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Month: January 2017

NEGOTIATION AS TAUGHT BY DONALD TRUMP

NEGOTIATION AS TAUGHT BY DONALD TRUMP

In his own uniquely modest way, President-elect Trump has said: “Our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now. We need a leader that wrote The Art of the Deal” which, of course was a book he wrote.  In fact his 1987 book has sold over 1 million copies. He says that his style of deal making is simple and straightforward: “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing to…

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A TRIAL IS A MORALITY PLAY

A TRIAL IS A MORALITY PLAY

The December 2016 issue of The Jury Expert  http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2016/12/making-it-moral-how-morality-can-harden-attitudes-and-make-them-more-influential/  features an article by Andrew Luttrell: “Making it Moral: How Morality can Harden Attitudes and Make Them More Influential.” The article brought to mind the writings of Professor George Lakoff. Professor of cognitive science, George Lakoff at the University of California in Berkeley wrote the well-known book  The Political Mind. In it he argues that politics “is about moral values.” He notes that every successful political leader presents their ideas on the basis…

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CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUP STUDIES CORRECTLY

CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUP STUDIES CORRECTLY

One year ago, in January 2016, I wrote about correctly conducting focus groups. https://plaintifftriallawyertips.com/how-to-do-focus-studies-for-your-cases-correctly I recommended an article from Trial Magazine by attorneys Philip H Miller and Paul J sculptor. Over my fifty years as a trial lawyer I have been involved in many dozens  of focus  studies. I also have  observed focus studies done by others and read articles about focus studies. My experience was a feeling they were not qualified and the writing often inaccurate. When I read the  article, however,…

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