Unless Congress moves quickly, several amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence will take effect December 1, 2024. Below is a brief description of the amendments. Rules of ...

Editor’s Note: Identifying key digital evidence is only half the battle—ensuring that evidence is admissible in court is what ultimately matters. This article examines the legal standards that govern ...

"This is to demonstrate that the appropriate use of illustrative aids, demonstrative evidence, and summaries of voluminous materials remains unclear," write Michael A. Kaplan and Christopher Dernbach ...

Longtime readers will recall that every so often, I would go on a "rant" about how many federal judges were ignoring the text of Federal Rule of Evidence 702, as amended in 2000. Instead, they were ...

Civil litigators often overlook character evidence, assuming it to be inadmissible. But the Federal Rules of Evidence and their state counterparts do not impose a categorical ban on character evidence ...

On December 7, Eugene reported: From retired Third Circuit Judge Thomas Vanaskie (who had also served on the Middle District of Pennsylvania), and who was serving as a court-appointed Special Master ...