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May 17, 2006

Malpractice Loss Squeezes Coudert's Liquidation

SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles jury has found the defunct international law firm Coudert Brothers committed malpractice and must pay a real estate investor more than $2.5 million, including $1.5 million in punitive damages.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles jury has found the defunct international law firm Coudert Brothers committed malpractice and must pay a real estate investor more than $2.5 million, including $1.5 million in punitive damages.
      Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu entered a judgment May 9, ordering Coudert and former r...

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