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Jun. 11, 2019

How a robot named ‘Tappy’ could cripple Huawei

In the ongoing confrontation between the U.S. government and Chinese telecom giant Huawei, a civil trade secret dispute between two companies that might have resolved without much fanfare in previous years has grown into a full-blown criminal prosecution and a major point of leverage in the United States’ political maneuverings with one of its largest world rivals.

Janice W. Reicher

Senior Associate
Farella Braun + Martel

Email: jreicher@fbm.com

Janice is a senior associate in the firm's White Collar Crime and Corporate Investigations practice and its Business Litigation practice in the San Francisco office. She represents individuals and entities in federal and state court, in both criminal matters and parallel civil matters.

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Jessica K. Nall

Farella Braun + Martel

Email: jnall@fbm.com

Jessica is chair of the firm's White Collar Crime and Corporate Investigations practice. She leads a diverse, dynamic and creative team that conducts corporate internal investigations for technology companies and defends high-profile executives in regulatory and criminal matters.

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How a robot named ‘Tappy’ could cripple Huawei
A Huawei store in Beijing, May 20, 2019. (New York Times News Service)

In the ongoing confrontation between the U.S. government and Chinese telecom giant Huawei, a civil trade secret dispute between two companies that might have resolved without much fanfare in previous years has grown into a full-blown criminal prosecution and a major point of leverage in the United States’ political maneuverings with one of its largest world rivals.

The Huawei ...

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