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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 18
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features Tim Yeary, Transportation Producer, with an insurance agency that specializes in the trucking industry. Tim discusses his thoughts on COVID-19 safety rule changes, nuclear verdicts in the trucking and transportation industry and the impact...
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— June 2020 — 47 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking Witness training

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 17
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features CSI Litigation Consultant Dr. Steve Wood discussing his experiences with preparing trucking and transportation industry witnesses and the dangers of reptile attacks in trucking witness preparation. Dr. Wood also offers his insights on how ...
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— June 2020 — 57 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking Witness training

COVID-19: The not-so invisible risk to the trucking industry
The notion of “nuclear verdicts” has recently become a primary focal point of attorneys and litigation psychologists. Books, such as Bob Tyson’s “ Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice for All,” [i] [1]   None [2] have recently become available for defense attorneys to assist them with combat...
Steve Wood, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 15
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI), features Florida-based mediation services provider Benjamin Newman. Ben discusses how the pandemic has impacted mediations and the do's and dont's of conducting mediations virtually. Ben also talk...
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— May 2020 — 105 views Anti-reptile Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking

Are teachers and nurses always risky for the defense?
Experienced trial lawyers know that case outcomes can depend upon the ability to identify and eliminate risky jurors. It is a no-brainer for the defense bar that passionate anti-corporate jurors are high-risk. A distrust of jurors in helping professions – specifically nurses, teachers, and social ...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— May 2020 — 104 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Exploratory research Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Trial consulting

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 13
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI), features Holly Howanitz, Partner at Wicker Smith, discussing how Reptile is still thriving, what jury panels might look like in the era of Coronavirus, and the challenges of plaintiff's bar advert...
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— May 2020 — 185 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Reptile

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 12
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI), features Steve Fleischman, Partner at Horvitz & Levy, discussing with Dr. BIll Kanasky about the on-going threats of reptile attacks, how companies are creating exposure for themselves with their ...
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— May 2020 — 171 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Reptile Trial consulting

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 11
In this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, CSI Litigation Consultants Dr. Steve Wood and Dr. Lorie Sicafuse discuss what the research says about how jurors' attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and decision-making might be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how thought processes ...
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— May 2020 — 166 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Research Social media Trial consulting Witness training

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 10
In this video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, the President of DRI discusses how DRI is handling the pandemic response for their membership, as well as insights on nuclear verdicts, the challenges with battling third-party funding of plaintiff's litigation, the value of preparing wit...
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— May 2020 — 181 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trucking Witness training

Webinar: Effects of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors
T he effects of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes and decision-making * * June 10, 2020 *   * register today! [1] This presentation will explore the likely effects of the COVID-19 crisis on civil jurors’ attitudes, beliefs, and decision-making processes from an evidence-based perspective....
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— May 2020 — 242 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 8
Defense attorney Bob Tyson joins Dr. Bill Kanasky for the first video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast. Bob and Bill discuss the challenges for the defense bar with millennial attorneys, Bob's new book on Nuclear Verdicts [1] and the impact COVID-19 may have on jury decision making. ...
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— May 2020 — 177 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting

Trucking and transportation litigation
The trucking and transportation industry has historically been an easy target for litigation. So, how can trucking and transportation companies better prepare to defend themselves for inevitable litigation? Our multi-part series on the trucking and transportation industry explains how companies ca...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 7
The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) presents a new episode on litigation in the trucking and transportation industry.  In this episode, Dr. Bill Kanasky, CSI Litigation Consultant, is joined by 30-year veteran litigation attorney Mike Bassett. Mike  and Bil...
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— May 2020 — 327 views Anti-reptile Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Trucking Witness training

Insurance is not enough in managing a crisis
With the proliferation of social media, all companies are in a state of pre-crisis. According to commercial insurance executives, having insurance isn’t enough for dealing with this new reality. A company’s best chance for weathering a crisis is having a robust risk management program that include...
Sean Murphy - Litigation Psychology
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 5
The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) presents a special episode dedicated to crisis communications [1] . In this episode we highlight the mistakes and missteps that businesses are making when communicating with customers, employees, and their communities a...
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— April 2020 — 336 views Anti-reptile Communications COVID-19 Crisis Enterprise risk management Litigation psychology Reptile

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 4
The  Litigation Psychology Podcast , presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) is pleased to share Episode 4! This episode continues our series of podcasts on nuclear verdicts. In this episode, Dr. Bill Kanasky, CSI Litigation Consultant is joined by defense attorney and author Robert R. Tyson, ...
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— April 2020 — 544 views Anti-reptile Depositions Enterprise risk management Focus groups Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Witness training

Is "health and safety" really your top priority?
Companies that have been saying, “your health and safety is our first priority” in response to the novel coronavirus crisis may want to reconsider their messaging. At issue is a common plaintiffs’ strategy known as the “ reptile attack [1] ,” where attorneys use sophisticated psychological methods...
Sean Murphy - Litigation Psychology
— April 2020 — 420 views Anti-reptile Communications COVID-19 Crisis Enterprise risk management Reptile Witness training

Planning for your next crisis
In a crisis, there are four questions that need to be addressed: 1)  How did this happen? 2)  Who is to blame? 3)  Is it going to happen again? and 4)  What are you doing to prevent this in the future? If a leader errs in how they respond to the first question, they risk setting the stage for the ...
Sean Murphy - Litigation Psychology
— April 2020 — 311 views Communications Crisis Enterprise risk management Planning

The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 3
The *Litigation Psychology Podcast*, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) is pleased to share Episode 3! This episode continues our series of podcasts on nuclear verdicts. This week Dr. Bill Kanasky, CSI Litigation Consultant is joined again by special guest Dr. George Speckart, a 35 year v...
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— March 2020 — 510 views Anti-reptile Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training

The nuclear verdict
Presenting an episode of the Insurance Law Podcast with special guests CSI's Dr. Bill Kanasky and Dr. George Speckart. The Insurance Law Podcast is a broadcast about timely important legal issues affecting the insurance industry. On this episode, Drs. Kanasky and Speckart speak to host John Czuba...
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— March 2020 — 350 views Anti-reptile Enterprise risk management Focus groups Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training