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Duane Morris Partners Rick Seabolt and Dan Winslow to Speak at Bay Area GC Group Luncheon
October 6, 2009 | San Francisco
| Duane Morris LLP
Duane Morris partners Richard L. Seabolt and Daniel B. Winslow will speak at a Bay Area GC Group luncheon, "Civil Litigation Prenuptial Agreements," to be held on October 6, 2009, at Duane Morris' San Francisco office.
About the Event
Civil litigation takes too long and costs too much. Duane Morris partners, Rick Seabolt and Dan Winslow, will discuss Economical Litigation Agreements (ELA) -- the newest innovation for civil case and cost management. Companies can leverage the power of their contractual agreements to customize any possible civil litigation to the needs of the parties and the amount in controversy. A civil litigation prenup of sorts. A judge still decides threshold motions, dispositive motions, and trial, and all rights of appeal are preserved. But all the discovery and other pretrial procedures are stipulated to by the parties in their contract and enforced by a Discovery Arbitrator. In any discovery dispute, loser pays.
ELA can save up to 40% of civil litigation costs annually for companies. Budgeting is easier, it is practical to consider alternatives to hourly rates, and the process is proportionate to the stakes for both sides. The ELA model, and training for counsel and Discovery Arbitrators, will be administered by the International Institute of Conflict Prevention & Resolution in New York City.
Rick Seabolt is a partner in the Duane Morris San Francisco office, and former Chair of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California.
Dan Winslow is a partner in the Duane Morris Boston office, and former Massachusetts judge, who has developed the ELA concept.
