The diminishing shadow of the courthouse
The state budget crisis promises to deliver devilish delays in the civil justice system. Will this render private mediation less effective, or could it present opportunities for more productive mediation?  
Jeffrey Krivis

Opinion & Analysis: Wal-Mart – Everyday low prices, everyday discrimination
Will Dukes v. Wal-Mart prove to be a detriment to the American worker? The author has no doubts.
Micha Star Liberty

Millennial jurors and the Internet
Google it? The Internet brings instant information to jurors that can lead to big problems at trial.
Hon. Jacqueline Connor

What did you just say?
Take charge of your negotiations to communicate what you really mean (and want).
Barbara Brown

Turning the sow’s ear into the silk purse – finding gold in the empty judgment
Old cases become a flashpoint when money lands at the debtor’s doorstep.
David J. Cook

The utter unreliability of eyewitness testimony
It turns out that the eyes don’t see; the brain does. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable because of the science of how we see.
Larry Booth

Current trends in ADR
Early mediation, multiple mediation sessions, absent decision makers and joint sessions vs. private sessions. Here’s a roadmap to what’s going on now.
Matthew P. Guasco
Rosemarie Chiusano Drohan

Want your mediation to fail?
The other side of the coin: Twelve excellent and fairly common ways to insure your mediation fails.
Alexander Polsky

Trial Practice and Procedure
Be careful about a carefree vacation
How to analyze cases involving injuries abroad.
Jessica N. Biernier, The Veen Firm

Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief
Recent cases of interest to members of the plaintiff’s bar
Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich

Back Story
Settlement talks – It’s not over until the foreperson sings
Settlement talks can be as effective at the end of a trial as at the beginning.
Miles B. Cooper