SAN FRANCISCO — A multibillion dollar case between two giant pharmaceutical companies grappling over arcane antitrust issues has unexpectedly turned into a gay rights legal imbroglio that raises questions over whether lawyers can bounce potential jurors solely based on their ...
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July 18, 2013
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Are you OK with jurors publishing books about their experiences?
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March 20, 2013
Comments Off on Role of the juror: To ask or not to ask?
What do you perceive to be the role of a juror?
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November 20, 2012
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The stars literally aligned in Baltimore City Circuit Court as not one, but two Baltimore celebrities showed up for jury duty Tuesday.
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Read More »ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has passed a measure that would prohibit an employer from requiring an employee to return to work on a day when called to jury duty. The Senate passed the bill on a 26-20 vote Monday ...
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Read More »Almost every national CLE program I attend has something about voir dire. I remember one in particular — about a year after I passed the bar — where some hotshot lawyer from another state was regaling us with stories about ...
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Read More »LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate’s murder conviction and said he deserves a new trial because one juror slept and another tweeted during court proceedings. Erickson Dimas-Martinez’s attorneys had appealed ...
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Read More »As my Twitter followers know (@johnjohncord), last Friday I did my civic duty and showed up to the Baltimore City Circuit Court for jury duty. I’ve been living in Maryland since 2002, and I have never been summoned. Unlike most ...
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