On the surface this seems reasonable, or at least plausible, but a hard look at the question of litigation-generated science makes some of the easy distinctions problematic.
Ms. White, the head of litigation at Debevoise and Plimpton, also faces questions about her role in some S.E.C. enforcement cases.
What is being questioned in the process of litigation, is why there is no evidence being produced in the case against al-Awlaki.
By meeting someone up front, you may be able to gauge through your discussions how thoroughly or narrowly the company answered questions about the threat of litigation or addressed any prior litigation that was not required to be disclosed by the UFOC.
"The results [of the case] would have an indirect impact on the larger question of hair analysis in litigation," Medwed added.
"Whether we continue to have those discussions in the face of litigation is another question," Mr. Garver said.
But the volume of litigation on this question and the doctrinal free-for-all it has given rise to in the lower courts have convinced many legal scholars that the court must soon step in.
"There is no question that there is a wave of litigation going forward, but one of the lessons of our movement should be that if it were as simple as hiring a good lawyer and filing a lawsuit, we would have been done 40 years ago," Evan Wolfson, the head of Freedom to Marry, told The Huffington Post.
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students examine the question of relocation in child custody litigation.
After years of litigation, Ms. Kelly has been denied in her efforts to question all the officers who had evaluated the cars.
