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Judgment & ambiguity · Prioritizing without clear signal

You run a small legal ops or intake function and this week's incoming requests all say "high priority" — a vendor contract, an employment complaint, a trademark deadline, and a board request. Nothing is objectively ranked. How do you decide what gets worked first?

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You run a small legal ops or intake function and this week's incoming requests all say "high priority" — a vendor contract, an employment complaint, a trademark deadline, and a board request. Nothing is objectively ranked. How do you decide what gets worked first?

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