Hey, people with pierced ears: where did you get yours done? Chances are high that, if you got your ears pierced as a teen (or if you’re Harrison Ford — really!), you got your ears pierced at Claire’s.

Now, the chain has declared bankruptcy. The problem is that everyone involved in the court proceedings wants to share their personal Claire’s piercing story, which is causing lawyers to bill more hours and the associated costs to skyrocket.

According to the Wall Street Journal, “Over the course of the proceedings, attorneys billing upwards of $2,600 an hour veered off topic to share their Claire’s stories. The judge questioned a lawyer about his piercings. An attorney for the liquidator confessed to losing a bet that landed him in the piercing chair.”

At one point, even the judge admitted that both of his daughters got their ears pierced at Claire’s.

Attorneys working on the case claim that there’s a strategy to this. They say that these stories allow the company to appear more human, which could benefit them in negotiation. Still, I can’t imagine it feels great to see your bank balance drop because your lawyer decided to share a fourth story about the time he got his ears pierced as a bet.