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litigation

[lit-i-gay-shuhn] / ˌlɪt ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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“Costs of defending against such litigation, regardless of merit, are considerable,” the prospectus says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Emma Holland, partner in trust and litigation at Stewarts, said: "What this case demonstrates is that the courts are willing to apply ordinary contractual principles to family relationships, which wasn't clear before."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

After that, and after several years of litigation in Alaska, we may know who controls the Senate.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

Whereas McKinney has never worked a civil case, Roy has managed multicity litigation and shares the credit for legal victories no attorney could secure alone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lawyers have a tendency to identify and concentrate on problems they know how to solve—i.e., problems that can be solved through litigation.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The company logged 56 cents for net costs for significant litigations in the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Usually, both parties go through lengthy litigations before facts are uncovered, he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Those litigations were initiated in several of the states and they wound their way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2023

Clayton County police representative Julia Isaac told The Times that the department does not comment during pending litigations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

After the Pacheco case and up until this Joe Mondragon thing, Bloom had once again comfortably immersed himself in the endless petty squabbles, divorces, and mundane litigations of the poor people of Chamisa County.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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