You can't blame the judges without laying some blame on the lawyers. I'm blaming both (and blaming the Schindler lawyers a bit more for being clueless what to do in Federal Court, even after Congress told them what to do).
The Schindlers taking advice from Randall Terry didn't help their cause in the court of public opinion, either.
I fall on the other side of the argument for culpability. I hold that it is more the smart guys (judges) fault than the dumb guys (Schindler's lawers) fault. That is always the case. The law is supposed to try to even the field in the name of justice. It failed miserably in this case, and the failure in indefensible.
The system is designed in layers, where the client is a dumb shit, the lawyer is the middle man, and the judge is all powerful. You point, blame the lawer, is like the lawer asserting blame the client. We are supposed to look out for the underlying interests, form be damned.
Anyway, nice to chat with you, and glad to know that you are not defending this travesty.