Judge Invokes Dante’s Inferno in Court Ruling (2022)

“An Illinois federal judge invoked the poet Dante in a description of fee litigation as an ‘inner circle of judicial hell’ as he imposed a $2.5 million attorney fees sanction for discovery violations in long-running trademark dispute between rival e-cigarette companies.”    — Carolyn Muyskens, “Judge Invokes Dante’s Inferno in $2.5M Sanctions Order,” Law360, October 7, 2022.