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Costs in public interest litigation: whose pocket should be picked? [PDF]

, 2009
AnalysisIn Hong Kong, the development of public interest litigation faces mounting difficulties due to the lack of means to secure funding to finance judicial review applications. While activists and non-governmental organizations are anxious to test the
Kong, K
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The Influence of Trademark Bullying on Brand Owners of Large Businesses and UMKM Actors Based on Positive Law in Indonesia

Alauddin Law Development Journal
This study analyzes the impact of Trademark Bullying in influencing business competition in Indonesia on business owners and efforts can be made in the event of legal uncertainty for business actors who own UMKM brands in the event of Trademark Bullying ...
Shilfa Lainun Hilmansyah, Rika Ratna Permata, Tasya Safiranita   +2 more
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Confronting the Peppercorn Settlement in Merger Litigation: An Empirical Analysis and a Proposal for Reform [PDF]

, 2015
Shareholder litigation challenging corporate mergers is ubiquitous, with the likelihood of a shareholder suit exceeding 90%. The value of this litigation, however, is questionable.
Fisch, Jill E., Griffith, Sean J., Solomon, Steven D.   +2 more
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An Analysis of Fee-Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On FrivolousSuits, Meritorious Suits and the Role of Rule 11 [PDF]

We show that, when plaintiffs cannot predict the outcome of litigation with certainty, neither the American rule of litigation cost allocation (under which each litigant bears its own expenses) nor the British rule (under which the losing litigant pays ...
Howard F. Chang, Lucian Arye Bebchuk
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Class Actions and Beyond: Unraveling the Link Between Corporate Decision-Making and Risk Prediction in the Age of Machine Learning

FinTech
This study delves into the domain of corporate litigation risk, particularly through the prism of securities class actions, by leveraging financial datasets and trading metrics to broaden the scope of predictability for securities class-action litigation
Fei (Phoebe) Gao, Yew Kee Ho, Kevin Ow Yong   +2 more
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BUSINESS CLIMATE OF FOOD FIRMS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS FACED BY FOOD MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS, RETAILERS AND SERVICE INSTITUTIONS IN NEW JERSEY [PDF]

This paper presents the problems facing food firms using information from focus groups of industry executives from New Jersey. The leading problems for food manufacturers are related to regulation, taxation, economic development, and high business costs.
Adelaja, Adesoji O., Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr., Schilling, Brian J., Tank, Karen Rose   +3 more
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Medicolegal litigation: Balancing spiralling Costs with fair compensation

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2015
Ames Dhai
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Defensive medicine in surgical disciplines: attitudes and practices among faculty and residents at Iran University of Medical Sciences

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Defensive medicine, driven by fear of litigation, increases healthcare costs and physician stress, particularly in high-risk specialties such as surgery.
Maisam Fahimi, Soheila Sayad, Mahshad Noroozi, Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki, Seyed Yahya Zarghami, Aidin Shahrezaei, Mina Forouzandeh   +6 more
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Peru and the WTO understanding on dispute settlement: a qualitative analysis of its strategies, limitations and lessons learned

Cogent Social Sciences
Since its establishment in 1995, the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) has operated as the core enforcement mechanism of the multilateral trading regime, providing a binding, rules-based forum for adjudicating trade disputes.
Yesmi Duran Echevarria, Kiara Antuaneth Zavalaga Chumbes, Keisi Anabel Muñoz Vargas, Johana Georgina Araujo Morales, Estefani Rosa Licas Landa, Brando Elías Ortiz Rodriguez, Julio Ricardo Moscoso Cuaresma   +6 more
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Split-Award Tort Reform, Firm's Level of Care and Litigation Outcomes [PDF]

In an attempt to reduce the liability insurance costs of firms, several US states have implemented many different kinds of tort reform. Some reforms take the form of caps or limits on punitive damage awards while others have mandated that a proportion of
Claudia M. Landeo, Maxim Nikitin
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