Let’s say your law firm is not named in a suit. You’re not given notice of the proceedings. No relief is sought against you. Can you still be held in contempt for violating someone else’s injunction?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says yes. The agency wants a federal judge in California to sanction several small law firms for violating an order that they aren’t a party to.
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