>When a judge orders you to do something, you have to comply with the substance of the order, not evade it by sort-of technically complying while actually avoid

>When a judge orders you to do something, you have to comply with the substance of the order, not evade it by sort-of technically complying while actually avoiding it. Attorneys do this kind of crap all of the time. Often, when ordered to provide docs for discovery, they will print pdfs and re-scan them in (sometimes over and over again, to make them barely legible) to make opposing counsel's task that much harder. The judge in this case may not have had much appreciation for Levison's wit, but it may not be as silly as you think. Perhaps Levison knew he was at the end-game and merely needed a brief delay to tidy up some loose end, in which case his tactic worked well.