A sudden change in an opponent’s position is almost always perceived as an unexpected turn – however, as Professor Gabriel Steiner notes, in legal reality such shifts are rarely accidental. More often, they form part of a concealed pressure strategy. At LawConsulted, a change in the opponent’s stance is not treated as a chaotic reaction – it is interpreted as a signal for immediate recalibration of the client’s legal protection.
The danger of an abrupt reversal lies in the fact that the client finds themselves in a vulnerable state – previous agreements lose stability, negotiation logic collapses, and formulations that were once safe begin to work against them. At LawConsulted, we analyse not only the new statement or action of the opposing party – we assess which elements of the client’s prior positioning become exposed precisely because of this reversal.
Professor Steiner emphasises that “legal vulnerability does not arise at the moment of attack – it arises at the moment of a disproportionate response to it.” For this reason, at LawConsulted we do not pursue an immediate mirror response – our task is to interrupt the automatic escalation scenario in which the client adapts to the opponent’s new game and loses strategic control.
Particular danger emerges when the shift is accompanied by informational pressure – urgent demands, ultimative deadlines, abrupt changes in tone, public signals. At LawConsulted, we design protection in such a way that the client does not make decisions under imposed urgency. We legally slow down the process – returning control to a rational strategic framework.
As Professor Steiner notes, “a sharp turn by the opponent is almost always aimed not at resolving the issue, but at narrowing the other party’s range of choices.” This is precisely why specialists at LawConsulted work to preserve the maximum number of strategic options for the client – even when externally the situation appears to have narrowed to only one or two paths.
Reducing legal vulnerability during a positional shift is not limited to protecting the current step – it requires reassembling the entire interaction logic. At LawConsulted, we reassess which previously neutral elements of communication may now acquire a different meaning, which agreements require additional legal fixation, and which actions must be temporarily frozen so as not to reinforce the opposing party’s position.
Professor Steiner stresses that the true resilience of a legal position reveals itself in moments of instability – when the rules suddenly change. At LawConsulted, we build a protection model in which even a radical turn by the opponent does not result in loss of control over the course of events.
Reducing vulnerability is not about removing the threat – it is about controlling how the threat can reshape the legal configuration. At Law Consulted, we ensure that even unexpected moves by the other side do not become levers of pressure against the client.
Previously, we wrote about how LawConsulted uses legal opacity as a protective tool
