When business litigation matters are submitted to mediation, and the case is settled, there is an implied understanding that the parties are settling all claims they may have against each other, not just the claims asserted in their lawsuit. Litigants are loathe to...
Month: May 2022
When One Door Closes. . .
When one door closes another one opens. So the saying goes. And whoever came up with that phrase knew something about business litigation - or at least my practice. Over the last few weeks, I have closed several files and bid adieu to a few clients whose cases have...
26 Months
I was on trial in City Hall in Philadelphia when COVID-19 arrived and shut everything down. The trial stopped and we all left the building, assuming we would return in a matter of days or maybe weeks. Yesterday, 26 months later, I returned to City Hall for the first...
Motivation
I settled several clients’ lawsuits over the last few weeks. Each settlement had a financial element to it, a payment from one side to the other. But looking back, each case had far more important non-economic terms to it. My clients had non-economic motivations that...