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Ex-Toyota lawyer says documents prove company hid damaging i

CNN -- Los Angeles, California (CNN ) -- When former in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from his top post at Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his nearly $4 million severance package.

He took some 6,000 internal documents, including memos and e-mails potentially damaging to his former employer.

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Submitted Mar 11, 2010 By: MyVue08

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Mooseman1 Champion Author Manitoba Posts:5,561 Points:935,620 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:23:56 AM Ignore Mooseman1 Report Abuse Now let's see now Toyota handles it.
craigsf38 Champion Author Rochester Posts:1,302 Points:551,825 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:23:17 AM Ignore craigsf38 Report Abuse Greed.
250FORD Champion Author Minnesota Posts:7,691 Points:1,238,160 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:19:21 AM Ignore 250FORD Report Abuse Of course they hid things, it was all about the money. Now its time to shut them down in this country. They are now putting people who buy Toyotas on suicide watch.
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:4,014 Points:670,570 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:17:11 AM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse Please read the entire article before making dumb comments about lawyers and stolen documents. Toyota execs. should be prosecuted and sent to jail for criminal negligence by hiding all the known safety problems and defects. "There are numerous references to so-called "Books of Knowledge," highly confidential information on design, safety systems and testing records allegedly generated by Toyota engineers on everything from roll-overs and roof safety to sudden unintended acceleration. The chairman of a U.S. House committee investigating Toyota seems to agree with Biller, saying Toyota engaged in a "systematic disregard for the law and routine violation of court discovery orders in litigation."
jeromehasbargen Champion Author Minnesota Posts:1,914 Points:381,625 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:15:21 AM Ignore jeromehasbargen Report Abuse Way to stick it to the man.
ifallsguy Champion Author Minnesota Posts:2,743 Points:759,775 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:14:11 AM Ignore ifallsguy Report Abuse Just like how they hid their plans for Pearl Harbor
jeromehasbargen Champion Author Minnesota Posts:1,914 Points:381,625 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:13:47 AM Ignore jeromehasbargen Report Abuse This guy must have been waiting for just the right time to nail Toyota to the wall.
Gary65 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,498 Points:468,370 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:13:17 AM Ignore Gary65 Report Abuse Or I guess we can say he actually stole the documents, either way greed big time at work.
grouch311 Champion Author Illinois Posts:4,044 Points:671,305 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:13:08 AM Ignore grouch311 Report Abuse he had to have a semi to handle all that. and no one spotted it?
9C1 Champion Author Chicago Posts:17,700 Points:3,280,645 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:12:26 AM Ignore 9C1 Report Abuse The real story is that the much touted Japanese quality always was a myth.
Gary65 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,498 Points:468,370 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:10:19 AM Ignore Gary65 Report Abuse So does this mean he got paid a ridiculous amount of money to destroy evidence. Maybe for once someone can stop these ridiculous amounts of money being paid to someone when they leave a corporation due to incompetence or any reason for that matter.
benjy Champion Author Chicago Posts:4,837 Points:895,825 Joined:Nov 2003	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:10:12 AM Ignore benjy Report Abuse Never had a Toyota anyway........
roadrunnerMO Champion Author Kansas Posts:3,446 Points:736,320 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:09:42 AM Ignore roadrunnerMO Report Abuse You cannot handle the truth with Jack Nicholson.
cutter1330 Champion Author Oklahoma Posts:3,146 Points:722,310 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:07:44 AM Ignore cutter1330 Report Abuse Toyota can't handle the TRUTH!!!
visitor_2 All-Star Author Orlando Posts:693 Points:824,620 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 12:04:29 AM Ignore visitor_2 Report Abuse Witness the demise of a once great auto maker. Greed is doing to Toyota the same as the management did to GM
furiousfowl Champion Author Riverside Posts:11,975 Points:1,827,595 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:59:35 PM Ignore furiousfowl Report Abuse greed has done to to toyota
Saturn93 Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,245 Points:1,015,740 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:55:06 PM Ignore Saturn93 Report Abuse What's he going to do with the information - blackmail Toyota? No matter how guilty Toyota may be, it's still unethical, if not illegal, for the lawyer to steal internal company documents. Another in a long list of greedy lawyers gone bad.
pinkelefant Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:14,656 Points:1,753,935 Joined:Aug 2003	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:51:29 PM Ignore pinkelefant Report Abuse scary
LoneGuy Champion Author Lansing Posts:3,643 Points:1,361,125 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:49:41 PM Ignore LoneGuy Report Abuse Apparently you need to become an ex employee of Toyota to begin to reveal part of the puzzle.
nightworker998 All-Star Author Maryland Posts:729 Points:303,835 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:44:08 PM Ignore nightworker998 Report Abuse How many ethics statutes is this lawyer breaking just for possessing let alone disclosing these documents. If they were sent to him or copied to him or from him they are privilaged work product.
NorthglennBill Champion Author Denver Posts:3,038 Points:577,980 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:43:32 PM Ignore NorthglennBill Report Abuse Nothing like being ungrateful to a former employer. What next.
danreino Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,801 Points:678,145 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:41:58 PM Ignore danreino Report Abuse This could easily be made into the next big movie hit.
rxman1 Champion Author Toledo Posts:4,362 Points:910,405 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:41:18 PM Ignore rxman1 Report Abuse You have to be an ethical lawyer too.
RambleOn Champion Author New York Posts:1,630 Points:623,900 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:40:45 PM Ignore RambleOn Report Abuse I want to know what Toyota has to say about the "hidden" meaning in their motto, ("FORWARD" thinking)...
jeromehasbargen Champion Author Minnesota Posts:1,914 Points:381,625 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:40:04 PM Ignore jeromehasbargen Report Abuse It's good to know there are some honest lawyers out there. At least ones who are willing to come clean eventually.
CruisinLinda Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:6,456 Points:1,293,110 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:37:56 PM Ignore CruisinLinda Report Abuse There is a an attorney-communication privilege that the former Toyota attorney cannot violate. However, an attorney has a duty to report to authorites any imminent crime the client is about to commit
miteybear Champion Author California Posts:3,695 Points:631,115 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:37:29 PM Ignore miteybear Report Abuse not good
joel27nc Champion Author Raleigh Posts:5,544 Points:890,720 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:34:31 PM Ignore joel27nc Report Abuse I'm not buying a Toyota.
skynet Champion Author California Posts:2,348 Points:445,020 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:33:43 PM Ignore skynet Report Abuse This sounds like "The Firm". :-)
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:17,949 Points:2,132,045 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:32:21 PM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse hmmmm
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:1,537 Points:167,480 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:31:01 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse If this is really true, then Toyota should be held totally accountable for all of its actions. It would also be hard to believe Toyota about the current braking & speeding problems.
Sealer Champion Author Charleston Posts:5,653 Points:837,800 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:29:50 PM Ignore Sealer Report Abuse So this guy stole documents and he should now be a hero?
10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:12,961 Points:1,280,250 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:22:16 PM Ignore 10k Report Abuse sounds like james bond, ncis, cold case, and csi all combined for one block-buster movie, doesn't it ??..
Rageagainsttm Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,681 Points:965,560 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:20:00 PM Ignore Rageagainsttm Report Abuse Is that legal for him to do this.
J Eric Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:6,208 Points:1,295,650 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:17:52 PM Ignore J Eric Report Abuse Guess who's gonna be Disbarred!!
mwhals Champion Author Charleston Posts:8,671 Points:1,472,835 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2010 11:16:58 PM Ignore mwhals Report Abuse Cool! That is great!