SANCTIONS

If an attorney, law firm, or party violates these rules or is responsible for a rule violation, the court may impose appropriate sanctions as needed to protect the parties and the interests of justice. Potential sanctions include, among other things, excluding evidence, preventing a witness from testifying, striking pleadings or papers, refusing oral argument, or imposing attorney’s fees. [Adopted effective February 1, 1991; amended July 23, 2012] 2012 Advisory Committee’s Note to LR 1.3 The language of LR 1.3 has been amended in accordance with the restyling process described in the 2012 Advisory Committee’s Preface on Stylistic Amendments. For the sake of both clarity and consistency with Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c)(1), LR 1.3 now specifies that it applies to “an attorney, law firm, or party.” This is not a substantive change.