{"id":153132,"date":"2026-05-28T15:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/28\/judge-orders-law-firm-to-write-lesson-on-how-not-to-be-naughty-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:03:37","slug":"judge-orders-law-firm-to-write-lesson-on-how-not-to-be-naughty-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/28\/judge-orders-law-firm-to-write-lesson-on-how-not-to-be-naughty-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Orders Law Firm To Write Lesson On How Not To Be Naughty Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Emanuel earned $3 million in sanctions from Judge Edward Chen, who described a \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d culture of lawyering. But worse, the judge ordered the team involved to complete an 8-hour ethics course that <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/quinn-emanuel-just-got-a-3-million-ethics-lesson-a-judge-made-them-write-it-themselves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the firm itself must design.<\/a> The Federal Circuit decided to put together a bizarre theme song and music video for themselves. Along the way, they managed to double down on their shadow impeachment of Judge Pauline Newman by <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/federal-circuit-releases-its-own-theme-song-managing-to-be-both-embarrassing-and-damning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">erasing the still active judge from the video<\/a>. New York has a long history of abusing pregnant women in custody and now we\u2019ve learned that the courts arraigned a woman while she <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/woman-gives-birth-in-courtroom-her-arraignment-goes-ahead-without-her\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gave birth in the courtroom<\/a> \u2014 while she may or may not have been handcuffed.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/judge-orders-law-firm-to-write-lesson-on-how-not-to-be-naughty-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Orders Law Firm To Write Lesson On How Not To Be Naughty Lawyers<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn Emanuel earned $3 million in sanctions from Judge Edward Chen, who described a \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d culture of lawyering. But worse, the judge ordered the team involved to complete an 8-hour ethics course that <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/quinn-emanuel-just-got-a-3-million-ethics-lesson-a-judge-made-them-write-it-themselves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the firm itself must design.<\/a> The Federal Circuit decided to put together a bizarre theme song and music video for themselves. Along the way, they managed to double down on their shadow impeachment of Judge Pauline Newman by <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/federal-circuit-releases-its-own-theme-song-managing-to-be-both-embarrassing-and-damning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">erasing the still active judge from the video<\/a>. New York has a long history of abusing pregnant women in custody and now we\u2019ve learned that the courts arraigned a woman while she <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/woman-gives-birth-in-courtroom-her-arraignment-goes-ahead-without-her\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gave birth in the courtroom<\/a> \u2014 while she may or may not have been handcuffed.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/judge-orders-law-firm-to-write-lesson-on-how-not-to-be-naughty-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Orders Law Firm To Write Lesson On How Not To Be Naughty Lawyers<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Emanuel earned $3 million in sanctions from Judge Edward Chen, who described a \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d culture of lawyering. But worse, the judge ordered the team involved to complete an 8-hour ethics course that the firm itself must design. The Federal Circuit decided to put together a bizarre theme song and music video for themselves. 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