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Federal Judge Chastises Lawyers For ‘Behemoth’ Filings

March 26, 2015

Lawyers for UPS must file new, shorter and more plainspoken pleadings after a federal judge in Manhattan tossed their “behemoth” filings. In a March 24 order, U.S. District Judge William Pauley III noted the filings submitted by lawyers for UPS included more than 1,400 pages of exhibits and went on for 185 paragraphs – and that in reponse lawyers for former franchisees filed a 210-page counterclaim, later amended to 303 pages.The filings are part of “a troubling trend toward prolixity in pleading,” Paulsey wrote, and demanded both plaintiffs and defendants start from scratch.

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