In a case filed by Cooperative Entertainment, Inc. against Alibaba, Northern District of California Magistrate Judge Lisa J. Cisneros has denied a motion for pro hac vice admission, construed as a motion for reconsideration given that the denial of a first such motion had been with prejudice, from William P. Ramey III of Ramey LLP. The court referred Ramey to the Court’s Standing Committee on Professional Conduct “to determine appropriate sanctions”. Despite expressing concern about the role of Jennifer Ishimoto (of Banie and Ishimoto LLP) in the case, Judge Cisneros declined to impose sanctions and “expects that her conduct at issue will not recur”.