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.
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