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Frivilous lawsuits

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Sometimes people or businesses sue for unethical reasons. They know that they do not have the law on their side but out of revenge, greed, to cause the smaller firm great financial hardship, or spite, they sue anyway.
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Court Magistrate reviews cases before they come to court.

Like the supreme court, you can assign a court magistrate or three magistrates to review the case. If the case has merit, the magistrate will assign it a court time to be heard. If the case is frivolo...

Mandatory Summary Judgments

Efforts to reform tort law in the courts must walk a fine line between legitimate efforts to reduce court case loads and a reduction in citizens’ rights to seek compensation for damages in an impart...

Loser pays costs.

As in England, pass a law that has the loser of the frivolous lawsuit pay the legal costs of both sides....

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Take away lawyers’ licenses if they repeatedly file frivolous lawsuits

Make lawyers who file flimsy suits or suits based on questionable interpretation of the law give up their licenses either temporarily or permanently, depending on the number of offenses. ...

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