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Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Witnesses, Remember Confidence is a Behavior

Testifying, whether in a deposition or in trial, can feel pretty threatening. Particularly if you’re a named defendant in a lawsuit, you know you’re going to be the target. But even when you’re on the other side, or you’re an...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Experts: Follow the Seven Commandments

I participated in a recent LinkedIn discussion on expert witnesses, with some in the conversation noting that experts are often unprepared for testimony, and often unaware of the need for better preparation. And, to...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Address Anti-Expert Bias: 5 Ways

It has been a rough couple of years for science. Our newly-unmasked population seems to be more divided than ever about our ability to rely on science in applying systematic and neutral procedures in order to find reliable...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Countering the Bad Expert: Don’t Expect Jurors to Deliberate Past the BS on Their Own

In my opinion, it is one of the most interesting and important areas of social science at the moment. And if it’s not that, then it’s certainly the sassiest. A group of researchers has been focused on our susceptibility and...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Avoid ‘Glass Houses’ Arguments When Comparing Experts

This is the general sentiment I sometimes hear when one side in an opening statement is talking about the other side’s experts...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Patent Owner Tip #5 for Surviving An Instituted IPR: The Right Expert Can Save Your Patent

The right expert can be the critical piece that saves the validity of your patent. Finding the right expert for a patent owner requires careful selection and due diligence. We previously detailed how your expert’s testimony...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Expert Demonstrations Must Meet Substantially Similar Standard: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical Malpractice...

Must an expert's demonstration be made under substantially similar conditions and circumstances as those which surrounded the occurrence? Can an expert opine regarding the permanency of injuries without recent medical data? ...more

Butler Snow LLP

A New Look At The Doctor Deposition

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In the context of the practice of medicine, we are all very familiar with the Latin phrase primum est non nocere. It means “first, do no harm” and is the ethical guiding principle in the medical profession. Inherent in this...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Expert Witnesses: Effective Questioning - Litigator Scott Ditfurth Shares Best Practices in Riverside Lawyer

You have completed your discovery, you have designated your expert witnesses, and you have even deposed the other side’s experts. Now what? One of the tougher skills in conducting trials is being able to effectively conduct a...more

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