legal action

noun

: a process to have a court of law settle an argument
He plans on taking legal action against the company.

Examples of legal action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Blichfeldt Andersen says Praxis is considering legal action against OpenAI if conditions on the GPT Store do not improve. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024 On March 24, Trump filed legal action against two former Apprentice contestants who have a stake in the social media venture. Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 This was standard practice for stories that could draw legal action from a subject. Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 Since its launch in 2020, the CCU has pursued legal action and/or reported to law enforcement more than 21,000 bad actors around the world. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024 The legal action could weigh on Apple’s stock price, which currently values the company at just under $3 trillion, and could force changes to policies, business strategies, products and applications by the tech giant. Brian Fung, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 The former employee, John Barnett, 62, was preparing to testify in a deposition in a federal legal action against Boeing dating back to at least 2017. Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024 The Students for Life Noblesville group is considering further legal action, according to a press release from the Students for Life of America. Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2024 Operating locally, statewide and nationally, the league empowers voters and defends democracy through advocacy, education and legal action. Yan Zhao, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024

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“Legal action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20action. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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