forum shop

American

[fawr-uhm shop] / ˈfɔr əm ˌʃɒp /

Or forum-shop

verb (used without object)

Law.

to choose a jurisdiction in which to file a lawsuit as a way of trying to increase one's chance of winning the case.

Litigants are increasingly tempted to forum shop among states to find courts more favorably inclined to their cause.

First recorded in 1950–55

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Why do patent owners forum shop into those Texas federal courts?

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2024

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