Contracts,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jul. 13, 2012
Complying with mediation requirements can help avoid a “Pyrrhic victory”
Some victories come with a great price, so be sure to read the fine print.
Dan D. Nabel
Principal Counsel, Riot Games
Dan also teaches Video Game Law at USC Gould. His new book, "Video Game Law in a Nutshell," will be available in July 2018 from West Academic."
In the first half of 200 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Roman armies at Heraclea and Asculum, but sustained such heavy losses that he reportedly remarked: "Another such victory and I am undone." Such a result - where the sense of achievement that normally accompanies victory is negated by a great toll - gives us the expression, "Pyrrhic victory."
In the modern world, Pyrrhic victories often occur in litigation where one party wins a lawsuit, after years of expensive fi...
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