Cooley Attorney Can’t Shake Judge’s ‘Harsh’ Sanction Order (1)

A senior litigator for Cooley LLP must attend six hours of federal practice and procedure courses after submitting exhibits outside the timeframe set in a scheduling order, the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday, affirming a sanction order.

After a two-day hearing on a motion to compel arbitration in a now-settled IP dispute, the lower court closed the record to additional exhibits. The scheduling order set a deadline to provide a summary of testimony if the parties wished to provide additional factual testimony.

Representing the plaintiffs, Jonathan G. Graves submitted pre-lawsuit correspondence between counsel after advising the lower court his clients wouldn’t ...