Frederick Lawrence White, Jr. Benjamin L. Staponski, Jr., and Gwen G. Caranchini v. General Motors Corporation, Inc.

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• holding that “the amount of sanctions is appropriate only when it is the minimum that will serve to adequately deter the undesirable behavior”
• holding that affidavits claiming that sanctioned entities “would be forced into bankruptcy if the court imposed [the] requested attorney’s fees” were insufficient to establish an inability to pay
• noting that sanctions are not required where party “has a color-able argument as to why an otherwise affirmative defense is inapplicable in a given situation”
• noting that the amount of fees accumulated to secure the desired result must be reasonably related to the type and significance of issue in dispute
• stating that the Tenth Circuit has adopted the view that an attorney’s actions must be objectively reasonable in order to avoid Rule 11 sanctions
• noting that the amount of fees accumulated to secure the desired result must be reasonably related to the type and significance of issue in dispute

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