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Re:Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after... by ashtonkem on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:35AM (#25492381)
The rules of federal procedure has a rule for this, rule 11. It’s designed to punish lawyers or litigants who either bring unsupported cases, or otherwise misuse various aspects of the federal court system. Rule 11 allows for federal judges to directly sanction bad-faith actors, up to paying their opponents fees.

Like many rules designed to reign in those with power who misuse it, it seems that it isn’t applied very often.

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Re:Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after... by jjeaff on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:58AM (#25493246)
Yes, it appears to be very rare.

Otherwise Guliani and the rest of the "Elite strike force" legal team would be fully sanctioned by now.

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Re:Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after... by grumple on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:46AM (#25493727)
US law does not matter to law firms in Delhi...
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Re:Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after... by ashtonkem on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:50PM (#25497329)
In the past, the US has indemnified all Americans for being sued in jurisdictions with bad defamation laws. So assuming you don’t have any business in India, a fair response is “sue me in America, or <bleep> off”.
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Re:Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after... by pas on Monday December 21, 2020 @09:19AM (#25495139)
"up to"? That should be the minimum.
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