Dr. Dariush Adli is a partner in the Chan Law Group so it looks like he was just an addition to the Imation defense team.

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Dr. Dariush G. Adli is a partner and the head of the patent practice at Chan Law Group. His practice is primarily focused on patent litigation representing high technology companies in the electrical and mechanical arts, including semiconductor, integrated circuit, computer hardware, architecture, software, digital processing, and communications industries. In addition, Dr. Adli's practice includes drafting infringement and validity opinions, counseling and patent acquisition (prosecution) for select firm clients. In recent years Dr. Adli's practice has also focused on inter-parte reexamination proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a low cost alternative to patent litigation.

http://www.chanlaw.com/lawyer_dariush.asp