Professional Etiquette, rule number two: don't call the judge names. Attorney gets $1000 fine.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Plainfield Township attorney was fined $1,000 for writing that Kent County Circuit Court judge Christopher Yates was acting "as the bitch" for one side in a contentious lawsuit.

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Ionia Newspaper editor sued for defamatory statements and lost - other side wants sanctions

An Ionia newspaper editor lost a defamation lawsuit yesterday. But the defendants' attorney fees don't have to be paid by the losing editor, the judge ruled.

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The editor sued letter writers accusing her of "yellow journalism," and criticized her in letters to supervisors and online.