The phrase "reversal rate" refers to the frequency or percentage at which a decision or action is overturned or changed to the opposite outcome.
Sentences with «reversal rate»
During 2011, the average reversal rate dipped to 17 %. (lexmachina.com)
The study also showed that, during a 16 - year span from 1988 to 2004, less than 9 percent of the 2,042 cases lost at trial and appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals were reversed for plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases, compared with a 41 percent reversal rate for defendants who lost at trial. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
If the new standard causes the Federal Circuit's relatively high reversal rate on claim construction to decrease, parties may go to greater lengths to avoid litigation in forums with relatively inexperienced judges or uneven track records in determining patent cases. (brookskushman.com)