Allan Favish is a Los Angeles-based attorney whose focus is on General Insurance Defense and Litigation Insurance Coverage/Reinsurance & Bad Faith Litigation. A UCLA graduate, he received his J.D. at Hastings College of Law in 1981.
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1 YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. YOU TELL ME. YOU DO THE
2 BALANCING," RIGHT, MR. FAVISH?
3 MR. FAVISH: YES, SIR. AND I SEE THAT IT'S
4 APPLYING TO THE ORIGINAL PRISTINE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU MUST
5 LOOK AT.
6 THE COURT: WHEN YOU SAY "ORIGINAL PRISTINE," WHAT
7 ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
8 MR. FAVISH: THESE ARE POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS. AND
9 AS I UNDERSTAND THE 9TH CIRCUIT'S ORDER, YOU SHOULD BE
10 LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL POLAROIDS NOT COPIES OF THE
11 ORIGINALS.
12 THE COURT: WELL, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO THINK YOU
13 ARE CORRECT.
14 MS. LUYMES, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE?
15 MS. LUYMES: FIRST, YOUR HONOR, I KNOW THAT THE
16 FAMILY IS QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT --
17 THE COURT: SPEAK UP, PLEASE.
18 MS. LUYMES: EXCUSE ME, YOUR HONOR.
19 I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY IS QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT AN
20 OFFICIAL DISCLOSURE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A HAND
21 HOLDING A GUN. THAT PHOTOGRAPH WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY
22 DISCLOSED EITHER BY MY CLIENT OR BY THE UNITED STATES
23 GOVERNMENT. IT WAS LEAKED SOMEWHERE.
24 THE COURT: WAIT A SECOND. LET'S NOT MUCK AROUND
25 WITH THE THING THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. LET'S LOOK AT THE
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