Jonawan@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoBike lane projects keep running into the same foe: a Manhattan lawyer and convicted securities fraudster who has sued New York City five timesnyc.streetsblog.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkBike lane projects keep running into the same foe: a Manhattan lawyer and convicted securities fraudster who has sued New York City five timesnyc.streetsblog.orgJonawan@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlibly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoOur legal system desperately needs a “stop frivolously suing us or we’ll jail you” clause.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThe English common law system has the crime of barratry. Only a few states have adopted it into statutory law, and sadly, New York is not one of them.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI have never heard the term ‘barratry’ before. Thanks for teaching me something new today.
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation
Our legal system desperately needs a “stop frivolously suing us or we’ll jail you” clause.
The English common law system has the crime of barratry. Only a few states have adopted it into statutory law, and sadly, New York is not one of them.
I have never heard the term ‘barratry’ before.
Thanks for teaching me something new today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation