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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Mar. 23, 2002

'Case Within Case' Rule Should Shield Shoddy Negotiators No More

Forum Column - By Matt B.F. Biren For years, negligent transactional lawyers have been arguing that they should be exempt from liability for their malfeasance by relying on the legal profession's version of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22."

        Forum Column
        
        By Matt B.F. Biren
        
        For years, negligent transactional lawyers have been arguing that they should be exempt from liability for their malfeasance by relying on the legal profession's ...

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