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Grounded Before Takeoff: A Cautionary Tale on the “Late-Is-Late” Rule

McCarter & English – Peak summer travel season has jet fuel moving by the millions of gallons, so there is a certain irony in a fuel-supply dispute that turned on an email no one at the agency ever opened.

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