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Jury selection in intellectual property cases - part 1
Introduction In the early days of patent litigation – when real inventors were suing corporations ( Kearns v. Ford Motor Company ) or corporations were suing each other ( Procter & Gamble v. Kimberly Clark , a.k.a “diaper wars” or Dow v. Exxon Chemical ) -- the scientific approach that was taken i...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— December 2020 — 470 views Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Scientific method


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 — 525 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Research Trucking & transportation


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 , depositions, and some lessons learned thus far. Th...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— November 2020 — 606 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Health care / med mal Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Research Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #43 - Healthcare Litigation
In this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Dr. Bill Kanasky is joined by Atlanta area trial attorney John E. Hall, Jr., Partner, Hall Booth Smith to discuss healthcare litigation . Bill and John talk about birth injury cases and the importance of understanding the basics of the medical...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— November 2020 — 651 views Confirmatory research Health care / med mal Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Research Trial consulting 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 and what causes a nuclear verdict to occur, including the impact of Reptile an...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— October 2020 — 779 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Trucking & transportation Witness training


Best practices in case research - part II
In the first part of this topic , we provided a primer on juror psychology and introduced the first three factors affecting juror case evaluations. In the final part of this topic, we continue the factors affecting juror case evaluations and discuss the importance of research in evaluating a case...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— October 2020 — 711 views Confirmatory research Exploratory research Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Presentations Research Trial consulting


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...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— September 2020 — 936 views Anti-reptile Confirmatory research Depositions Exploratory research Focus groups Health care / med mal Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


Best practices in case research - part I
Introduction When managing litigation, every  decision should be made with as deep  an understanding as possible of what  a  future jury would do. But few things are as  complex as trying to predict jury decisions. Valuing a  case requires a deep understanding of the  law,  access to appr...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— September 2020 — 723 views Confirmatory research Exploratory research Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Planning Research Trial consulting


The secret weapons of opening statements - part II
In part one of this blog post on the primacy and recency effects of opening statements, we discussed how this concept is often misunderstood by litigators and the philosophy that trial attorneys need to adopt for their opening statements. In the second part, we provide examples of different openi...
Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— September 2020 — 748 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Planning Presentations Research Trial consulting


The secret weapons of opening statements - part I
The primacy and recency effects  are arguably the most misinterpreted psychological constructs in litigation. Most trial attorneys simply understand them as “jurors most remember the first and last things you say to them.” However, it is not that simple. By definition, true primacy and recency eff...
Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— September 2020 — 853 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Planning Presentations Research Trial consulting


Assessing your litigation risk
At the start of any litigation, there are more questions than answers. Everyone involved wants to know "what's our liability?", "what's this going to cost us?", "how will this impact our reputation?", "what are the potential damages?", "how long will this go on?", "who might need to testify?", and...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— September 2020 — 914 views Enterprise risk management Exploratory research Focus groups Litigation psychology Research Scientific method


The Litigation Psychology Podcast  - Episode 33
On this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Dr. Lorie Sicafuse and Dr. Steve Wood discuss the topic of attorney credibility. Dr. Wood has researched attorney credibility for a number of years and shares his insights on the importance of the credibility of both plaintiff and defense attor...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— August 2020 — 1018 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Research 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 , we outlined specific examples of how a scientific approach to litigation research has result...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. & Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— August 2020 — 976 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 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, we outline – with specific examples - how a scientific approach to litigation research has res...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. & Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— August 2020 — 1051 views Confirmatory research Exploratory research Focus groups Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Research Scientific method 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 and talk about their insights a...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— August 2020 — 1183 views Anti-reptile Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Witness training


The Nuclear Verdict blog series
In part 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) j...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. & Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
— July 2020 — 1080 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


Survey: Juror attitudes & decisions in the wake of COVID-19
We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in ways that few have ever seen, nor could they have imagined. The novel coronavirus has impacted almost every facet of our lives. It has led to changes in the way we perform our job functions, the way we shop, and ...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— June 2020 — 2051 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Trial consulting


Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic , we discussed the concept of polarization and mortality salience, in part 2 we examined ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias, and in part 3 , we focused how crisis situations create an increased reliance on intuition, emotion, and heuristics in attitudes and decision-ma...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— June 2020 — 1715 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Research Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 21
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features two guests: Matthew Moffett, Partner with Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP and Dr. Lorie Sicafuse, CSI Litigation Consultant. Matt and Lorie join Dr. Bill Kanasky to discuss virtual depositions, the exposure that is bein...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— June 2020 — 1622 views Confirmatory research COVID-19 Exploratory research Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic , we discussed the concept of polarization and mortality salience and in None part 2 we examined ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias . Today we focus on how crisis situations create an increased reliance on intuition, emotion, and heuristics in attitudes and decision-m...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— June 2020 — 1529 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Trial consulting