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Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
The COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted all our lives, and there is no telling if we will ever fully return to “normal.” Though some individuals have been less affected than others, most Americans have experienced increased stress, with many others experiencing decreased well-being and othe...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
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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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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]   None have recently become available for defense attorneys to assist them with combating th...
Steve Wood, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 16
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast is all about the art and science of jury selection. CSI Jury and Litigation Consulting experts Dr. Bill Kanasky and Dr. George Speckart discuss how rules for jury selection are drastically different across not just venues but across judges and how ...
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— June 2020 — 1508 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Research Trial consulting


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 — 1564 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Exploratory research Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 14
This Litigation Psychology Podcast video episode features Dr. Bill Kanasky and Dr. George Speckart discussing the potentially far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on jurors and jury panels. Dr. Kanasky and Dr. Speckart compare this pandemic to other 'black swan' events from the past, talk...
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— May 2020 — 1357 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research 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 — 1602 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 — 1674 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 — 1822 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 — 1738 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trucking & transportation 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! 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. In...
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— May 2020 — 1693 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 9
John Nunnally, Partner at Ragsdale Liggett, joins Dr. Bill Kanasky to discuss litigation in the trucking and transportation industry in the era of COVID-19. Bill and John talk about how recent good PR for the trucking industry might impact juror perceptions, the challenges with preparing truck dri...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— May 2020 — 1761 views COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking & transportation Witness training


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 and the impact COVID-19 may have on jury decision making. lis...
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— May 2020 — 1707 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting


Transportation and trucking litigation
The transportation and trucking 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 impact of the pandemic on the trucking industry
CSI Litigation Consultant, Dr. Bill Kanasky, Jr., was interviewed by Douglas B. Marcello, Esq. of Marcello & Kivisto, LLC regarding the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on juries and overall litigation in the trucking and transportation industry. Watch their short discussion in the video belo...
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— May 2020 — 1486 views Jurors Jury consulting Research Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 6
The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) presents Episode 6! Today's episode is all about the myths of litigation psychology and litigation consulting. Dr. Bill Kanasky is joined by Dr. Steve Wood and together they discuss and address a number of commonly held...
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— April 2020 — 1657 views Confirmatory research Depositions Exploratory research Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Research Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 5
The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) presents a special episode dedicated to crisis communications . In this episode we highlight the mistakes and missteps that businesses are making when communicating with customers, employees, and their communities abou...
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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 ,” where attorneys use sophisticated psychological methods to...
Sean Murphy - Litigation Psychology
— April 2020 — 1716 views Anti-reptile Communications COVID-19 Crisis Enterprise risk management Reptile Witness training


Best practices for remote / video-conference depositions
During these challenging times, while being forced to comply with shelter-in-place orders and social distancing requirements, legal professionals are faced with the task of quickly developing and adopting new best practices for working from home. Most local and court-specific rules in federal and ...
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— April 2020 — 2308 views Court reporting COVID-19 Depositions Paralegals Webinars


Cyber security and attorney-client privilege concerns with remote/video depositions
Cybersecurity and privileged communications are two very different (although related) concerns, and CSI provides sound best-practice recommendations for law firms who use CSI for remote/video depositions to successfully address both. When law firms schedule remote/video depositions, CSI hosts the ...
Jae Ellis - Courtroom Sciences, Inc.
— April 2020 — 1946 views Court reporting COVID-19 Depositions Paralegals