Corporate defendants frame litigation costs as waste to justify settling.

Evidence

And then Eustis made a remark that amazed and delighted Schlichtmann. “We need a vacation from these legal bills,” Eustis said, looking over at Keating. “It’s a lot of waste and it’s not the way we like to do business.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2503

Categorization

• SHARE: A tidbit worth sending to someone who litigates corporate defense — the defendant’s executive insulting his own lawyer’s billing in front of him.
• XREF: connects to: Litigation costs deter even disputants with legitimate grievances — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1066; Critics argue the American civil justice system encourages excessive and wasteful litigation — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1127