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I told the other side our claim carried a real risk of failing. Out loud, on the record. From that sentence on, they weighed every further word of mine differently — which was exactly what I needed.
Read moreBeing 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreNinety minutes of negotiation, the other side nodding along — and then comes \"I'll have to run this past…\". At that moment you discover you have shown your cards, for free, to someone who cannot sign anything.
Read moreCzech 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.
Read moreA lawyer wired money up front to a stranger and got half the goods. Here is what I did next, minute by minute — and why the money came back, which almost never happens to victims of marketplace fraud.
Read moreLaw looks like a system of rules. It runs more like four different games at once — one with full information, one with hidden information, one fought over resources, and one decided by a roll of the dice. A dense popular-science look at what game theory, behavioural economics and the sociology of law say about positions, bluffs, capital accumulation and faith in „justice" — from Kotov and von Neumann through Kahneman and Galanter to Schelling.
Read moreClients come to a lawyer with problems the law cannot answer. Instead of a therapist, a mediation worker, a crisis-PR specialist, or a conflict coach, they hire a lawyer — and the lawyer tries to perform magic. A dense popular-science look at what therapeutic jurisprudence, Edgar Schein, Russell Ackoff, and modern crisis communication say about this borderline role.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreClassical game theory assumes a rational actor. But what if the person on the other side wants not to win, but to destroy you — even at the cost of their own ruin? A dense popular-science look at what game theory, evolutionary biology and clinical psychology say about the irrational adversary — and which strategies remain when Harvard isn't enough.
Read moreWhy 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.
Read moreThe courtroom and the boardroom run on the same principles. Master them, and you win in both.
Read moreA lawyer who tells you 'we'll win this' without asking what the victory will cost you isn't doing you a service. They're making themselves a sale.
Read moreA partner breakup is like a divorce — only with a worse contract. Four phases to get through it without unnecessary damage.
Read moreCourt, mediation, or arbitration? Four factors to help you choose the right forum — and save time and money.
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