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minus-squareKrististrasza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAbsolutely. But if you have an hour to spare have a listen to Leonard French go through the court hearing on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5YaGACnJpg The sheer humiliation and the chewing out over this those attorneys got from the judge, and which is now a matter of public record, probably hurt them more than any fine ever could.
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s fair. Reputation has a coat, for sure.
minus-squareKrististrasza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd it gives the courts a precedent they can point at when the next one tries it.
Absolutely. But if you have an hour to spare have a listen to Leonard French go through the court hearing on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5YaGACnJpg
The sheer humiliation and the chewing out over this those attorneys got from the judge, and which is now a matter of public record, probably hurt them more than any fine ever could.
That’s fair. Reputation has a coat, for sure.
And it gives the courts a precedent they can point at when the next one tries it.