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Lawyers Ordered to Play RPS to Settle Dispute

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the best-two-out-of-three dept.

Rent-to-Pwn writes "After the lawyers involved couldn't settle even the most basic disputes without court intervention, a federal judge ordered the two lawyers to play one (1) game of rock, paper, scissors to settle the dispute. Being a federal case, in theory, it could become precedent for similar, unimportant decisions. Of course, there's no mention of what the two lawyers are supposed to do in case of a tie ..."

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  1. probably as fair than most legal proceedings by batray · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since there seems to be a great deal of chance in any legal proceeding, it makes just as much sense, if not more.

  2. Re:Geez... what a precedent by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's a pretty good summary. Some analysis is in order, though: it seems to me that the purpose of this ruling is not so much to settle the argument as to publically censure the two opposing counsel for failure to achieve adulthood.