Reducing The Costs Of Litigation
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What are the costs of litigation? David M. Trubek the author of The Costs of Ordinary Litigation breaks down litigation into "events" to answer this question. Through a study that randomly sampled civil cases from federal district and state courts, data has been complied and broken down into categories or stated differently into "events of litigation." [1] The study's data focuses on an attorney's time spent on a case from pre-trial, to trial, and if applicable, through appeal. The data analyzed has been put into the "events of litigation" in average percentage terms as follows: Average Percentage of Lawyer Time Devoted to Activities:
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