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Mar/Apr 2007
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Unnatural Selection There's a thriving industry built on the scientific selection of jurors, but social psychologists aren't sure just how accurate it is, or whether it gives legal adversaries an edge.   |
Salon.com
January 2, 2001
David Lindorff |
The death penalty's other victims When prosecutors eliminate jurors opposed to capital punishment, they also weed out women and minorities and stack the deck against defendants... |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Bob Van Voris |
Big Tobacco's Many Days in Court Facing thousands of lawsuits in Florida, cigarette makers are crying foul. |
BusinessWeek
January 8, 2007
Michael Orey |
How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
Ryan Flinn |
Social Media: A New Jury Selection Tool Web-savvy lawyers and legal consultants are scouring social media to investigate jurors' backgrounds and biases. |
Reason
February 2006 |
Letters Run Away, Jury!... Rubbish!... Clay S. Conrad... Freedom Riders... etc. |
Reason
August 2002
Michael McMenamin |
Knave of Torts Cooler coffee for $3 million and other lawyer bargains: a review of Why Lawsuits Are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law, by Carl T. Bogus |
Reason
November 2005
Tim Cavanaugh |
Run Away, Jury! The problem with the American legal system isn't the rapacious lawyers -- it's the idiotic jurors. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Suzanne O'Malley |
Worst-case scenario I knew it was coming, but it's still hard to accept: In Texas, mental illness is not a defense to murder... |
Salon.com
July 17, 2000
Robert Bryce |
Waco's unanswered questions The trial is over, but both Branch Davidians and supporters of the government are disappointed that reports of lying and misconduct have been ignored. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Mike France |
Courtroom Strategies On Trial Recent high-profile verdicts have prosecutors and defense attorneys rewriting their playbooks. |
Reason
April 2003 |
Letters Jury-Rigged... Steroids and Meatheads... Coffee Bean Counters... Free Will vs. Psychiatry... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2013 |
Product Liability Claims and Comment K Courts across the country are making it easier to prove that a drug is unsafe, warning label notwithstanding. |
ifeminists
October 22, 2006
Wendy McElroy |
In Duke Rape Case, Justice Relies on Jurors Those in charge of the legal system are damaging justice itself. It is time for average people to bring fairness and standards back into the courtroom. Certainly, those with authority over the Duke rape case cannot be trusted to do so. |
Salon.com
May 24, 2002
Megan McArdle |
Can we sue our own fat asses off? Flush from their victory against Big Tobacco, activists are now gunning for the purveyors of junk food. |
Reason
June 2004
Jarett Decker |
Criminal Representation U.S. courts may find the ban on "expert advice and assistance" as applied to defense lawyers too much to stomach. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
France & Woellert |
The Battle Over The Courts Politics, ideology and special interests are compromising the U.S. justice system. And all the crossfire is driving away potential non-partisan judges. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
The Jury's Out A reversal of a big jury award to shareholders of Apollo Group lends support to critics of proposed revisions to FAS 5. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Merck Splits the Difference The pharmaceutical wins one, loses one in New Jersey Vioxx trials. Investors should expect to see more losses. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2001
King Kaufman |
Blue horse, dirty victim Harland Braun is Robert Blake's "very, very bright" attorney. Even Johnnie Cochran thinks he's gone too far... |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
Elizabeth M. Whelan |
Tobacklash! One man wins $3 billion from Philip Morris and suddenly
people are pro-big tobacco. What have they been smoking? |
BusinessWeek
July 24, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
A Wild Card Named Weinstein For the past decade, cigarette executives have been trying to convince Wall Street that their legal expenses are predictable and manageable. But every time they appear to be on the verge of succeeding, a new courtroom threat chills the markets. |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Karen Weise |
U.S. Courts Face Backlogs and Layoffs Prominent lawyers warn that court budget cuts will harm the economy. |
Wired
May 2002
Jacob Ward |
Crime Seen Forensic science meets computer animation -- in the courtroom. Crime-scene reconstruction will never be the same... |
AskMen.com
April 3, 2002
Justin Becker |
How To: Get Out Of Jury Duty If you happen to not want to go, there are ways to go about escaping. Or at least attempt to... |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
IDB America
