forum shopping

American  

[fawr-uhm shop-ing] / ˈfɔr əm ˌʃɒp ɪŋ /

Or forum-shopping

noun

Law.

1. 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.

   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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Etymology

Origin of forum shopping

First recorded in 1945–50