Welcome to our compilation of insightful quotes on lawsuits. Lawsuits, often regarded as legal battles, are fundamental components of the justice system. They serve as a means for individuals and entities to seek resolution for disputes and grievances within the confines of the law. Through lawsuits, parties can assert their rights, challenge injustices, and hold accountable those who have wronged them.
The realm of lawsuits encompasses a wide array of issues, ranging from civil matters like contract disputes and personal injury claims to criminal cases involving allegations of wrongdoing. Quotes from legal experts, scholars, and historical figures shed light on the complexities, challenges, and significance of engaging in legal proceedings.
So many people who deal with sexual harassment don’t have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice. Tarana Burke
‘Sue and settle’ involves the creation of environmental rules and regulations through lawsuits filed by environmental groups against the EPA, not through Congress or proper rule-making. Scott Pruitt
Stop trying to treat music like it’s a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can’t be cheap, either. Jeff Tweedy
Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them. Henry Rollins
Lawsuits take a long time. Shiva Ayyadurai
Good lawyers win so-so lawsuits. Great lawyers can win lawsuits in which you have little or no chance to win. Dan Pena
Everything will have a Yelp review. And if you’re a worker, there will be like credit scores. There already are to some extent. How reliable are you? How many jobs have you had? Have there been lawsuits filed against you? How many traffic tickets? Tyler Cowen
The U.S. couldn’t even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They’ll be killing each other again in less than a year. I’m sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits. Bill Gates
Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer. Adam Cohen
This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president. James Baker
Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head. Leon Panetta
Judicial Watch has long called for the shutdown of the Mueller special counsel operation and have pursued dozens of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits in connection with the illicit targeting and other abuses of President Trump. Tom Fitton
Politically motivated lawsuits and prosecutions cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Richard Grenell
Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. Don Henley
In Raleigh, partisan battles, power struggles and lawsuits might grab the headlines, but we have to work together where we can. To look beyond ourselves to see what’s right for the state, regardless of who’s in power. That’s what the people of North Carolina want us to do, and what common sense demands us to do. Roy Cooper
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Creating legislation is a tough process. But watering down legislation? Strangling it with lawsuits and comment letters and blue-ribbon committees? Not so tough, it turns out. Matt Taibbi
Lower taxes, less regulations, less lawsuits, deals that support U.S. manufacturers is all very positive. John Paulson
Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet. Joichi Ito
Most lawsuits against the EPA historically have come either because of the agency’s lack of regard for a statute or because the EPA failed in an obligation or deadline. Scott Pruitt
The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Our health care system is the finest in the world, but we still have too many uninsured Americans, too high prices for prescription drugs, and too many frivolous lawsuits driving our physicians out of state or out of business. Judy Biggert
Lawsuits make you care. I think the PR makes you care. But personally, when I got out in 1983, do I think they cared about me? No. Terry Bradshaw
I mean, comics fear sue – you know, lawsuits and stuff like that, just because they don’t like to do paperwork. Ralphie May
Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy. Jack Kingston
The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich. Gavin Rossdale
Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits. Rick Perry
I find my ideas in a number of places – tips, lawsuits, other news stories that raise interesting questions. Mina Kimes
No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side. Russell Pearce
I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they’ll be filing lawsuits against me. Andrea Hirata
In 2009, UnitedHealth, a leading insurance company, paid $350 million to settle lawsuits brought by the American Medical Association and other physician groups for shortchanging consumers and physicians for medical services outside its preferred network. Bernie Sanders
They’ve said I’m gay, they’ve said everyone is gay. I personally don’t believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That’s what he wants to do, that’s what he’s going to do. You do not tell Tom what to do. He is a force to be reckoned with. Nicole Kidman
Class-action lawsuits should allow those with serious injuries to have their own day in court. The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act would do just that. Trent Franks
Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior. Adam Cohen
Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented. Stacy Schiff
Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee. John Jay Hooker
There are people out there who don’t see value in intellectual property, and so they’re always going to have a problem if there are lawsuits involving intellectual property. Paul Allen
Judicial Watch will continue its various independent lawsuits and investigations, on behalf of the public interest, into the Clinton Foundation and the related Clinton email scandal. Tom Fitton
Class action lawsuits are an important part of our legal system. All citizens should have the right to band together and settle grievances with bigger companies, but that system is broken and it needs fixing. Tom Carper
Mike Webster lost all his money or, maybe, gave it away. He forgot. A lot of lawsuits. Mike Webster forgot how to eat, too. Soon, Mike Webster was homeless, living in a truck, one of its windows replaced with a garbage bag and tape. Jeanne Marie Laskas
