Articles from Trial (July 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A severe setback to voting rights.	Chemerinsky, Erwin		1482
Class certified in case alleging railroad pressed victims to settle.	Burtka, Allison Torres		558
Court orders medical examiner to strike Taser from autopsy reports.	Burtka, Allison Torres		916
Damages program expands to three-day college.			154
Direct examination of lay witnesses: be well prepared, make the witness part of the client's story, start strong and finish strong: use these fundamental trial techniques when questioning lay witnesses to persuade the jury to provide fair compensation for your client.	Monnett, Charles G., III; Phillips, Randall J.		2407
Drugs hurt more than 1 in 10 hospitalized children, study finds.	Heylman, Susan		571
Georgia judge strikes down med-mal damages cap.			375
Hearsay.			244
Lawmakers propose bill to subject foreign manufacturers to U.S. justice.			414
Media coverage, hill hearing put spotlight on preemption.			324
New law will protect employees and insureds from genetic bias.	Porter, Rebecca		897
Of tax returns and second chances.	Friedman, Herb		792
Packets clarify complexities of pharmaceutical products litigation.			310
Past presidents share ideas for AAJ's future.			212
Perils and possibilities of online social networks: has your client been networking on Facebook or MySpace? If so, you need to know about it - because your opponent will. These online meeting places also are a rich source of information about companies, a defendant's employees, and other witnesses.	Menzies, Karen Barth		3132
Private lawyers can help Cal. governments in lead paint case, court says.	Jablow, Valerie		263
Proving the invisible: traumatic brain injury is difficult to detect and to prove, but when you use the right tests and the right experts, you can help the jury understand what injuries your client suffered and how they changed his or her life.	Sheff, Douglas K.		1746
Researchers reveal Merck's ghostwritten Vioxx studies.	Walters, Cecily		634
Rising tide of citizen action suits takes on water polluters.	Sileo, Carmel		1637
Roommate-matching Web site discriminates, Ninth Circuit rules.	Walters, Cecily		528
Section newsletters spread practice-area news.			218
See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation.	Needle, Jeffrey L.	Book review	979
Shield your client from defense attacks: a judge may tell jurors to disregard damaging evidence, but that just increases the chances that they'll remember it. The key to keeping damaging information out of the courtroom is taking control of it from the start.	Nations, Cindy L.		3014
Sifting the issues with stipulations: you don't need to fight over every point at trial - just the important ones. Use stipulations to streamline your case and focus the jury's attention on the issues that really matter.	Wilcox, Elliott		2014
Stealth tort 'reform' unveiled.	Peterson, Kathleen Flynn	President's page	711
The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process.	Britcher, E. Drew	Book review	605
There I was, surrounded by the enemy.	Christensen, Daniel J.		939
When an expert isn't an expert.	Jekel, Fritz		791
When the balance shifted: in every trial, there is a moment when you can tell something important has happened: you've made a critical point, averted potential disaster, or changed the trial's momentum. Here, four lawyers share what moved juries in their client's favor - whether technique, testimony, or just plain luck.	Burke, Kevin G.		1064