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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Apr. 10, 2008

Litigators, Judges and Juries Prefer Comprehensible Contracts

Forum Column - By Kurt Osenbaugh - Transaction attorneys should give litigators a break by drafting comprehensible agreements that they can explain to a judge and jury.

FORUM COLUMN

By Kurt Osenbaugh
This article appears on Page 6

      MEMO TO: Transaction Attorneys
      FROM: Trial Attorneys
      Please give us litigators a break and draft agreements so we can explain them to a judge and jury. We know you are smart, well-versed in the technical intricacies of your chosen field, and that you use your super...

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