The rules of federal procedure has a rule for this, rule 11. It’s designed to punish lawyers or litigants who either bring unsupported cases, or otherwise misuse various aspects of the federal court system. Rule 11 allows for federal judges to directly sanction bad-faith actors, up to paying their opponents fees.

Like many rules designed to reign in those with power who misuse it, it seems that it isn’t applied very often.

Some states have anti-SLAPP laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...

I wish.

Until that becomes common (or even possible), the best alternative we have available is to make sure that the companies and legal teams do not succeed in their ultimate goal.

That objective, of course, is to create a "chilling effect" or, to put it bluntly, get people to shut the fuck up.

If they don't want $thing known, the best way to fight back against that is to make sure that as many people as possible know about $thing.

In other words, introduce them to the Streisand effect.

Idk about jail but I assume there is a risk of being disbarred.