Suppose that victim j employs a bandwagon strategy {δ, δ&j}. We will characterize victim i’s best response, beginning with period 2. If victim i filed suit in period 1, then he has no further action to take. Suppose that victim i did not file suit in period 1. If victim j filed suit in period 1, then victim j has no further action to take and nothing will change in the future; thus victim i wil...

Microsoft has prosecuted a vigorous civil enforcement campaign against spammers and phishers. When initial investigation into a spam or phishing case fails to reveal the identity of the person(s) responsible, filing a “John Doe” lawsuit and following up with thorough third-party discovery has been an effective strategy to unmask the perpetrator.

What is the appropriate informational structure when modeling the lawsuit? In numerous papers stretching back almost 30 years litigation has been portrayed as a game involving incomplete, sometimes asymmetric information. That information is incomplete is beyond question. Clients, in conjunction with their attorneys, must make decisions on filing and settlement in the presence of uncertainty ab...

PURPOSE In 2004, a commentary by Merenstein was published in JAMA describing how he was sued for engaging a patient in shared decision making for prostate cancer screening. The article sparked considerable debate on the impact of litigation on medical care. A natural experiment (a study assessing shared decision making under way at the practice that was sued) enabled us to evaluate whether phys...

A lawsuit must be filed with the appropriate administrative court once a party complains to issuing authority about relevant judgment in judicial dispute general and an one particular. This is order litigate for purpose of removing harms it caused after alerting its behavior that harm through complaint, so action can reviewed without dispute. The judge detects gives his according evidence estab...

Law No. 5 of 2014 regulates the legality Honorary Personnel as non-ASN employees. In essence, there are provisions regarding appointment honorary personnel to become civil servants with conditions that must be met. Moreover, problem continues when number in Government Agencies increases and disrupts balance arrangement human resources (HR) apparatus each these agencies. As a settlement effort, ...

A 63-year-old man who had been complaining for 2 weeks of " aching " in his lower abdomen was referred by his family physician to the radiology department of a hospital for CT of the abdomen and pelvis. Two days after the CT examination , the physician telephoned a secretary in the radiology department, stating that he had not received a report of the CT. The secretary replied that she would in...