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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Opening statements today in a Columbus courtroom for the murder trial of two alleged gang members. They are accused of killing Alex Bales Davis in a drive by shooting back in ...

Colorado dentist James Craig fatally poisoned his wife in 2023 because of his growing financial troubles and his affair with another woman, prosecutors alleged in opening statements of his murder ...

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 ...

Joleen Youngers says cases aren’t won during opening statements, but the path to win can “definitely” be laid in those opening moments with a jury. Youngers, a plaintiff-side personal injury and civil ...

Opening statements will begin Wednesday morning in the trial of a woman prosecutors said killed her baby by dropping it down a drainage pipe in Schenectady. Persia Nelson is charged with second-degree ...

Attorneys giving opening statements in a murder trial on Wednesday told jurors to “buckle up” for the lurid details of the alleged killing. “I’m telling you: Buckle up,” defense attorney Robert ...

The defense team for Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts father accused of killing and dismembering his wife, Ana Walshe, plans to blame "sudden unexplained death" as the cause of his wife's demise, ...