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Will Harsh Ruling Over Qualcomm Discovery Increase Chances of Bar Discipline?

Publication Date: 
January 09, 2008
Source: 
The Recorder
Author: 
Zusha Elinson

Professor Deborah Rhode is quoted in a Recorder story about sanctions levied against six attorneys for their "roles in 'monumental' discovery violations in a patent infringement case between Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Corp.":

One thing that everyone can be sure of is that the case will be told and retold to law students and young lawyers as a cautionary tale.

"These are the kind of cases that enter casebooks and the classroom," said Deborah Rhode, a legal ethics professor at Stanford Law School.