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Month: February 2012

THE FORTY EIGHT LAWS OF POWER by Robert Greene

THE FORTY EIGHT LAWS OF POWER by Robert Greene

I jut finished a book, The Forty Eight Laws of Power by Robert Greene.  It was a somewhat strange discussion directed at overcoming others to your own advantage, but aside from that premise it had ideas of interest. Here  are a few of them you might find interesting. I looked  at them as if they were applicable to trial when I made this outline. For example, the first rule below, I applied to my relationship with the judge and so on….

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OUTLINE OF VOIR DIRE

OUTLINE OF VOIR DIRE

In a case we recently settled the plaintiff was working in an overhead bucket when he contacted a power line and was seriously injured. Here is the outline I was working on for jury selection. It will give you an idea of the general subjects I like to cover. In this case I intended to concede our client had been distracted and had some responsibility, but under Washington’s pure comparative negligence law the jury must compare that to the knowledge,…

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USING FOCUS GROUPS

USING FOCUS GROUPS

Most lawyers are convinced that focus studies are an invaluable method of getting helpful feedback regarding cases. There are a variety of ways of conducting these studies.  One can use a telephone survey like the calls you get when there is a pending  election. One can also conduct a case study with a group at a meeting place. This technique can involve numerous approaches from a full mock trial to simply showing documents to the group for a spontaneous reaction….

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