On the day of her celebration of life, Litigation Insights/IMS would like to honor and extend its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Patricia Friedel Steele. Patricia was extremely passionate about her life, her family, and her work and… Read More
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IMS Consulting & Expert Services Acquires Nationally Recognized Jury Consulting Firm Litigation Insights
IMS Strengthens Jury Consulting and Visual Communication Offerings to Corporate Clients, AM LAW, Boutique Firms IMS, the award-winning consultative trial and expert services firm, announced today that it has acquired nationally recognized jury consulting and visual communication firm Litigation Insights. Clients will benefit from the firms’ combined scale and… Read More
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Adapting Advocacy for the Post-Pandemic World
Legal advocacy has changed. The pandemic has seen courts and parties adopting technology to depose witnesses, hold hearings and mediations, and conduct trials in all-virtual or “hybrid” environments (such as jury selection by Zoom and trial in person). As a… Read More
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How Do I Avoid Offending Jurors in the Shifting Gender Landscape?
It’s a different world than when most of us graduated from law school or entered the legal profession. In 2016, TIME reported on a study by UCLA’s Williams Institute, which estimated .6% of the country’s population identified as transgender –… Read More
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How Do I Become a Successful Expert Witness?
When you’re an expert witness, standing out among the competition and finding long-term success is no easy task. As a consulting firm constantly working with attorneys and their witnesses, we at Litigation Insights have heard, and seen, the horror stories:… Read More
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What Causes “Nuclear Verdicts”? – Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed the major narrative-framing strategies plaintiffs employ to coax jurors into awarding massive damages. However, a number of additional psychological and case-specific factors are at play, and these are just as important to keep in mind… Read More
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What Causes “Nuclear Verdicts”? – Part 1
There has been a recent increase in the number of nuclear verdicts handed down by jurors, including the largest award from 2019: an eye-popping $8 billion. For defendants, this trend has generated even more uncertainty and anxiety about taking a… Read More