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of this Court, particularly involving the aid of Miles Lanier, formerly an
employee of Fuchi and now a shareholder and member of the Renraku board of
directors. We are prepared to present evidence that such a full disclosure is
warranted and in the best interests of the corporate community. Thank you."
Osborne carefully lowered herself back into her place and gripped the edge of
the bench to steady herself while Paco Napoli, still the very model of
composure, leaned back a bit and took a deep breath.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am fortunate," he began, choosing his words
carefully. "I am in the employ of a corporation producing the finest
developments in computer and Matrix technology in the world, and business is
good. For that, I am grateful to Renraku's brilliant research and development
department. I am also fortunate that the burden of proof lies not with
Renraku, but with Fuchi Industrial Electronics and their misplaced claim that
Renraku Computer Systems has acted in any way other than according to the
guidelines set out by this august Court.
"It is certainly true that Renraku has made great strides forward in the
marketplace in the past few years, and may have done so at the expense of some
of Fuchi's business.

But that is the way of the fair trade and competition we are chartered to
preserve. Renraku's developments and success are not crimes, and we have
violated no corporate law. Renraku Computer Systems cannot be condemned simply
on the basis of its financial success, and it is up to Justice Osborne to
produce any evidence that says otherwise. I am confident in the outcome of
this Court's findings."
Napoli indicated he was finished with a slight nod of his head toward Chief
Justice Priault, who tapped his gavel against the bench and turned back to
Osborne so that she might present her case. Napoli just sat there, looking for
all the world like he didn't have a single worry about how things were going
to go.
Don't be so smug, Paco, Osborne thought as she punched up a display on her
console. When this is all done and you see what we've got on Renraku, you 'II
be lucky if they let you walk home from here.
Lynn Osborne rose from her position behind the bench. She blithely ignored
Napoli's smug look of confidence and did her best to project an air of quiet
competence. For her case to be successful, she needed to start with a rational
argument, the same kind of argument that had gotten Fuchi's complaint against
Renraku this far in the process, to the point where the case was actually
being presented before the Court.
You're wrong about one thing, Paco, Osborne thought with a quick glance at the
Renraku justice's swarthy face. The burden of proof did not rest solely with
Fuchi and Osborne.
In an ideal universe it was certainly true that the Corporate Court held to
the concept of "innocent until proven guilty," but the Court was not a court
of law. The justices were not appointed by any government, and the
corporations they represented were not subject to any government's law. The
megacorporations were laws unto themselves, which meant the Corporate Court,
which settled disputes between them, was not bound by the rules and procedures
of any legal system but their own. Osborne knew she didn't need definite proof
that Renraku was a threat to corporate stability, not if