> If this was in the UK, I suspect he'll be paying winner's legal fees.
> The US doesn't do that, but I'm pretty sure that it's fairly common, in the UK.
> Good way to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
Depends on what sort of lawsuits you care about facilitating.
A lot of lawsuits in the US are done on contingency. What happens if the defendant wins in that case? If the person bringing the case can't pay their own lawyers, they probably can't pay for the defense's legal bills either.
Is the law firm on the hook? That'll put a damper on the cases that firms will take on on a contingency basis.
> The US doesn't do that, but I'm pretty sure that it's fairly common, in the UK.
> Good way to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
Depends on what sort of lawsuits you care about facilitating.
A lot of lawsuits in the US are done on contingency. What happens if the defendant wins in that case? If the person bringing the case can't pay their own lawyers, they probably can't pay for the defense's legal bills either.
Is the law firm on the hook? That'll put a damper on the cases that firms will take on on a contingency basis.