Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 8, 2017
In praise of litigation
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BY ALEXANDRA LAHAV
A llawsuit is the result of a tear in the fabric of society. A child dies because the meat in her hamburger was infected with deadly bacteria; a woman is paid less than her male coworkers for doing the same job; a catastrophic oil spill destroys thousands of miles of beaches and the livelihood of fishermen. Often what is broken cannot be repaired, and some say that lawsuits only compound the loss of the original wrongdoing. But litigation has a s...
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