Previous articleNext article No AccessSuing Solely to Extract a Settlement OfferLucian Arye BebchukLucian Arye Bebchuk Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Legal Studies Volume 17, Number 2Jun., 1988 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/468136 Views: 12Total views on this site Citations: 99Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1988 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Wenming Xu SPC’s 2003 Provisions and the Collective Action Problem of Securities Litigation, (Mar 2022): 101–119.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0904-7_6Yannick Gabuthy, Emmanuel Peterle, Jean-Christian Tisserand Legal Fees, Cost-Shifting Rules and Litigation: Experimental Evidence, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 9 (Apr 2021): 101705.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2021.101705Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Margherita Saraceno Fee shifting and accuracy in adjudication, International Review of Law and Economics 63 (Sep 2020): 105890.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2020.105890Andrew F Daughety, Jennifer F Reinganum Reducing Unjust Convictions: Plea Bargaining, Trial, and Evidence Disclosure, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 36, no.22 (Mar 2020): 378–414.https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewaa001Myriam Doriat-Duban, Yannick Gabuthy, Eve-Angéline Lambert Actions en justice et rémunération des avocats : une revue de la littérature, Revue économique Vol. 71, no.33 (Jun 2020): 557–590.https://doi.org/10.3917/reco.713.0557Leshui He A theory of pre-filing settlement and patent assertion entities, International Journal of Industrial Organization 70 (May 2020): 102618.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2020.102618Samuel Antill, Steven R. 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