Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

The Real Peril in Overreaching in Argument

From Targin Sign Sys. v. Preferred Chiropractic Ctr., Ltd., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4581 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 21, 2010) (Shadur, J.):

[B]efore this opinion turns to the reason for so stating, counsel's effort evokes a concern that is familiar to judges but too often escapes lawyers: the potential risk to counsel when they push obviously groundless claims. That is not solely the danger of possible sanctions under Rule 11 or under other available sources (sanctions that are not assessed that frequently) — it also involves the offending counsel's possible loss of credibility, something that can cause every argument that the lawyer may put forth to be scrutinized with greater care and, perhaps, with some degree of skepticism.

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