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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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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

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

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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

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Law Court Adopts Integrated Business Records Exception to Hearsay Rule

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Late last week, the Law Court unequivocally adopted the integrated business records exception to the hearsay rule under Rule 803(6) of the Maine Rules of Evidence in The Bank of New York Mellon v. Shone. It held...more

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Maine Law Court Adopts Integrated Business Records Exception to Hearsay Rule

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In The Bank of New York Mellon v. Shone, 2020 ME 122, ---A.3d---, decided October 22, 2020, the Maine Law Court unequivocally adopted the integrated business records exception to the hearsay rule under Rule 803(6) of the...more

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Revisions to Rule 807’s “Residual Hearsay Exception” Modify Trustworthiness and Notice Requirements

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Federal court practitioners should be aware that, as of December 1, 2019, the Federal Rules of Evidence’s “Residual Hearsay Exception,” Rule 807, has been revised. The revisions are intended to create a more uniform standard...more

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Amendment to Residual Exception to Broaden Scope of Admissible Hearsay Evidence

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The Federal Rules of Evidence usually deem all hearsay – out-of-court statements offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted – inadmissible unless the statement falls into one of the hearsay exceptions contained in...more

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Changes To Federal Rules Of Evidence Broaden Hearsay Exception

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The United States Supreme Court recently amended Federal Rule of Evidence Rule 807, the residual exception to the hearsay rule. These amendments significantly broaden the scope of the exception, which may lead to the...more

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Taking Care of Business: 1st Circuit Affirms Admittance Integrated Business Records

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The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court’s ruling to allow in evidence a mortgage loan account history printout that included entries from two prior loan servicers as a business record exception to...more

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Revisions to the Residual Exception Contained in Federal Rule of Evidence 807 Seek to Provide Clarity and Uniformity

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The residual exception in Federal Rule of Evidence 807 provides a vehicle for the admission of hearsay statements that are not otherwise admissible under Rule 803 or 804. As the Fifth Circuit has observed, though, the...more

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“Toxic” Hearsay Upends Murder Convictions for Member of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew

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In a rare move, the Second Circuit (Jacobs, Pooler, Hall) overturned Armani Cummings’s convictions for murder, conspiracy, and multiple drugs and firearms offenses. The Court reversed based on violation of the hearsay...more

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IP Newsflash - October 2015

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FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES - Federal Circuit Remands Case For New Damages Trial in Design Patent Case - On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, the Federal Circuit remanded a case for a new damages trial in a design patent...more

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