By Hayes Hunt Eddie Ohlbaum, my close friend, recently passed away. He loved trial work, teaching at Temple Law and advocating for the indigent. He also loved the Brooklyn Dodgers. I called him for his input when I wrote my first article for…
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Strike That. Objecting to Yourself. Eddie and Opening Day.
Tagged with: Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, From the Sidebar, Jury, Objections, Public Speaking, Questioning Techniques, Trial, Witness
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
Juror Misconduct and Social Media
By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint The Daugerdas case also shows the importance of continuing juror investigation beyond voir dire. Monitoring jurors’ social networking sites during trial and deliberations can reveal instances of juror misconduct as well. As social networking…
Tagged with: Juror Misconduct, Jury, jury instructions, Social Media Law, Trial, Trial Practice
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
Preview of the Roger Clemens Trial: The Rocket Faces a Challenging Lineup
By Stephen A. Miller (Orig. published 7/11/11) In the 2000 World/Subway Series, Roger Clemens hurled a broken bat at Mike Piazza. In hindsight, we can ask: Was it “roid rage”? Clemens now finds himself on trial this week in a…
Tagged with: Andy Pettite, Barry Bonds, Criminal Law, From the Sidebar, Hayes Hunt, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Jury, Lying to Congress, McNamee, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Perjury Obstruction of Justice, Roger Clemens, Roid Rage, Stephen Miller, Steroids, Trial, Witnesses
Posted in Cross Examination
Posted in Cross Examination
Using Social Media to Track Juror’s Online Postings
By Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Lindsey E. Wilkinson Just as lawyers now routinely conduct due diligence on opposing parties’ social media pages (see our July 20 Sidebar post), some lawyers also are monitoring postings by jurors on social media…
Tagged with: Due Dillgence, Facebook, From the Sideabr, Hayes Hunt, Juror Misconduct, Jurors, Jury, Mistrial, Social Media, Social Media Law, Thomas Wilkinson, Trial, Trial Practice, Twitter law
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
Are Judicial Rulings Based Only on Facts and Law? Justice, Wheaties and Timeouts.
Most judges, lawyers and anyone that watched an episode of Matlock would suggest that judicial rulings are based solely on law and facts. After all, Justice is blind, and an objective Judiciary must apply facts to the law and render an impartial…
Tagged with: Closing Arguments, Economist, Galleon Trial, Hayes Hunt, Impartial Judiciary, Jonathan Levav, Judges, Judiciary, Jury, Justice, Parole, Shai Danzinger, The Science of Justice
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Galleon Trial: Declawing Cross Examination
Last week during the insider-trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam, the defense called Rick Schutte, Galleon’s former president of U.S. operations. Chad Bray of the Wall Street Journal wrote an informative article “Questions Over Defense Move: A Witness for Rajaratnam…
Tagged with: Chad Bray, Cozen O'Connor, Credibility, Crime, Direct Examination, Federal Rule of Evidence 607, Galleon Group, Hayes Hunt, Insider Trading, Investment Fund, Jury, Litigation, Raj Rajaratnam, Rick Shutte, Trial, Wall Street Journal
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
One Last Question.
I recently attended a large event with a room filled with lawyers and judges. One of the award recipients made the mistake of telling the audience that his acceptance speech was going to be quick and short. It wasn’t. Judges started to talk amongst themselves,…
Tagged with: Attorney, Hayes Hunt, Judges, Jurors, Jury, Lawyers, Public Speaking, Trial Practice
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
The King’s Speech – A Trial Lawyer’s Stutter
By Dave Walton The King’s Speech just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. People are now interested in the story about King George VI who had a speech impediment (a stutter) and his fight to overcome his stutter and…
Strike that.
Everyone’s parents had a seemingly different remedy for the hiccups. I had to hold my arms straight in the air while my mother slowly poured a glass of milk into my mouth. There would be a brief pause — she…
Tagged with: Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, From the Sidebar, Jury, Objections, Public Speaking, Questioning Techniques, Trial, Witness
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
