Reply #120: Whether or not they would win is less a factor than you may think. [View All]

[Callisto32]

I'm going to assume that this would be happening in a federal court for the sake of this point.

Do you have any idea what it probably costs just to have corporate lawyers constantly filing 12(b) motions? Let alone preparation for litigation that may never come. Billable hours, man.

If you can run up costs enough, you can put someone out of business. Such manipulation of the legal system is illegal, and can get a lawyer disbarred. Immunity laws, such as the ones that prevent suing the government, are made to keep this from happening. If all you do is defend in suits, you never get anything else done. Economic waste, my friend. Court's don't like it.