Using Regularity To Start Beating the Rap
Washington partner Merril Hirsh had his article (co-authored with ADR practitioners Jim Rhodes and Karl Bayer) published in Disputing on April 6. The article is the tenth in a series that discusses the role of Special Masters in complex litigation and how litigants can best use them to improve their litigation experience.
“In Part Nine, we discussed the rap on special masters – the concern that special masters can be expensive and potentially ineffective; prone to an alternative agenda; and chosen because of connections to the judge,” the trio stated in their opening. “We suggested that the fact that at least the federal rules include no regularized method of selection or apparent qualification for the job of special master does not help to beat that rap. So what would help?”
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