Significant opportunity costs include: litigation damages, loss of proprietary data, consumer confidence, loss of direct revenue, reconstruction of data, and reconstruction of services.

重要的机会成本主要包括：诉讼的赔偿金，私人数据的丢失，消费者的信心，直接收入的丢失，重建数据，重建服务。

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The application of punitive damages should take such factors as the reprehensibility of the action, the wealth of the defendants and the litigation costs into consideration.

惩罚性赔偿的适用，要考虑行为的可谴责性、被告的财富状况，也要考虑到诉讼成本等诸多因素。

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Public Interest Environmental Litigation (PIEL) aims at guaranteeing rights to the environment, preventing and redressing the damages to the environment per se.

环境公益诉讼旨在保障环境权利，预防和救济“对环境本身的损害”。

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In it, he appealed to the Supreme Court to resolve punitive damages litigation arising from the devastating 1989 oil spill in Alaska caused when the Exxon Valdez ran aground.

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The cost of litigation alone (leaving aside any potential damages) may cause significant damage to a startup, including reductions in staff, changes to its products or services, or even a collapse of the business itself.

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The prospect of lengthy litigation is particularly precarious for the owners, since damages are triple if a trial determines owners violated antitrust laws.

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