Monday, April 18, 2011

Good Friday Lessons for Lawyers

This is the week of Good Friday.  The Exxon Valdez oil spill happened in 1989 on Good Friday.  Twenty one years later, after a trial, a half dozen hearings before appellate courts, and an United States Supreme Court decision not based on existing case law, the case is almost over. 

21 years:  the American answer to Charles Dickens' Bleak House novel.  Sometimes, it doesn't matter how smartly one plays their hand, a well-financed defendant can cause a case to spin out of control

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