Avant! case judge asked to step down.

Reports that the Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Julius Finkelstein has asked that Municipal Judge Thomas Cain step down from the Cadence-Avant! trade-secrets theft case in the California county. Doubt on Cain's impartiality; Implications for the civil and criminal cases; Avant! attorneys' claim that lead prosecutor Finkelstein's acceptance of computer consulting services from the alleged victim, Cadence, was wrong.