Even a meeting will require advance notice and preparation if it takes place around a meal.

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Here, Textron clearly prepared the relevant materials with an eye towards a potential tax dispute with the IRS. Prudent companies such as Textron routinely anticipate such controversies and begin legal preparation well in advance of the time an appeal or litigation is formally commenced.

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During the DaimlerChrysler regime, proposals required the preparation of thick binders ten days in advance of a presentation to senior management.

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