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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Nov. 8, 2019

Who’s in control here?

Let’s face it, for better or worse, usually worse — lawyers like to be in control. In a lawyer’s perfect world, the testimony of every witness, the content of every document and the result of every legal argument would be under the control of the lawyer in charge of the case. Alas, it’s not a perfect world.

Robert S. Mann

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ADR Services, Inc.

Email: rmann@adrservices.com

Let's face it, for better or worse, usually worse -- lawyers like to be in control. In a lawyer's perfect world, the testimony of every witness, the content of every document and the result of every legal argument would be under the control of the lawyer in charge of the case. Alas, it's not a perfect world. To the lasting frustration and disappointment of lawyers, witnesses go astray, the key language is sometimes unfortunately missing from the document in question a...

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