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Jurors competently deal with expert evidence according to research articles cited at the Trial Advocacy Blog.

There is a podcast overt at ContractsProf Blog on what new legislation consolidating the civilian contracts appeals board will mean for government contract claims attorneys.

leads to? The New York Times reports prosecutor Sean Berkowitz made a nationally known trial consultant’s woodshedding skills an issue in his cross examination of Jeffrey Skilling.

A most excellent post over at Creating Passionate Users.

I took a break from blogging to prepare for trial in a bad faith insurance case. The case settled last week on terms that made my client happy, so I’m back and will try to make up in coming weeks for not posting so long.

Construction consultant William Langton posts on what law governs when a construction dispute is decided by international commercial arbitration.

Construction lawyers write a lot of letters, motions and briefs. We learned in legal writing 101 if we didn’t learn it in freshman english we should write most of our sentences in the active rather than passive voice? But how do we tell the difference?

The InHouseBlog points to an article of some of the e-discovery considerations corporate counsel should consider before suit is filed.

As a follow up to my recent post on jury research, read Clay Conrad’s criticism of the misinformation the public is given about jury selection over at Jurygeek and my comment about “deselection” of jurors.

Washington Construction Law posts on a case holding arbitration awards are not final judgments and, therefore, do not accrue interest.

Point of Law points to a PrawfsBlawg post by David Hoffman explaining the use of “Allen” or “Dynamite” jury instructions telling jurors to continue deliberating even though they report being deadlocked.

Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites points to the annual Gallup poll rating the honesty and ethical standards of professions. Lawyers and building contractors rated near the bottom.