Expert insights, legal technology trends, and best practices for working with expert witnesses
A judge once wrote that she paid no attention to an expert's report — then ruled exactly as it argued. That irony captures what six experts across law, medicine, and science all learned the hard way: the real fight in litigation happens on the page, long before anyone takes the stand.
Category: Communication Between Experts, Decision-Makers and Counsel - Over-instruction rarely looks like an instruction. It happens through repeated, individually reasonable feedback, framing, and asymmetric scrutiny, until an expert's opinion has quietly shifted toward what counsel wanted to hear. This piece defines the phenomenon, shows where it creeps in, and gives experts and counsel a practical test for catching it.
