Focus (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 4, 2009
Tightening the Reins on Lawyers
A new Senate bill proposes to impose mandatory sanctions for lawyers and litigants found to have violated Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
FOCUS COLUMN
By Martha K. Gooding By changing just one word in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a bill introduced this month in the U.S. Senate proposes to impose mandatory sanctions for lawyers and litigants found to have violated the rule. S.603, which bears the short title Frivolous Lawsuit Prevention Act of 2009, was introduced March 16 by Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. Short and to the point - in its official printed form, the...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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