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Does the integration between litigation and supervision discipline financial misstatement?

China Journal of Accounting Research
This paper explores the positive governance effects of the Procuratorate’s Public Interest Litigation System in China, which combines the powers of litigation and administrative supervision, on the quality of information disclosure by listed state-owned ...
Huihua He, Junxiong Fang
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In Litigation: How Far do the “Haves” Come Out Ahead [PDF]

This paper studies the consequences of asymmetric litigation costs. Under three differ- ent protocols: static legal process, dynamic legal process with exogenous sequencing and dynamic legal process with endogenous sequencing, solutions are obtained for ...
Zhou, J.
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Theories of Asbestos Litigation Cost - Why Two Decades of Procedural Reform Have Failed to Reduce Claimants\u27 Expenses

, 2006
In twenty years of asbestos litigation, procedural reforms at all levels of the civil litigation system have failed to reduce plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees. The result has been dramatic undercompensation of asbestos tort victims.
Davidson, Jeffrey M.
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The Role of Direct-Injury Government-Entity Lawsuits in the Opioid Litigation [PDF]

, 2018
The opioid epidemic has ravaged the United States, killing over 100 Americans every day and costing the nation upward of $90 billion a year. All branches and levels of the government have pursued measures to combat the epidemic and reduce its societal ...
Aliferov, Edgar
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Third-Party Litigation Funding: Legal Feasibility and Insights from Australia, the UK, and the US for Expanding Access to Justice in Indonesia

Sriwijaya Law Review
Access to justice is often hindered by financial constraints, preventing plaintiffs from pursuing legal claims. Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) offers a potential solution by allowing external funders to finance litigation in exchange for a share ...
Herliana Herliana
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The Tobacco Wars - Global Litigation Strategies [PDF]

, 2007
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) identifies civil and criminal litigation as a public health strategy and promotes international cooperation (reporting, technical assistance, and information exchange).
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Sampling: Making Electronic Discovery More Cost Effective

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 2011
With the huge volumes of electronic data subject to discovery in virtually every instance of litigation, time and costs of conducting discovery have become exceedingly important when litigants plan their discovery strategies.  Rather than incurring the ...
Milton Luoma, Vicki Luoma
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Prevailing Cases of Lawyers' Liability in The Conduct of Cases a Case for Prefessional Indemnity

Yuridika
Every profession has peculiar risks and liabilities attaching it. The legal profession and indeed the advocate is not exempt from the prescribed duty of care in his relationship with his clients.
Peter Ikechukwu Gasiokwu, Ugochukwu Godspower Ehirim   +1 more
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The Costs of the Public Trust Doctrine in Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Conservation [PDF]

We examine the costs of the public trust doctrine in environmental and natural resource protection and conservation. We provide a model of litigation and settlement among disputing parties where the doctrine is applied. The model suggests that use of the
Gary Libecap, Jedidiah Brewer
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department v. The Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc., a California Nonprofit Organization, 136 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 15 (2020)

, 2020
Pursuant to NRS 239.010, the Nevada Public Records Act (NPRA), governmental entities are required to make available to the public, nonconfidential public records that the governmental entity has in its legal custody or control.
Silva, Paige
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