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Podcast - Part II: The Do’s and Don’ts of Demonstratives
Podcast - Part I - The Do’s and Don’ts of Demonstratives
Podcast - How Do You Define Success?
Podcast - Seek Out Feedback
Podcast - Part I: Being an Expert Is a Lonely Business
Podcast - Finding Common Ground
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 504: Listen and Learn -- Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Motions for New Trial (Civ Pro)
Podcast - "Ready for Trial?"
Podcast - Every Case Is a New World
Podcast - The 3 Core Themes of Trial Law: Do the Right Thing
Podcast - How Did We Get Here?
Podcast - Parting Thoughts: Be a "Peddler of Common Sense"
Against All Odds- Part Four
Podcast - Expert Witnesses, Special Issues
Podcast - Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses
Podcast - Drowning in Complexity
Podcast: Part I - Reading the Jury
Podcast - How to Use Humor and Anger Effectively in the Courtroom
Preparing for Deposition Success
E. Wingate and R. Davis v. McGrath, 2879 EDA 2023, 2025 WL 1090887 (Pa. Super. Apr. 10, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed an order granting a new trial and remanded the case for entry of judgment...more
Janick v. Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 2025 PA Super 90 (Pa. Super. Apr. 22, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s granting of a new trial after recognizing it erred in failing...more
Jack Slimm and Jeremy Zacharias, of our Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office, secured a significant victory in the New Jersey Appellate Division in Cohen v. Weg & Meyers, P.C., A-2082-22 (App. Div. Aug. 6, 2025), affirming the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of attorneys’ fees to the defendant after it prevailed at trial in a copyright infringement suit, concluding that the district court adequately...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) of noninfringement, finding that the jury’s infringement findings were unsupported by...more
What follows is a list of 12 well-made podcasts that address legal issues of broad interest to litigators in the United States. It’s not a collection of “best podcasts” or an endorsement of any individual podcast or its...more
A California Superior Court recently saw its decision reversed on appeal to the California Court of Appeal over several improper evidentiary rulings in Sabrena Odom v. Los Angeles Community College District, et al., (2025)...more
The Michigan Supreme Court recently declined to weigh in on an important question about whether the state’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits violates the Michigan Constitution. (In re Certified...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Mullin v. Sec’y Vet Affairs - disability discrimination, unlawful disclosure - USA v. Tovar - child sex trafficking, evidence, closing argument - Caterpillar v. Venequip -...more
Texas juries are known for awarding “nuclear verdicts” and these awards are growing. Personal injuries —even relatively minor in nature—can result in jury awards creating generational wealth, whereas in the past reasonable...more
Divine intervention? John Kluge, a high school orchestra teacher in the Indianapolis area, was let go in 2018 after he refused to address transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns. Mr. Kluge, a Christian...more
Sivak v. Chrzanowski, 2025 WL 366090 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Feb. 3, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s order denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial,...more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated and remanded a $93 million district court judgment entered against a broker-dealer and investment adviser for allegedly inadequate disclosures of...more
Janik v. Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 2025 Pa. Super. 90 (Pa. Super. Apr. 22, 2025) - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed an order granting a new trial, as the jury was not instructed on the open and obvious...more
The California Supreme Court’s July 21 decision in EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court resolves a longstanding uncertainty around enforcement of forum selection clauses under California law, holding that the absence of jury...more
Delaware corporations headquartered in California can now successfully move to dismiss investor suits filed in California when the corporations’ governing documents contain forum selection clauses mandating the Delaware Court...more
A potential federal court circuit split is developing over the constitutionality of the enforcement authority of federal agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)....more
In In Re State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. and Lindsey Nicole Dessart, 712 S.W.3d 53 (Tex. 2025), the Texas Supreme Court clarified the proper procedure for litigating bad faith claims related to uninsured/underinsured...more
On June 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Georgia vacated the Georgia Court of Appeals’ decision refusing to apply Georgia’s $350,000 damages cap to reduce a $7.2 million award of wrongful death damages in a medical malpractice...more
In Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Naze, No. 4D2024-0098 (Fla. 4th DCA June 4, 2025), the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a jury verdict in favor of the insured, holding that the trial court improperly...more
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) vacated a $300 million damages award because the district court used a flawed verdict form, which included only a single, blanket question as to...more
In Universal Prop & Cas. Ins. Co. v. West Naze, No. 4D2024-0098 (Fla. 4th DCA Jun. 4, 2025), the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal reaffirmed that an insured cannot introduce evidence of claim handling in a breach of...more
On June 24, 2025, the Oregon Supreme Court held in Crosbie v. Asante that a trial court order of the scope of issues to be retried after reversal and remand cannot be immediately appealed....more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Zayas - currency transaction report, filing - Cunningham v. Cobb - § 1983, qualified immunity...more
Addressing a jury’s statutory damages award that surpassed the plaintiffs’ actual damages, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the defendant’s motion for judgment as a...more