As The National Law Journal recently reported, looming budget cuts in federal spending could portend disaster for federal courts. “Courts brace for cuts” [NLJ, 12-17-12]. Cuts in state court systems are in the headlines as well. Cuts in both staffing and hours of operation can mean further delays in an already overcrowded judicial system — delays that will invariably cost litigants.

The United States is regarded as the most litigious country in the developed world, spending billions of dollars in the process, at a time when it can ill afford to lose any competitive edge in the global market.

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