Thesaurus results for LITIGATION

litigation

noun

Definition of litigation

as in lawsuit

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Recent Examples of litigation Tennessee Department of Correction spokesperson Dorinda Carter declined to comment, citing pending litigation. — Jack Brook, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 The False Claims Act complaint seeks civil penalties, treble damages, litigation costs, and a statutory whistleblower award. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026 Were such a failure to occur in the private sector, litigation would surely have followed. — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Nov. 2026 The newest filing is part of litigation brought by Public Goods Practice over the government's handling of borrowers enrolled in SAVE. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for litigation

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The department also filed a motion in support of a separate lawsuit filed in May that argues California violates national voting laws by failing to sufficiently remove ineligible voters from its rolls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
The lawsuit alleged that the facility violated the state's minimum wage and forced labor laws by paying detainees $1 a day to work at the facility, sometimes under threat of solitary confinement.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of lawsuit

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At the end of 2025, 391 people, or 70% of California’s death row population, were awaiting the appointment and/or funding of lawyers for state habeas corpus proceedings, according to a May 2026 report by the Habeas Corpus Resource Center.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
Wild Horse Nine lives or dies by the Mutt & Jeff chemistry of its leads, both of whom keep the proceedings propped up in between plot points and temporary pacing lulls.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

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The three parties are defendants in a suit brought by Timothy Reif, a descendant of Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish performer and collector killed in a Nazi camp in 1941.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Prices are moderate, with three shirts retailing for $199 and most suits selling for $698.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Before the strike action, the government had been negotiating with unions -- a familiar scenario in French politics -- in hopes of limiting the protest movement, which has resulted in France's most violent civil unrest in years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Loparco’s advice for brands looking to action new content is to implement the experimentation as soon as possible, especially given how rapidly the industry moves.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

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