Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. and Christi McGowan secured a mistrial in the Peregrine Systems financial-fraud trial after jury deadlocked over all counts for all four defendants. Representing a former Peregrine Systems executive, Mr. Bienert successfully argued that federal prosecutors failed to show that his client, Gary Lenz, intentionally joined in the corporate conspiracy to defraud investors.
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