Evidence plays a pivotal role in shaping the outcome of cases. One evidentiary ruling could affect the outcome of the case. Most relevant evidence is typically deemed admissible after a proper ...

One issue on which there is neither an applicable rule nor settled law is whether expert reports are admissible at trial—not in lieu of, but in addition to, expert testimony. Courts have gone both ...

Hearsay evidence refers to testimony offered in court based on what another person has said and offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Courts generally prohibit hearsay evidence due to ...

In S.D. Police Dep't v. Geoffrey S., decided Friday (but posted today) by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Martin Buchanan, joined by Presiding Justice Cynthia Aaron), the court upheld a ...

“Testimony from the grave.” That’s what prosecutors are calling a key part of their strategy against Drew Peterson, the former Illinois police officer arrested last week on charges that he murdered ...

DETROIT – While no hard evidence has been discovered to support widespread voter fraud claims in the 2020 election, plenty of people have signed their name to sworn testimony. Since the November ...

Two decisions of the Trademarks Opposition Board on two related trademarks have illustrated the danger of relying on hearsay evidence in expungement proceedings on the grounds of non-use. Mövenpick’s ...

The South Australian Government has again rejected as hearsay evidence to a Parliamentary Committee that the Attorney-General, Michael Atkinson, knew that his political rival, Ralph Clarke, had been ...