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brutforce

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Compare and contrast the perspectives of a lawyer and a business client when approaching the negotiation of a contract.

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In certain cases, a court excuses nonperformance of a contract where an unexpected and unforeseeable event occurs that frustrates the purpose of the contract.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

Businesspeople are optimists - they believe they have negotiated a great deal and everything is going to go well - sales will boom, the company will prosper. Lawyers have a different perspective - their primary goal is to protect their clients by avoiding litigation, now and in the future. For this reason, lawyers are trained to be pessimists - they try to foresee and protect against everything that can possibly go wrong. Businesspeople sometimes view this lawyering as a waste of time and a potential deal-killer. What if the two parties cannot agree about what to do in the event of a very unlikely circumstances? The deal might just collapse.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE



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