Mealey's (November 30, 2016, 1:26 PM EST) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — After an appeals panel partly dismissed sanctions against an attorney as not properly reflecting the harm incurred by a copyright defendant due to the attorney’s discovery misconduct and misrepresentations, an Illinois federal judge on Nov. 23 deemed the attorney’s actions to be civil contempt and sanctioned him in amount equivalent to the defendant’s remaining costs related to the misconduct (Lightspeed Media Corp. v. Anthony Smith, et al., No. 3:12-cv-00889, S.D. Ill.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162981)....