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Imagine a common scenario: A wrongful death case where the decedent leaves behind a spouse, two children, and a third adult child from a prior marriage (a blended family dynamic that is hardly unusual in the 21st century)....

Most litigators have at least a passing familiarity with the so-called “tailored testimony rule.” In the paradigmatic civil litigation example, a party makes a damning admission at his deposition, the admission is...

Authored and researched by Tim Capowski, John F. Watkins, and Kharis Lund with assistance from former colleague(s). The first two parts of this series discussed the role of certain tactics and improper summation techniques...

Authored and researched by Tim Capowski  and John F. Watkins with assistance from Kharis Lund and a former colleague. In part one of this article, we addressed the species of summation misconduct that we classify under...

Authored and researched by Tim Capowski, John F. Watkins, and Kharis Lund with assistance from a former colleague. Anyone who follows sports is familiar with the concept of a borderline play—the move or technique that...