according to article 158 of civil procedure act, forcible occupy litigation consists of the claim of previous possessor on the base of another person has occupied the immovable property that has been in his possession without his consent and he ask recover of his possession on that property. forcible occupy litigation has been foreseen for supporting of possessions of human for holding social s...

The forensic psychiatrist must be able to perform a credible psychiatric evaluation and render a competent psychiatric opinion in hotly contested multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) litigation. Forensic psychiatrists are often requested to evaluate MCS claimants by third party payers, employers, lawyers, and government agencies regarding health care costs and disability payments, workers' compe...

Why do legal disputes ever go to trial? Prior research emphasizes the role of mistakes, irrationalities, or asymmetric information because rational litigants with complete or symmetric information should choose pre-trial settlements over the costs and risks of trial. Using a dynamic incomplete-contracting framework, we provide an overlooked rationale for going to court. Even though risky and co...

Traditionally, Congress and commentators view administrative law as having little to do with patent litigation. There has been a recent increase, however, in various types of patent litigation that involve regulatory determinations, such as Hatch-Waxman Act patent litigation, section 337 proceedings in the ITC, standard essential organization (SEO) licensing lawsuits, and “biosimilar” cases. An...

increases, more parties are turning to mediation to settle their wrongful termination, discrimination, and non-compete disputes. Why? Because mediation saves the parties significant litigation costs, including attorneys’ fees, court expenses, and lost business opportunities due to time spent in litigation. It also offers a confidential resolution (versus the possibility of a published court or ...

The vague notion of "probabilistic patents" (Lemley and Shapiro, 2005) is formalized through a model which combines real option theory and a fuzzy methodology. The imprecise ideas the patent holder possesses about her future profits, the validity and scope of the patent, the litigation costs, the court’s decision. etc. under a regime of imperfect enforcement of property rights are specified usi...