https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/08/what-us-can-learn-canadas-approach-law/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/08/what-us-can-learn-canadas-approach-law/comment-page-1/#comment-235413 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:21:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40528#comment-235413 It would build credibility to the legal system if plaintiffs and their lawyers had something to lose. Currently our civil litigation system is a “nothing to lose – to – everything to win” for plaintiffs. Even defendants who “win” their cases lose by having to pay to defend them.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/08/what-us-can-learn-canadas-approach-law/comment-page-1/#comment-234155 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:10:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40528#comment-234155 then again, the next story comes out of quebec where your business name has to sound french enough to please the authorities. Sometimes i wish they’d just secede.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/08/what-us-can-learn-canadas-approach-law/comment-page-1/#comment-234143 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:06:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40528#comment-234143 Oxymoron, n., contradiction in terms, e.g., legal ethics

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/08/what-us-can-learn-canadas-approach-law/comment-page-1/#comment-234121 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:37:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40528#comment-234121 On the other hand, see next post where speech gets you fined

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