When frivolous lawsuits like this are brought, the loser should have to pay ALL legal fees of the defendant plus court costs.
And the plantiff’s attorney should be publicly caned.
The problem w/loser pays all is that sometimes a real case doesn’t get decided the way it should - I know someone who truly was wronged, yet they didn’t have a lot of money for a big-name, well-connected lawyer - while going up against a well-lawyered (team of lawyers) company - and ended up losing, though most thought it was a slam-dunk case.
Limit such “loser pays all” to “frivolous” lawsuits is a good idea... except who gets to decide/set the standard?