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Keep It Under Control

By Patrick W. Michael

Client questions about litigation management are always the same: How likely are we to win? How long will it take? How much will it cost? The answers vary from case to case, but metrics exist to answer the questions and to enhance litigation management.

General Counsel and corporate litigation managers believe that the single most important component for successful management of litigation is faster resolution of cases. It appears obvious that the longer the case duration, the higher the legal fees. General Counsel do not believe that longer duration and additional cost generate a better result. In their view, the result is more than likely to be the same whether the matter is resolved prior to taking depositions or following the conclusion of fact discovery. See, A National Litigation Management Study, Commissioned by: The Council on Litigation Management, Revere Advisory, Inc. (March 2011) (Revere Study), pp. 8-9.

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