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Two recent high-profile trials included an unusual move by defense counsel to save their opening argument for after the prosecution's case, a bold tactic one of the attorneys told Law360 can catch the government off guard and provide a midtrial chance to speak persuasively to jurors.

Chicken industry executives have urged a Colorado federal court for acquittal amid their second trial on government allegations of a sprawling scheme to fix prices, arguing that the jury did not hear any evidence of pricing agreements, let alone a criminal conspiracy.