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Frivolous litigation is the use of legal processes with apparent disregard for the merit of one's own arguments. It includes presenting an argument with reason to know that it would certainly fail, or acting without a basic level of diligence in researching the relevant law and facts.
Lawrence Bittaker, who together with his partner Roy Norris was convicted of torturing, raping and murdering five young girls in 1979, filed 40 separate frivolous lawsuits against the state of California, including one claiming "cruel and unusual punishment" after being served a broken cookie. In 1993, he was declared a vexatious litigant and ...
Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...
The plaintiffs in the Fresno Grizzlies case are represented by a San Diego-based lawyer who reached an agreement on a $500,000 settlement from the Oakland Athletics in 2016 after he filed a class ...
“When lawyers file a lawsuit, we are duty-bound to ensure it is based on solid facts, backed by law and free from any intent to harass or waste the court’s time,” the group of more than 100 ...
Tort reform advocates frequently contend that too many of the lawsuits filed in the United States each year are "frivolous" lawsuits. [76] The term "frivolous lawsuit" has acquired a broader rhetorical definition in political debates about tort reform, where it is sometimes used by reform advocates to describe legally non-frivolous tort ...
Unable to afford to fight these claims, another non-profit member that operates in Southern California settled a PAGA lawsuit for $335,000. The plaintiffs’ attorneys received $195,000, while ...
On September 16, 2024, a class action lawsuit - on behalf of five contestants of the $100-million-dollar Beast Games series on Prime Video - was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Donaldson (under his production company MrB2024, LLC), Off One's Base, LLC (a production company), Amazon Alternative, LLC (a division of Amazon Studios that creates unscripted television), and 100 anonymous ...