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Criminal

May 6, 2011

Federal Prosecutors on the Defensive Again in Brocade Securities Fraud Case

Federal prosecutors face the heat again in their second trial against Brocade CEO Gregory L. Reyes. By Maurice Possley and Kathleen Ridolfi of the Northern California Innocence Project


Did federal prosecutors commit prosecutorial misconduct for the second time in three years to convict former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory L. Reyes on securities fraud charges?


That is the question the U.S. Court of Appeals will face on May 10 when lawyers for Reyes and the U.S. Department of Justice square off to argue the appeal of Reyes conviction at his second trial more than a year ago.


Reyes' lawyers at the law firm of WilmerHale ...

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