Punitive damages, also known as "exemplary damages," may be awarded by the trier of fact (a jury or a judge, if a jury trial was waived) in addition to "actual damages," which compensate a plaintiff f...

With hundreds of millions of users worldwide, the social media revolution has arrived.  Generally, social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn allow their members to share information to en...

You are driving to an important evening meeting along the expressway, traveling at 55 miles per hour.  Suddenly, lights of another care are coming at you … and moments later you feel the jarring colli...

It happens to everyone at least once in their lives.  You are involved in an automobile accident, have a dispute with the other party to the contract you signed, or see that a competitor’s business is...

Mediation is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) used to settle conflicts before resorting to a formal trial in a court of law. The mediation process is defined as a "method of nonbinding ...