(This analysis is authored by SAA Editorial Board member Robert Pearce, a Securities Arbitration Lawyer at the Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce,
*Courts are reluctant to dismiss claims as a discovery sanction where an alternate, less onerous, sanction will protect the integrity of the process.
*California Code of Civil Procedure Section 128.7 has a safe harbor provision that allows a party that is the subject of a motion for sanctions for filing a frivolous pleading to withdraw the pleading within 21 days of service of the motion,