Don’t forget to register now for the webinar on demonstrative evidence!  Efficient and Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence to Make the Case is set for Wednesday, September 28, 2010 at 8 pm Eastern.
In this one hour webinar, you will learn how to:

Look at the case from a visual perspective
Better understand how to develop a theme and convert it to an effective message
Use a “reverse engineering” approach to developing visual support
Find the right balance of media mix and budge

You can learn more about the webinar presenter and what he has to …

by Stephen Appelbaum
The genesis for the use of demonstrative evidence during a mediation, deposition, or trial actually goes back to biblical times. Remember that Moses did not come off the mountain and tell the Children of Israel the words spoken to him by God . . . he brought charts. Six-hundred and thirteen commandments in the Bible, digested down to two boards, with five key items on each chart, numerically indexed. This may have been the first use of Federal Rule 1006, which allows for the use of summary charts …

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Have you been involved in the litigation of a personal injury or medical malpractice case?  Are you pursuing compensation through our legal system for an injury you sustained?  If the answer is yes, this post is for you.  
So, what exactly is a deposition?  A deposition is a process of interviews that allows both sides of the case to “discover” what will likely affect the case based on the testimony of the witnesses, including potential experts.  Depositions will usually take place in an attorney’s office, in the conference room with …

In a case of first impression, a Bergen County, N.J., judge has ruled that a plaintiff can compel the videotaping of her own deposition, even if the deposing party opposes it.
Superior Court Judge Rachelle Harz wrote that a plaintiff-driven recording does not run afoul of the court rule governing videotaped depositions and that any party may videotape a deposition.
Defense counsel had argued that the request to videotape the proposal would limit how attorneys conducted discovery. In the ruling, Superior Court Judge Rachelle Harz noted that videotaping has become a common …