So, just a few days after their first warning to an employer, the Ninth Circuit issues another "show cause order" to a second employer about filing a frivolous petition for writ of mandamus. The court again states it will impose monetary sanctions unless the employer can show good cause for its appeal. In In Re
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Ninth Circuit Warns Employer Of Sanctions For Frivolous Appeal
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
There is this device known as a "writ of mandamus" by which a party to a lawsuit can seek to force a U.S. District Court to change a ruling. It is an "extraordinary" write reserved for "drastic" situations. That is judge-speak for saying a writ of mandamus applies only to situations which are not "fixable"…