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A federal judge in California is requiring a Seattle lawyer to pay $251,000 in attorney fees and nearly $17,000 in interest for filing a fake news story with a federal appeals court in San Francisco.
A Seattle lawyer is suggesting that a federal judge didn’t sign an order requiring him to pay more than $268,000 as a sanction for trying to file a fake “Saudi Sun” news article with a federal appeals court.
A lawyer accused of fabricating a news article from a fake publication called the Saudi Sun didn’t show up for a Friday hearing to consider whether he should be sanctioned.
There's a lot to unpack here.
An attorney facing sanctions for allegedly fabricating a news article to bolster his clients' efforts to enforce an $18 billion arbitral award against Chevron may now also be facing contempt charges and disciplinary proceedings after he failed to appear for a hearing in Southern California on Friday.