November 20, 2020
Best Practices for Conducting Online Jury Research
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, courthouses around the country have been shut down or their trial dockets have slowed down drastically. ...
March 17, 2020
How do Mass Tragic Events Affect Juror Decision Making?
As COVID-19 public health emergency develops around the world, it infiltrates every part of our lives. We fear for the health and safety of ourselves and our loved ones, our jobs, our economy, our freedom, our futures...
January 22, 2020
Strategies to Combat Social Inflation and Plaintiff Litigation Tactics in the New Decade
Although these nuclear verdicts may be later reduced or reversed on appeal or settled post-verdict, insurance companies will still spend significant funds defending, trying, and ultimately appealing these cases...
November 19, 2019
Humanizing a Corporate Defendant During Litigation and at Trial
Many jurors view corporations as faceless entities with unlimited resources to compensate plaintiffs. It is important to humanize a corporate defendant to counter these perceptions...
July 29, 2019
Confirmation Bias: How to Mitigate its Impact on Litigation
Confirmation bias is the tendency for people to search for, interpret, favor and recall information that confirms their preexisting beliefs. Conversely, information that...
June 10, 2019
Discovery Has Closed. How Can We Leverage Information Obtained to our Strategic Advantage?
After the close of discovery, it is natural to be thinking ahead to settlement or trial. However, there is an interim strategic step which can be utilized to ensure the best...
May 21, 2019
Political Affiliation And Jurors’ Verdict Orientation
When deciding a case, juror politics matter. It is clear that liberals and conservatives have very different reactions to political arguments. Someone who is politically...
April 9, 2019
Sharing Blame In A Sharing Economy: Juror Perception Of “Shared” Liability Of Third-Party Platforms
In recent years, third-party sharing services have become a standard part of a new economy that offer people a platform to share good and services. As the use of these platforms continues to grow...
March 12, 2019
The Premises Insured, A Third-Party’s Violent Act, and the Question of Case Value
Supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, apartment complexes, and other similarly situated commercial or residential properties can find themselves as a defendant in a lawsuit...
February 14, 2019
Mock Trials and Mediation: Why Should I Consider Conducting a Mock Trial When a Mediation is Approaching?
If my case settles we won’t go to trial. Shouldn’t I just wait to see if we can settle? We rarely try cases, why should I conduct a mock trial? We don’t even have a trial date, isn’t it too early for a mock trial?...