After asking jurors about their understanding of, and agreement with, the Collective Knowledge jury instruction, we asked them to explain what the instruction meant to them in their own words. The instruction read as follows: The knowledge obtained by corporate employees acting within the scope of their employment is imputed to the corporation. Accordingly, if […]
Read moreIn Their Own Words: 4 Reasons Why Some Jurors Are Willing to Treat a Corporation and an Individual Equally
66% of the 300 California residents and potential jurors we surveyed said they would have no problem with treating an individual and a corporation equally.
Read moreRespondeat Superior & Public Opinion
Are jurors reluctant to hold corporations responsible for the negligent and criminal acts of its employees? Judges are sometimes surprised by the biased opinions that jurors have. For example, we were working for the plaintiff in a case where an employer was being sued for the alleged negligent acts of an employee. One of the voir […]
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Independent Contractors or Employees? 2015 Survey Findings Regarding Attitudes Ride-Sharing Companies Uber & Lyft
“Disruption” is a term frequently employed to describe companies that use technology and innovative business models to transform existing markets. The innovative business models that many of these market disruptors use raise questions about whether employees are classified as “independent contractors” or “employees.” Lawsuits filed by drivers for ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft will determine […]
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Charts & Summary of Our Uber & Lyft Survey Data
Read our analysis of the employee vs. independent contractor issues here. Income and Age Are Related to Having Heard of Uber or Lyft We found a correlation between having heard of Uber or Lyft and respondent income; as a respondent’s income increased, so too did the likelihood that they’d heard of Uber or Lyft. We […]
Read moreArbitration & Consulting
In December 2015, the Supreme Court upheld an arbitration condition that prevented DirecTV customers from pursuing class actions against the cable television provider. Over the following 12 months, many such cases emerged and more often than not, customers of companies that provide popular services were required to pursue individual arbitration instead of joining in a […]
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Congratulations!
Congratulations are in order for our clients… Joseph Jean and Colin Kemp at Pillsbury for their $44 million punitive damages verdict against AIG. Lesley Weaver and Robert Green had a big win in Santa Clara County on the class action case, Doe v. Positive Singles, receiving $15 million in punitive damages!
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Data Collection & Aggregation
Data Collection & Aggregation We’ve refined our data-gathering processes and incorporated audience response systems (aka “clicker devices”) as a standard part of our focus group and mock trial research. The trial team, and your clients, can view how respondents are responding to your case with color-coded charts that are produced in real-time, for all focus […]
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