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lawsuit

a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action
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He had planned to take Cosby's deposition if he pursued his countersuit.
Lawyer Joe Cammarata says his clients believe they are "truth tellers." He had planned to take Cosby's deposition if he pursued his countersuit.
Shortly before Askew's countersuit was ultimately settled, Personal Care sued Theos, Shoun, and their firms for malpractice, arguing that the 2009 letter exposed it to defamation claims that it had to pay to defend against.
The countersuit also included examples of Cuthbert acknowledging and positively reacting to Fiji's cardboard cutouts with emojis and commonly used text slang.
In the countersuit, the companies allege they found dog feces in Reid's apartment and that her unit was "unclean and in significant disarray" in December 2017.
Representatives for former College of DuPage President Robert Breuder issued a statement Saturday saying his former employer "is continuing its false attacks" through a countersuit against him.
"We will consider whether to file a countersuit once the company receives the petition," he said.
Barbers filed the countersuit against Pichay's earlier ethics complaint against him.
has filed a countersuit claiming two Rogers businessmen committed fraud and defamation.
Even without the countersuit, Oregon's position is clear.
"The cab companies' lawsuit is desperate, baseless and belies their true motivation of protecting their monopoly at all costs," argues Anthony Sanders, a public interest attorney at the Institute for Justice, which promptly filed its own countersuit against the cab companies.
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