Probably very few lawyers have ever faced a cougar in the wild, but, true to the profession's emphasis on risk management and goal assessment, any good practitioner would know in a flash the goal: Escape without getting eaten. A lawyer's regular job is to spot a client's potential legal "cougars" and be ready to handle them if they show up, says law professor and commentator Steven Lubet. In both transactional practice and litigation, contingency planning for improbable events is key
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