This brief paper explores the correlation and potential relationship between composition of legal profession trends in litigation, Ontario, Canada. Specifically, we ask whether there is a positive numbers lawyers paralegals licensed to practice province, amount civil litigation initiated across province. The then discusses possible reasons for considers traditional objections, such as argument ...

Prescribing in pregnancy can be challenging for providers facing insufficient information about drug safety, overestimation of the risk of medications by both the patient and the care provider, and increasing litigation costs. This article provides key concepts to consider when prescribing for a pregnant patient and offers practical advice for choosing the safest possible drug treatments.

Most U.S. states have enacted JSL reform, the move from a regime of joint and several liability (JSL) that allows plaintiffs to claim full recovery from any one of multiple defendants to one where defendants are held liable only for the harm they cause. Contrary to previous theoretical work, we show that JSL reform can increase precaution by judgment proof agent by giving "deep pockets" an ince...

The paper examines the role of executive compensation in inducing management behavior that triggers private securities litigation. Incentive pay in the form of options is found to increase the probability of securities class action lawsuits, holding constant a wide range of other firm characteristics. In contrast, base pay levels and share ownership do not have a significant impact on lawsuit i...

Research summary We claim that, because patent citations influence examiner selection, firms disclose strategically to which is assigned their application (“examiner-shopping”). Specifically, are more likely cite patents reviewed by “lenient” examiners in original information disclosure statement (IDS) (sent before the has been selected), and delay “tough” subsequent IDS once selected). propose...

The system for litigating patents has long been recognized as having significant positive and negative effects on innovative activity in the United States. Consequently, understanding patent litigation dynamics is of paramount importance. We study how infringement awards and other case outcomes affect patent litigation, and we mine a comprehensive dataset we have assembled comprising over 1,300...