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NJ Supreme Court Holds Municipalities Can Be Sanctioned for Frivolous Litigation

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Municipalities are not immune from sanctions under the state’s Frivolous Litigation Statute, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in an appeal that stemmed from affordable housing litigation. In a unanimous decision, the...more

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A District Court’s Discretion to Sanction Is Broad, “But For” a Causal Limitation

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger that even a district court’s exercise of broad discretion to impose a civil sanction for a litigant’s bad faith conduct has to be limited by a...more

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