"Mr. Perelman has used this litigation to continue to harass," Ms. Kleinman said.
What is unusual is the administration's decision to use this litigation as an excuse to weaken, through settlement talks, popular rules that it would prefer not to attack directly.
Chevron may use this footage "solely for litigation, arbitration or submission to official bodies, either local or international," the order said, and must reimburse Mr. Berlinger's "reasonable expenses of sorting and duplication of footage".
The antidote to either LGS1 or LGS2 is not to use the litigation motive as a blunt instrument for exclusion but as a commonsense argument for expanded discovery and greater latitude for cross-examination by the parties.
Companies and attorneys may use this information to determine whether litigation or settlement makes sense in an individual case, for example, by evaluating how successful a particular plaintiff has been in prior IP lawsuits, how an individual judge has decided similar cases during her career on the bench, and the overall win/loss record of a specific law firm.
But even as the mayor called for the mosque to be embraced, those opposed to the project pledged to aggressively fight it, using both litigation and public pressure.
Broadcom fired back in its war of words and lawsuits with Intel today, accusing the chip giant of using vexatious litigation as a tactic to thwart competition.
Across America, the ACLU has been using litigation and advocacy to stop this violation of constitutional rights.
This being America, USEC is also using litigation to reshape the marketplace.
More and more, some companies are using litigation as a way to edge out competitors; in fact, there is an industry around litigation finance that helps companies on the receiving end stand up to those with deeper litigation pockets.
