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Litigation Psychology Podcast #58 - Zoom trials
Shareholder and defense attorney Heather Snider from Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney in Chicago joins the podcast and shares her experience with a recent 5-day Zoom bench trial, including what worked, what didn't, how technical issues and objections were handled, and more. Heather and Dr. Bill ...
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— February 2021 — 97 views Anti-reptile Depositions Litigation psychology Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


Litigation trends in 2021 - part 2
In part 1 of this topic [1] , we covered litigation trends and developments including an increase in settlements, changing juror perceptions, the fragile state of witnesses, and considerations, risks, and opportunities around essential workers. In the final part of this topic, we dive into nuclear...
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— January 2021 — 313 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Crisis Enterprise risk management Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #52 - Mental health of witnesses
In this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Bill Kanasky, Ph.D. and Alyssa Parker, Ph.D. discuss the sensitive but hugely important topic of mental health. Mental health has always been a factor in litigation but since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, it has become broader and more...
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— January 2021 — 283 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Litigation psychology Med Mal Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #51 - Attorney demeanor
In this week’s podcast, trial attorneys Paul Motz, Shareholder, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney and Matt Moffett, Partner, Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP, join CSI Litigation Consultants Dr. Steve Wood and Dr. Bill Kanasky to discuss the topic of attorney credibility and attorney...
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— January 2021 — 362 views Anti-reptile Confirmatory research Depositions Exploratory research Focus groups Insurance Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #49 - Virtual witness training
In this episode of the Litigation Psychology Podcast, CSI Litigation Consultants Dr. Bill Kanasky, Dr. Alyssa Parker, and Dr. Steve Wood discuss None [1] virtual witness training best practices. The team talks about the advantages of conducting witness effectiveness trainings virtually since dep...
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— December 2020 — 341 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Litigation psychology Reptile Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #48 - Trucking litigation
Trucking attorney Doug Marcello joins the podcast to discuss trial tactics for trucking litigation cases [1] . Doug shares the process he uses in planning his cases, the importance of persuasion, and how he builds a story for the jury right from opening statement. Doug and Dr. Bill Kanasky also ta...
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— December 2020 — 384 views Anti-reptile Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking Witness training


Survey: Covid-related attitude changes toward industries
* Introduction * All of us have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Most of us have experienced significant changes in how we socialize, work, and educate our children. Not only are our behaviors affected by the crisis, our way of viewing the world is also affected during this ti...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— December 2020 — 374 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Research Trucking


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #47 - Toxic tort cases
Rick Braun, Partner in the Detroit office of Hawkins Parnell and Young, LLP talks with CSI Litigation Consultant Dr. Steve Wood about toxic tort cases, how the media portrays these types of cases and how these portrayals impact defending toxic tort cases. They discuss the influence of pop culture,...
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— November 2020 — 412 views Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Planning Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #44 - Healthcare Litigation
Jason Long, Attorney with London | Amburn Attorneys at Law joins the podcast to discuss several healthcare litigation topics. Jason and Dr. Bill Kanasky talk about what the impacts of Covid-19 have been - both good and bad - on witness training [1] , depositions, and some lessons learned thus far....
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— November 2020 — 450 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Med Mal Reptile Research Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #42 - Emotional Witnesses
In this podcast, CSI Litigation Consultant Dr. Bill Kanasky discusses the destructive role that emotion can play in witness deposition testimony. Emotion kills cognition and sends witnesses into a fight or flight response (the amygdala hijack). Dr. Kanasky shows examples of emotional witnesses and...
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— October 2020 — 514 views Anti-reptile Depositions Litigation psychology Reptile Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #41 - Nuclear Verdicts
In this special edition of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Trucking Litigation Attorney Doug Marcello interviews Dr. Bill Kanasky on the subject of nuclear verdicts. They discuss the definition of a nuclear verdict [1] and what causes a nuclear verdict to occur, including the impact of Reptile ...
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— October 2020 — 614 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Trucking Witness training


Addressing the challenges of healthcare litigation
It's no secret that the healthcare industry has a high volume of litigation. So, what can healthcare companies and healthcare insurers do to better prepare to d efend themselves in their litigation? Our multi-part series on the healthcare industry covers a variety of tools and services that health...
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— September 2020 — 728 views Anti-reptile Confirmatory research Depositions Exploratory research Focus groups Jury consulting Litigation psychology Med Mal Mock trials Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 37
The Litigation Psychology Podcast welcomes Dale Paleschic, Managing Partner at Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo & Cohen in Tallahassee, FL. Dale and Dr. Bill Kanasky discuss the challenges of deposition and witness testimony of different types of healthcare professionals, including nursing staff and fo...
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— September 2020 — 668 views Anti-reptile Depositions Litigation psychology Med Mal Reptile Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 36
The guest for this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast is Georgianne Walker, Partner at May Oberfell Lorber. Georgianne talks to us about the challenges of preparing foreign-born physician witnesses for testimony and the concerns and anxieties of some foreign-born physicians. She also dis...
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— September 2020 — 876 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jury consulting Litigation psychology Med Mal Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 34
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast highlights a topic that doesn't get very much attention: the Reptile Opening Statement. Dr. Bill Kanasky discusses how Reptile attorneys build an opening statement and how a defense attorney needs to be prepared and respond. Dr. Kanasky also provid...
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— August 2020 — 852 views Anti-reptile Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Planning Reptile Trial consulting


The Nuclear Verdict blog series
In the first 3 parts of our nuclear verdicts series, we covered an overview of the definition of a nuclear verdict, some historical context, and the five causative factors of nuclear verdicts. In part 4 [1] , we outlined specific examples of how a scientific approach to litigation research has res...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. & Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— August 2020 — 834 views Anti-reptile Confirmatory research Exploratory research Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


The reverse reptile - turning the tables on plaintiff's counsel
Dr. Bill Kanasky was interviewed for the A.M. Best Insurance Law Podcast on the topic of the reverse reptile and how defense attorneys can turn the tables on plaintiff's counsel. Dr. Kanasky describes the evolution of the Reptile Theory [1] and its success in driving nuclear settlements and nuclea...
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— August 2020 — 1057 views Anti-reptile Depositions Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 31
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features Dr. Bill Kanasky and Dr. George Speckart discussing the hot topic of nuclear verdicts and nuclear settlements. Dr. Kanasky and Dr. Speckart wrote an extensive article on the nuclear verdict phenomenon [1] and talk about their insight...
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— August 2020 — 1000 views Anti-reptile Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 30
Mike Bassett, Senior Partner, The Bassett Firm in Dallas, TX joins The Litigation Psychology Podcast to discuss a number of topics in trucking litigation including the challenges with preparing truck drivers for testimony [1] , how to manage the relationship with drivers and the on-going problem o...
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— July 2020 — 1010 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Trucking Witness training


The Nuclear Verdict blog series
In part 1 [1] of our nuclear verdicts series, we covered an overview of the definition of a nuclear verdict, some historical context, and the first of the five causative factors of nuclear verdicts. In part 2, we continue with the next two causative factors: egregious conduct and punitive (stealth...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. & Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— July 2020 — 939 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training