Litigation
Nov. 12, 2005
With Pre-Dispute Jury Waivers Out, Consider Arbitration Pact
Focus Column - By Steve Dotan - Embodied in the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a trial by jury is considered a fundamental right in American law: "Nevertheless, the right to a jury is just that - a right - and the right may be waived in various deliberate or accidental ways, such as by failing to serve a jury demand, or by knowingly waiving a jury trial in connection with the onset of a specific civil proceeding or litigation." Jay M.
By Steve Dotan
Embodied in the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a trial by jury is considered a fundamental right in American law: "Nevertheless, the right to a jury is just that - a right - and the right may be waived in various deliberate or accidental ways, such as by failing to serve a j...
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