litigation
noun
lit·i·ga·tion
ˌli-tə-ˈgā-shən 
plural litigations
: the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating
an issue that has been in litigation for years
an attorney who specializes in the litigation of property disputes
The American Judicial System generally limits the filing of lawsuits to individuals with a personal stake in the litigation, but there are instances when litigants cannot themselves prosecute an action.—
Jonathan Mahler
Jonathan Mahler
also
: a legal action or proceeding (such as a lawsuit)
"You can't realize how much it costs to run one of these litigations. To get a battery of lawyers into a courtroom and do all the planning … and so on costs $500,000." —Gordon Gould
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In addition to this lawsuit, Brooks is currently in separate litigation with his former attorney, Andrew Quait, over tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid legal fees.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Boasberg blocked the deportations anyway, ordering any planes that may be in the air carrying the deportees to return while the litigation played out.
—Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
The litigation took a lot out of a lot of people in our industry.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
This litigation might define how companies can acquire data for their LLMs in the future.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Boasberg blocked the deportations anyway, ordering any planes that may be in the air carrying the deportees to return while the litigation played out.
—Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
The litigation took a lot out of a lot of people in our industry.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
This litigation might define how companies can acquire data for their LLMs in the future.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Litigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/litigation. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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