A recent and significant amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 807, known as the residual exception, took effect on Dec. 1, 2019. Rule 807 has historically allowed an argument for the admissibility ...

Retired Judge Paul Grimm speaks during the 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science's Scientific Evidence and the Courts conference. Findings from algorithms as well as any content ...

Admissibility of Non-US Evidence at Trial in the US An examination of issues related to the admissibility of evidence obtained in a foreign country for use at trial in the US, including admission ...

The first hurdle to be cleared is relevance. The second hurdle is the authentication hurdle, but the authentication hurdle is not as high as many lawyers seem to believe. In 2021, 69 percent of ...

Can evidence of a health care provider's custom and practice be admissible at trial as habit evidence to prove a fact or standard of care? Can such evidence be proof in support of due care or lack ...

In many of our aviation accident cases, one of the first tasks for investigation is reviewing the report from the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”). The “preliminary” report is generally ...

IOWA’S NEWS LEADER NEW AT SIX THE IOWA SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH A DISTRICT COURT RULING SECURITY CAM VIDEO THAT IS RECORDED BY POLICE. BODY CAMERA CAN BE USED AS EVIDENCE. BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2022, ...

On Monday, June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence police find during illegal stops is admissible in court. As long as the officer can find some outstanding warrant in your name, the court ...

In S.D. Police Dep't v. Geoffrey S., decided Friday (but posted today) by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Martin Buchanan, joined by Presiding Justice Cynthia Aaron), the court upheld a ...