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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 ...
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 ...
This alone would deter the enormous number of frivolous lawsuits filed in federal courts every year. ... federal removal jurisdiction should be expanded to cover all state lawsuits against ...
These protections, however, only apply to suits filed in courts in those states, [44] and plaintiffs often seek jurisdictions more favorable, including federal courts, that lack the same added protections that many defendants would have received in their state court. For example, in 1992 California enacted Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16, a ...
Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled this week, overruling a precedent made by lower ...
Myth 4: Frivolous lawsuits can ruin the lives of cops. Fact 4: Law enforcement is robustly protected from frivolous lawsuits. Law enforcement officers have always had ample protection from ...
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 ...