FORUM SHOPPING Definition & Meaning

forum shopping

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noun

Law.

the act or practice of choosing a jurisdiction in which to file a lawsuit as a way of trying to increase one's chance of winning the case: Compare judge shopping ( def ).
She was accused of forum shopping after she filed her case in a state she was not a resident of, but where defamation laws are stricter.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of forum shopping¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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One motion argued filing in the Northern District of Texas venue was a blatant attempt at "forum shopping."

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So-called forum shopping is nothing new.

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Through 2023, the Biden administration won nearly 41% of its cases despite the rise of “forum shopping” during his term, in which conservatives filed their challenges to Biden policies in rural federal districts with conservative judges, many of them Trump appointees.

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The plan was a classic case of forum shopping, and it has paid off for Scalia and his new client.

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Critics of the lawsuit have called the case the latest example of judicial “forum shopping,” where a company files a lawsuit in a friendly district in order to have a greater likelihood of getting a favorable ruling.

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