The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an order sanctioning lawyers at Perkins Coie—the Washington law firm that represents Democratic candidates, as well as prominent Democratic political organizations—for filing a “redundant and misleading” motion in the court in an election case out of Texas.
Among the specific lawyers named in the March 11 order for “violat[ing] their duty of candor to the court” is Marc Elias, the chairman of the law firm’s “Political Law Group.” -- More...