Judge Stark should have warned Venezuela's legal counsel about unethical practice. Legal counsel before a court are officers of the court and subject to penalties and referral to the state bar for disciplinary action. They are required to do their best for their client within well-established professional and ethical boundaries. Overstepping these boundaries is very costly in both reputational and economic terms.

I hope that he will require Venezuela to pay KRY for the costs involved. Venezuela will pay anything to delay paying KRY, but it should do it at its expense.