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Federal Judge Ideology : A New Measure of Ex-Ante Litigation Risk
Huang, Allen - 2019
litigation risk measure: federal judge ideology. We find that judge ideology complements existing measures of litigation risk … judge ideology on litigation risk is greater for firms with more sophisticated shareholders and with higher expected … based on industry membership and firm characteristics. Firms in liberal circuits (the third quartile in ideology) are 33 …
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Multi-Party Litigation and Third-Party Funding of Litigation as a Response to Globalisation
Boland, Michael James - 2023
Multi-party litigation refers to different legal mechanisms that facilitate groups of litigants with similar causes of action to bring consolidated legal claims to court. The rise of collective action regimes around the world reflects a trend in civil litigation which offers an alternative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264232
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Strategic Plaintiffs and Ideological Judges in Telecommunications Litigation
de Figueiredo, John M. - 2014
This paper examines the effect of judicial ideology on the selection and outcome of telecommunications regulatory cases … ideology on case selection is larger than the effect of judicial ideology on case outcomes. Finally, the paper provides initial …
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Judging Multidistrict Litigation
Burch, Elizabeth Chamblee - 2015
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Patent Disputes in Germany : Arbitration vs Litigation
Klopschinski, Simon - 2023
The aim of this study is to elucidate whether arbitration offers advantages compared to the patent litigation system which is currently existing in Germany. To answer this question three essential characteristics of the current German patent litigation system are presented, i.e. the economic...
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Islands of Litigation Finance
Velchik, Michael - 2019
Litigation finance refers to investments in litigation by a third person not originally a party to the suit. Whether the country should embrace this new practice has sparked debate among the bar, on the Hill, in the press, and between scholars. We disagree with the premise of this debate;...
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Resolving UN Torts in US Courts : Georges v United Nations
Anthony, Dr Dorothea - 2023
This article concerns the recent case of Georges v United Nations, which constitutes, to date, the most elaborate public law challenge to the principle of UN immunity from suit and private law attempt at procuring compensation from the UN for alleged malfeasance. Despite the fact that it relates...
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Intraportfolio Litigation
Rose, Amanda M.; Squire, Richard - 2012
liability in such cases of “intraportfolio litigation.” Although corporae managers are typically rewarded for maximizing firm …
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RMBS Put-Back Litigations and the Efficient Allocation of Endogenous Risk Over Time
Miller, Robert T. - 2015
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Do judges react to the probability of appellate review? : empirical evidence from trial court procedures
Berlemann, Michael; Christmann, Robin - 2014
The appellate review system is intended to serve as an efficient remedy for imperfect judicial decision making. However, it can fulfill this task only when appeals are filed solely due to bad verdicts and are ex-ante unpredictable based on factors that are exogenous to the judge. Using data from...
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