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Apple betrayed by its own law firm (2013)

by alexkon on 5/17/17, 7:03 PM with 20 comments

  • by libertymcateer on 5/17/17, 8:22 PM

    > But 35 percent of the company has been quietly controlled by an attorney at one of Apple's own go-to law firms, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

    In case no one here is aware, this firm has also been in other headlines recently:

    > Lawyers who said Trump has no ties to Russia named Russian law firm of 2016

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/12/law-firm-rus...

    Edit inb4 comments: I am not making any judgments of this firm, or implying that these things are in any way related. Additionally, as pointed out, this story is from 2013 and has been settled. It is interesting, however, to see this old story popping up now.

  • by atarian on 5/17/17, 8:17 PM

    This was reported in 2013 and the case was settled:

    https://www.law360.com/articles/539708/apple-flatworld-settl...

  • by abruzzi on 5/17/17, 8:08 PM

    IANAL, but if Apple can show that McAleese had access to confidential iPhone data and transmitted that to his wife, or even advised her on her suit (his advise would be tempered by what he knew of apple's situation), wouldn't that be grounds for disbarment?

  • by netvarun on 5/17/17, 8:27 PM

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  • by amelius on 5/17/17, 7:58 PM

    > Apple, betrayed by its own law firm

    Honest question: what is the comma doing in this headline?