Sentence examples for litigation lead from inspiring English sources

Complex land litigation lead to the property law that today dominates Britain and much of the West.

In Texas, more than a decade of litigation led to an order to overhaul school spending in 1989.

Fear of litigation led New York City officials to remove seesaws, merry-go-rounds and the ropes that young Tarzans used to swing from one platform to another.

The litigation led New Milford to revise its Scenic Road Ordinance in November so it no longer strictly prohibits changes on such roads, Mr. Sienkiewicz said.

The affirmative action litigation led to the Supreme Court's 2003 decision that while a university could not establish racial quotas, it could consider race or ethnicity as a "plus" factor in a holistic review.

In the case that the United States Supreme Court will review on Monday, the dizzying pace of the presidential litigation led to an odd legal twist, akin to a controversial cart being placed before a rather important horse.

Finally, Mr. Enthoven cites studies showing that frivolous malpractice litigation leads doctors to hide their mistakes and practice defensive medicine by providing needless and therefore needlessly risky procedures to ward off future accusation of negligence.

The deal and the ensuing litigation led to a legal spectacle, with lawyers, executives and bankers shuttling from London to New York, often on Concorde jetliners, and then on to Cleveland and California.

Maite's ability to see the big-picture and navigate through complex, interlocking investigations, regulatory proceedings and related civil litigation led to superlatives from dedicated clients who described her in industry review publications as a "terrific, tireless lawyer who gets right to the heart of an issue" with her "excellent instincts and persuasive arguments".

Re "Universal Health Care" (letter, Oct. 20): If government played a more public role in our health care system, patients might be less willing to use complications and bad outcomes as tickets to the "malpractice lottery" because they will be publicly responsible for the increased costs that frivolous litigation leads to.

In fact, we've heard, Van Natta's playing down of the music label litigation led directly to the downfall of the company.