Several of Cruz's questions focused on work that the small Special Litigation section of the Civil Rights Division does in investigating constitutional violations by law enforcement agencies.
My friend says, "I ordered a small steak," and litigation looms.
Jefferson, with 9,740 residents, is a small county, but litigation there is a big business.
In response to the litigation, small portions of the report were released earlier, but the C.I.A. redacted huge swaths.
His firm, Grais & Ellsworth, is part of a small group of litigation boutiques that are free of conflicts and can sue the large financial institutions.
Litigation Small American companies have to deal with litigiousness on a scale that their European and Japanese peers can only laugh about.
That could mean big supermarket chains using their strong brands to offer routine legal services (such as conveyancing, personal-accident litigation, small claims, wills and probate) cheaply; liberalisation has already allowed them to offer products like banking, insurance or spectacles.
But only a small part of all litigation is funded by outsiders.
The department tries to negotiate a settlement to avoid litigation and small claims court, said Elaine M. Price, its director.
His interest in the subject grew from his discovery of a preponderance of litigation in small Indian villages, a clear example, he thought, of the influence of the British legal system on Indian society.
