In the aftermath of the amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702, courts are called to engage in heightened scrutiny of ...

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 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 fourth in a series of articles on basic strategies for questioning commonly encountered witnesses in civil litigation.

“[F]or the expert’s testimony on a POSA’s perspective to be relevant, the expert must also establish familiarity with that perspective.” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued ...

One area where artificial intelligence has gained a strong foothold in litigation practice is in the preparation and cross-examination of expert witnesses. This shouldn’t be surprising. Expert ...

Expert psychological testimony can transform your criminal defense by establishing whether you possessed the mental capacity to commit the alleged crime. Courts will scrutinize this evidence using the ...

An appellate court dismissed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a pulmonologist after the plaintiff used a cardiologist as ...

NEW YORK — An expert witness was called to the stand at a Brooklyn domestic sexual assault trial to tell the jury about the impact of intimate abuse in the Islamic faith. The testimony included claims ...

The story of Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Burgess, a psychiatric nurse who teamed with FBI agents to develop profiles of serial killers, has garnered headlines thanks to a book she co-wrote ...

Expert witness clinician Dr. Siegel provided extensive testimony at Yolo County Superior Court in the retrial of Carlos ...