Andrea Hirata

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

Indonesian Author

Claudette Colvin

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955, and by 1956 NAACP leaders came to me and asked me to be part of a lawsuit they wanted to file on my behalf and that of three other women, to challenge segregation on public buses.

American Activist

Mazie Hirono

Trump is a major motivation to be speaking out because I so disagree with some of the things that he decides on, and you notice there's a lawsuit on just about everything he does? My gosh.

American Politician

Rick Perry

I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.

Alan Alda

I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.

American Actor

Mina Kimes

I find my ideas in a number of places - tips, lawsuits, other news stories that raise interesting questions.

Richard Grenell

Politically motivated lawsuits and prosecutions cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

American Diplomat

Robert Frost

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

American Poet

George Herbert

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

British Poet

Francois Rabelais

French Clergyman

Used specifically for disputes in a formal legal setting, not casual disagreements.

Legal Context

'Filing a lawsuit' means starting the legal case; it's the first formal step.

Initiating Action

A lawsuit is resolved by a court's decision, often with a judge or jury.

Court Decision

A lawsuit seeks a formal resolution to a dispute, typically where both sides disagree.

Resolution Aim

There are clear parties in a lawsuit: the plaintiff (who files) and the defendant.

Definite Parties

Lawsuits can be lengthy, stretching over months or even years before a conclusion.

Long Process

 in order to defend against this lawsuit, but one-by-one they settled out of the case, even though -- and this is important -- none of these companies infringed on this patent -- not a one of them. And they started settling out. The reason they settled out is because it's cheaper to settle than to fight the lawsuit --

Drew Curtis: How I beat...

 Because no one will want to take the risk of a lawsuit. And that's what's happened. There are no seesaws, jungle gyms, merry-go-rounds, climbing ropes, nothing that would interest a kid over the age of four, because there's no risk associated with it. So, how do we rebuild it? Life is too complex for

Philip Howard: Four ways...

 a massive lawsuit so although that would be really real and again that extremely extremely impractical the space now again we can a caved-in and we did the very practical purchase a bit less awesome we we said well instead of raising the full text we're going to relieve statistics about the books so

What we learned from 5...

 and I've been always very respectful to those people who are opining to me. I would listen to what they say, and I would never defend myself with words only. I would use actions. When they said I should withdraw from the campaign, I filed the first lawsuit against the general directorate

A Saudi woman who dared...

 probably benefited the most from the lack of copyright protection in the fashion industry. They are notorious for knocking off high-end designs and selling them at very low prices. And they've been faced with a lot of lawsuits, but those lawsuits are usually not won by fashion designers.

Johanna Blakely: Lessons...

 And I asked them once, and I asked them again, and I got no real answer. It was only blah blah answers. But then I said, I want to have this information, because this is my life you are protocoling. So I decided to start a lawsuit against them, because I wanted to have this information.

Malte Spitz: Your phone...

 for depriving prisoners of their due process rights and for retaliating against them for their protected political and religious speech. Many of these documents would have never come to light without this lawsuit. The message of these groups and my message for you today

The secret US prisons...

 Carolina happened when I said to myself you know what we can't wait any more to do this these issues have to be confronted but it wasn't easy it took our 7 different lawsuits 13 separate judges I mean people really kicking and

New Orleans Mayor Mitch...

 in infringement cases, plus huge legal fees to protect yourself in court, plus cognitive biases against perceived loss. And the sum looks like this. That is the last four years of lawsuits in the realm of smartphones.

Creativity is a remix PIPE...

 They repeat our past practices, our patterns. They automate the status quo. That would be great if we had a perfect world, but we don't. And I'll add that most companies don't have embarrassing lawsuits,