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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Mar. 25, 2011

"Whistle-Blower" Feels Toyota's Wrath

Toyota's former in-house counsel is pleading with a judge to remove a lien the auto maker took out on one of his Pacific Palisades homes after it won a $2.6 million arbitration award against him.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Two years into a bruising battle with his former employer, Dimitrios P. Biller has gone from prime-time to hard times and now claims he's headed for financial ruin.


The Toyota Motor Corp. lawyer-turned-self-styled-whistle-blower asked a federal judge in court papers this week to remove a lien the auto maker took out on one of his Pacific Palisades homes after the auto maker won a $2...

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