The Changing Shape of Juries During COVID-19
The question we’ve been asked the most by clients the past few months is: When we get back to trial, how will my jury have changed because of COVID- 19? To answer this, TBC has conducted a pair of…
Who Exactly Will Show Up For Jury Duty?
Juries and jury trials may end up dramatically affected by who is willing to show up for jury duty, and who - for either health or economic reasons - will choose to ignore a summons and stay home when the…
Will The Pandemic Reshape Jury Pools?
COVID-19 will reshape a great deal about our justice system, but how and for how long are difficult to predict. One thing we’ve been wondering is, how health concerns and reactions to the pandemic will shape jury panels when they…
Brandishing and Blunting the Batson Challenge
“Batson challenge.” Few phrases cause greater discomfort in the courtroom. Counsel who are subjected to a Batson challenge – or its various incarnations in state court (Wheeler in California, Neil/Slappy in Florida, etc.) – often cringe at the implication that…
What Do Consumers Really Think Of Airlines
JD Powers recently announced that consumer satisfaction with domestic airlines sits at an all-time high. With all the recent high-profile, poor publicity, this raised a few eyebrows, including our own. It isn’t simply that these news items could be driving…
Jury Box v. Ballot Box: The Age of Trump Poses Significant Risk to Corporate Defendants in the Courtroom
How is Trump going to affect my jury? No question has been asked more by our clients in the last few months. The Executive Orders and the accompanying protests, the nominations and the associated outcry from political opponents, and the…
San Francisco Jury Panels
First to Hit 70% College-Educated San Francisco jury panels have always been among the most educated in the state, but have never been the most educated. Santa Clara has for years held that distinction due to the influence of the…
Teach Your Jurors Well
Your most important job as a trial attorney is to arm jurors with the arguments and facts you want them to deploy during deliberations. You must not only make allies in the jury box, but supply them with what they…
Jury Selection in Product Liability Cases
Know Your Juror. Trial attorneys are confronting a jury pool today that is much more interested in and aware of civil litigation, lawsuits, and jury selection. Litigation is newsworthy. A brief look at any major newspaper, as well as publications…
More Than Pretty Pictures: How the Process of Creating Graphics Persuades Judges and Jurors in Patent Cases
Cowritten by Mike Tiktinsky and Chris Ritter Several years ago, a lawyer who was a partner in a firm that specialized in civil litigation decided to update his marketing material. One evening on a lark, he asked his children what…