We examine how shareholder litigation affects workplace safety. To identify a causal impact, we exploit the staggered … adoption of Universal Demand (UD) laws by U.S. states, which lowers shareholder derivative litigation risk. Using establishment …-level injury data and a Covid-19 exposure dataset in the U.S., we find that weakened shareholder litigation rights compromise …

, plaintiffs began suing for their rights. However, while litigation brought by workers and their families, labor advocates, and …’ compensation, primary jurisdiction, or liability shields.This Article is the first to use COVID-19 litigation to expose gaps in … development of a new Emergency Temporary Standard to combat the spread of COVID-19; (3) litigation involving a case accusing the …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent …. Patents which have survived opposition are more likely to encounter subsequent litigation actions after the granting procedure …

A simple auction-theoretic framework is used to examine symmetric litigation environments where the legal ownership of …

We consider a model of a single defendant and N plaintiffs where the total cost of litigation is fixed on the part of … defendant. Moreover, if litigation is a public good as is the case in shareholder derivative suits, parties may fail to reach a …

litigation costs and allow us to compute the pay-off matrix. We do not find evidence of a prisoner's dilemma, given that the …

Settlements are often considered to be welfare-enhancing because they save time and litigation costs. In the presence … which will not occur if a dispute is settled out of court. Focusing on private litigation, we examine the impact of court … offset the positive externality of litigation. …

to raise a lawsuit in case of an impasse. We find that greater variance in court outcomes increases the litigation rate …