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Jump to full article: Reuters, 2000-09-21
Author: Gail Appleson / Law Correspondent
Intro: According to court papers, Orrick, Herrington had compiled its trial plan containing strategy, deposition excerpts, and summaries and references to anticipated court exhibits. The plan, which was at least 400 pages when printed, was maintained on the firm's computer system in New York.
The court documents said an unidentified Orrick, Herrington lawyer told an FBI agent that he had been contacted by an attorney representing the tobacco defendants who received an unsolicited e-mail message offering to sell the plan.
The message was sent from an e-mail address that included the nickname FlyGuy. It went to the defence lawyer in Atlanta, as well as other defence lawyers in Missouri, New York, New Jersey and North Carolina.
The message contained an 80-page excerpt of the plan, which the plaintiffs' lawyers estimated was worth about $5,000 worth of attorney work.
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