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Securities

Jan. 15, 2010

Prosecutor Urges Cooley's Removal

A federal judge wrestled Thursday with the thorny question of whether a law firm could defend a former technology company executive when it had until recently also represented the company allegedly victimized by his crimes.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge wrestled Thursday with the thorny question of whether a law firm could defend a former technology company executive when it had until recently also represented the company allegedly victimized by his crimes.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer did not make a decision, but seemed sympathetic to the desire of former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. chi...

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