"proceed with litigation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a legal term used to indicate that a case is ready to move from the pre-trial process to trial. For example, "The prosecutors have decided to proceed with litigation against the accused."
He said the ATO believed the bank should pay $100m but instead of proceeding with litigation it negotiated with the company and reached a settlement for $30m.
"The program can work, but it lacks sufficient resources to proceed with further litigation," said Bonnie Chaiken, deputy bureau chief of the county attorney's municipal and environmental litigation unit.
"To allow AB to proceed with this vindictive litigation would empower all employers to punish former employees like Mr. Clark for reporting misconduct…".
While some time ago, Metro made the wise choice to proceed with construction even with the meritless litigation pending, last month's ruling is still a shot in the arm to the project and another nail in the coffin of the NIMBY lawsuits brought by opponents of the best tunneling route to Century City and beyond.
At the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Lord Bannatyne said that, given the financial circumstances of the community council and the potential cost of litigation, it could not afford to proceed with the action without such an order.
Shareholders had asked the judge, Arthur J. Gonzalez of United States Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, to let them proceed with a lawsuit against Enron, which had been shielded from litigation after it filed for bankruptcy protection.
Yet, as Mr. Finder pointed out, "once the broker does produce a purchaser willing and able to pay that asking price, the seller runs the risk of litigation with the broker if the seller refuses to proceed with the deal".
Still, proceed with caution.
Yellow, proceed with caution.
