Yeah, obviously I have to be coy around specifics.
If our client had notified us, we could have handled it before it blew up.
Ultimately, we spoke to the customer's lawyers, asked them to make an offer without prejudice around what they were seeking remedies for.
It highlighted some flaws in their position, so I quietly conferenced with their lawyers off the record and showed them the weaknesses I saw, as colleagues, as opposed to opposing counsel.
They acknowledged some of my points weakened their position.
By COB Friday, we had a framework for resolution that should make everyone whole.
Now, unless the clients (theirs or ours) get stupid over the weekend, the Baby Lawyers will hammer out the specifics next week.
It was serious, we're talking 8 figures in claims.
I've been involved with multiple legal matters where the sensible path - the one where the other side walks away with lots of money, where everyone saves significant legal costs, etc - is not chosen because parties are not driven by rational self-interest, but irrational self-interest.
Fark. What a big mess with the lawsuit. I hope that you managed to get some traction on it. Clients are the darndest things.
Yeah, obviously I have to be coy around specifics.
If our client had notified us, we could have handled it before it blew up.
Ultimately, we spoke to the customer's lawyers, asked them to make an offer without prejudice around what they were seeking remedies for.
It highlighted some flaws in their position, so I quietly conferenced with their lawyers off the record and showed them the weaknesses I saw, as colleagues, as opposed to opposing counsel.
They acknowledged some of my points weakened their position.
By COB Friday, we had a framework for resolution that should make everyone whole.
Now, unless the clients (theirs or ours) get stupid over the weekend, the Baby Lawyers will hammer out the specifics next week.
It was serious, we're talking 8 figures in claims.
Fingers crossed ...
I've been involved with multiple legal matters where the sensible path - the one where the other side walks away with lots of money, where everyone saves significant legal costs, etc - is not chosen because parties are not driven by rational self-interest, but irrational self-interest.