9th Circuit Won’t Reconsider Sanction Of Saudi Heirs’ Lawyer For Fake News Article

( November 5, 2024, 3:21 PM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel denied a motion for reconsideration of its prior ruling granting summary affirmance of a $268,000 sanction issued against an attorney for the heirs of Saudi sheikhs for filing a fake news article during his ultimately unsuccessful appeal of a court’s refusal to confirm a controversial $18 billion award....