United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Lake Shore Asset Management Ltd.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLANCHE M. MANNING, District Judge.

William Nissen is a partner at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin and is former counsel for defendant Lake Shore Asset Management Limited. The court previously observed that “there is a fine line between, on the one hand, a party’s pursuit of a particular position and vigorous advocacy from that party’s lawyer and, on the other hand, obstructionism. Lake Shore Limited and its lead counsel, William Nissen, may well find that they have landed far on the wrong side of this line.” The court then issued a rule to show cause directed at Lake…