FrenchPorte IP LLC v. C.H.I. Overhead Doors, Inc., No. 25-1186 (Fed. Cir. July 23, 2026)

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Moarbes, LLP (“Mo arbes”), which represented FrenchPorte IP LLC (“French Porte”) in the underlying case, appeals the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois ordering Moarbes to pay fifty percent of a $46,438.60 sanctions award for repeated fail- ures to comply with court orders. FrenchPorte IP, LLC v. C.H.I. Overhead Doors, Inc. , No. 2:21- cv-2014, 2024 WL 1307790 (C.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2024) (“Sanctions Order”).