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Litigation

Apr. 30, 2002

Less Can Be More

Column by Matthew A. Hodel - Time limits liberate litigators from the sins of lawyerly pretensions, forcing them to stick to their last, making them do more with less, and in the process, pleasing judges, juries and clients alike.

        By Matthew A. Hodel
        
        Blaise Pascal wrote, "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
        Imposing strict time limits on lawyers in trial liberates them from their worst enemies, themselves. Their new, enforced...

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