The record confirms that, prior to imposing interim discipline on him, the Southern District gave the respondent notice of the proceeding, by order to show cause. As opposed to the 'cursory nature' of the sanctions hearing in Matter of Dunn (24 NY3d at 704), here the respondent was provided a full and fair opportunity to litigate the disciplinary matter before the Southern District imposed an interim suspension. We find no merit in the respondent's due process contentions.

It then responds to Liebowitz's attempt to wriggle out of this suspension by arguing that he was simply advocating for his clients as best he could, and also that his initial suspension was temporary and 'he has not had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the matter in that forum.' The ruling from earlier this week lays out the details of just a very small fraction of Liebowitz's long history of lying to courts and other misbehavior. The NY state courts were following up on the federal court in the Southern District of New York suspending Liebowitz, and sought to impose a reciprocal suspension. And while he'd already been suspended in various NY federal courts, he's now been entirely suspended from practicing law in the state of New York. As we noted earlier this summer, he's been getting suspended from practicing law in courts all around the country (while also piling up more and more sanctions). We have a loooooooooong list of stories about copyright troll Richard Liebowitz and his never-ending antics in court.

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