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“Heartless” Ex Parte Motion for Sanctions Denied Because There Was No “Fire”

E-Discovery LLC

“Lawyers must understand that filing an ex parte motion … is the forensic equivalent of standing in a crowded theater and shouting, ‘Fire!’ There had better be a fire.” … There is no fire here.” Artis Revenue Advocates, LLC v. West , 2025 WL 2014311 (C.D. Cal. Jun. 26, 2025)(citation omitted). Here, the ex parte motion was filed two days after opposing counsel’s wife had given birth.

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New York’s Prison Guard Strike Ended Months Ago. For Some, Life-Threatening Effects Persist.

The Marshall Project

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Tightening the Noose: Russia’s Military Encirclement Strategy and Wartime Statecraft in Ukraine

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Russia’s Ukraine campaign is unfolding on two fronts—military and domestic—and this article from ComplexDiscovery offers a crucial, real-time synthesis of both. Drawing from the July 25, 2025, assessment by the Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project, it captures the full spectrum of Moscow’s wartime posture.