Legal Industry News
June 18, 2009
Court Sanctions Lawyers for Extortion Conspiracy Against Dole
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has identified a broad conspiracy scheme among U.S. and Nicaraguan lawyers, individual plaintiffs, and even a Nicaraguan judge to essentially extort Dole Food Company Inc. and Dow Chemical Co. for millions of dollars. In yesterday’s contempt hearing, Judge Victoria Chaney ordered that the defendants Dole, Dow, and others be reimbursed for all of their legal expenses related to the alleged scheme.
At the heart of the alleged conspiracy is the charge that attorneys from at least four firms, including U.S. attorneys Juan Dominguez and Antonio Hernandez Ordenana, as well as a Nicaraguan judge, brought fraudulent…
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