NY Attorney Sanctioned for Posting Nude Photos on Public Docket

A New York attorney was sanctioned $1,000 for posting nude photographs on the public docket a second time after the court placed them under seal the first time he posted them.

“In the digital age, when everything publicly filed on a court’s docket is readily accessible and transmittable, counsel have a particular obligation to behave responsibly and in a manner that reflects that reality,” Judge Denise L. Cote of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Monday.

Cote used her inherent power to sanction attorney Jeffrey Chabrowe. She said that Chabrowe’s conduct related to his ...