Criminal Litigation - Page 16
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Criminal Litigation
Criminal Litigation Articles
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Just because an expert strikes you as the brightest guy on the planet, that doesn't mean he is the best witness for your case, says Roderick B. Williams, an intellectual property partner with Vinson & Elkins in Austin, Texas. -
A federal discovery rule requiring an opposing party to pay expert-related fees and expenses does not apply to pretrial Daubert hearings, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Although Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(4)(C) allows a party to recover discovery costs relating to expert witnesses, the rule does not extend to the $64,000 in expenses these plaintiffs incurred in securing their expert's testimony at the Daubert hearing, the court said. -
Expert testimony based largely on the opponents' marketing and advertising materials provided no proof of infringement of stem-cell patents and should have been excluded from trial, a divided three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled June 9th. The stem-cell biologist's testimony ? which consisted almost entirely of quotations from the defendants' promotional and investment materials ? was neither appropriate for an expert, nor helpful to the jury, the court concluded in affirming the trial court's post-trial order striking the testimony. -
In a post-Daubert world, courts considering the admissibility of expert testimony must become somewhat expert thems. -
This article reviews the Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael's decision which discussed the scope of testimony for bad faith experts in insurance coverage matters. In Kumho, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of what an expert can testify to during trial. -
This article concerns the U.S. use of the grand jury system and some alternatives that may be in the works to replace it. -
Most states assess penalties, sometimes referred to as "points" against an individual's drivers license for certain. -
This guide explains what you should do if you think the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who conducted your hearing treated you unfairly. -
Primer from the General Services Administration which discusses various aspects of the Freedom of Information Act and the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. -
Can I have my criminal record erased? What is an expunction? An expunction is a lawsuit asking a District Court.