In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Touro Law Center professor Martin A. Schwartz analyzes recent federal court decisions concerning expert testimony of police practices experts; expert testimony ...

In Commercial Division cases, expert witnesses must promptly disclose opinions, stay within their expertise, and base ...

July 03, 2024 - Most criminal defense attorneys have encountered efforts by prosecutors to elicit "expert opinions" from law enforcement agents at trial that, in essence, the Defendant's actions ...

The city of Bay Minette has asked a federal judge to bar expert testimony suggesting that body camera footage shows an officer fired his gun before a suspect reached for it during a fatal 2022 ...

July 10, 2024 - In June 2024, the United States Supreme Court held that Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) does not prohibit an expert witness from offering testimony relating to a criminal defendant's ...

“. . . in thinking about an ethical framework, we may do well to transfer our attention from an individual-focused system that sees the problem as how to hold individuals to proper standards of ...

The attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are raging with righteous indignation at the expert testimony from a psychologist whom the defense says went beyond what the court allows witnesses to speak on.

Expert testimony plays a critical role in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Thousands of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and ...

You have been asked to provide expert testimony in a judicial proceeding. Even if you have done so dozens of times, you are slightly anxious. You are a scientist. You take pride in that role and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Several pieces of testimony from a police use of force expert may significantly influence the jury in the ongoing case involving Patrick Lyoya. SEE MORE: SCHURR TRIAL: A ...

The Federal Circuit’s decision in Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. v. International Trade Commission articulated a bright-line test for patent expert admissibility: to testify from the perspective ...

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