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Getting to Resolution, 2nd Edition
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Getting to Resolution, 2nd Edition

by Stewart Levine
November 2009
Intermediate to advanced
270 pages
5h 23m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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2 ROI and the Costs of Conflict: Pay Now or Pay Later

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In 2006, 17.3 million civil actions were filed in state courts and in 2007, 1.12 million civil cases were filed in federal courts of the United States. You can imagine the cost of those lawsuits.4 I once read that 20% of Fortune 500 senior executives’ time is spent in litigation-related activities. Imagine the tally that adds up to. It’s commonplace for legal fees to exceed the value of the amount at stake. Years ago, if a situation had more than $100,000 at stake, litigation was a viable alternative. Today the benchmark ...

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