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Attorneys - Sanctions Under Rule 11 - RICO Complaint (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 1, 2008

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court denies sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 to defendant civic association who contends plaintiffs and their lawyer knew when they filed an amended complaint that their RICO claims were not warranted under existing law or a good faith argument for a change in the law; in fact, plaintiffs’ complaint ...
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