Cotman IP Blog Contentious and Unprofessional Discovery Conduct Risks Attorney Ban and Close of Discovery for that Side

In our modern era of litigation, certain attorneys are either unable or unwilling to engage in professional conduct with their opponents. Fed up with counsel's obnoxious behavior, Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker, issued a scathing order chastising counsel for both sides in the US Water Services, Inc. v. Novozymes A/S et al, 3-13-cv-00864 (WIWD December 11, [...]