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Family Law Prof Blog
Legislative Development: Michigan Reforms Evidence Law to Support Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases
By Family Law
While prosecutors await the United States Supreme Court's decisions in Davis v. Washington, 05-5224, and Hammon v. Indiana, 05-5705, (arguments were heard last week) regarding the admissibility of 911 tapes…
New Jersey Family Law
NEW JERSEY PALIMONY
Plaintiff failed to establish cohabitation to support her palimony claim where, during a 10-year relationship, the decedent chose to live alone in several residences while the plaintiff and the child…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
No Adverse Inference Warranted for Lost Evidence
In Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Midcap, download file, the Delaware Supreme Court determined that the trial court erred in giving the jury a missing-evidence adverse-inference jury instruction because it…
Bankruptcy Litigation Blog 2.0
Picks of the Month: Required Reading for November 2005
Here are our "Picks of the Month" for November 2005, a monthly guide to recently published articles of relevance to the bankruptcy practitioner, scholar, student, and Judge: Michael R. Arkfeld…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Developments: GAL Reports as Evidence
By Family Law
The Maine Supreme Court has held that introducing into evidence a guardian ad litem’s report that contains hearsay evidence does not violate due process rights of a parent in a…
DennisKennedy.Blog
My Recommended One-volume Resource on Electronic Discovery
Great EDD resource.
Business and Commercial
Retroactive application of new expert rules unconstitutional
By Ken Shigley
Daubert may not apply in pending cases where parties already invested in experts under old rules.
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Whose Evidence Is It Anyway?
By Ellen Podgor
As detailed in Tom Kirkendall's Houston's Clear Thinkers Blog (which is always an interesting read, especially on Enron developments), the Enron Broadband Services trial (see earlier post here) took a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting sufficiency ruling from the 10th Circuit
Main April 7, 2005Interesting sufficiency ruling from the 10th CircuitComing on-line today is a decision from the 10th Circuit involving what I suspect is a rare reversal of a jury…
Other
How to live with Daubert in Georgia courts
By Ken Shigley
For years Georgia lawyers practicing primarily in state rather than federal courts were able to avoid the budensome, expensive and sometimes absurd requirements of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,509…