#Trial Topics: Ten Commandments of Cross Examination; Jurors + Internet = Trouble --- On-Demand #MCLE

Get trial tips from some of the best in this informative and entertaining program on cross-examination and the effect the internet has on jurors. This program is comprised of the following presentations:

• The Ten Commandments of Cross Examination: Cross-examination is the heart of the adversary process. Every other part of a trial involves self-serving and biased presentations of a party’s case and arguments. Cross-examination is the adversary system’s method for getting at truth, and it is the only part of a trial that involves direct, human conflict. Trial lawyer Hugh Gottschalk discusses the elements of effective cross-examination, illustrated by some of Hollywood’s most memorable courtroom scenes.
• Jurors + Internet = Trouble: Jurors are instructed to consider only the evidence presented at trial and not to read newspaper articles or watch television coverage of their case. Nevertheless, jurors search the Internet and thereby provide trial lawyers and judges with a whole new set of issues to consider. "Google mistrials" may be a part of every trial lawyers' vernacular. Trial lawyer Warren Platt discusses this intriguing, disturbing development.

Please note that the slides corresponding to this program are available under the "Program Handouts" tab. Please download these prior to viewing.

Title:
Trial Topics: Ten Commandments of Cross Examination; Jurors + Internet = Trouble
When/Where:
On-Demand Recording
Speakers:

• Hugh Gottschalk is a partner of Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell. He has handled a myriad of cases in his 30-year litigation career, including contract disputes, franchise matters, environmental torts, professional and product liability cases, and trade secret, patent, copyright, and trademark infringement cases. He employs his decades of litigation experience, accumulated knowledge, and educational background to effectively present complex and technical information at trial.
• Warren Platt is a partner of Snell & Wilmer. His practice is concentrated in civil litigation matters with principal emphasis on defense of major product liability suits for national and international manufacturers, complex commercial litigation, and defense of accounting malpractice litigation for national and regional public accounting firms. National and international representative clients include Ford Motor Company, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Emerson Electric Company.

Credit:

• Consult your credit-granting authority

By:
Lexvid
More:
http://www.lexvid.com/clevideos/view/90