Two attorneys have been sanctioned for sharing proprietary Apple information as part of a lawsuit.
Lawyers Joseph Cotchett and Mark Molumphy from the firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy repeatedly referenced confidential Apple documents during a public hearing in May. The hearing concerned the fallout from Apple’s iPhone throttling controversy from a couple years back.
The documents in question were marked “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” Apple asked for the lawyers to be removed from the lawsuit. While the court disagreed, arguing that this would be too harsh a punishment, it has sanctioned both lawyers.
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