Point of Law is a great site for national legal news. I highly recommend it.
Link: PointofLaw.com | Information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system.
This post deals with Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 offers. These are not as effective as they could be because they do not generally result in an award of attorneys fees unless the prevailing party is already allowed to recover attorneys fees by statute or by contract. In the typical tort action there is no underlying right to attorneys fees and Section 998 doesn't create one.
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