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StarfishSaver

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11. Yes.

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:20 AM

Nov 2020

Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for attorneys to be sanctioned for filing pleadings "presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation," are not "warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law," or do not "have evidentiary support."

Sanctions can include fines and payment of the opposing party's attorney fees.

These lawyers are treading into Rule 11 territory.

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