William B. Kaplan v. Merrill Zenner

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• noting that in the case of pleadings, sanctions are “normally ... determined at the end of the litigation” (internal quotation omitted)
• requiring a Rule 11 motion to be brought “as soon as practicable after discovery of a Rule 11 violation”
• applying district court’s local rules governing post-judgment motions for bills of costs or attorney’s fees where the request for Rule 11 sanctions was based upon either category
• stating “[pjrompt filings of motions for sanctions after discovery of an abuse best serve both the systemic and case-specific deterrent functions of Rule 11,” and “reasonableness must serve as the guide” in determining whether a Rule 11 motion was promptly filed
• “Prompt filings of motions for sanctions after discovery of an abuse best serve both the systemic and case- specific deterrent functions of Rule 11.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).