An attorney for MGA Entertainment, citing a “last effort” to prove that Barbie maker Mattel has monopolized the fashion doll market, has vowed to appeal a federal judge’s final dismissal of his client’s $1 billion antitrust suit.

Defense lawyer Kevin Marino didn’t dispute that his client, Sergey Aleynikov, had taken computer code from Goldman Sachs. But he argued that Aleynikov hadn’t violated federal espionage laws because the computer program at issue didn’t involve interstate commerce.

Lawyers for Western Digital are attempting to vacate a $630 million arbitration award against their client, arguing that the arbitrator “engaged in prejudicial misconduct” by levying what they call a record-setting award as a punitive sanction in Western Digital’s trade secrets war with Seagate Technology.

Finding ineffective assistance of counsel, a New York state appellate panel has reversed a shoplifting conviction reached after the defense attorney elicited at trial what amounted to an admission that his client was guilty as charged.

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