Jury Trial, Appeals, Judges

What Will the Art of Jury Selection Look Like During Trump’s Second Presidency?

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 3/21/2025

For those of us who select juries in state and federal courts throughout the United States, we wonder out loud how this process will evolve after President Trump’s trials and appeals are all concluded or terminated. Many of...more

The Jury Returns...Returns

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/8/2021

Happy New Year! 2021 begins as 2020 ended: mostly without jury trials. Some are determined to change that, however, which brings us to the latest in the saga of Judge Alan Albright’s US District Court for the Western District...more

The Latest on Judge Albright’s January Trial

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/23/2020

Readers will recall our coverage of Judge Alan Albright’s re-transfer of an Austin patent case to Waco so that the court could hold a jury trial in January as scheduled. In that case, the defendant has sought mandamus from...more

Voir Dire on Content, Not Effect: Lessons from the Tsarnaev Appeal

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message on 8/12/2020

We tend to think of “bias” as it applies to juries, but courts can have their own deep-seated practices. For example, judges will often prefer voir dire questions that focus on the juror’s own assessment of the influence of a...more

Dire Consequences: Avoiding Waiver in Pennsylvania Jury Selection

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/18/2020

Practicing law at a socially appropriate distance has forced many litigators to broadly consider the value of face-to-face interaction—and what may be lost in its absence. A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion...more

New Ohio Decision Clarifies Role of Judge and Jury in Eminent Domain Cases

Roetzel & Andress on 2/1/2017

As a general rule, injuries that are shared in common with the general public are not compensable under Ohio eminent domain law. Ohio’s 4th District Court of Appeals recently ruled that the question of whether an injury is...more

Judge Should Consider Constitutionality of a Dedication Requirement, Not the Jury

Nossaman LLP on 8/18/2016

Every year or so, a new appellate court decision comes out addressing the proper role of the judge versus the jury on some certain eminent domain issue. Most recently, a trial court, appellate court and the California Supreme...more

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