A Miami-Dade judge sanctioned litigator José M. Ferrer and his law firm Bilzin, Sumberg, Baena, Price & Axelrod for using confidential information they obtained without their opponents’ knowledge.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko’s 51-page order ruled Ferrer and the firm inappropriately received and used clandestinely made phone recordings as part of their litigation strategy in a business dispute between their client, plaintiff Harout Samra, and defendant Vicken Bedoyan.