The recent amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, effective January 1, 2025, emphasize efficient case management and timely resolutions.
Key changes include the assignment of cases to specific tracks—streamlined, general, or complex—and the enforcement of strict deadlines for discovery and trial ...
In the world of litigation, every case is a high-stakes game of strategy. As a lawyer, you don’t want to leave any opportunity unexplored—or worse, leave substantial value on the table.
Empirical data offers a powerful solution to avoid this by helping you test issues, support arguments, and anchor case value more effectively. But how do ...
Many tech startups developing AI tech before ChatGPT burst onto the scene are seeing some benefits of generative AI.
But one AI startup focused on the legal sector.
EmotionTrac, relies on human input for its AI product. The company develops emotion-tracking technology for mock jury selection and trial preparation.
"The ...
In mid-April, as jury selection began for The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump—a case that resulted in a conviction of the former president on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal that he paid hush money to porn star Stormy ...
Why is it so important for lawyers not to have Confirmation Bias when preparing their cases?
Confirmation bias is the tendency to interpret information in a way that supports one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while disregarding or discounting contradictory evidence. For lawyers, confirmation bias can be a serious problem ...
With every story there are essential elements, such as plot and characters. Without these minimum requirements, a story would be incoherent. Great storytellers know how to emphasize the most compelling components of characters as they carry out the plot.
When ...
Atticus Finch, Vincent Gambini, and Elle Woods all have something in common. Yes, they are all fictional lawyers from excellent movies. But there is something else that is consistent in their approach in the courtroom: they all tell a great story.
It would have been impossible for one of the jurors to stop paying attention during Joe Pesci’s ...
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