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Litigation

Jan. 8, 2016

Consideration is hard, dismissal is easy

Lawyers have an ambiguous relationship with the usefulness of legal norms and decision-making processes outside the courtroom. By David Schraub

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By David Schraub

Lawyers have an ambiguous relationship with the usefulness of legal norms and decision-making processes outside of the courtroom. On the one hand, we have first-hand experience with the troubles of litigation: It can be expensive, acrimonious, cumbersome and time-consuming. Some of us (perhaps as a naïve first year law student) have made the mistake of trying to bring in legal rules of evidence or civil procedure into everyday dis...

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