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GT Scores Take-Nothing Defense, Attorneys’ Fees in Spy Pen Case

May 21, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Can a ballpoint pen change the fate in your case? Two Dallas Greenberg Traurig lawyers proved to a North Texas jury last week that it can indeed – especially if the pen is really a hidden camera.

In a take-nothing defense verdict, the jury found that while the GT attorneys’ clients committed fraud against Dallas oilman Jim Graham and his company, Duffy, the clients owe nothing because Graham ratified a contract after discovering the fraud. Jurors also sided with the defendants, CAT Seattle and Ascend Health Corporation, on their wiretapping counterclaim against Duffy for illegally recording a business negotiation.

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