A move to Canada would erect a barrier between the new owner and potential litigants.

Most of them want to take part in the suit, and they are the shock troops for a huge army of potential litigants.

Some opponents of smoking, however, said the verdict could prove to be an important psychological boost for potential litigants.

Some legal experts have said that the language of the decision could encourage potential litigants.

But companies are not the only potential litigants.

If you view every patient as a potential litigant, you're doomed before you start.

The majority ruling also limited the potential litigants to smokers who developed disease prior to 1969.

Q. Do a lot of doctors these days view their patients as potential litigants?

This effectively prevented other potential litigants from learning that phone hacking was more widespread.

Any of the potential litigants are likely to argue that the former directors did not fulfill their obligations to the exchange.