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What Jurors Think Of American Corporations ' and What You Can Do About It

These are challenging times for those of us who represent and defend corporations in litigation. The recent criminal convictions of Enron's Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling only confirm what we have known for quite some time ' jurors are skeptical of, and even hostile toward, corporations and corporate executives. <br/>But in order to formulate an effective defense strategy, it is important to understand why jurors hold these attitudes.

25 minute read June 28, 2006 at 11:37 AM
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Linda Listrom
What Jurors Think Of American Corporations ' and What You Can Do About It

These are challenging times for those of us who represent and defend corporations in litigation. The recent criminal convictions of Enron's Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling only confirm what we have known for quite some time ' jurors are skeptical of, and even hostile toward, corporations and corporate executives.

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