Filed: Dec. 21, 2018
Latest Update: Dec. 21, 2018
Summary: ORDER JAN E. DUBOIS , District Judge . AND NOW , this 20th day of December, 2018, upon consideration of Defendant's Motion for the Imposition of Sanctions Against Plaintiffs' Counsel for Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Document No. 55, filed July 20, 2018), Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition to Disqualification (Document No. 57, filed July 24, 2018), Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Brief on the Issue of Disqualification (Document No. 59, filed July 25, 2018), Brief in Opposi
Summary: ORDER JAN E. DUBOIS , District Judge . AND NOW , this 20th day of December, 2018, upon consideration of Defendant's Motion for the Imposition of Sanctions Against Plaintiffs' Counsel for Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Document No. 55, filed July 20, 2018), Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition to Disqualification (Document No. 57, filed July 24, 2018), Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Brief on the Issue of Disqualification (Document No. 59, filed July 25, 2018), Brief in Opposit..
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ORDER
JAN E. DUBOIS, District Judge.
AND NOW, this 20th day of December, 2018, upon consideration of Defendant's Motion for the Imposition of Sanctions Against Plaintiffs' Counsel for Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Document No. 55, filed July 20, 2018), Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition to Disqualification (Document No. 57, filed July 24, 2018), Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Brief on the Issue of Disqualification (Document No. 59, filed July 25, 2018), Brief in Opposition to Motion to Sanction Counsel (Document No. 85, filed Oct. 29, 2018), Defendants' Reply to the Brief Opposing Defendants' Motion for the Imposition of Sanctions Against Plaintiffs' Counsel (Document No. 88, filed Nov. 12, 2018), and Surreply Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Sanction Counsel for Plaintiffs (Document No. 90, filed Nov. 19, 2018), following a Hearing in open court on December 6, 2018, for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum dated December 20, 2018, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That part of defendants' Motion seeking disqualification of Cohn and his firm is DENIED.
2. The Court reprimands Cohn for his conduct and GRANTS the Motion to that effect.
3. That part of defendants' Motion seeking an award of attorneys' fees and costs is GRANTED. The Court orders a counsel fee of $10,000 and a partial reimbursement of the fee of defendants' expert witness in the amount of $3,000, for a total award of $13,000.
