Law firm sanctioned for improper spacing in brief

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No, this is not a joke.

A law firm was apparently sanctioned $1000 for improper line spacing in a brief. The error was described as a deliberate act by the district judge.

https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/908332/susman-godfrey-fined-over-formatting-in-amazon-tm-suit?nl_pk=e1f033c5-3f89-4875-ad29-e0ddf85ed12c&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics

Published by eclinton

B.A. University of Chicago, 1988, J.D. Harvard Law School, 1991, Clerk to the Honorable Michael S. Kanne, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1991-1992, Mayer Brown 1992-1996, Katten Muchin 1996-97, The Clinton Law Firm, 1997 -. I practice in the areas of commercial litigation, legal malpractice and legal ethics.

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