The Effects of Securities Class Action Litigation on Corporate Liquidity and Investment Policy [PDF]
, 2015 The risk of securities class action litigation alters corporate savings and investment policy. Firms with greater exposure to securities litigation hold significantly more cash in anticipation of future settlements and other related costs.
Arena, Matteo P., Julio, Brandon
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Health Rights Impacts by Agrochemical Business: Legally Challenging the “Myth of Safe Use”
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 2018 The past decades have seen enormous growth in the agrochemical industry. Its pesticides and fertilisers promise to farmers worldwide an increase in yields and a decrease in labour input.
Carolijn Terwindt +2 more
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Evaluative reports on medical malpractice policies in obstetrics: a rapid scoping review
Systematic Reviews, 2017 Background The clinical specialty of obstetrics is under particular scrutiny with increasing litigation costs and unnecessary tests and procedures done in attempts to prevent litigation.
Roberta Cardoso +11 more
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Seeking Rights, Not Rent: How Litigation Finance Can Help Break Music Copyright\u27s Precedent Gridlock [PDF]
, 2017 Since its inception, litigation finance has steadily grown in prevalence and popularity in the United States. While many scholars have examined its merits, few have considered litigation finance specifically in the context of copyright law.
Chappell, Glenn E.
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Privatizing Public Litigation [PDF]
, 2016 Government litigators increasingly use private resources—human and financial—to support their efforts in court. In some cases, government entities hire private lawyers to perform legal work on behalf of the government; in others, they draw on private ...
Lemos, Margaret H.
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A Realist Defense of the Alien Tort Statute [PDF]
, 2011 This Article offers a new justification for modern litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a provision from the 1789 Judiciary Act that permits victims of human rights violations anywhere in the world to sue tortfeasors in U.S. courts.
Knowles, Robert
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Full Cost in Translation: Awarding Expert Witness Fees in Copyright Litigation [PDF]
, 2019 When deciding whether to bring or defend against copyright infringement claims, the cost of litigation plays a critical role in the minds of potential litigants. The cost of retaining experts, particularly, is a large factor in this calculus.
Vennekotter, Nicholas
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Recovering costs of litigation as a liquidation expense [PDF]
, 2003 The spate of cases dealing with the question of whether a liquidator can treat the costs of any litigation that she initiates or pursues in the exercise of her statutory functions as a liquidation expense payable in priority to other creditors shows no ...
Walters, A
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Comparative Study on Housing Defect Repair Cost through Linear Regression Model
EngDespite stiff competition in the construction industry, housing quality remains a problem. From the consumer’s perspective, these quality problems are called defects.
Junmo Park, Deokseok Seo
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ACESSO À JUSTIÇA E CUSTAS JUDICIAIS: UMA DICOTOMIA
Colloquium Humanarum, 2010 The study examines the dichotomy between the constitutional guarantee of access to judicial and expenses required by the state judge to conduct the exercise of judicial activity.
Caricielli Maisa Longo +1 more
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