The following remarks were presented by U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin on Jan. 13, 2010, at the Inns of Court (See the full text).

Litigation, as we have known it, is undergoing rapid change and will continue to do so. I will focus on the areas in which I foresee the greatest changes and assess how these changes affect the bench and the bar: (1) jurisdiction; (2) pleading standards and case tracking; (3) vanishing trials and the changing jury culture; (4) alternative dispute resolution; and (5) the impact of electronic communications on civil and criminal litigation.

Jurisdiction

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