Evidence plays a pivotal role in shaping the outcome of cases. One evidentiary ruling could affect the outcome of the case. Most relevant evidence is typically deemed admissible after a proper ...

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 ...

The news has been awash with how second-hand or hearsay statements are supposedly inherently unreliable and cannot be used as evidence to prove a case. But the Supreme Court and courts around the ...

Hearsay evidence refers to testimony offered in court based on what another person has said and offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Courts generally prohibit hearsay evidence due to ...

In the first installment of this two-part Medical Malpractice Defense column, John Lyddane discusses the origin and historical development of the professional reliability exception to the general rule ...

Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay Because of the difficulty of having a witness located abroad appear to testify at a trial in the US, counsel may have to rely on materials constituting hearsay ...

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 ...

In this column, Due Diligence, erstwhile attorney and GQ staff writer Jay Willis untangles the messy intersection of law, politics, and culture. On Wednesday, during his testimony in an impeachment ...