FORUM SHOP Definition & Meaning

forum shop

or �ڴ�·��ܳ�-��Ǳ�

[ fawr-uhm shop ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

Law.

to choose a jurisdiction in which to file a lawsuit as a way of trying to increase one's chance of winning the case: Compare judge shop ( def ).
Litigants are increasingly tempted to forum shop among states to find courts more favorably inclined to their cause.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of forum shop¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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Why do patent owners forum shop into those Texas federal courts?

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But defendants forum shop too.

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Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law, said he sees no ethical problem with Paxton trying to “forum shop.”

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“Answer is it’s a single-division judge. Litigants rationally forum shop.”

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Why aren’t we sitting around this week talking about how is it possible to forum shop and get a judge who quite literally sticks a fork into the single most important not just criminal investigation but national security inquiry in the history of this country.

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