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Excerpted from Trial Preparation Tools by Beth D. Osowski Consider beginning your next opening statement with your case theme. A good case theme will reduce the case to unifying principles that are...
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Better Voir Dire in Business Litigation Cases The term “business litigation” is a catch-all phrase that encompasses a broad array of claims arising out of a commercial transaction or business...
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Excerpted from Personal Injury Handbook by Larry and Roger Booth Experts are a tool to help you win your client’s case and maximize damages. Period. You should use only the experts who will help you...
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Apply these proven strategies — excerpted from Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination, by Kevin J. Mahoney – to amp up your cross-examination in your next criminal case: 1. Visit the Scene It is not...
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Most jurors today simply accept that there are too many frivolous lawsuits, and that plaintiff’s lawyers are greedy individuals looking for another “McDonald’s” verdict. You can begin to overcome this...
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Celebrity Courtney Love Cobain received good news from the Los Angeles Superior Court, which ruled that she was not guilty of libel against her former lawyer, Rhonda Holmes. The plaintiff had accused...
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An involuntary confession by a jailhouse snitch might have led to the death of an innocent Texas man who was convicted of murdering his three daughters and burning his house to the ground. Since the...
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When criminal trials are besieged by publicity and media coverage, juror bias always becomes an issue. That’s why lawyers for James Holmes – the defendant accused of killing 12 people when he opened...
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In the trial of Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympian accused of murdering his model girlfriend, media and the prosecution severely reproached an expert witness for providing unsubstantiated...
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For legal practitioners in Texas, it may require extensive time to research various criminal jury charges, along with underlying case laws. For a quick reference guide for criminal jury offenses,...
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