Quotes About Litigation

The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.

But the Supreme Court does not make sweeping changes in constitutional law by accident, or by its own design. Rather, the Court is limited to deciding the cases that the parties ask the Court to decide.

The effect of an unlimited standing rule is to invite parties on the political fringe to displace the judgment of political actors who are likely to be more closely aligned with general public sentiment. How ironic that current law stops private litigation on standing when it is strictly necessary to preserve limited government but allows those suits that tend to undermine the stability of the median voter on matters that are better left to democratic choice.

I wouldn't call Gabriel Walsh if I was on fire." She pursed her lips. "No, I might. To sue everyone responsible—from the person who lit the match to those who made my clothes. But I'd wait until the fire was out. Otherwise, he'd just stand there until I was burned enough for a sizable settlement.

Being the best trial lawyer alone does not always win the case. What wins cases is hard work and preparation from the entire team. In each of the trials in which I have been involved, we won in large part because our team was better prepared, had a better strategy and trial theme, and knew the facts on our feet better than the other side."

For those interested in patent litigation, commit early and never underestimate how hard you and the rest of the team must work. There are a lot of smart, talented patent trial lawyers."

The majority recognized that the Court has spent numerous pages revisiting its own cases and those of the Supreme Court and still "disagree vigorously over what is or is not patentable subject matter." Instead, the majority urges district courts to avoid the "swamp of verbiage that is § 101 by exercising their inherent power to control the processes of litigation -Yar Chaikovsky McDermott on MySpace v. Graphon Corp

You really need to focus on, are you willing to back it up with litigation, because you cannot monetize through licensing without being willing to incur the risk of litigation," Mr. Chaikovsky explained. "If you are not willing to put up a fight, everyone else knows that therefore you cannot monetize your patent."

management risks, litigation risk, and about specific operational risks,

Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.

a fight in the courts would be infinitely more expensive and time-consuming, not to mention soul-corroding.

A lawsuit can be a weapon.

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

I didn't attend any of the court proceedings.

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.

Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well in the boardroom and in the office.

When I walk into a courtroom, I feel like I'm home.

When I wanted to be an attorney, I think I wanted to be a litigator; I wanted to be in a courtroom.

If I had a billion dollars, that's not going to keep me out of the courtroom.

It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.

Tabloid newspapers are very rich and hold huge funds to fight claims.

mientras jueces y procesalistas pretenden controlar los costes de la litigación, yo defiendo que deberíamos introducir las audiencias virtuales, los tribunales online y los métodos de resolución de disputas online.

the details of every legal proceeding

Those who hate lawyers, have either hired the wrong one and lost, represented themselves and lost, or had such a bad case that no lawyer could win it.