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Honest question.

Is it the job of an in-house lawyer (or any lawyer) to say that this appears to be a vexatious or SLAPP case, and the client should not pursue it?

Is there an ethical obligation not to get involved in a case that you know is being prosecuted in bad faith?

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Within the limits of their knowledge/ability, yes. Some bosses make it clear they do not like being told no, however. YMMV if you continue to work for such people.

The bar there is very high. This case might be embarrassing but probably isn’t sanctionable. And the only lawyer that would get sanctioned would be the ones that signed the papers not the drone that hired them.

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