The practice of trying to get a trial held in a location that is most likely to produce a favorable result; also called forum shopping.

The practice of trying to get a trial held in a location that is most likely to produce a favorable result; also called forum shopping.

• A. Joint Venture
• B. Jurisdiction
• C. Kidnap and Ransom Insurance
• D. Jurisdiction Shopping

Answer: (D)

Forum shopping is the practice of selecting the trial location to increase the likelihood of a favorable outcome by taking advantage of differences in laws, procedures, or jury pools across jurisdictions. Lawyers may seek a forum with more favorable damages, discovery rules, or judicial tendencies. This idea is captured by the term jurisdiction shopping, which emphasizes choosing a particular jurisdiction to benefit the case—essentially the same concept as forum shopping. The other options don’t fit because they refer to a business arrangement, a type of insurance, or the general concept of a court’s authority, not the act of selecting where a case is heard.

Forum shopping is the practice of selecting the trial location to increase the likelihood of a favorable outcome by taking advantage of differences in laws, procedures, or jury pools across jurisdictions. Lawyers may seek a forum with more favorable damages, discovery rules, or judicial tendencies. This idea is captured by the term jurisdiction shopping, which emphasizes choosing a particular jurisdiction to benefit the case—essentially the same concept as forum shopping. The other options don’t fit because they refer to a business arrangement, a type of insurance, or the general concept of a court’s authority, not the act of selecting where a case is heard.