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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

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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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

Holland & Knight LLP

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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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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