Folks who believe that the ethics regime needs to be more willing to focus punishments on entire firms, not just individual lawyers, should be cheered by yesterday's ruling by the Second Circuit upholding sanctions for Cleary Gottlieb. Lawyers from the firm had contacted a non-party witness, and the trial court viewed the contact as attempting to interfere with a deposition, ruling that the firm showed “a willingness to operate in the murky area between zealous advocacy and improper conduct." As Cleary's lawyer on appeal noted, "[t]hat’s a pretty stigmatizing statement for a court to make about an entire firm." The punishment: paying the opposing party's costs and circulating a formal reprimand to all of the firm's 950 lawyers.
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