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From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Adopting a Juror-Focused Mindset

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Three years of law school can teach us many things. But what they do not do very well—as we typically discover soon after graduating—is prepare us for the actual practice of law. For those of us who always planned to be...more

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Practice Insight: A Big Little Thing at the End of a White-Collar Criminal Trial

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The criminal trial of former President Trump in New York state court reminds experienced practitioners of some of the big issues that white-collar defense attorneys wrestle with as a trial comes to an end. The jury and the...more

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Georgia Appellate Court Signals Adoption of Federal Precedent for State Pattern Jury Instructions

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The Georgia Court of Appeals recently considered a challenge to Georgia’s preponderance-of-the-evidence pattern jury instruction, which is based upon a repealed version of Georgia’s prior evidence code. Reading from the...more

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Correcting the Pattern: Pattern Jury Instructions Can Be Challenged

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As any seasoned trial attorney will tell you, one of the key events during a jury trial is the reading of the jury instructions to the jury. During the reading of the instructions, for a lengthy amount of time, the jury hears...more

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Effective Immediately: Jury Requests To Review Testimony In Civil Cases Is Governed By Florida Rule Of Civil Procedure 1.453

Previously, the Second District Court of Appeal extended to civil cases the holding in Hazuri v. State, 91 So. 3d 836 (Fla. 2012), a criminal case addressing readbacks to the jury following a request for trial transcripts....more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

The $740 Million Jury Question: Massive Trade Secrets Award Overturned Because of Erroneous “Improper Means” Instruction

The right to a jury trial is one of the most important features of modern trade secrets law.  But as a recently issued Order from the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals (“Court of Appeals”) illustrates, the jury trial right is...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Know that the Law Does Matter in Deliberations (But Not Necessarily Your Version of the Law)

In the real world, disputes are often settled by someone with more or better knowledge, or at least someone claiming to have more or better knowledge. The courtroom, however, is different. It is a setting that is designed to...more

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Don’t Underestimate Just How Much Jurors Want to Reach an Independent Decision

Add this one to the list of reasons why sequestering the jury can be a problem, and more generally, to the “Juries can do strange things” category. The night before deliberations, at the end of a five-week murder trial, four...more

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Some Considerations when Preparing to Try a Property Damage Subrogation Case in the Age of CSI

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Recent criminal trials turned national media events, such as the Trayvon Martin and Casey Anthony trials, have highlighted modern jurors’ expectations for forensic evidence. Commentators have termed jurors’ expectations for...more

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