Noelle Brennan v. Global Brass and Cop

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The appellants are lawyers who represented the plaintiff in this employment discrimination case. One of the defendants, Global Brass and Copper, Inc., moved the district court for sanctions, pursuant both to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(b) and (c)(1) and to the court’s inherent authority to impose sanctions for frivolous litigation. Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 45-46, 111 S.Ct. 2123, 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (1991); Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper, 447 U.S. 752, 764-65, 100 S.Ct. 2455, 65 L.Ed.2d 488 (1980); Carr v. Tillery, 591 F.3d 909, 919-20 (7th Cir.2010). The basis for the motion…