Settlement pressure

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-275

  Heaton, J B ^a  

^a Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar and Scott LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil procedure; Corporate hedging motives; Litigation; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844504501     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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