Beyond Bullet Points on Trial: according to the Fortune magazine article, "Stark Choices at the First Vioxx Trial", two lawyers used PowerPoint in "starkly" different ways in a heavily-publicized trial that began Thursday in Texas. In the first of many trials involving the prescription drug Vioxx, plaintiff Carol Ernst is suing Merck and Co. over the death of her husband Bob Ernst in 2001.
Jury Finds Merck Liable - $253 Million Judgment: A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable Friday for the death of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages in the first of thousands of lawsuits pending across the country.
I bet Cliff Atkinson starts doing a lot more consulting on jury trial prep. I know some patent prosecutors/lecturers who could use some help as well. Explaining concepts isn't confined to litigators.
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