Philip, This is exactly why I would like to see, and have asked for, the notes/transcript from their meeting with our Counsel. el -- Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
On 2 Oct 2015, at 20:37, Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com> wrote:
I appreciate the spirit of transparency in which this memo was shared.
However, upon initial reading, and now re-reading, it is not at all the type of legal memo I expected, one citing statute and case law for its positions.
It is really more of a lobbying document, and if I received a document like this in a different context (e.g., in regard to an issue being considered by Congress) my presumption would be that the client had told its counsel that it was unwilling to negotiate on a matter and that they were therefore instructed to prepare the strongest possible memo justifying that intransigent position.
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