Lawyers forfeit advantage by conceding rights they never had to yield.

Evidence

Schlichtmann watched in astonishment. All Cheeseman had to say was, No, he wanted to conduct the examination himself, it was his right to do so, and thereby affirm the judge’s first instinct. But he had given in without a fight. Schlichtmann glanced at Roisman, raised his eyebrow, and smiled a small, quick smile. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 562

Categorization

• XREF: Juxtapose against the book’s larger lesson that the case is lost long before trial, in procedural skirmishes most lawyers treat as noise. — connects to: Granting new legal rights can weaken rather than strengthen one’s position. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 789

Broader Connections

• Granting new legal rights can weaken rather than strengthen one’s position. #corroborates (0.85) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 789