as in complaint
a court case brought against the plaintiff of another court case by the defendant
The defendant filed a counterclaim for his own injuries, claiming that he only rear-ended the plaintiff because she had stopped too fast.
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As one litigation comms expert told Axios, doing so previews legal arguments (which allows your opponent more time to prepare), dilutes the impact of the actual filing and sets up possible defamation counterclaims.
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Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
Fox has since filed a counterclaim in the New York Supreme Court, accusing the company of filing a frivolous lawsuit.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
Marc Jacobs International, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus filed a counterclaim in December 2018.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 11 July 2024
The hacking counterclaim had survived an earlier dismissal, in which AimJunkies and May argued that Bungie's cheat-monitoring software had reverse-engineered their code and violated the DMCA and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024
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Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
Fox has since filed a counterclaim in the New York Supreme Court, accusing the company of filing a frivolous lawsuit.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
Marc Jacobs International, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus filed a counterclaim in December 2018.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 11 July 2024
The hacking counterclaim had survived an earlier dismissal, in which AimJunkies and May argued that Bungie's cheat-monitoring software had reverse-engineered their code and violated the DMCA and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024
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“Counterclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterclaim. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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