by Chad Lackey,  Ph.D., Director and Emma Shuck, Consultant Employees still struggle with the decision to report harassment and discrimination despite legal protections and increased efforts by employers to make it easier and safer. Will I be blamed or face retaliation? Will it make a difference? Will employers even take my complaint seriously? With no easy answers to these questions, victims too often decide never to report their experiences. In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) estimated as much as three-quarters of harassment in the workplace goes unreported. The #MeToo movement reminded all of us just how many women

On Monday, March 27, 2017, a Pennsylvania state judge declared a mistrial in the latest case over the alleged side effects of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. antipsychotic drug Risperdal.  In the midst of his testimony, the expert witness for the plaintiff ran to the aid of a juror suffering a medical emergency.  The expert, Dr. Mark Solomon, was to testify that the plaintiff’s exposure to Risperdal had caused him to develop large female-like breasts (a condition known as gynecomastia). After the juror was taken to the hospital, Johnson & Johnson moved for a mistrial noting that the incident had colored

Trial Consultants Q&A: DOAR’s Roy Futterman Law360, New York (February 23, 2017, 12:42 PM EST) —Roy Futterman, Ph.D. Roy Futterman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, jury consultant and director at DOAR Inc.’s trial strategy consulting group. He is also Law360’s “Talking Bull” columnist in which he writes about the fictional jury consultant on the television show “Bull.” Based in New York, he oversees mock trials and focus groups, provides strategic analysis and trial recommendations for civil and criminal cases, prepares witnesses, and selects juries in federal and state courts. In addition to publishing journal articles on a variety of topics,

Expert Witness Testimony Key In $500 Million Verdict Against Facebook Subsidiary Earlier this month, a Texas federal jury determined that Oculus, a subsidiary of Facebook, and some of its executives must pay $500 million in damages to video game developer ZeniMax Media for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and breach of a non-disclosure agreement. Oculus Chief Technology Officer John Carmack, a former employee of ZeniMax, was also found liable for conversion. The suit was premised upon ZeniMax’s claims that Oculus built its virtual reality technology (i.e., headsets) using software code and ideas stolen during Carmack’s tenure with ZeniMax. The crux of

Congratulations to our clients Grant Fondo, Derek Cohen, Rushank Shah, Sylvia Ewald and the rest of the Goodwin Procter trial team on the successful defense of their client Ashish Aggarwal. Following a 1 week trial before Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr., the Central District of California jury deliberated for 4 days before finding former JP Morgan Analyst Ash Aggarwal not guilty on 26 counts related to alleged insider trading. Judge Hatter declared a mistrial on the remaining 4 counts when the jury declared they were deadlocked. This was the 1st jury trial in the new state of the art U.S

The Eastern District of Texas continued in its efforts to compel attorneys to report on all pre-trial jury research including the names of all of the research participants who might otherwise be in the jury pool for the actual trial. Although these measures may be surprising in the modern litigation environment in which pre-trial research in high dollar cases is routinely and matter-of-factly administered, these orders appear to stem from a concern that the venire has a limited number of qualified jurors. In a January 3 order on the patent case 3rd Eye Surveillance, LLC v. The City of Fort

About DOAR, Inc. DOAR is legal consulting company that advises lawyers involved in high profile, complex, high stakes criminal and civil legal disputes. Headquartered in midtown New York City with offices in downtown Los Angeles, DOAR has been involved in many of the most notable and closely-watched cases filed over the past 25+ years.  DOAR’s consultants are experts in litigation strategy, and in the testing, preparation and retention of academic and industry experts who work with DOAR to develop winning strategies.  Our consulting teams are comprised of individuals with degrees in social psychology, communications, engineering, graphic design, technology and the