Embezzlement Victim’s Counsel Deemed Not Prosecution Team In Discovery Dispute

(June 8, 2017, 3:09 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Although a law firm representing the victim of an embezzlement scheme in a civil suit cooperated with the prosecutors in a criminal case against the embezzler, a California appeals panel on June 5 found that the firm could not be considered part of the prosecution team and, thus, could not be compelled to comply with discovery requests under the requirements of Brady v. Maryland (IAR Systems Software Inc., et al. v. The Superior Court of San Mateo County, et al., No. A149087, Calif. App. 1st Dist., 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 512)....

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