[bhahn]

I wish the US legal system would make changes to discourage these types of frivolous lawsuits. It seems like many suits are intended to force the defendant to settle even though the suit itself has no merit.

I wonder if the # of frivolous lawsuits would go decline if the suing party were forced to pay the defendant's legal fees if the suing party lost.

[saraid216]

It entertains me that we're so big on First Amendment rights, but the right to petition for redress of wrongs needs to have conditions on it like "not frivolous".

[300bps]

I wish the US legal system would make changes to discourage these types of frivolous lawsuits

Me too. But it probably won't for three reasons:

1. The civil litigation business is immensely profitable for attorneys

2. The number of people / organizations sued is small enough that they don't have a loud enough voice

3. Anytime someone advocates for reform (ex: loser pays) they will trot out the one case that so clearly calls out for justice and state how the reform would keep justice from occurring in this case