Author Index Professor Jeffrey A. Parness

Courts should grant extensions for “good cause” failures to comply. So what’s “good cause”?

Courts should allow sanctions against firms for lawyers' misconduct.

What would have happened if Anna Nicole Smith's daughter had been born in Illinois?

Wholesale adoption of federal discovery rules by Illinois State courts may be unwise.

The Illinois Supreme Court lays down the law on arbitration agreements.

Should jurors be given instructions at the start of civil trials? Should they be more free to ask questions? Find out what the Allerton conferees think.

This year's conference addressed court funding, litigation expenses, settlement talks, and more.