On any given day, in courtrooms across the country, trial lawyers may look out on a prospective jury panel and see no less than four generations sitting in the jury box: the Silent Generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y, also known as millennials.
The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP) was created in 2009 to promote demographic and cultural diversity and inclusion in the U.S. legal
Premium processing of FY 2017 H-1B cap cases will bepostponed until no later than May 16, 2016, U.S. Citizenshipand Immigration Services has announced. Employers will
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota State Council on Disability have partnered together to propose legislation that will address the significant number of
On October 8, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdrew its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that it had previously submitted to
Class action settlement funds often have money remaining after class members have filed claims. This may result from class members not being located or because
The U.S. Supreme Court has further limited punitive damage awards based upon the due process clause. In a 5-4 opinion filed on February 20, 2007,
Only three years after placing due process limitations on punitive damage awards, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear another case that may further expand
In the last decade, civil jury trials in federal and state courts have virtually become an endangered species. In U.S. District courts alone, the number