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Press Release
| For Immediate Release | ||
| Contact: | Carol Evans Poynter | Seldon Moreland |
| 773 871-7594 | 773 782-9159 | |
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New Daubert Tracker Offers Most Comprehensive Site Ever for Daubert Researchers |
Chicago, IL, August 7, 2002 – MDEX Online, Inc. today announced the launch of the Daubert Tracker on its website. This is the most comprehensive body of information regarding the landmark 1993 Supreme Court ruling, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. This new service allows attorneys and forensic professionals easy access to the latest court decisions and developments pertaining to the Daubert case, and its progeny, Kumho Tire v. Carmichael and GE v. Joiner.
The strength of the Daubert Tracker is its searchable database designed to provide trial attorneys quick access to previous challenges levied against an expert being considered for retention or an opposing expert, and to assist in the preparation of strategies for the prosecution or defense of an upcoming challenge. The site is easy to navigate and can potentially save anyone using it hundreds of hours researching case law.
“The Daubert Tracker offers speed and convenience not available through any other research service,” says Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., JD, a partner at the New Orleans, LA-based law firm of Adams & Reese. “It gives attorneys a broader, more complete history of prospective experts, helping them to choose the best expert available, while also avoiding an unexpected challenge from the opposing side.” Edward J. Imwinkleried, JD, a professor of law at UC Davis School of Law agrees. “The ability to access this information is especially important in today's courts, where the focus has moved away from generalists to more precise testimony from experts who can directly speak on the task at hand.” David L. Faigman, JD, a professor of law at UC Hastings College of the Law and author of Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law adds, “Most lawyers are not prepared in scientific evidence or technical presentations. The Daubert Tracker not only illuminates how past courts have viewed a prospective expert's testimony, but also offers a number of avenues for attorneys to prove or approach their litigation strategy.”
The Daubert Tracker consists of five key components:
- A searchable database of all reported Daubert, Kumho Tire and Joiner cases to date (more than 2,000 federal and 1,000 state cases).
- Direct links to core documents such as opinions, docket sheets, briefs and transcripts.
- A series of web lectures delivered by nationally recognized authorities on Daubert and scientific evidence issues, followed by panel discussions with other experts on the same topic.
- A weekly email update that notifies subscribers of all the latest cases from the previous week, including a summary of each case.
- A quarterly journal with articles of relevance to Daubert by trial attorneys, law professors, judges and testifying experts.
MDEX Online, Inc. is a national full service medical-legal consulting firm. The company was established to give attorneys easy access to the country's leading medical and disability authorities and the broadest array of medical legal consulting services, delivered conveniently and cost-effectively over the Internet. As a leader in the medical legal consulting field, MDEX Online is committed to providing attorneys, consulting clinicians and experts with training on medical legal topics of relevance and interest.