Skidmore Energy, Inc. v. KPMG

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• noting that Rule 11 sanctions are available against clients for “factually groundless allegations in their Complaint” (emphasis omitted)
• noting that the district court “vigorously question[ed]” trial counsel as to the facts he uncovered in his investigation before filing the complaint
• stating that an attorney has a duty “to conduct a reasonable inquiry into the facts or law before filing the lawsuit” (internal quotations omitted)
• Rule 11 authorizes sanctions against “against a client as well as his attorney”

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