3.0.0 603 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z Senate S S 2009-03-16 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-16T21:37:44Z 2009-03-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N Law Civil actions and liability Lawyers and legal services Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-21T21:23:23Z Frivolous Lawsuit Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to change from discretionary to mandatory the authority of a court to impose sanctions for any representations in a pleading, written motion, or other paper that violate the Rule.

Revises the requirements for such sanctions.

Allows monetary sanctions to be awarded against a party's attorneys.

]]> Frivolous Lawsuit Prevention Act of 2009 Display Title Frivolous Lawsuit Prevention Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, relating to representation in court and sanctions for violating such rule, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Frivolous Lawsuit Prevention Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s603is/xml/BILLS-111s603is.xml 2009-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.