In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith speaks with DLA Piper litigator Bob Alessi about his work on the highly-charged Karen Read case and how his approach to cross-examination likely ...

Q: I am being called as a witness in a criminal case. This is because I was at a restaurant when two guys got into it. I saw first hand what happened. One of them initiated it and wound up knocked out ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

The prosecution is proceeding very conservatively to score any points it can on Netanyahu, concerned that otherwise he could outfox them on the witness stand. At the end of the day, the future of ...

This report includes descriptions of physical and sexual violence. On Monday (June 2), a former employee of Sean Combs concluded three days of testimony against the hip-hop mogul. The witness, who ...