Jury trials
are in decline.

What are the implications?

Act Now

“Trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.”

James Madison

James Madison

latest posts

Jan 24, 2018 Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Respond to Your Jury Summons
Nov 17, 2017 Some Additional Thoughts on Juror Discussions During Trial and Juror Questions
Nov 15, 2017 Concurrent Expert Evidence in the United States – Is There a Role for Hot Tubbing?
Nov 14, 2017 Is There a Perception Problem with the American Jury System?
Nov 13, 2017 We Hold These Jury Decision-Making Truths to be Self-Evident
Nov 10, 2017 Understanding Bias: Preserving Peremptory Challenges, Preventing their Discriminatory Use, and Providing Fairer and More Impartial Juries

in the news

@JuryMatters

  • about 13 hours ago

    RT @CNNBusiness: An Oklahoma jury has awarded $25.5 million to the family of a cancer patient denied coverage by Aetna, with jurors saying…

  • about 13 hours ago

    RT @ajplus: A man was cleared of rape charges after his lawyer told the jury to consider that the victim was wearing a “thong with a lace f…

  • about 13 hours ago

    RT @ArapahoeSO: We will NOT EVER call you regarding missed jury duty. We will NOT EVER ask you to pay fees over the phone, or by using a gi…

  • November 17

    “DC District Court Holds that eBay Can't Compel Arbitration Based on Later-Amended Terms” https://t.co/3gBgBTfqOf

  • November 16

    .@eBay's decision to end forced arbitration for sexual harassment in employee contracts follows @Google @facebook… https://t.co/Sv4TNEa2CD

  • November 16

    "Facebook Inc. is ending its policy of requiring employee sexual-harassment claims to be settled in private arbitra… https://t.co/zB8HZwFBQ8

  • November 16

    "This is our way of saying to Kirkland & Ellis and all other employers, dump your forced arbitration agreements, o… https://t.co/MzeLyLst22

  • November 16

    RT @8NEWS: A jury has awarded $5 million each to three Ohio men who spent almost 20 years in jail after being wrongfully imprisoned for mur…

  • November 16

    RT @bopinion: @ShiraOvide went on jury duty and started to question her thoughts on digital privacy and public safety https://t.co/XdPtbvpm…

  • November 10

    Big news: Google has ended forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims via @businessinsider https://t.co/naEtm3QETo

  • November 9

    RT @CourtroomLogic: Excited to be writing a new weekly column for @TexasLawyer on the myths and realities of jury consulting and litigation…

  • November 9

    RT @Law360: A jury of 7 women and 5 men was seated in Boston for a two-week civil case to determine whether Aveo Pharmaceuticals' former ch…

Follow