Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 138: Listen and Learn -- Hearsay Exceptions: Prior Testimony and Past Recollection Recorded
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 296: Listen and Learn -- Hearsay Exceptions: Government and Business Records
Significant revisions to the federal rule governing the admissibility of expert evidence will go into effect December 1. The evidence rule changes appear to raise the bar slightly for admission of expert evidence, requiring...more
If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s possible to create a “video deposition” merely by recording a Zoom call, you’re not alone. After all, the litigators and witnesses, and the court reporter, are present, their voices and...more
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 Court, No. S259522...more
Under the Board’s rules, a patent owner gets to have the last word in a PTAB proceeding by filing a sur-reply to the petitioner’s reply. Sur-replies may only respond to arguments raised in the reply, and the “sur-reply … may...more
Most experienced asbestos trial lawyers will shout, “Depositions live forever!,” suggesting that evidence produced in one case at one time and in one state may live to influence the outcome in many cases for decades to come....more
Trial advocacy is a mix of law and theater, requiring a lawyer to know both the law and their audience. Attorneys must effectively argue their client’s case using the evidence and the jury instructions to show their client is...more