Contract Negotiation Tip 009 | Fee Shifting Provisions & Pyrrhic Victory

    King Pyrrhus, of the Greek state of Epirus, defeated the Romans in 280 B.C. and sustained such heavy losses he was no longer able to continue his campaign. After the battle he cried “One more victory like this and we are lost!” This type of hollow win, heavily outweighed by its cost, became known as a “Pyrrhic Victory.” Attorney fees in complex litigation can inflict such a heavy economic loss that a favorable…