It is evident from these figures that litigation costs may be a deterrent for small companies as regards entry into competition that may infringe existing patents.
"You would need other kinds of facts," Professor Ribstein said, adding that litigation arising from Enron's financial collapse might well outline what those facts would be.
Mr. Lelyveld's call saved the paper, and me, from embarrassment and perhaps from the litigation that Mr. Jewell later pursued against several news organizations.
Her silence stems from the litigation that's likely to occur once the police department starts examining the details of Enriquez's speech.
These precautions and a few other common practices, such as maintaining insurance coverage that covers losses from litigation, can only reduce the damages and help a business defend against the worst of that litigation.
In a written statement to the assembly Mr Kennedy said: "Following the recent High Court case in which Mr Gormley was awarded damages against Sinn Fein, he had indicated that all that he wanted from the litigation against the department and the other defendants was an apology and the legal costs incurred in the case.
Silent Circle's hardware foray with the Blackphone was supposed to complement this software platform strategy but court documents from the litigation reveal that the first generation device in fact failed to deliver the expected sales, forcing Silent Circle to fall back on its software business and cut operational costs, including making significant staff reductions.
The German company reported net profit in the three months ended Dec. 31 of 142 million euros ($185 million), up from 34 million euros in the year-ago period primarily from one-time license income from a settlement that ended litigation with Taiwan chipmaker ProMOS Technologies.
A study from Boston University estimates that patent litigation destroys more than $60 billion in firm wealth each year, and that doesn't even factor in ancillary effects, such as curbed innovation due to decreased amounts of venture investing.
In the same staff report, Garcia referred to a December 2013 letter from attorney Kevin Shenkman that threatened litigation if the city didn't transition to a district voting system.
