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Following is my research report of actual case quotes/snippets that I found interesting (for some reason or another) while I was researching the Question: Can you be sanctioned for bringing a frivolous or otherwise improper Rule 11 Motion for Sanctions? Answered: Yes and you don’t even need to provide the 21-day safe-harbor period! See Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 (c)(2)(“If warranted, the court…
Rubber Checks I got a call today for the first time in years by someone who got a bad check as payment for services rendered. I remembered at some point in time there was a Minnesota Statute on point and I seemed to recall it had some significant penalties. Significant as in the penalty doubled the amount of the check.…
New amendments have been proposed again to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Once again, the proposals have the goal of limiting discovery and the burden and expense that goes along with it. As the Judicial Conference described the recommendations from the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that were sent to the US Supreme Court this…
How much trust do you put in online reviews of local businesses? A lot of people use them as a decision-making tool before spending their hard-earned money on a good or service. Quite often and understandably, small business owners with a poor review or rating want to sue the messenger. Recently, Yelp! was sued for manipulating some small businesses’ online…