When he first saw it, David Bloch thought the patent infringement lawsuit against client Discover Financial Services was just another troll case in the rocket-docket Eastern District of Texas.

But when the Winston & Strawn lawyer peeled back layers and layers of shell corporations, he found none other than Edward “Rusty” Rose III, the famed short-seller with close ties to President Bush.

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