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Settlement is Not Always Best. Trial Can Be Much Better!
Settlement is Not Always Best. Trial Can Be Much Better!

Conventional wisdom often expresses the belief that settling is better than trial on the merits of a legal dispute. Settlement has its place, of course. But "settling" a case is always like "settling" sediment in a water container… a common low level is found, not a correct ...

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Blog Posts in 2006

  • Are You a Business and are Thinking About Just Settling? Here's Why You Should Give That a Second Thought.

    On December 4, 2006, the Michigan Lawyers Weekly reported that a three-member arbitration panel in a breach a contract case between two Michigan-based ...

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  • Farm Dispute in Iowa? Mediation is Mandatory

    Iowa Code § 654B.3 provides mediation is mandatory for "care and feeding contracts." Specifically, "1(a) A person who is a farm resident, or other ...

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  • Freeholding Case in Cedar County Continues

    Nebraska’s never ending educational debates found a new forum, Cedar County. Petitioners attempted to take advantage of Neb Rev Stat § 79-458, which ...

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  • U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Livestock Fraud Bankruptcy Resolution

    A per curium, unpublished opinion, issued December 6, 2006, brought the George L. Young bankruptcy proceedings to an unceremonious conclusion. Young ...

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  • Jury Awards Damages 15 Times Condemning Authorities Offer

    When those great minds gathered in Philadelphia 220 years ago, the chose the words “just compensation” and stuck them in the midst of provisions ...

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  • Michael Heavican Named New Chief Justice

    Michael Heavican, the United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, was selected by Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska to serve as the state's next ...

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  • Remarkable Case Turns on Historical Documents

    John Client, born in a small Polish village near the border of present day Ukraine, grew up speaking only the Ukrainian language. Shortly after his ...

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  • Federal Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments in Dairy Case

    Mariposa Farms 2005 jury verdict against Westfalia Surge, one of the world's largest milking machine manufacturers, commanded the attention of the ...

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  • Domina Law Group pc llo Welcomes Mark A. Hassebrook and Sean M. Conway

    Mark A. Hassebrook and Sean M. Conway, honors graduates of the University of Nebraska College of Law (2006), formally joined Domina Law Group pc llo ...

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