If the plaintiff in the new case attended the mediation, as you say, then he might be breaching confidentiality just by asking questions about what...

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At a mediation we were offered $8,000 for settlement but my lawyer said'no' 'I need to talk to my experts first' and he said to

No one can answer this question without more information, so you should, as others have suggested, get a more complete explanation from your...

Civil procedure - what does it mean that a special interrogatory is duplicative?

You can ask the same question again, but you will likely get the same answer.

What is the fair amount of time before trial counsel can give you with regards to charging the client for trial litigation?

One way to look at this problem is to compare the amount the other side is offering you in settlement, with the range of likely outcomes at trial,...

Retain the lawyer who presided over our mediation one year ago.

The only way you could likely retain the mediator to represent you against the other party would be to obtain their consent to the representation....

You will also miss work by having to appear in court. And there are other costs as well, as well as some uncertainty about how much you can...

If I'm representing myself and the other party has a lawyer can I object statements from that lawyer during a tro hearing?

Anything said by counsel is not evidence. So there is not much point in objecting to statements made in argument by the other side. Most likely,...

What do you really need to know from the other side to prove your case? Start with that. My guess is that you don't really need 200 interrogatories...

Must a corporation still be represented by an attorney in an open book litigation? Most current answer here is 3 years old.

A corporation must be represented by counsel to file any lawsuit, EXCEPT in small claims court, where counsel is not permitted.

Do I have the right to appeal a Civil Case?

Over the weekend, we signed an interim treaty with Iran. And the negotiators all said, NOW the hard part begins. You signed an agreement with...