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Law Practice

May 17, 2016

Olé! and Hakkeyoi Nokotta!

The most common sin of litigators is overextending themselves — making unnecessary assertions or committing to untenable positions to please a client. By David M. Balabanian

David M. Balabanian

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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By David M. Balabanian

LESSONS LEARNED

It is now widely understood that few subjects can be seriously discussed without resort to sports analogies. Litigation is not one of the few.

Unfortunately, however, ESPN does not carry the most instructive sports.

One is bullfighting.

The matador does not achieve the desired (if predictable) result by mindlessly hacking away in hopes of landi...

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