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Why Are the Courthouse Doors Closing on Ordinary Americans?
By Jeffrey M. Haber In an article entitled “Why You Won’t Get Your Day in Court” appearing in The New York Review of Books, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, tried to explain why this is so. According to Judge Rakoff, there are several reasons for this occurrence. These include: the “cost of hiring a lawyer”; “the increased expense, apart from legal fees, that a litigant must pay to pursue a lawsuit to conclusion”;

Jeffrey Haber
Dec 8, 20164 min read
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