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Intellectual Property

Jul. 15, 2009

Lawyer Chastised for 'Personal Attacks' on Bratz Auditor

Judge castigates lawyer for statements made about the forensic auditor appointed in the case.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - A federal judge has come out swinging against a lawyer in the Bratz litigation for filing court papers slamming an auditor who the jurist had appointed to investigate the doll manufacturer's operations in the ongoing intellectual property case.

U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson devoted eight pages of a 14-page written decision in the case, issued late Friday, to castigating Bingham ...

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