In a 70-page order and recommendation, Southern District Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses imposed Rule 37(b) discovery sanctions on partner Alan Fraade; his firm, Mintz & Fraade; and his client, Panorama TV.
The sanctions require Fraade and Panorama to pay expenses, including attorney fees, caused by failing to obey discovery orders. Panorama may no longer disclaim that New York resident Asaf Yevdayev is and was Panorama’s agent and representative. (Panorama has claimed it had no agent or presence in the United States.)
