Artificial intelligence has moved from a futuristic idea to something that sits squarely inside modern legal practice. It is reshaping how attorneys and consultants prepare for trial, evaluate jurors, and sift through mountains of digital information. AI is fast, efficient, and incredibly powerful. It can also create entirely fictional content that looks polished enough to fool seasoned professionals. That mix of innovation and risk is precisely why the legal field is paying

As Donald Trump's defamation case against E. Jean Carroll moves forward, jury selection becomes an ever more evident dilemma. Opening up jury names to a distribution list of legal teams working the case could open up jurors to the potential risks of outside influence or even harassment. To avoid this, the choice was made to keep the potential jury list completely anonymous, and members were excluded during voir dire only for reasons they themselves confirmed, such as donating

This article originally appeared in The Jury Expert, click here to view it. The impact of the internet on jury trials has been dramatic, opening up new avenues for both uncovering information about potential jurors for jury selection purposes and inappropriate, and potential, misconduct by jurors.[1] For jury selection, the internet provides resources with which to understand potential jurors (and identify potentially favorable and unfavorable jurors), including, among other

Internet Research on Potential Jurors: The Next Level While once a rarity, internet research on potential jurors in advance of trial has become fairly commonplace. Research companies, like Vijilent, have brought to bear sophisticated tools to assist attorneys in their efforts to understand the potential jurors they face. This is fortunate, since research has shown that such research companies are far superior to attorneys and law firms in finding social media accounts of pote