Example Sentences

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“This new court filing is a transparent forum-shopping tactic in their scheme to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael’s estate and companies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

In a statement, the board’s general counsel, Jennifer A. Abruzzo, said, “I am pleased that SpaceX’s blatant forum-shopping efforts in Texas attempting to enjoin the agency’s litigation against it have failed.”

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

It’s true that forum-shopping is neither illegal nor practiced exclusively by conservative litigants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Mr. Vladeck, in arguing that Texas is forum-shopping, pointed to a similar challenge brought by Arizona in an Ohio courthouse.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2022

"The risk of parallel proceedings will remain, so practices of old, such as races to judgment and forum-shopping, are likely to resurface," Williams said.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2022