Business Litigation Demystified - Softcover

Cafferata, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 173497611X ISBN 13: 9781734976113

Publisher: Diane Cafferata, 2020

Synopsis

If you are a business executive or manager, U.S. litigation is a part of your life.  Whether your company is involved in litigation already, trying to avoid it, or trying to make decisions in the context of existing litigation trends, having a basic understanding of how the litigation process works is a must in today’s world.

In Business Litigation Demystified, award-winning Quinn Emanuel trial lawyer Diane Cafferata walks U.S. and foreign corporate personnel through the U.S. litigation process.

You will learn:

•    What to look for in selecting a litigation team and when to engage them
•    How to dismiss or narrow the claims against your company
•    How to keep the discovery process targeted and sensible
•    How to make the most of motion practice
•    What to consider in selecting expert witnesses
•    How trials work, and what your personnel should expect during the trial
•    How to reduce and manage litigation costs
•    How to create leverage for better settlements 
•    What exit strategies are available along the way and ways to avoid litigation altogether
•    How to engage your company’s resources, including the litigation team, for maximal effect and minimal business disruption

Armed with this knowledge, you and your team will have richer discussions with your outside litigators or in-house counsel, a deeper understanding of the strategic decisions being contemplated, better control over litigation expenditures, better settlement and avoidance opportunities, and more.

Foreign business leaders and lawyers will especially enjoy this overview of the U.S. litigation process and what advantages and disadvantages it brings to litigants in comparison with other legal systems.

Diane explains it all in plain, higher-level concepts, with legal terms and important points highlighted in callout boxes. Business Litigation Demystified is a practical and painless guide to understanding the dynamics of the U.S. litigation process. 

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About the Author

After more than twenty years at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, the world's largest all-business-litigation firm, partner Diane Cafferata has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of complex commercial litigations. As a Fellow of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation and with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Diane is known for developing and executing creative strategies that get her clients excellent litigation results even in the most challenging cases. An important part of Diane's winning approach has been leveraging all of her clients' resources more effectively. Having clients more meaningfully engaged enables the whole team to work at a higher level, getting better results with less stress. Diane wrote this book to make the basics of the U.S. litigation process more accessible to both domestic and foreign businesspeople. Diane has received several national and regional litigation awards and has worked on many of the biggest and most prestigious litigations over the last ten years. When she isn't advocating for her clients, she enjoys racing cars, cooking, and writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Diane Cafferata
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 173497611X
• ISBN 13: 9781734976113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308