Thul v. OneWest Bank

Attorneys from Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom prepared a brief supporting OneWest Bank's (defendant) motion to dismiss Thul's (plaintiff) complaint, citing older Seventh Circuit precedent while omitting a more recent, directly contradictory Seventh Circuit opinion; the district court ordered the attorneys to show cause why they shouldn't be sanctioned, and in response, senior attorneys Beisner and Miller took responsibility, absolved a junior associate of blame, apologized while arguing the omitted case was distinguishable, and noted the underlying case had already settled with a provision for their firm to compensate Thul's counsel for time spent responding to the motion.