alt Hacker News> the point of SLAPP is that it's a frivolous suit
The point is to shut people up. Lawyers don't like filing literally frivolous suits, that type of activity gets you disbarred.
> the point of SLAPP is that it's a frivolous suit
The point is to shut people up. Lawyers don't like filing literally frivolous suits, that type of activity gets you disbarred.
In theory, yes. But does that actually happen IRL? I've never heard of a lawyer getting disbarred for the quality of suits he or she is filing.
Many years ago in Northern CA we had a lawyer that was basically going around filing suits against everyone she came in contact with as a way to pay the bills. She was eventually declared a "vexatious litigant" and had to get a judge's permission before she could sue anyone in the future, but they didn't disbar her.