Judge Sanctions Attorneys $52,000 For ‘Frivolous’ Fracking Claims

(January 12, 2018, 9:43 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Jan. 5 ordered two attorneys representing a municipality in its fight against a hydraulic fracturing company to pay $52,000 because they “vexatiously multiplied the litigation” by pursuing “frivolous claims and defenses” (Pennsylvania General Energy Company LLC v. Grant Township, No. 14-209, W.D. Pa.; 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2069)....

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