Saudi Heirs’ Lawyer Opposes $268,000 Attorney Fees Sanction For Filing Fake Article

(December 6, 2023, 2:47 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The attorney who unsuccessfully petitioned to confirm an arbitral award worth $18 billion in favor of the heirs of Saudi Arabian sheikhs against U.S. oil companies filed a brief in California federal court opposing the entry of judgment against him for roughly $268,000 in attorney fees that he was ordered to pay as a sanction after he filed a faked news article as an exhibit to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....