"That is not what litigation is supposed to be," said Mr. Olson.
Because of the pending civil litigation, the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department was supposed to have nothing to do with the Halbach investigation beyond lending any necessary equipment to the jurisdiction in charge.
The law, which was supposed to go into effect in September but is in litigation, would make routine the process by which Laura was turned over to Border Patrol.
Securities-litigation reform laws were supposed to end the race to the courthouse, an unseemly practice designed to win control over litigation by being the first to file.
Because IRS auditors are supposed to take "litigation risk" into consideration to avoid getting bogged down in costly and time-consuming lawsuits, this creates an incentive for them to look elsewhere.
Both sales are supposed to be completed by October; while pending tobacco litigation could stall the Nabisco Group Holdings deal, many analysts do not expect that to happen.
The cuts were supposed to take effect in 2011 but have been held up, pending the outcome of litigation.
Ms Young is also embroiled in litigation with David Ingram, a senior partner at the accountancy firm Grant Thornton, who is Mr Young's "trustee-in-bankruptcy" and is supposed to be attempting to recover his hidden wealth.
