The two primary reasons for miscommunications between counsel and client are the concept of legal relevance and corporate decisions to keep trial counsel in the dark about settlement strategy.

FORBES: Relevance and Strategy

The concept in question is quite simple: a primary LCD would be visible at all times, and when the occasion called for another panel or two, they'd simply slide into view, ready to serve as a number pad, or settings control, predictive text display, or even a full-fledged split keyboard.

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