No you really can ' t . You can try but if it is not based on law and facts to support an actual claim attorneys can be sanctioned . This is Rule 11 under Federal practice and every State has a similar rule . Filing multiple frivolous lawsuits can also lead to plaintiffs from being barred from filing lawsuits without seeking leave from the Court first in many states . We see a lot of stupid lawsuits being filed and reported on in the media . They rarely report on the final dispositions and the sanctions and fines that have come because of the suits , unless it is a funny decision or a big news worthy event like what happened with Prenda . Here is the Prenda sanction decision where the court talks about Rule 11 although that is not how Prenda was sanctioned . SanctionsRuling . pdf