An appeals court has upheld nearly $187,000 in fines against a legal duo who filed a lawsuit against the president Joe Bidens 2020 win presidential election about the former president donald trump

What happened: The unanimous decision was made Tuesday by the US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado, Reuters reported.

The court said that lawyers Gary Fielder and Ernest Walker must pay the legal fee of the voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems Inc and Facebook’s parent Metaplatforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) along with other defendants such as Michigan and Pennsylvania state officials and the Center for technology and civic lifeaccording to the report.

“An attorney is expected to exercise judgment and must regularly reevaluate the merits of claims and avoid extending unsubstantiated claims,” ​​said the 10th Circuit Chief Justice, Jerome Holmesreported Reuters.

Why it matters: The court’s order means Dominion Voting would receive nearly $62,000, while Meta would receive $50,000, Reuters noted.

The three-judge panel reportedly called the arguments underlying the lawsuit “completely unfounded.”

Fielder said in a statement the attorneys never thought their “acts were unethical or reckless.”

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