A cоrpоrаtiоn filed а breаch of contract action against an individual in federal district court. Attached to the complaint was a written contract providing that the individual agreed to pay the corporation $100,000 over a period of years for specified services. The contract also contained the individual’s signature. The individual told his lawyer that the signature was a forgery and that she had never signed or entered into the contract. On the basis of the individual’s statement, the lawyer drafted, signed, and filed an answer. The answer denied the claim on a number of grounds and denied that the signature on the contract was that of the individual. The individual’s lawyer later served on the corporation a request for production of documents. When the corporation objected to some of the requests, the lawyer filed a motion to compel production. Shortly before the hearing on the motion to compel, the individual advised the lawyer that the signature on the contract was in fact hers, but she and the lawyer agreed that she nonetheless should not be liable on the contract for other reasons. The lawyer thus continued to assert the motion to compel production. At the hearing on the motion, the lawyer referred to the complaint and the answer to justify the relevancy of the requests for production, but he did not mention the signature in any way. Has the lawyer violated Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
A fаctоry wоrker lived аnd wоrked in а factory in State A. The factory was one of many owned by a large corporation that was incorporated in State B with its headquarters in State C. The worker was fired from her job and moved permanently to State B after being advised by a lawyer that State B had the most favorable state law for pursuing wrongful termination causes of action. The worker filed a wrongful termination action against the corporation in the appropriate State B court, asserting a claim under the applicable state statute and a civil rights claim under the federal statute, seeking $95,000 in damages. The corporation filed a petition to remove the case to the federal court in State B. Should the federal court grant the petition?