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Large Firms

May 11, 2010

Franklin Mint Case May Cost Manatt

An appellate court's reinstatement of a malicious prosecution claim against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips dealt a blow to the firm's image, but may not come close to the millions of dollars in damages the firm faces should it lose in court.

By Kari Hamanaka

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - An appellate court's reinstatement of a malicious prosecution claim against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips may deal a blow to the firm's image, but it won't come close to the millions of dollars in damages the firm faces should it lose in court.

"There's going to be evidence from Franklin Mint in the way of nine figures," said Andrew S. Clare, a ...

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