Many have implicated the anchoring effect as a factor driving excessive civil damages awards. A well-documented social psychological phenomenon, the...
A fundamental litigation component is an attorney’s ability to persuade someone to concur with their client’s position. Attorneys are often trying t...
Testifying at deposition or trial is an atypical experience for most witnesses. Many witnesses approach their testimony with unrealistic expectation...
Jurors frequently make subjective assumptions about an expert witness regarding their credibility, which can substantially impact the outcome of a c...
Introduction In the early days of patent litigation – when real inventors were suing corporations ( Kearns v. Ford Motor Company ) or corporations w...
Jurors notoriously don’t make decisions as told. While judges instruct jurors to listen objectively to both sides, evaluate the evidence, and then m...