Scott Zucker is a mediator and arbitrator at Miles Mediation & Arbitration in Atlanta. Courtesy photo Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing ...

After months of contentious pre-trial hearings and a painstaking jury selection process that took 10 days, Karen Read’s second trial begins in earnest with opening statements Tuesday. In criminal ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – After three weeks of jury selection, opening statements are set to begin on Tuesday in Karen Read’s second murder trial. Three charged in Boston for drug trafficking conspiracy, two ...

Counsel sometimes claim that the parties each know the other’s position only too well, making opening statements unnecessary. Or they will sometimes say that opening statements use too much valuable ...

A woman gave her account of an alleged sexual assault in 2017. The trial is expected to last through May 16. EVERETT — The woman remembered the night in 2017 starting like any other — whiskey, music ...

The opening statement of the man on trial for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last September at a Florida golf course was cut short Thursday when the defendant, Ryan Wesley Routh, representing ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial properly kicked off Monday morning as the jury was sworn in, and the defense and prosecution offered opening statements. The government’s opening statement ...

Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing debate by both advocates and neutrals concerning the advantages and disadvantages of including opening ...