Lawyers USA Your Business Partner

Court considers ‘honest services’ fraud 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 1, 2010

Tags: constitutional law, Enron, honest services fraud, juror bias, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – After hearing two other cases involving the application of the federal law criminalizing “honest services” fraud this term, the U.S. Supreme Court took another look at the law Monday in an effort to determine if it is unconstitutionally vague.

Juror bias can be investigated after trial 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: November 11, 2009

Tags: juror bias, Sixth Amendment

A bank robbery defendant could have his conviction reexamined when evidence surfaced shortly after trial that his Hispanic ethnicity may have influenced the jury’s verdict, the 1st Circuit has ruled.

Strategies to overcome anti-plaintiff bias

By: Dick Dahl
Published: July 3, 2006

Tags: juror bias

Ever since they began a systematic study of juror bias 10 years ago, plaintiffs’ lawyers Greg Cusimano and David Wenner have been struck by the similarity of jury pools everywhere.

Is too much TV bad for jurors?

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: July 4, 2005

Tags: juror bias, jury, television

The latest incarnation of television crime dramas, in which viewers are treated to a weekly tutorial on how technology and forensics can be used to catch even the cagiest criminals, is having an effect on real life jury deliberations across the nation.

Maneuvering biased jurors into the ejector seat

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 19, 2004

Tags: juror bias, jury selection

Gone are the days when lawyers tried to argue their case before the jury panel, hoping to convince potential jurors of the merits of their case in the first few precious moments of voir dire.

The new approach to jury selection is to get juror bias out in the open.