October 20, 2023
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is urging the Second Circuit to deny a Massachusetts attorney's bid to delay having to pay $312,000 in sanctions as he mounts an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the request is based on "a diatribe of unhinged insults and grievances."
October 10, 2023
A Massachusetts attorney who represented athletes in brain injury suits against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is taking his battle against $312,000 in sanctions to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the penalty he was assessed was based on legal error and shouldn't have been upheld by the Second Circuit.
October 04, 2023
The Second Circuit will not reconsider a $312,000 sanctions order issued to a Massachusetts attorney who represented plaintiffs in a series of brain-injury suits against World Wrestling Entertainment and was repeatedly reprimanded for pleading and discovery deficiencies.
September 12, 2023
A Massachusetts lawyer who was hit with $312,000 in sanctions for his frivolous filings in concussion litigation against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has asked the full Second Circuit this week to review the penalties, after a three-judge panel of the court upheld them last month.
August 28, 2023
The Second Circuit on Monday upheld a sanctions order against a Massachusetts attorney and his law firm that stemmed from a district court's ruling that he had engaged in repeated pleading and discovery misconduct in his concussion lawsuits against World Wrestling Entertainment.