Bloomberg Law
Aug. 31, 2016, 10:21 PM UTC

Quinn Emanuel Whacked for Spilling Apple’s Secrets

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday publicly reprimanded Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan for “pervasive problems at the firm” in safeguarding confidential business information from Apple Computers that it obtained while representing Samsung in patent litigation against the computer company.

No monetary sanctions attached to the reprimand, which stemmed from the fact that the firm breached an administrative protective order issued by the ITC.

The ITC summarized its reprimand:

The Commission determined that the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan breached the Administrative Protective Order by failing to adequately control access to confidential business information (‘‘CBI’’) in the investigation ...

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