Whether it’s as small as convincing a six-year-old to go to bed at 8pm (and stay in bed), or as big as nailing down the terms of a professional contract, we’re negotiating constantly. But are we negotiating optimally? After all,… Read More
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Fear, Trust, or Loathing? Juror Attitudes Toward Respirators in the Time of COVID-19
In jury selections that involve workplace respirator use (either directly or indirectly) in the presence of toxic dusts, a key voir dire question has always been whether a juror personally has used a disposable respirator and, more importantly, whether they… Read More
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How Do You Save or Rehabilitate Jurors in Voir Dire?
We’ve written a fair amount about the importance of getting jurors to reveal bias in voir dire and subsequently admit they can’t be fair, with the goal of maximizing cause challenges and removing your riskiest jurors from the panel. But… Read More
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“Let Patients Choose”: Jurors’ COVID-Era Opinions of the Pharmaceutical Industry – Part 2
Medical care should be between a doctor and a patient. Pharmaceutical companies should not have a say in what medications we are allowed to take or what medications are available to us. It should be our choice. They are taking… Read More
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Savior or Scoundrel? Jurors’ COVID-Era Opinions of the Pharmaceutical Industry – Part 1
In recent years, “Big Pharma” has become a boogeyman of sorts in both online and public discourse. From the anti-vaccination movement to the persistent rumors that the medical and/or pharmaceutical industry have developed a cure for cancer and are withholding… Read More
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Considering Online Jury Research? Here’s What You Need to Know
Though many mock trials and focus groups have been put on pause in hopes of safely resuming to business as usual, we’re finding that some jurisdictions won’t be suitable for in-person research for quite some time. Yet, trial dates loom… Read More
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Meaningful Corporate Actions: Juror Attitudes Toward Corporations in the Time of COVID-19 – Part 2
As the COVID-19 outbreak progressed, the public eye focused in part on corporate actions: How were corporations responding to the weak economy? How were they treating employees who could no longer work in-person? Were they doing anything to help in… Read More
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Concerning Corporations: Juror Attitudes Toward Corporations in the Time of COVID-19 – Part 1
I can understand why someone would come in predisposed against big corporations, because they are in the limelight more and more these days, with things like corruption from the higher-ups. I used to believe authority is always right. I trusted… Read More
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How Can My Corporate Representative Battle Jurors’ Decreased Trust in Big Business?
Every year, Dictionary.com chooses a word of the year based on the current cultural climate and increased searches on its website. In 2018, the website chose the word ‘misinformation,’ to highlight increasing concerns regarding the spread of misleading or false… Read More