3.0.0 237 2023-01-11T13:35:20Z 2023-01-11T13:35:20Z Senate S 2017-01-30 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2017-11-08T15:00:00Z Referred to 2017-01-30T20:52:14Z Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017 115 720 HR 2017-03-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2017-11-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2017-01-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-01-30 True Law Civil actions and liability Judicial procedure and administration Lawyers and legal services Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2017-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-28T20:41:19Z Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017

This bill amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Any sanction must compensate parties injured by the conduct in question.

The bill removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets.

Courts may impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence.

]]> Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017 Display Title Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s237is/xml/BILLS-115s237is.xml 2017-11-08 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. 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.