That relationship was happenstance: the company worked with the firm as part of an acquisition, said Jim Petelle, a company lawyer, and Andrew officials were impressed by the New Zealand lawyers' knowledge of the engineering relevant to Andrew's business.
But the investigation evolved into a leak case as investigators traced the defense lawyers' knowledge of the covert official's name through the researcher, who had learned it from Mr. Cole, who in turn had discussed it with Mr. Kiriakou.
But one danger with this practice, as we've seen, is that it leads to an incentive for unscrupulous people — whether plaintiffs, their lawyers or reputation-management companies hired by the plaintiffs (and potentially working out the details without the plaintiffs or the lawyers' knowledge) — to file lawsuits against fake defendants.
One was done with Sumaji playing the role of the murderer, without his lawyers' knowledge; when the counsel found out, they removed him from the reconstruction.
After Australia tried and failed to negotiate their return to India, all 157 (including 50 children) were sent to Nauru in the middle of the night, without their lawyers' knowledge.
Occasionally, information is bought directly: the advice of a lawyer, the knowledge of an appraiser, the taste of an interior decorator.
Last week, he was formally arrested on charges of subverting state power, according to Liu Xiaoyuan, a lawyer with knowledge of the case.
Gappah, who won the Guardian first book award in 2009, is also a lawyer, her knowledge brought to bear in this story about the struggle for justice.
He was formally arrested last week on charges of subverting state power, according to Liu Xiaoyuan, a lawyer with knowledge of the case.
One lawyer with knowledge of the evidence said there were questions concerning the credibility of the referee and the witnesses who support O'Hare's claim.
