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  • Encore: Turning a client’s moment of doubt into a strength

    Encore: Turning a client’s moment of doubt into a strength
    2026/10/06
    How do you save a case after a client announces the litigation process is too stressful and they don’t want to move forward with the case while under oath during a deposition? Plus, The Case Doctors answer another viewer’s question on how to handle a pre-judgement loan that’s tripled in price and how to negotiate a better loan up front.
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    15 分
  • EP 205: AI Headshots, Deceptive Resumes, and the $30 Million Fight Over Attorney's Fees

    EP 205: AI Headshots, Deceptive Resumes, and the $30 Million Fight Over Attorney's Fees
    2026/09/08
    Hosts John Simon and Alvin Wolff weigh in on how attorneys fighting a California ballot measure that could cap personal injury attorney's fees have already raised $30 million to fight it. Plus, the Case Doctors dissect the FTC's right-to-repair settlement with John Deere, and a run of AI-driven courtroom dilemmas from the mailbag, including a questionable LinkedIn headshot used to attack a witness's credibility, a wrongful termination claim tied to an AI hiring tool, and a leaked, AI-doctored deposition prep video. Simon and Wolff weigh in on the legal issues, privilege concerns, and courtroom strategy behind each.
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    15 分
  • EP 204: Deepfakes, Drones and Damages

    EP 204: Deepfakes, Drones and Damages
    2026/08/04
    Uber sues NYC over a new law limiting driver deactivations. States challenge the $110B Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. Plus: a deepfake "confession" video, and a tomato-drone standoff between feuding neighbors. Through it all, John Simon and Alvin Wolff keep coming back to the same question: what are the damages?
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    14 分
  • EP203: Smart Devices, Dumb Decisions

    EP203: Smart Devices, Dumb Decisions
    2026/07/07
    The Case Doctors kick things off with a federal court ruling that sent a Sam's Club slip and fall case back to state court after a judge found the defendant jumped the gun on removal. Then, the hosts explore whether invasion of privacy or emotional distress is the stronger angle with a jury on a case involving data from a smart fridge that tracked a cheating wife’s late night snack patterns. Wolff's diagnosis? You don't have to choose. Invasion of privacy is the foundation, and emotional distress follows naturally. Two for one. And do attorneys representing employees disciplined for data collected by ergonomic smart chairs without their full knowledge or consent have a claim with the employer or the chair manufacturer? The consensus: the conduct is fundamentally unfair, and most jurors would agree.
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    15 分
  • EP202: Don’t Cross The Yellow Line

    EP202: Don’t Cross The Yellow Line
    2026/06/04
    Arguing with a judge never goes well, so how does one express their disagreements respectfully and strategically for the benefit of their client? John Simon and Alvin Wolff share the insights they’ve gleaned from past experiences while discussing a recent Philadelphia courtroom eruption in this episode’s hot topics. Then, from the inbox, The Case Doctors debate how best to handle a case involving a semi-autonomous vehicle that followed the rules straight into a tree, and attempt to answer: is algorithmic blind obedience a product defect?
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    22 分
  • EP201: When Experts Go Rogue & Meta Verdict Fallout

    EP201: When Experts Go Rogue & Meta Verdict Fallout
    2026/05/05
    John Simon breaks down nine of the top 10 factors most likely to derail a case and how to handle them in this episode of The Case Doctors, with Tim Cronin as guest host. Here’s a hint: Experts. They also examine the impact of recent social media–driven verdicts and discuss how a low rideshare verdict could influence similar cases moving forward in a good way.
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    20 分
  • EP12: When Instagram Evidence and Honest Plaintiffs Make — or Break — a Case

    EP12: When Instagram Evidence and Honest Plaintiffs Make — or Break — a Case
    2026/04/07
    In this episode of The Case Doctors, Christine tees up a lineup of legal dilemmas that range from rideshare upgrades to Instagram gotchas — while John Simon and Alvin Wolff do what they do best: separate real claims from manufactured outrage. And, a viewer wonders how to salvage their case after the defense found a workout video of an injured client. John Simon says a case he once had involving an injured wrestler was salvaged by the plaintiff’s honesty on the stand even though he was on commercials jumping from the top rope.
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    23 分
  • EP 11: A Suction Setting Too High

    EP 11: A Suction Setting Too High
    2026/03/03
    On this award-winning episode of The Case Doctors — fresh off their big win at the Missouri Lawyers Media Legal Innovation Summit for Legal Tech Education — the gang proves once again that education is subjective. Plus, John Simon and Alvin Wolff dive into how attorneys coping with a client impregnated after using a 3D printed contraceptive should handle challenges in the case, as well as an attorney wondering what direction to take a case involving an online influencer damaged by a facial suction device.
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    20 分