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 ...

The California Supreme Court recently issued an important ruling on the use of civil discovery depositions in lieu of trial testimony. The court’s opinion in Berroteran v. Los Angeles County Superior ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a pair of rulings addressing out-of-court statements from child victims, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for prosecutors to introduce hearsay evidence against defendants accused ...

A judge in the trial of Solider F, a former British paratrooper accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday, has ruled that hearsay evidence from two other former soldiers will be allowed. The decision ...