A civil jury trial is a risky proposition in any court, state or federal. To manage that risk, it is usually in each party’s interest to engage in some form of alternative dispute resolution, or ADR. Knowledge of the local...more
3/3/2020
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The law is the law, but the procedural rules and local customs and practices in federal court differ in many ways from Michigan’s state court system.
Originally published in the Michigan Bar Journal Of Interest - January...more
1/15/2020
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