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Securities,
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Jul. 29, 2019

Census case teaches us that facts still matter, at least in the courts

This year’s showdown over the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the census highlights an attorney’s duty to ensure that her case rests on a sound factual foundation. Take securities fraud complaints, for example.

Cody S. Harris

Partner
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

633 Battery St
San Francisco , CA 94111

Phone: 415-391-5400

Email: charris@keker.com

Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA

Cody's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including securities fraud cases, antitrust matters, and trade secret misappropriation claims.

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Facts still matter, at least in court. This year's showdown over the Trump administration's efforts to add a citizenship question to the census highlights an attorney's duty to ensure that her case rests on a sound factual foundation. The census case, Department of Commerce v. New York, 139 S. Ct. 2551 (2019), turned on whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur ...

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