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Critical Legal Background to AMI’s New Claims

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February 8, 2019 9:46 a.m.
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The news out this morning is that the board of AMI has announced that it will investigate Jeff Bezos’s claims despite the fact that the company “believes fervently that it acted lawfully in the reporting” on Bezos. Bezos clearly has their attention. But here’s some critical legal background on this all might mean.

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