If each $A_i$ is measurable, then avoidSet A S = ⋂_{j ∈ S} (A j)ᶜ is measurable.
If $x_i < 1$ for each $i \in S$ (in ℝ≥0∞), then $\prod_{j \in S}(1 - x_j) \neq 0$.
If each factor satisfies $f_i \le 1$, then enlarging the index set can only decrease the product: $\prod_{i \in S_2} f_i \le \prod_{i \in S_1} f_i$ when $S_1 \subseteq S_2$.
Iteratively expanding conditional probabilities: under the hypothesis that for every $j \in S$ and every subset $T \subseteq S$ with $j \notin T$ one has $\nu(A_j \mid \text{avoidSet}\ A\ T) \le x_j$, one obtains the lower bound $\nu(\text{avoidSet}\ A\ S) \ge \prod_{j \in S}(1 - x_j)$.
Core inductive estimate for the Lopsided Local Lemma: under the lopsidependency hypothesis hlop and the bound $\mu(A_i) \le x_i \prod_{j \in N(i)}(1-x_j)$, one has $\mu(A_i \mid \text{avoidSet}\ A\ S) \le x_i$ for every $i \notin S$.
Lopsided Local Lemma (Theorem 6.5.1, general form): given events $A_1,\dots,A_n$ with a lopsidependency neighbourhood $N$, weights $x_i \in [0,1)$, the lopsidependency hypothesis $\mu(A_i \mid \bigcap_{j \in S}\overline{A_j}) \le \mu(A_i)$ for $S$ disjoint from $N(i) \cup \{i\}$, and $\mu(A_i) \le x_i \prod_{j \in N(i)}(1-x_j)$, one has $\mu(\bigcap_i \overline{A_i}) \ge \prod_i (1 - x_i)$.