Combating Reptile Tactics in Employment Litigation
Strategies for Discovery, Voir Dire, Opening and Closing Argument, Direct and Cross-Exam
Course Details
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On-Demand
- signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level
- work Practice Area
Employment and Workers Comp
- event Date
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
- schedule Time
1:00 PM E.T.
- timer Program Length
90 minutes
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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This CLE course will guide trial counsel on combating the emerging trial strategy commonly known as the "reptile theory." The panel will discuss the increased use of reptilian tactics in employment litigation throughout the life of the case and how counsel can strategically confront the strategy.
The trial strategy known as reptile theory is an innovative approach that is steadily gaining traction in employment litigation. The method promotes the use of trial tactics that appeal to the region of jurors' brains that is sensitive to safety in the workplace as a tactic to win cases and recover sizable verdicts.
Reptilian-type tactics are showing up throughout each phase of litigation, including discovery, opening statement, direct- and cross-examination, and closing argument. Attorneys must understand how to identify reptilian tactics and develop strategies for combating them.
Listen as our authoritative panel discusses the growing use of tactics described as reptilian in litigation and how counsel can challenge these tactics throughout the course of the case to increase your client's chances of success.
- Reptilian tactics in litigation: history of theory and current trends in its use
- The particular application of reptilian tactics in employment cases
- Defense strategies: from discovery through closing argument
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What is the underlying basis for the strategy often described as reptilian?
- How are plaintiffs' attorneys leveraging so-called reptile tactics to influence jurors' view of their cases?
- How can defense attorneys counter the increasing use of reptilian tactics?
