Dechert Lawyers Sanctioned in 3M Combat Earplug Defect Case (1)

Two Dechert lawyers who represented 3M in a defective combat earplug case have to pay a $12,000 sanction for violating a federal judge’s order on how to instruct the jury on a piece of evidence.

Judge M. Casey Rodgers said it was the first time in her 19 years on the bench that she had to summarily sanction an attorney for a “willful disregard” of her orders.

“Today these proceedings and the integrity of the Court were degraded, they were disrespected by the willful violation of my orders by 3M’s counsel,” Rodgers said June 18, according to a transcript of ...