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litigation

[lit-i-gay-shuhn] / ˌlɪt ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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Matt Kluchenek, partner and co-chair of the financial market litigation and enforcement practice at Katten, said traders who are looking to take on clients must typically register as commodity pool operators or commodity trading advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

A spokeswoman for the agency, part of the Treasury Department, declined to comment on the litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is one of around 40 similar lawsuits brought by cities, states, tribes and other local jurisdictions, modeled on successful litigation against tobacco and opioid producers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It said she was engaged in “gamesmanship… familiar in capital litigation … designed to frustrate … ‘the State’s strong interest in finality and the surviving victims’ right to closure.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

The university refused, and the samples were tied up in litigation for years.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The company logged 56 cents for net costs for significant litigations in the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Usually, both parties go through lengthy litigations before facts are uncovered, he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Those litigations were initiated in several of the states and they wound their way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2023

Clayton County police representative Julia Isaac told The Times that the department does not comment during pending litigations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

After the Pacheco case and up until this Joe Mondragon thing, Bloom had once again comfortably immersed himself in the endless petty squabbles, divorces, and mundane litigations of the poor people of Chamisa County.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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