B. The practice of choosing the most favorable jurisdiction or court in which a claim may be heard.
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The practice of choosing the most favorable jurisdiction or court in which a claim may be heard. --A plaintiff might engage in forum-shopping, for example, by filing suit in a jurisdiction with a reputation for high jury awards or by filing several similar suits and keeping the one with the preferred judge.
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Legal Opinion: Max Mosley goes forum shopping in Paris:
In his war over lurid press stories about his sex life, Max Mosley, president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), has sued the News of the World in France (for defamation and invasion of privacy) as well as in England (for breach of privacy). It is not the first time media litigants have opened up a second front in France. Shrewd use of the differences between French and English law can give a decisive advantage. I was acting for defendants recently who were sued for libel in London by a US resident. The English court can order foreign claimants to pay money into court in London as security for the defendant's costs, but will usually not do so if the claimant has property in Europe. Our claimant gave a property he owned in France as his official address in the litigation. Mr Mosley will almost certainly get a swifter trial of his privacy complaint in Paris than in London. He stands a greater chance of it being in his favour than in London. Whether his strategy will pay off in this remarkable case only time and possibly a judge or two in Paris will tell. The Independent June 4, 2008. Read more...