One of the many executive orders issued by the Trump administration recently calls on federal agencies to demand getting plaintiffs to put money up when defending lawsuits against them. This is a federal procedure that is in the legal toolbox for them, just now getting more emphasis as the amount of those who have brought suit against agency actions has spiked recently. To get some perspective, I spoke to Sam Finnerty, who is a partner at the law firm PilieroMazza.

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