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May 16, 2019

Law firm sanctioned, chided for coaching client-witness

A consumer rights law firm was hit with multiple sanctions this week after a U.S. magistrate judge said one of its attorneys improperly coached a client during depositions in a product liability, multidistrict litigation brought against Ford Motor Co.

A consumer rights law firm was hit with multiple sanctions this week after a U.S. magistrate judge said one of its attorneys improperly coached a client during depositions in a product liability, multidistrict litigation brought against Ford Motor Co.

After reviewing Ford's motion for sanctions, filed by Spencer P. Hugret and Molly J. Mrowka of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP in early April, U.S. Magistrate Judge $95

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