Sentences with phrase «file frivolous»

File frivolous pleadings, bother, harass, wear her down, waste money, try to pick a fight, get an aggressive lawyer... Thank you for acknowledging that this is what is actually going on.

He might file frivolous motions of his own, dragging you into court at every turn and protesting every step of the proceedings.

This provision applies to both plaintiffs and defendants who file frivolous claims.

Customers with poor credit could also be more likely to file a frivolous claim for financial reasons.

Also, as an officer of the court, a lawyer has a duty to be honest and to not file frivolous cases or raise frivolous defenses.

Contrary to popular belief, there is little incentive for an attorney to file frivolous lawsuits.

2) Increasing demand for lawyers: this argument is basically that if you make legal services free, people will run to the courthouse to file frivolous lawsuits.

Another concern might be that lawsuit funding might encourage plaintiffs to file frivolous lawsuits.

File a frivolous lawsuit.

He doesn't need money to file frivolous lawsuits.

He accused Astorino of «falsely accusing the state of circumventing a process and then doing an end - run around his own legislature to file a frivolous lawsuit that puts at risk the long - term safety of residents.»

He took a swipe at some judges who would not sit on time and rise early and lawyers who file frivolous applications and employ other delay tactics as well as shoddy police investigation, and admonish them to desist from such.

I have often though that all of us who are affected by higher taxes and higher prices due to frivolous lawsuits should band together and sue the people and the lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits.

They don't complain about being asked to wear a hat and they don't destroy business's by filing frivolous lawsuits.

Simply put, a retired judge (who most likely possesses some nutty right - wing ideas himself) has agreed to assist a woman in fighting a fine she received for filing a frivolous «birther» action with the court.

If the court (s) find, as Governor Cuomo is stating, that the lawsuit is entirely without merit, then the groups that filed the suit should be punished for filing frivolous lawsuits.

Furthermore, despite the fact that the internet is awash with reports of consumers getting rid of thousands in unpaid debts through credit repair, be cautious about filing frivolous credit report disputes.

Which goes back to not filing frivolous appeals.

«Fools,» writes Norm Pattis, in response to news reports that new legislation would punish attorneys for filing frivolous lawsuits.

As I read the motion, the legal theory under which the RIAA's lawyers implicate Beckerman's blogging is that a lawyer should be subject to sanctions for filing frivolous pleadings designed to bolster a broader, bad - faith public relations campaign.

The story is that America has too many lawsuits: too many lawyers, too many people filing frivolous suits, too many excessive damages awards by juries, and so on.

This is not because people are rushing out and filing frivolous claims that get paid.

Act 2, including: changes to Wisconsin's product liability laws; adding Daubert standards for cases tried in Wisconsin involving expert opinion and evidence; eliminating the controversial «risk contribution» theory created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2005 Thomas v. Mallett decision; placing caps on punitive damages; and reducing frivolous lawsuits by holding parties liable for costs and fees for filing frivolous claims.

An attorney can be fined for filing a frivolous lawsuit, and can even be disbarred for repeatedly filing frivolous lawsuits.

Or maybe opposing counsel has accused you of filing a frivolous claim or submitting false evidence in discovery.

A new study by MLex uses Lex Machina data to show that more and more district courts are granting attorneys fees requests: Nearly six months after the US Supreme Court made it easier to award attorneys» fees in «exceptional» patent cases, US district court judges are increasingly sanctioning parties for filing frivolous lawsuits or engaging in litigation misconduct — except in the most popular place to file a patent suit: the Eastern District of Texas.

Nearly six months after the US Supreme Court made it easier to award attorneys» fees in «exceptional» patent cases, US district court judges are increasingly sanctioning parties for filing frivolous lawsuits or engaging in litigation misconduct — except in the most popular place to file a patent suit: the Eastern District of Texas.

A consortium that only exists to prevent entities like Rockstar from filing frivolous suits.

