SONICblue Incorporated (NASDAQ:SBLU) was a public company based in

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. The firm was a manufacturer of home audio/video equipment with an estimated revenue of $100M - $250M and approximately 700 employees. SONICblue first filed for

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in March 2003. SONICblue again filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in 2007 amid controversy regarding

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and criminal disclosure violations involving ''fraud upon the court'' by its law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

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