This is the result of fierce competition to secure lead litigator status and so gain control of the trial and the lion’s share of the fees.

这是双方激烈竞争——争夺诉讼主体地位，因而获得（某些）审理控制权并分得服务费用的绝大部分——所导致的结果。

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The claim that inequality now matters more because of brands and status competition may turn out to be more robust.

反而是不平等因为品牌以及地位竞争而更重要的观点更有说服力。

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With that distinction in mind, Paterson considers antitrust law, and concludes that, far from preserving the competition associated with contract society, it tends to resurrect the society of status.

带着这样的区别，帕特森思考了反托拉斯法，并得出结论，认为这项法律远不是在保存与契约社会相关联的自由竞争，反而大有复活等级社会的趋势。

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The simple answer is, a skill or talent developed over time, refined and honed in the cauldron of competition to status in a hierarchy where action, performance mean everything and the unadulterated results speak for themselves (and for those who own them).

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Now to be sure, there is no reason to suppose that governments, of all things, would, in the natural competition of things, rise to the status of good money-producers in any economy.

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But then what the OECD countries are doing is simply trying to maintain status quos which really have no validity in the face of demanding efficiency through competition.

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