How to Use in litigation in a Sentence

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  • But now the project is caught up in litigation and the site could be up for sale.
    The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The two sides had been locked in litigation for months.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 June 2023
  • The state's supreme court would have the ultimate say in litigation to do so.
    Shawna Mizelle, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The results of a second election held a year ago are stuck in litigation.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley and Caroline O'Donovan, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The winning jurist could be the tiebreaker in litigation over the state’s 2024 voting rules.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Abbott and Patrick just passed a bill that is in litigation limiting the power of cities.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The town is likely to become entangled in litigation over the raids for years.
    Luke Nozicka, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Others are in litigation, a few were denied and others closed at the claimant’s request.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The breadth of current and potential legal challenges are large even by the standards of Trump, who has spent much of his adult life in litigation.
    Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • But the spectacle that was supposed to tour the world ended up in litigation, locked away in shipping containers in the Texas desert.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • If doing the right thing is not reason enough, then the increase in litigation may be just the impetus employers need.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • To set up a promo stand in a state where your company was currently embroiled in litigation against that state took a certain kind of gall.
    Ben McKenzie, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
  • The statue removal sketch where Nick's character is in litigation with his brother and his sister-in-law, played by Wanda and me.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The facial recognition feud started when MSG blocked entry to a group of lawyers who work for a firm currently involved in litigation against the venue.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The materials could play a key role in litigation, one expert said.
    Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • That effort got caught up in litigation and never took effect.
    Rebecca Santana, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
  • About 15 companies are involved in litigation over the licensing process, which has dragged out through the summer.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The producer filed a countersuit for breach of contract and defamation, and they’ve been embroiled in litigation since.
    Amy Rose Spiegel, SELF, 20 June 2023
  • The producer filed a countersuit for breach of contract and defamation, and they’ve been embroiled in litigation since.
    Amy Rose Spiegel, SELF, 20 June 2023
  • According to Serre’s book, Alec owed €12 million in back taxes, and his father’s estate was still tied up in litigation with Sylvia.
    Rachel Corbett, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The couple worried that using a credit card to travel to the East Coast would leave an evidence trail that could bog them down in litigation or cost them their right to practice medicine.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • The couple worried that using a credit card to travel to the East Coast would leave an evidence trail that could bog them down in litigation or cost them their right to practice medicine.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • And as is often the case for third parties and candidates, Kennedy and his allies have been involved in litigation over ballot access.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Jeff Allison said the department could not comment because the case is still in litigation.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • They were divorced in 2011, after which they were embroiled in litigation for years over hundreds of millions in assets and alimony, and over control of the business.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • But part of the reason the site sat unused for so long is because officials spent years tied up in litigation and working to find responsible parties who could help pay for cleanup costs.
    Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Jim Yukevich, an attorney who has represented Nijjar in litigation with the city, did not respond to a list of questions from the Times.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • Blehm represented the board in litigation earlier this month when the board was sued for attempting to do a hand count of all ballots cast in the general election, even though the law does not allow that.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been tied up in litigation by opponents.
    David Harrison, WSJ, 2 June 2023
  • In this case, Conlon wasn't involved directly, but her firm was engaged in litigation against one of the company's restaurants, the New York Times reported.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2023

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