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Litigation

Aug. 17, 2007

Judge Rules Qualcomm Lawyers Could Face Fines, Discipline

One federal judge has already ordered Qualcomm to pay millions in legal fees for its legal team's misconduct and "aggravated litigation abuse" in the patent-infringement trial it lost to rival Broadcom.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      One federal judge has already ordered Qualcomm to pay millions in legal fees for its legal team's misconduct and "aggravated litigation abuse" in the patent-infringement trial it lost to rival Broadcom.
      Now a second judge has ruled the lawyers themselves could face penalties for those tactics.
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