Still Fresh Legal Cliches
Judge Kass reflects on familiar legal phrases. He is quick to come up with these phrases or cliches in everyday conversations and uses them often to tell a story or drive a point home.
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Mediation Theater
Judge Kass on the scenes of mediation theater. Continue reading to see how personal anger and vital interests play out in three different scenarios.
A Private Path to Appellate Arbitration
Lawyers and their clients sometimes recoil from agreeing to an arbitration clause because there is no appeal from the arbitrator’s decision. No matter how wrong or, indeed, stupid, the arbitrator’s decision is binding on the parties as to the facts and law, so long as it was arrived at honestly.
The Role of Trial Judges
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