Jason Bloom and Michael K. Hurst will present “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Trial Lawyers” at the Dallas Bar Association Trial Skills section CLE event. The program will be held at the Belo Mansion starting at noon.
Using brain scans to evaluate motive and intent of the accused in court sounds like something straight out of a science fiction tale. Yet here it is in a courtroom near you. And this new technology is steadily moving closer to becoming a routine consideration in the business world too.
Brain scans produce very revealing data. Neuroscience, in essence, is perfecting the art of mind reading to an almost terrifying degree of accuracy. And businesses are already scrambling to use the results in as many ways as possible.
“Neuroscientific data has been admitted as evidence in over one hundred criminal trials now, and has been cited in at least one U. S. Supreme Court case,” says Alison K. Bennett, M.S., senior litigation consultant at Bloom Strategic Consulting, a firm that helps lawyers construct winning trial and litigation strategies.
The Supreme Court case to which she refers is Justice Breyer’s citation of neuroscience research in his videogame dissent in the Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assoc. case. Breyer wrote, “[C]utting-edge neuroscience has shown that ‘virtual violence in video game playing results in those neural patterns that are considered characteristic for aggressive cognition and behavior.’” For that reason and others, Breyer thought that the legislators’ conclusion (that the videogames in question could harm children) should be upheld. Read more…
Jason Bloom will be on In Session with Vinnie Politan tomorrow morning at 11E/10C. He will be discussing the high profile cases of Roger Clemens and Jerry Sandusky. Tune into trueTV.
Jason Bloom to present “How Jurors Think” with Hon. James Stanton at Texas Bar CLE Advanced Medical Malpractice course in San Antonio, TX.
Modern Day Seer Uses Science to Predict Jury Verdicts by Alexis Taylor February 17, 2012
There’s something unnerving about placing your fate in the hands of twelve strangers. While the people in the jury box of U.S. courtrooms are referred to as “peers,” they can easily turn into enemies if evidence and witness testimony is presented in a dim light.
For those who find themselves wishing to foresee the outcome of a trial by jury, Jason Bloom, founder and president of Bloom Strategic Consulting, Inc., says he has the shiny crystal ball.
To read more go to: http://www.afro.com/sections/news/afro_briefs/story.htm?storyid=74108
Congratulations to Newegg.com and Overstock.com for their total defense verdict in the Alcatel-Lucent v. Newegg.com and Overstock.com jury trial in Tyler, TX. The case was skillfully tried by Kent Baldauf, Jr. and James Boscoe of The Webb Law Firm along with John Barr, Jr. and Alan Albright of Bracewell & Giuliani. The Eastern District of Texas jury found the defendants did not infringe the 3 e-commerce patents at issue and also invalidated one of the patents.
Jason Bloom named Course Director for upcoming Texas Bar CLE course “Handling Your First Jury Trial” on December 2 in Austin, TX. Speakers include top trial lawyers from around Texas. Please go to www.texasbarcle.com for more information or to register.
Jason Bloom and Dallas attorney Mike Maslanka to present Texas Bar CLE live webcast “Connecting the Corner Office to the Jury Box” on November 30 from 12:30-1:30pm. Please go to www.texasbarcle.com for more information or to register.