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> It said the broader case, in which ThedaCare argues that Ascension inappropriately group-recruited these employees, will go forward in court. That is insani

> It said the broader case, in which ThedaCare argues that Ascension inappropriately group-recruited these employees, will go forward in court. That is insanity. The lawyer working for this crazy company ThedaCare needs to be disbarred, responsible for taking this insane position/argument and wasting everyone's time and money.

onion2k 5y ago
The lawyer working for this crazy company ThedaCare needs to be disbarred, responsible for taking this insane position/argument and wasting everyone's time and money. I don't know if it's the case in the US, but here in the UK if you bring a frivolous law suit it's very likely that you will not only lose but the cost of losing is that you have to pay all of the court costs, which includes paying the bills of the legal team of the person or company you sued. It's a very good way of deterring silly law suits. I would hope the same mechanism is available to the court in the US, and that Thedacare end up paying for their own lawyers, but Ascensions's lawyers too.
- RHSeeger 5y ago
  It's also a very good way of preventing a small entity from suing a large one for anything but a sure thing; since, if they lose, they could wind up on the hook for legal fees that are way out of their price range.
  - zaarn 5y ago
    That's why german has standard rates for lawyers. You don't pay the other side's actual legal costs, you pay a standard rate of their legal costs. And since lawyers not on payroll are required to bill standard rate, your legal costs rarely exceed first court estimates (though you can ask for more if you had additional costs).
- ubermonkey 5y ago
  >I don't know if it's the case in the US, but here in the UK if you bring a frivolous law suit it's very likely that you will not only lose but the cost of losing is that you have to pay all of the court costs, which includes paying the bills of the legal team of the person or company you sued. It is most assuredly NOT the way of things normally in the US. It's possible to sue for legal costs in some circumstances, but it's absolutely not a built-in feature of the legal system.

onion2k 5y ago

The lawyer working for this crazy company ThedaCare needs to be disbarred, responsible for taking this insane position/argument and wasting everyone's time and money. I don't know if it's the case in the US, but here in the UK if you bring a frivolous law suit it's very likely that you will not only lose but the cost of losing is that you have to pay all of the court costs, which includes paying the bills of the legal team of the person or company you sued. It's a very good way of deterring silly law suits. I would hope the same mechanism is available to the court in the US, and that Thedacare end up paying for their own lawyers, but Ascensions's lawyers too.

RHSeeger 5y ago
It's also a very good way of preventing a small entity from suing a large one for anything but a sure thing; since, if they lose, they could wind up on the hook for legal fees that are way out of their price range.
- zaarn 5y ago
  That's why german has standard rates for lawyers. You don't pay the other side's actual legal costs, you pay a standard rate of their legal costs. And since lawyers not on payroll are required to bill standard rate, your legal costs rarely exceed first court estimates (though you can ask for more if you had additional costs).
ubermonkey 5y ago
>I don't know if it's the case in the US, but here in the UK if you bring a frivolous law suit it's very likely that you will not only lose but the cost of losing is that you have to pay all of the court costs, which includes paying the bills of the legal team of the person or company you sued. It is most assuredly NOT the way of things normally in the US. It's possible to sue for legal costs in some circumstances, but it's absolutely not a built-in feature of the legal system.