Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 18, 2011
Lawyer Who Sued Toyota Files for Ch. 11
A former Toyota attorney has landed in bankruptcy court, largely as a result of an arbitrator ordering him to pay the automaker $2.6 million in damages for breaking the attorney-client privilege.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A renegade former in-house attorney for Toyota Motor Corp. has landed in bankruptcy court, largely as a result of a $2.6 million arbitration award against him for breaking the attorney-client privilege.
Dimitrios P. Biller, ex-national counsel for Toyota's rollover crash litigation division, entered the Chapter 11 filing Monday in Los Angeles. The listed creditors for the attorney i...
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