Civil Litigation
May 24, 2021
Judge sanctions LegalMatch over 'appalling' discovery behavior
The State Bar had filed motions to compel the production of documents several months ago, which would reveal the identities of attorneys who matched with clients on the website. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman noted that LegalMatch is required to keep such records.
A San Francisco judge called the client-lawyer connection website LegalMatch's discovery behavior "appalling" and issued sanctions in the company's dispute with the State Bar over the disclosure of lawyers who used the website.
The bar had filed motions to compel the production of documents several months ago, which would reveal the identities of attorneys who matched with clients on the website, LegalMatch argued in court on May 20...
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