In two separate rulings, one state and one federal judge declined to punish high-profile attorney Ira Lee Sorkin for his advocacy in a now-dismissed civil racketeering case.

Though Eastern District Judge Arthur Spatt disqualified Sorkin, of Lowenstein Sandler, and later tossed the suit, he stopped short on Jan. 10 of sanctioning Sorkin and plaintiff Annette Lorber, finding their decision to bring the case was not “wholly unreasonable.”