Meanings of protract litigation in English

Then as to my desire to protract litigation.

Sears spokesman Chris Brathwaite said the lawsuit was settled to avoid protracted litigation.

U.S. Bank said it settled with the Justice Department to avoid costly and protracted litigation.

Restructuring the transaction might have opened the company to protracted litigation and potentially even double taxation.

Protracted litigation over the drugs used in lethal injection executions prevented the government from continuing the practice.

An injunction could kill the deal since protracted litigation makes it difficult to hold a merger together.

For example, eBay is engaged in protracted litigation against other alleged cookie stuffers it sued two years ago.

CVS spokeswoman Christine Cramer said the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based company settled to avoid protracted litigation, and denied wrongdoing.

That of California often protracts litigation.

The settlement is meant to bring closure and avoid years of protracted litigation, Rawlings-Blake said at a news conference.

Since then, protracted litigation over the drugs historically used in lethal injection executions prevented the government from continuing the practice.

In a statement, Mohawk said it denied wrongdoing, but settled to avoid the uncertainty, cost and distraction of protracted litigation.

A preliminary injunction could kill the deal since protracted litigation makes it difficult for companies to hold a merger together.

Negotiations to settle the protracted litigation between the State and the UK-based Medical Defence Union (MDU) are at an advanced stage.

Since then, protracted litigation over the drugs historically used in lethal injection executions prevented the government from continuing the practice, according to Justice Department officials.

The company added the settlement "removes the uncertainty of protracted litigation and does not include any admission of liability or wrongdoing by Volkswagen."