I’ve never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it… Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business. Nathan Myhrvold
When you get famous, you become a target for things, like lawsuits. People will take advantage of your fame. Redfoo
Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion. Benjamin N. Cardozo
‘Death Car’ was shot on a freeway that’s under construction. It’s called ‘Chips’ Freeway’ because it’s where they shoot the NBC series. We bring out our own traffic, too. This is true in all such scenes, even the car chase in ‘The French Connection.’ You have to work in a controlled situation, otherwise there would be numerous lawsuits. Hal Needham
Trump is not the victim of the judicial system; he is or has been the defendant in 3,500 lawsuits – that’s not the mark of a victim but rather a perpetrator. Christine Todd Whitman
Dealing with environmental lawsuits and grassroots resistance is expensive. Industrial wind and solar developers have to hire lawyers, public relations specialists, and scientists willing to testify that this or that project poses only a modest threat to endangered birds and bats. Michael Shellenberger
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. Jean de la Bruyere
There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states. Phyllis Schlafly
It almost goes without saying that when you are a startup, one of the first things you do is you start setting aside money to defend yourself from patent lawsuits, because any successful company, even moderately successful, is going to get hit by a patent lawsuit from someone who’s just trying to look for a payout. Charles Duhigg
Misery is the company of lawsuits. Francois Rabelais
I’ve got some kids out there; it’s no secret. I’ve never been late on payments. I’ve handled it as best as I possibly can. There’s no lawsuits. I try to stay on top of it. Shawn Kemp
Doctors, dentists and nurses commonly take out malpractice insurance to pay for lawsuits. The trend has expanded to include hairdressers, accountants, vets, sports umpires and members of the clergy, all fearful of being sued for wrongful action or advice. Gavin Esler
Lawsuits – and frivolous lawsuits – are just sapping the life out of the people who perform the services and deliver the goods for the rest of the citizenry in the State of Montana. Conrad Burns
Lawsuits against reverse mortgage companies, including the nation’s largest, Financial Freedom Senior Funding, contend that those firms helped pressure older Americans into bad investments. Charles Duhigg
Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies. Thomas Sowell
The Transatlantic and Transpacific Trade and Investment Partnerships have nothing to do with free trade. ‘Free trade’ is used as a disguise to hide the power these agreements give to corporations to use lawsuits to overturn sovereign laws of nations that regulate pollution, food safety, GMOs, and minimum wages. Paul Craig Roberts
Judicial Watch’s FOIA lawsuits have already shown the Obama State Department was corruptly targeting President Trump. Tom Fitton
Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse. Morris Dees
As a part of preparing those lawsuits, learning about those lawsuits, I learned about the various nuclear issues in parts of the nuclear production process I guess you’d say. Tom Udall
Besieged by lawsuits that threatened to engulf almost everyone at the White House, Clinton assistants shunned paper or e-mail records of their daily deliberations. One told me that he would go down the hall to confer with his division chief face to face rather than discuss an issue on the telephone. Robert Dallek
It would be a very good thing for all involved – the country, an independent judiciary, and the Left itself – if liberals take a page from David von Drehle and their own judges of the New Deal era, kick their addiction to constitutional litigation, and return to their New Deal roots of trying to win elections rather than lawsuits. Neil Gorsuch
I’m not entangled in a bunch of lawsuits and a web that I can’t get out of. I can hold my head up… a happily married man who has his head in order. There isn’t a bunch of scandal in my life. Prince
This week I was proud to join with my colleagues to help pass two important, common-sense pieces of legislation that will limit the frivolous lawsuits by trial attorneys and personal injury lawyers that clog our courts and hurt our small businesses. Bob Ney
I have a different approach. I don’t file lawsuits because I really don’t care. Nicole Kidman
Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans. Tahl Raz
In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products. Bob Ney
Once you realize that everything happens for a reason, attitudes towards matters such as illnesses, or lawsuits, for example, change. Shari Arison
But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown. David Dinkins
DNA sequencing opens vast ethical issues. We shall be able to know who has defective genes. What will it mean when we can be sure we’re not all born equal? Worked out, the implications will scare a lot of people. Insurance companies will not want to cover those with a genetic predisposition to illness, for example. Here lurk myriad lawsuits. Gregory Benford
Being a professional musician doesn’t mean you spend 12 hours a day playing music. It means you spend up to 12 hours a day taking care of business, dealing with litigation, with the various characters who’ve stolen your interests, or fending off hostile lawsuits from former members of the band. Robert Fripp
I know from my own experience that lawsuits can be a very slow, wasteful, and needlessly acrimonious way to resolve a problem. Richard Cordray
One’s ability to enter into thousands of lawsuits as a tool for success, or to use bankruptcy to avoid paying your former employees and vendors, have little relevance when trying to create good government. John Hickenlooper
In recent years personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers have attacked the food industry with numerous lawsuits alleging that these businesses should pay monetary damages to those who, of their own accord, consume too much of a legal, safe product. Bob Ney