Sunday, March 8, 2015

Immigration Ruling Shows Lawyers Playing Venue Shopping Odds

A federal judge’s ruling last month blocking President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action lays bare a pervasive practice in federal district courts: place shopping. It is a game of odds in which lawyers pick a court to file their case where a judicial estimate or case law is likely to be more favorable. Law experts say place shopping is commonplace in politically-sensitive cases as a way to advance a case … Read the rest

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