It’s the first weapon in every lawyer’s arsenal, the modern six-shooter for the litigating gunslingers of the judicial Wild West. It’s often the first assignment entrusted to a first-year associate to handle all by his or her lonesome self. It’s usually the first word in the dispute-resolution process. And, done right, it might just be the last.

The cease-and-desist letter. The demand letter. The nastygram.

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