A noncompliant spouse might try to prolong a divorce by filing frivolous motions or other unnecessary paperwork, although the court might levy sanctions or other legal penalties for actions like that.

The court also agreed with the MLS that the photographer be sanctioned for filing a frivolous suit, and sent the case back to trial court to determine the appropriate fine.

But now Iowa Realty has filed a lawsuit accusing Keller Williams of filing a frivolous lawsuit that it had «never intended the courts to resolve.»

Next, the court considered the MLS's request to sanction the Photographer for filing a frivolous appeal.

Not exact matches

In the event that you are able to demonstrate that the costs of Arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, NBCUniversal will pay as much of your filing and hearing fees in connection with the Arbitration as the Arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost - prohibitive, regardless of the outcome of the Arbitration, unless the Arbitrator determines that your claim (s) were frivolous or asserted in bad faith;

It filed a counterclaim alleging Alnylam was pursuing a frivolous lawsuit that improperly interfered with its funding sources and partnership opportunities in order to crush its smaller competitor.

Yelp hasn't commented on the third lawsuit, but in a blog post March 4 headlined «Different Day, Different Lawyer, Same Meritless Claim: A Classic Race to the Courthouse,» the company's co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman called the two suits filed so far «frivolous» and said the allegations «are false and easily refuted.»

To help bring down these costs, Congress still must address commonsense reforms like shifting fees when a plaintiff brings egregiously frivolous suits and staying patent suits filed against end users.

East Hampton Village officials criticized what they called a «frivolous» lawsuit filed by the former village police chief, saying they enacted «reasonable restrictions» on Gerard Larsen's outside security work out of concern about the top cop's potential conflicts of interest.

A convicted left wing terrorist Brett Kimberlin has very recently successfully attacked several conservative bloggers in USA by methods ranging from «innocent» filing of frivolous lawsuits, to extremely dangerous and life - threatening practice of «SWATting» - placing a fake emergency phone call tricking 911 operators into dispatching emergency response teams to a targeted person's home.

Penalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and othFrivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and othfrivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and other costs.

Attorney Elizabeth Beacham White, legal counsel for the PAC, called the filing «a frivolous complaint filed by a liberal activist group that harasses conservative leaders.»

If you identify information in your file that is incomplete or inaccurate, and report it to the consumer reporting agency, the agency must investigate unless your dispute is frivolous.

Taxpayers who believe that filing is voluntary and illustrate tax protestor contentions may face a Frivolous Tax Return Penalty.

In fact, filing an empty tax return can be deemed frivolous and would attract fines instead.

They believe that credit bureaus will see more than two disputes filed at once as «frivolous» and not take them seriously.

Activision Blizzard, the creators of the popular Call of Duty franchise, have filed a response to Manuel Noriega's opposition in the frivolous lawsuit...

Randy Nunez and a few others have filed a definitive frivolous class action lawsuit against Microsoft and Bungie that claims that Halo 3 isn't compatible with the Xbox 360.

If the client files and loses a frivolous lawsuit, might they be ordered to pay the expenses and costs of the defense?

For example, in Colorado civil cases, some of the more common grounds for an award of attorneys» fees to a defending party are: (a) a two - sided contractual fee shifting term, (b) dismissal of the case before filing an answer for failure to state a claim when tort claims were asserted, (c) a determination that the suit was groundless, frivolous or vexatious, (d) violation of certain rules relating to disclosure of information to the other party, (e) a statutory fee shifting provision in the case of a claim based upon a statutorily created right which is present in some statutes but not others.

The Court's emphasis on «reasonableness» in Kirtsaeng is a warning to parties to carefully consider the strength of their legal theories before filing — as unfounded or frivolous claims may lead to fee shifting.

Mr. Dick urges judges «to be bold enough to throw (frivolous) suits out», as if there are lots of these kinds of cases being filed that somehow threaten «a potential civic disaster».