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    A per curium, unpublished opinion, issued December 6, 2006, brought the George L. Young bankruptcy proceedings to an unceremonious conclusion.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