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Law Practice

Mar. 12, 2009

Pillsbury Pays $10 Million to Settle Conflict Case

In one of the largest settlements of its kind, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has agreed to pay creditors of a bankrupt electronics company $10 million for failing to disclose a conflict of interest.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - In one of the largest settlements of its kind, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has agreed to pay creditors of a bankrupt electronics company $10 million for failing to disclose a conflict of interest.

The San Francisco-based law firm, which was disqualified by a federal judge two years ago from representing Santa Clara-based SONICblue Inc., agreed to pay $7.65 million to company creditors and...

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