Litigation as an Investment: When to Stop Suing Even Though You Are Right
Being right at a cost of hundreds of thousands and three years of your life is a worse business than it looks. How to run the numbers on a dispute as an investment — with an outcome tree, full costs and a break-even point for settling.
The clock runs in every dispute — but at a different speed for each side. Work out whose asset is decaying and you know when to run and when to sit still.
It Is Being Recorded: Sentences to Never Say at the Negotiating Table
Czech law knows no settlement privilege. What you say in settlement talks may one day be read by a judge. A guide to what your sentences will turn into two years later, in a courtroom.
The Psychology of the Parties: How a Judge Decides, What Each Side Wants, Doesn't Know It Wants, and Says It Wants
The court is not a justice machine, the client doesn't really know their own interests, and the other side is lying most to themselves. A dense popular-science look at what current research says about the psychology of everyone in a legal dispute — from Danziger through Burton and Argyris to Stone, Patton & Heen.
Statutes Are Just the Foundation: Psychology and Tactics in a Legal Dispute
Why the best lawyers don't read only the statute book — a popular-science look at what behavioural economics and the Harvard Negotiation School tell us about negotiation, cognitive biases, and the psychology of disputes.
What You Didn't Know You Could Ask For in a Civil Lawsuit
Case law from the past two years shows that a party to civil proceedings can demand far more from the court than the textbook suggests. Seven procedural tools that decide cases which only look straightforward.
Attorney's Fees in Court: Who Reimburses Them and How Much?
One of the most common questions: will I get back everything I paid my lawyer? Five real-world examples showing what you'll actually pay and what the court will award.