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WHAT TO DO ABOUT BIAS AGAINST YOUR CASE ON VOIR DIRE

WHAT TO DO ABOUT BIAS AGAINST YOUR CASE ON VOIR DIRE

What do you do when you encounter a jury pool where you get a lot of negative responses to your case? Do you try to establish grounds for a challenge for cause and try to get rid of them? If that is your approach you will find in most cases you are fighting a losing battle. When you try to correct the threat of  negative responses with challenges for cause it is like trying to hold back the tide. In many cases you have…

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WHEN A MEDICAL EXPERT IS CAUGHT CHANGING THE RECORDS

WHEN A MEDICAL EXPERT IS CAUGHT CHANGING THE RECORDS

Have you ever caught a witness in a significant lie and you can prove it? In one of my cases the defendant doctor had revised his office records on important issues. He lied on his initial deposition about having done it. Then through other circumstances and with the assistance of a document expert we established the records had been added to and revised. The issue was what do you ask him either at trial or on second deposition?  Here are some ideas…

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THE SONG OF THE WHALE AND THE ART OF LISTENING

THE SONG OF THE WHALE AND THE ART OF LISTENING

  Humpback whales use a form of communication which is described as a kind of song. Sound travels four times faster in water then land so the whales have a fast form of communication. These songs can last half an hour and are usually divided into sections, called themes. Whales will often repeat the songs over hours and even days. The sound of the baleen whale is the loudest produced by any animal on earth and travels long distances underwater….

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