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Civil Litigation

Oct. 6, 2026

Attorney who alleged Chinese funding exits $35M Patten University fraud case

A federal magistrate judge allowed defense attorney William G. Stripp to withdraw from a $35 million investor fraud case after months of pressing claims that the Chinese government may be funding the plaintiffs' litigation.

A New Mexico attorney who repeatedly accused his Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP opponents of receiving litigation funding from the Chinese government can withdraw from a federal fraud case, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ruled over the weekend.

Beeler granted William G. Stripp's motion to withdraw from litigation over allegations that defendant Qizhong Hu fabricated a partnership between Patten University and Stanford University to persuade two Chinese investor...

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