August 2003
Paul Constance |
Your court or mine? A primer on differences between inquisitorial and adversarial trials |
Reason
December 2007
Radley Balko |
No Money, No Justice Do public defenders deserve scorn, or bigger budgets? Book review: Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office, by Kevin Davis. |
BusinessWeek
June 22, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Case: Another Loss for Trial Lawyers The Supreme Court's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions that make it clear the justices aim to curb mass litigation. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Trials & Errors As two recent securities lawsuits illustrate, there are no guarantees when you go to court. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
The Tobacco Suit That's Going Up In Smoke After months of obscurity, the U.S. Justice Dept.'s lawsuit against Big Tobacco has bloomed into an all-out controversy -- but for all the wrong reasons. |
Managed Care
January 2002
Donald Wilcox & Stephanie Kanwit |
Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans States Failed To Protect Docs From Insurers... Patients Will Suffer; Greedy Lawyers to Blame... |
ifeminists
June 30, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case No one knows how to definitively resolve the abuses and dangers of class action suits without denying the underdog access to the courts. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
Alan Berlow |
Bush's death penalty dodge The Texas governor has issued his first reprieve in a death penalty case; the question is whether he's seen the light or is just playing politics. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Merck's Bitter Pill The first federal Vioxx trial ends with a deadlocked jury, but that's not necessarily good news for the drugmaker, or investors. |
Reason
October 2000
Walter Olson |
All About Erin Heroine of screen and courtroom Erin Brockovich deserves a prize, all right. But not for what you think... |
ifeminists
December 2, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Media Fails Public in Jackson Case Should the public pass judgment on Michael Jackson's recent arrest for child molestation? Or should he be "innocent until proven guilty"? |
Reason
February 2002
Cathy Young |
Excluded Evidence The dark side of rape shield laws... |
Salon.com
June 19, 2001
Steve France |
The anguish of the drug war judges Forced to hand down harsh sentences that defy their consciences, many federal judges are speaking out against a system that makes them do "ungodly things"... |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Pigs Fly: Rambus V. Micron Goes to Trial Like Duke Nukem, this lawsuit has moved from vaporware to courtroom reality. Let's count the flying pigs together! |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Aaron Bernstein |
Wal-Mart vs. Class Actions The retail giant's novel defense in a massive sex discrimination suit could rewrite the playbook for all corporate class-action suits. |
Reason
March 2007
Walter Olson |
Dangerous When in Power In the U.S., does government protect us from hazardous products, or does it put us in harm's way? |
Salon.com
November 5, 2000
Robert Bryce |
Prosecutor says Bush "directly deceived" him to avoid jury duty The GOP candidate "used his position as governor" to avoid questions about his past during jury selection in a 1996 drunken-driving case... |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2013
Miriam Rozen |
How to Hire a Good Lawyer Finding the right attorney requires research, time, thought - and sometimes a dose of bravery. |
| AskMen.com |
Will O.J. Be Freed? A trio of Nevada Supreme Court justices focused Monday on whether O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy received a fair trial in a gunpoint hotel room heist and whether the case was so unique that the two men should be freed from prison while their appeals are considered. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
For IT Firms, Patent Reform Is All About Money As battle for patent reform continues on the Hill, tech companies are embroiled in an increasing number of intellectual property disputes, with damages awards all over the map. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Vioxx Brings the Pain A jury stings Merck for hefty Vioxx damages, battering shares. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Carey & Woellert |
Global Warming: Here Come The Lawyers It's the next wave of litigation - after tobacco, guns, and junk food. Why Detroit, Big Oil, and utilities should worry. |
BusinessWeek
July 24, 2006
Lorraine Woellert |
Tobacco May Be Partying Too Soon The tobacco industry won big in Florida. But huge lawsuits remain, and legal action is revving up around the globe. |
InternetNews
May 24, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Appeals Court Denies Microsoft Petition The case against Lindows goes to jury trial after judges refuse to hear Redmond's interpretation of the term 'windows.' |
