Monday, January 30, 2012

Create a Trustworthy First Impression

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Personal experience tells us how powerful first impressions are. However, new research from the University of California, Berkeley (Nov, ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The True Value of Computer Animation

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Most cases don’t settle, or are very challenging to settle, and end up in trial because there are grey areas in the case - situations or ...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Win the Battle of the Experts

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Considerable research has been devoted to figuring out how jurors decide among competing experts, which one to believe. Not surprisingly,...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Words, words, words!

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Did you know that the very words you use in framing your question will encourage witnesses to think and respond differently? For example, ...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Don't Let Your Jurors Miss the Gorilla in the Room

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People were asked, in a classic experiment, to watch a short video in which six people-three in white shirts and three in black shirts - pas...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Overreach and Risk Losing the Case

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Former Boston firefighter Albert Arroyo, called “the poster child for disability pension abuse” by some, was acquitted recently, much to the...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

The Lingering Impact of Misinformation

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In trial, it’s often tempting to dismiss an aspect of opposing counsel’s theory as insignificant, or too “out there” for jurors to adopt, an...