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Intellectual Property

Jul. 17, 2012

Sanctions against Kilpatrick Townsend vacated

A federal appellate panel on Friday vacated contempt sanctions against Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP over its failure to turn over communications with a client.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After concluding that a Northern District judge failed to properly analyze attorney-client privilege, a federal appellate panel on Friday vacated contempt sanctions against Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP over its failure to turn over communications with a client.


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit panel concluded that a decision by Wi-LAN Inc. to send a document written by its...

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