False testimony under oath and the violation of a direct court order not to interfere with the interview of witnesses by opposing counsel has led a federal judge to sanction a DLA Piper partner and a former attorney with the firm.
Southern District Judge Katherine Forrest ordered DLA Piper partner Brian John Pendleton Jr. to pay $10,000 for telling a former employee of the firm’s client, Benecard Services Inc., not to speak with opposing counsel in prescription drug litigation in New York.
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