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On the recordMarch 6, 1995
Exactly. That is the redeeming part of the whole thing, as far as I am concerned, but, you know, we are in a situation of relative improvement. What we are trying to do now is a lot different from cutting out some of your clients in earlier years who would not have been able to bring a suit unless you were going to have contingent fees or you took the case, or someone took the case, on the basis that it had merit. You could not look in the crystal ball and predict you would win or lose the suit. You could not tell what the jury was going to do. You did not know what the judge is going to do. You did not know if you were going to get shot into a different forum, all of which has a tremendous impact on the outcome of a case. And what we are doing now, what we are doing now is saying let us look at whether it is malicious, frivolous, or fraudulent, and with that, I can agree.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing legal reforms and the challenges of predicting case outcomes.

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