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Dec. 30, 2009

Attempt to Bump Brocade Lawyers

Federal prosecutors have moved to disqualify Cooley Godward Kronish attorneys from the defense of former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes, who will be retried in February on charges of stock options backdating.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Federal prosecutors have moved to disqualify Cooley Godward Kronish attorneys, including Palo Alto-based firm chairman Stephen C. Neal, from the defense of former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes, who will be retried in February on charges of stock options backdating. Prosecutors argue that the firm, which also represents Brocade, has an "irreconcilable conflict of interest.&qu...

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