The “CSI” Effect
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Digital Litigation Solutions, Legal Videography, Legalsized Blog, Trial Consultants, Trial Graphics, Video Settlement Brochure, Video Site Inspections, Videotaping Depositions | 6 Comments »--Juries on TV have it made… eccentric judges, quirky yet passionate counsel and the most unbelievable (yet somehow plausible) criminal cases. Shows like Law & Order make jury duty seem like an interesting escape from the common cubicle. --In reality, jurors ...
Reality Television?
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Videotaping Depositions | 2 Comments »Regardless of personal opinion, after watching the OJ Simpson trial proceedings on TV, the general public was aware a Not Guilty verdict was a possibility. How do you think the public would have reacted to that same OJ verdict ...
A Small Price to Pay
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Videotaping Depositions | No Comments »Can you put a price on victory in court? No. But you CAN spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying a case. Let's face it....Litigation is expensive. A competent attorney is not cheap; plus court ...
“The medium is the message.”
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Videotaping Depositions | No Comments »‘The medium is the message.’ This rule of persuasive communication was first stated by Marshall McLuhan in Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man, published in 1964. The rule has been restated time and again in university text ...
Technology and the Legal Profession
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Videotaping Depositions | 1 Comment »Technology dictates the pace of an industry. Industries move and evolve with the advances in technology. The legal industry has been extremely slow to accept new technological changes. The lack of new technological acceptance and use has ...
The Digital Generation Gap?
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Videotaping Depositions | 1 Comment »From DNA to video surveillance, legal evidence itself and it's collection procedures have given in to the power of technology, but once that evidence reaches trial using basic Powerpoint and a projector is about as “cutting edge” as it gets. How ...