A summary jury trial is a procedure involving an abbreviated presentation of evidence to an advisory jury. Such proceedings have been used in a wide variety of mass tort cases and have been found to ...

When a case proceeds to trial, a legal team may face a critical decision about whether to have it adjudicated by a jury of peers or a single judge. Both options can offer benefits depending on the ...

The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.

A certiorari petition is pending raising an important issue about admiralty jurisdiction and claims raised under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301-30308. Along with retired ...

Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston. He has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade. During the initial round of questioning, the majority of potential jurors said they ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The judge and attorneys spent Tuesday questioning prospective jurors for the trial of Christopher Schurr, the former Grand Rapids police officer charged with killing ...

THAT COMING UP IN A FEW MOMENTS. BEN AND ERICA. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE KAREN REED CASE. PROSECUTORS WANT TO BLOCK REED’S DEFENSE FROM ARGUING THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ...

A jury was seated Tuesday in the high-profile Karen Read trial after 10 days over the course of nearly two weeks of selection inside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts. Opening statements ...