 Existing rules, however, regulate the prosecution of "frivolous" lawsuits.Under already existing law in every U.S. jurisdiction, if a defendant or the judge believes that a plaintiff has misrepresented the facts or the law or has brought a "frivolous" pleading, the defendant, or the court on its own initiative, may ask for the action to be thrown out and for the attorney bringing the action to be penalized with a variety of sanctions.For example, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide in part