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The Myths of Arbitration
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”28″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” custom_margin=”10px||0px|” text_line_height=”1.6em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.7″]I have opinions.
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”20″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.7″]Lots of opinions, about lots of subjects. This blog is where I’m going to publish those opinions, at least the ones that relate to law in some way, and I hope it will be where you respond to those opinions.
When we started this firm, we picked four words that described our ambitions for our lawyers and the way we carry out our mission: Relentless. Inspired. Committed. Authentic. Just as our clients, the courts, and our adversaries are the ultimate judges of whether we live up to those words, you the readers will decide whether this blog meets the high standards that Laffey, Leitner & Goode has set in its first three-plus years of existence.
My partners Jack and Joe frequently remind me that opinions are like . . . a certain part of human anatomy in that everyone has one. So when I post my thoughts, I will strive to be guided by the words of two people – in addition to Jack and Joe – who were a lot smarter than I am.
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.7″ disabled=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text max_width=”620px” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”20″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” text_line_height=”1.5em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.7″]The litigation costs will be roughly equivalent, though the start-up costs of litigation are greater. So long as one party wants speed, the Massachusetts federal courts are markedly faster, 5-8 months start to finish. In arbitration, CellInfo and American Tower can cloak themselves in secrecy; in federal court they cannot. At the conclusion of arbitration, the parties will receive an award but no explanation and will have virtually no appellate rights. At the end of a federal trial the parties will get a thorough written decision and award. Each will have full rights to appeal to one of the finest appellate courts in America. Which course is better? You be the judge.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”50px|||” padding_mobile=”on” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider color=”#aeaeac” show_divider=”on” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”off” /][et_pb_text text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”48″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” custom_margin=”16px||30px|” text_line_height=”1.3em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”38″ max_width=”900px” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” module_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”3.7″ header_font_size=”44px” header_line_height=”1.3em”]“Post-factual thinking has invaded all aspects of American culture, and I’m digging in to keep it out of the law.”
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#aeaeac” show_divider=”on” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”off” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.7″][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”20″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.7″]Daniel Patrick Moynihan said that although everyone is entitled to his own opinions, we are not entitled to our own facts. It’s more important than ever to base my opinions on facts and to clearly state what those facts are. Post-factual thinking has invaded all aspects of American culture, and I’m digging in to keep it out of the law.
John Maynard Keynes said “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?” I’m going to work to follow Keynes, defending my beliefs but not stubbornly resisting new facts.
My focus will be on the legal issues that I care about most: free speech, constitutional law, legal ethics, and evidence law. I’ll address issues in the news when I have something intelligent to contribute, and I’ll write about new cases important to lawyers around the country who we collaborate with regularly on case matters. I hope to summarize decisions written by the newly-established trial-level business courts around the state. I will publish short book reviews and commentary on legal scholarship. While I am the de facto editor of and principal writer for this blog, stay tuned because you will also hear from others at LLG who (I’m sure this will shock you) have a few opinions of their own.
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