forum shopping
Coverage of forum shopping in the Nexus archive.
- EU countries float Commission role in sovereign cloud assessments
EU countries are proposing the European Commission take a role in assessing sovereign clouds, with some concerns that separate national authorities might encourage forum shopping.
- EU sovereign cloud scheme could invite ‘forum shopping’
The EU's sovereign cloud scheme, with its light-touch certification mechanism, risks enabling US tech giants to select favorable assessors. This could undermine the intended regulatory rigor by allowing cherry-picking of certification processes.
- Ken Paxton wanted to limit forum shopping. Now lawyers say he’s improperly seeking favorable courts.
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, is accused by lawyers of forum shopping by filing lawsuits in counties with tenuous connections to the cases. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune identified at least 30 such lawsuits filed over nine years, contradicting Paxton's previous advocacy to limit forum shopping practices.