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From Banker Box to Jury Box: How to Get Your Exhibits Ready for Trial Presentation
Back in the analog days, a parade of lawyers and paralegals would march into the courtroom right before a trial started, carrying dozens of bankers' boxes filled with documents and other evidence. These days, attorneys in most medium-to-large cases digitize everything ' from contracts to deposition transcripts, photos and videos ' and organize them in databases from which they can search, annotate and produce materials. Now, a trial presentation technician walks into the courtroom carrying just a laptop, but one loaded with a trial exhibit database that contains the equivalent of hundreds of bankers' boxes of material.
How does this trial presentation database come to be? It starts well before trial, with the organization of what we call the “pre-trial” database, the most popular brands of which are Summation, Concordance and Relativity. Pre-trial databases are repositories of virtually everything that you gather in discovery related to your case, including documents, photos, e-mails, deposition videos and transcripts and expert reports. They allow you to store, organize and retrieve your data as you prepare for trial. And though they are put together months and often years before trial, the way they are built and organized can have a big effect down the line at trial.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.