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Because verdicts are typically the more costly resolution of legal disputes, most governments are interested in high settlement rates. In this paper, we use a unique dataset of 860 case records from a German trial court to explore which factors have a significant impact on the decision to settle...
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Because verdicts are typically the more costly resolution of legal disputes, most governments are interested in high settlement rates. In this paper, we use a unique dataset of 860 case records from a German trial court to explore which factors have a significant impact on the decision to settle...
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This paper looks at the decision to settle patent litigation in Germany from a new angle by focusing on detailed data on within-trial actions and motivations by plaintiff, defendant and the courts. Using a new dataset covering about 80% of all patent litigation cases in Germany between 2000 and...
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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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-expectations model. A FORIS contract introduces contingent fee arrangements under the British legal cost allocation rule: the plaintiff … and thereby motivate the defendant to agree to a settlement. A FORIS contract has two important effects: cases with … negotiations before a contract with the plaintiff has been made. The paper argues that FORIS should abolish the non …
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