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Litigation

May 16, 2015

Court allows former partner to use Cochran's name

A federal court nixed a two-year-old injunction that prevented a former partner of The Cochran Firm PC from using the lionized name of trial lawyer Johnnie Cochran, a moniker that became famous during the trial of O.J. Simpson.


By Melanie Brisbon


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal court nixed a two-year-old injunction that prevented a former partner of
The Cochran Firm PC from using the lionized name of trial lawyer Johnnie Cochran,
a moniker that became famous nearly 20 years ago during the trial of O.J. Simpson.

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