Monday, March 8, 2021

So many (jury) errors...

Today's DJ has an article by H&L's David Axelrad titled Errors relating to the presence of a jury, which reviews eight types of jury problems and how to preserve them for appeal, including: jury selection errors, jury instruction errors, jury verdict errors, jury room/ex parte errors; jury misconduct, attorney misconduct, and more.

Law360 has: All Supreme Court Justices Have Received COVID-19 Vaccine & 2nd Circ. Retirement Will Let Biden 'Flip' The Court


Dykema announces that its' national Appellate and Complex Motion Practice will be co-lead by Jimmy Azadian in L.A., who joins Jill Wheaton (in Michigan).


The Wall St. Journal has A Law Professor Switches to Stand-Up Comedy 


Save the dates for CLA's Appellate Summit: "The (Virtual) 2021 Litigation & Appellate Summit is scheduled for May 14 and May 21, with a generous bundle of CLE credit. This year the Summit features Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Jaime Santos, Judicial Appointments Secretary Luis Céspedes, Justice Elizabeth A. Grimes, and Justice Elena J. Duarte, among other luminaries."


Today's example of lawyer bashing is in the comics, here.


Law.com has 'Dicta About Dicta': 6th Circuit Panel Gets Testy Over Opinions' Sources

A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit called out her colleague over his questioning of a media source she included in an opinion, noting other times where he has included non-judicial sources in his rulings, including a paraphrase of a Grateful Dead lyric.