Improper jury instructions and inaccurate comments the plaintiffs counsel made during oral arguments were sufficiently damaging to warrant vacating a Reading man's nearly $870,000 jury award, the ...

Opening statements were made by Lori Vallow Daybell and prosecuting attorney Treena Kay in the 2nd and final Arizona trial for the so-called ‘Doomsday Mom.' The start of the trial has been delayed due ...

Scott Zucker is a mediator and arbitrator at Miles Mediation & Arbitration in Atlanta. Courtesy photo Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing ...

Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing debate by both advocates and neutrals concerning the advantages and disadvantages of including opening ...