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Are You Willing to Bet on Winning Counsel Fees?

By Jessica C. Diamond on November 6, 2018

I recently represented a client at mediation during which the parties were able to resolve virtually all of their issues, save for the Wife’s claim that the Husband should make…
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Settling Your Case Comes With Great Power and Great Responsibility

By Fox Rothschild LLP on November 21, 2017

Amicably settling your divorce matter is almost always better than taking your chances at a trial before a trial judge who knows almost nothing about your life. Not only can…
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Do You Want To Be Right Or Do You Want to Settle

By Eric S. Solotoff on February 25, 2016

I see it all the time.  The fight rages on for the fight’s sake.  Each party sure that they are right.  Each party insistent that they must win.  The lawyers…
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The Importance of the Decision: Don't Let a Hotly Contested Issue Go Undecided

By Jessica C. Diamond on July 20, 2015

So often, parties go to court only to be told by the judge to “work it out.”  It’s a strange phenomenon; after all, if the parties could “work it out,”…
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WE CAN DO THIS THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY

By Eric S. Solotoff on February 11, 2015

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”  I tried finding the movie that this saying came from but it is in many.  For better or worse,…
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“Settlement Anxiety” – An Effective Tool or an Unfair One?

By Eric S. Solotoff on December 19, 2014

33691713_sRecently, I was at a mediation where the mediator, when telling us his assessment of my client’s case, said that he was creating “settlement anxiety.”  I had never heard this…
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Should You Leave Without Buttoning Down the Deal?

By Eric S. Solotoff on April 15, 2014

During the current football free agent season, you hear the pundits frequently say that if you get a free agent that you want to sign in your building, don’t let…
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Redefining Your Exodus: What Divorcing Couples Can Learn from Arranged Marriages

By Eliana Baer on April 15, 2014

Passover begins this Monday night.  It is the commemoration of Jewish liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. Some call it the season of freedom; many believe that, with the thawing…
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How Not to Settle Your Case – Part II

Posted on August 21, 2013

Last year, I wrote on this blog about “How to Not Settle Your Case.”  This case on the heels of several months of “interesting”, to say the least,…
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Enter the Realm of Reasonableness

By Eric S. Solotoff on March 29, 2013

Yesterday, I blogged about the illusory "final offer", noting that most cases settle.  The reason for that is that there is a realm of reason, a range if you will…

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