Criminal Law

Ford on Peremptory Challenges
Roger A. Ford (Covington & Burling) has posted "Modeling the Effects of Peremptory Challenges on Jury Selection and Jury Verdicts" on SSRN. It will be published in the George Mason Law Review...

Maximizing The Power of Peremptory Strikes
The law concerning the use of peremptory challenges in jury selection has been changing in recent years. There is a vast difference between Florida law and Federal law in this area...

Justice Breyer: Get rid of Peremptory Challenges
In Miller-El v. Dretke, 545 U.S. --, No. 03?9659 (June 13, 2005) the Court grants habeas relief to petitioner on his Batson claim. Justice Souter wrote the Court's opinion. Justice Breyer wrote a concurrence in which he posits that peremptory challenges should be done away with altogether...

Recent Ninth Circuit Decision Makes Jury Selection More Even-Handed
A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision dealt a blow to racially motivated juror dismissals. When choosing a jury, attorneys are allowed a certain number of challenges to remove jurors form the jury pool...

Call for Papers: Willam Mitchell Law Review Symposium on Carbon Management
William Mitchell is inviting abstracts of papers to be presented at their November symposium. Presentation drafts are due in October and final publication papers in January. See the Call for Papers PDF below: Download Call for papers - William Mitchell...

Call for Papers: UNC Tax Symposium
The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler School of Business has issued a call for papers for its Twelfth Annual Tax Symposium to be held January 23-24, 2009. The symposium "brings together accountants, economists, and lawyers from academe, practice, and government...

Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case
Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case

Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit
Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit

Jury Awards $1,642,475 in Workplace Electrocution Lawsuit
Workplace Electrocution Lawsuit Jury Awards $1,642,475

Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit
Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit

Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit
Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit

Philip Morris
Jury Decides Against Big Tobacco