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What is hearsay in divorce and family law matters?

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Hearsay is an important legal concept that lawyers learn in law school. Under Federal Rule of Evidence 801, hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered for the truth of the matter asserted. Even many lawyers are often...more

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Hearsay Is Admissible: Just Unlock the Back Door

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Just about everyone who has tried a custody case has been called upon to present a “school choice” dispute. These are the ones where Springfield High is pitted against Bayside High or Chilton Prep in the race to see which...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

The Nuts and Bolts of Appeals: Preservation, Prejudice, and Presentation

People appeal their case because they want a better outcome then what they received at trial. Maybe that means that the appealing party lost a jury verdict, or felt that they didn’t “win” enough at trial. Perhaps someone in...more

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Corporate Representative Testimony Deemed Hearsay by Florida Appellate Court

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The inadmissibility of hearsay is well-established. “‘Hearsay’ is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at [a] trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.” If...more

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Watch Me Pull a Customer Out of My Hat: Proving Damages Using Your Customer’s Out-Of-Court Statement

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Hearsay is simple enough to define – it is an out of court statement offered for the truth of the matter asserted. But practicing attorneys know that the definition of hearsay is deceptively complex. Questions like, “what is...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Insights and Takeaways From Our Top 10 Commercial Litigation Cases of 2022

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Canadian courts rendered a number of notable decisions in the commercial litigation sphere in 2022 that made headlines for the impacts they will have on the landscape of businesses facing a dispute. Now that we are well into...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Your AI Can Testify Against You: The AI Revolution Comes to the Court of Law

On February 2, 2023, Microsoft released a brand-new suite of features for its popular Microsoft Teams platform under the moniker “Microsoft Teams Premium.” One of the standout features of this premium service is “Intelligent...more

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Clearing the Decks While Decking the Halls

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If there’s one thing readers of this blog can count on, it is that every even-numbered year ends with a gush of opinions from both appellate courts as the judges and justices strive to finish the year’s work before new...more

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Is It Getting Harder to Get a Worldwide Freezing Injunction In Alberta?

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Typically, pursuing fraudsters is an exercise in detective work, forensic analysis and a lot of circumstantial evidence. Rarely does a fraud come with a smoking gun or confession. Parties must cobble together evidence...more

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“Voluntary Interrogatory Responses” Excluded As Inadmissible Hearsay

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While creativity has its place in advocacy, it can be taken too far. The Petitioner learned this lesson the hard way in Unified Patents Inc. v. American Patents LLC, IPR2019-00482, Paper 132 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 3, 2022). In this...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Delaware Supreme Court Allows Use of “Reliable” Hearsay to Support Books-and-Records Demand

The Delaware Supreme Court held yesterday that a stockholder seeking to inspect corporate books and records may use “reliable” hearsay to establish the propriety of the purpose of the inspection demand. The decision in NVIDIA...more

Goldberg Segalla

Plaintiffs’ Motion to Exclude Defense Expert’s Hearsay Statements Granted

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; July 18, 2022 - Plaintiffs filed an asbestos-related lawsuit on behalf of Decedent, Callan Cortez, alleging that Mr. Cortez contracted mesothelioma as a...more

McGlinchey Stafford

When do the AAA Rules Govern Arbitrability? - Commercial Law Bulletin April 25 2022

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Ohio- Excess Sale Proceeds Royal Oaks Landmark, LLC v. Royal Oak Cal, LLC, 12th Dist. Clermont No. CA2021-06-025, 2022-Ohio-1144- In this appeal, the Twelfth Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The Scrivener: When is a question not a question?

At an evidence CLE at the South Carolina Bar Convention in Greenville this year, a judges’ panel discussed a hearsay issue, raising the issue of whether a witness’s out-ofcourt utterance—which was in the form of a...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Litigants May Introduce Deposition Testimony from Prior Cases Pursuant to Hearsay Exception

On March 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of California published a unanimous decision regarding the hearsay exception discussed in Evidence Code section 1291, subdivision (a)(2) (“section 1291(a)(2)”) concerning testimony taken in...more

Butler Snow LLP

Back to Gumbo Basics: The Least Yall Could Do is Lay the Foundation(s)

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No visit to New Orleans is complete without a bowl of gumbo. There are many preferences, of course, but every great bowl of gumbo has the same foundation. It is of no consequence whether you prefer Dooky Chase’s savory, porky...more

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The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bronx DA’s Attempted End-Run Around Confrontation Clause

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In Hemphill v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the defendant “did not forfeit his confrontation right merely by making [a] plea allocution arguably relevant to his theory of defense.” The Court rejected the attempt...more

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Recent Change to New York’s Hearsay Law Could have Implications for Workplace Litigation

New York’s unique approach to evidentiary procedure – and specifically, its rules governing admissions by a party opponent’s agent – have frustrated litigators for years....more

Law School Toolbox

Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 326: Listen and Learn -- Multiple Hearsay

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we go through a step-by-step approach for analyzing questions involving multiple levels of hearsay. In this episode we...more

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PTAB Emphasizes Expert Availability and Clarifies Fintiv Inquiry for Prior District Court Cases

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The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board on December 23, 2021, instituted an inter partes review even though an unrelated party had already unsuccessfully challenged the validity of the patent in district court. In the decision...more

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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 158: Listen and Learn -- Multiple Hearsay

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we go through a step-by-step approach for analyzing questions involving multiple levels of hearsay. In this episode, we...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

ToolGen Files Motion to Exclude Evidence, CVC Opposes, and ToolGen Replies in Interference No. 106,127

In its turn, on September 17th, Senior Party ToolGen Inc. filed its Motion to Exclude certain evidence presented by Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CVC Files Motion to Exclude Evidence, ToolGen Opposes, and CVC Replies in Interference No. 106,126

On September 17th, Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Motion to Exclude certain evidence presented by Senior Party ToolGen...more

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Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 315: Listen and Learn -- Non-Hearsay

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we cover a category of evidence called "non-hearsay," which is tested often both on Evidence essays and on the MBE. In this...more

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The Kiddie Hearsay Statute: Not Just For Criminal Lawyers

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In 1989 the Pennsylvania General Assembly adopted an oddly named law of evidence titled: “Admissibility of Certain Statements.” The thrust of the statute is that under limited circumstances, if a court finds the hearsay...more

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