harm the company's In the lawsuit, Covance charges Ms. Leitten with lying about her true intentions to gain employment at Covance and deliberately violating her confidentiality agreement with the company. Covance also charges PETA with engaging in a conspiracy with Ms. Leitten to harm the company's business and that PETA has interfered with Covance's contract with Ms. Leitten. "This type of malicious activity by PETA, in which it conspires with individuals to lie about their intentions, to videotape and potentially disrupt medical research, and to then launch vile disinformation campaigns against pharmaceutical research companies, has got to stop," said James Lovett, Covance's General Counsel. "These deceitful acts do nothing to improve the care of research animals and only serve to impede the development of safe and effective new medicines to treat HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, heart disease, leukemia, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases." In addition
to an order against similar improper acts in the future, Covance
seeks the return of all video, audio and other materials taken by
PETA and Ms. Leitten in light of their legal obligations, except
copies already provided to the regulatory authorities. Return of
all original footage is especially important so that it can be examined
for evidence of both (i) what Covance considers PETA's unsubstantiated About Covance Web Site = http://www.covance.com Contact Details
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