According to a survey of litigators conducted by Cogent Research (Cambridge, MA) on behalf of LexisNexis (Dayton, OH).(News in Brief)

Legal Publisher, May, 2007

According to a survey of litigators conducted by Cogent Research (Cambridge, MA) on behalf of LexisNexis (Dayton, OH), more than three-quarters of cases are resolved favorably and litigation expenses are reduced in half in all cases in which early case assessment is performed. Survey results are grouped into three main categories including the impact of early case assessment on litigation, the challenges to performing effective early case assessment and current practice of early case assessment by litigators.

The survey also reported that 87% of attorneys who perform early case assessment do so on an informal basis while 75% of attorneys said that early case assessment is important to their practice. The survey includes answers from 341 practicing litigators at...

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