Acacia Research general counsel fired after SEC fine
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Kyle Brasseur2020-10-26T16:33:00
Patent licensing firm Acacia Research Corp. announced the firing of its general counsel less than a month after she was fined $25,000 by the SEC for impeding an investigation into her former employer.
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