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Criminal

Apr. 12, 2011

Attorney's M&A Deal Leaks Preventable

Accusations that a lawyer accessed databases at some of the nation's preeminent law firms to obtain confidential deal information to use in stock trades has left industry insiders wondering how this happened and what might be done to preve


By Robert Pierce


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - Accusations that a lawyer accessed databases at some of the nation's preeminent law firms to obtain confidential deal information to use in stock trades has left industry insiders wondering how this happened and what might be done to prevent it from happening again.


Deal lawyers and consultants, nearly all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the s...

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