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4 Strategies for Preventing and Handling Frivolous Lawsuits

Lawmatics

According to the US financial Education Foundation, each year excessive tort costs add up to well over 500 billion dollars. Legal Sanctions and Penalties Defendants may pursue a counterclaim against the plaintiff, and if successful, it could result in legal sanctions and penalties for the party that filed the frivolous lawsuit.

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Protecting Public Expression

WA Bar News

PURPOSE OF ANTI-SLAPP LAWS The purpose of anti-SLAPP laws is to prevent litigants from suing and threatening suit as a means of stifling speech on issues of public concern. They can address a wide variety of issues—from zoning, to the environment, to politics, to education. Expression Prot. Act prefatory note intro., 30, 31-32 (2022).

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Alternate Pathways: Your Questions Answered

WA Bar News

In order to waive out of the bar exam, they would have to complete additional standardized education materials and benchmarks under the guidance and supervision of their tutors. Months later Art was contacted by Bank wanting to retain him to evaluate the effect of the litigation against Becky and Clyde for their business financing.