The sour economy can impact the way risk is assessed during mediations, Rottman said, especially when defendants make claims of poverty.
"The primary impact I've seen is that there is a higher percentage of cases where the economic realities dictate the outcome of negotiations more than traditional litigation risk modeling," said Rottman, a former trial attorney now working as an independent mediator.
"I have seen many hig...
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