Is There Pressure to Settle Cases Out of Court?
When litigation arises in business, parties turn to the courts to resolve disputes. While theoretically this should involve a judge or a jury making decisions on the issues, this rarely happens. Instead, the vast majority of lawsuits settle outside of court. The mere filing of the suit is sufficient to get parties to the bargaining table where they can come to an agreement regarding how differences should be resolved. The court system is, in many ways, designed to impose pressure to settle cases out of court… [Read More…]