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An Offeror Controls the Terms of the Offer

E-Discovery LLC

In effect, the Majority invalidates a fully executed, integrated settlement agreement based entirely on an excluded hearsay document – a remarkably thin evidentiary reed on which to overturn not only a signed contract but also the trial court’s supported factual findings. He later sought to enforce the agreement.

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By the Rules: Techniques for Writing Persuasive Rules

WA Bar News

You can be sure that the other side, or the judge, will investigate the accuracy of your rules, so avoid the embarrassment of getting it wrong or obscuring the truth. Those cases will be picked up by the other side anyway, so its better to tell a coherent story of a case where the courts ruling was unfavorable. 3 In Morse v.