Court sanctions attorneys for frivolous conduct and plagiarism in Cassata v. Macrina
A New York court held a sanctions hearing on December 22, 2025 against attorney Maria-Eleni Kiousenterlis and her law firm for allegedly submitting motion papers containing inaccurate caselaw citations, unsupported legal arguments, and plagiarized content without proper attribution. The court found the conduct constituted frivolous and unethical violations of professional conduct rules.
What happened
A sanctions hearing was held on December 22, 2025 in a house collapse case where defendant's counsel Maria-Eleni Kiousenterlis and law firm Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden, LLP were accused of frivolous and unethical conduct in submitting motion papers to the court.
The allegations included submitting inaccurate or non-existent caselaw citations and quotations, citing caselaw that does not support the defendant's propositions, and plagiarizing legal briefs from a third party without proper credit or citation.
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