Unpredictable

The Unpredictable blog, published by Becker Glynn Muffly Chassin & Hosinski LLP, focuses on practical aspects of litigation and dispute resolution. It covers topics such as discovery strategies including document requests and interrogatories, enforcement of judgments, arbitration particularly international commercial arbitration, and analysis of recent court decisions. The blog discusses procedural nuances, client management during discovery, and strategic considerations in litigation and arbitration. It also provides commentary on how courts interpret arbitration agreements, defamation claims, and releases. The content reflects the firm's expertise in commercial litigation, arbitration, and related procedural law.

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People are broadly familiar with the legal process in which a person or a company seeks relief from its debts.  But it may not occur to them how often a bankruptcy is the source of high-stakes litigation.  The rules that…

More than five years after my original post about settlement agreements, I have drafted, revised, marked up, and rejected many more. And so I thought I would use this additional perspective to update my original post.

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One of the oldest kinds of disputes concerns who inherits property after someone dies.  You may think that after the passing of a loved one, people aren’t so crass as to fight over money.  But you would be wrong; people…

Seychelles may be the smallest and least populated country in Africa, but it has an interesting place in the legal world. It is home to many offshore companies, and has a good economy and well-regarded functioning democracy. Since it is…

Direct examination is harder than it looks.  On the surface it looks like the participants are just reading from scripts.  But since I wrote my original post on the subject, I’ve had more thoughts on the work involved in doing…

Every industry has particular issues that arise in litigation, but few have as many as construction.  Construction projects involve heavy machinery, so personal injury is one common concern.  Additionally, construction disputes typically involve large sums of money, numerous vendors, and…