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March 5, 2008


Offer of settlement in Colorado

Done right, "offer of settlement" rules can curtail wasteful litigation by providing for a fee shift when parties spurn a bona fide settlement offer and then do less well at trial. There are all sorts of variations on the idea, however, and the Colorado Civil Justice League contends that the details of the proposed HB 1020 in that state make it worse than none at all (follow links to PDF).

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