Technology,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Mar. 5, 2021
‘Mad dash on the internet’ saves attorney from sanctions in Apple suit
Plaintiffs’ lawyer Benjamin Siegel did not technically violate the protective order, wrote U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson. “And it’s not like this information was just a little bit public: Apple’s own CEO had already announced it to the halls of Congress.”
'Mad dash on the internet' saves attorney from sanctions in Apple suit
A plaintiffs' attorney in a class action against Apple alleging it has a monopoly in the distribution of apps was able to save himself from being sanctioned by finding that the information he was accused of disclosing in violation of a protective order was already revealed in testimony from chief executive Tim Cook.
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