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Law firms fined $2M over ‘widespread, long-running cover-up’ in Georgia case
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Key Points:
- A federal judge imposed a $2 million sanction on law firms Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for repeated deception in a Georgia fraud case.
- U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell ordered the firms to pay the amount within 10 business days.
- The judge stated the sanction funds will be used to promote ethics and professionalism education in Georgia’s accredited law schools.
- The misconduct involved defense attorneys Richard Bernardo and Geoffrey Wyatt, who were found to have engaged in a long-running cover-up by hiding unfavorable evidence and lying about it.
