by | May 13, 2022 | Jury Selection
On March 16, 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic first began to affect court proceedings, when a New York judge declared a mistrial in the case of a doctor accused of sexual abuse after the defense attorney arrived at court with COVID-like symptoms. Later the...
by | Feb 14, 2022 | Focus Group, Jury Selection
The Dirty Little Secret Behind “Big Data” These days, no industry can operate without data. With the enormous amounts of data being generated every minute, every second from client logs, business transactions, sales figures, and stakeholders, data is the...
by | Sep 29, 2021 | Jury Selection, Law Profession
Building a strong client relationship Seasoned trial attorneys often say the key ingredient in a good attorney-client relationship is a sense of mutual cooperation. But how do you establish that kind of relationship? Managing clients’ expectations is essential...
by | Jul 22, 2021 | Jury Selection
Are juror decisions full of “NOISE,” and what can we do about it? In his recent book co-authored with Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel Kahneman, a famous psychologist, and economist, Emeritus Professor at Princeton University, and Nobel Prize-winning...
by | Apr 7, 2021 | Podcast, Jury Selection
Other Ways to Listen Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Amazon Music Listen on Spotify Social scientists use the term implicit or unconscious bias to refer to stereotypes or attitudes that operate without an individual’s conscious awareness...
by | Mar 18, 2021 | Jury Selection, Focus Group, Trial Law, Voir Dire
Every law student learns about Batson v. Kentucky, the landmark 1986 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that a prosecutor cannot strike potential jurors based on race in a criminal trial. That principle was later extended to civil litigation, with the Supreme Court...
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