ALF Presses Supreme Court To Scrutinize Selective Exclusion Of Journalists From Government Briefings
…For this reason, trial judges’ “gatekeeper” role, i.e., ensuring that juries only hear expert testimony that is scientifically sound, has become more important than ever. Read Larry Ebner’s Law360 Expert…
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…Court cases significantly contributed to the adoption of the reliability standard incorporated into Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which governs admissibility of testimony by expert witnesses. Our insistence that trial-court…
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…of material fact exists. If this burden is met, the party opposing the motion bears the burden of showing the existence of disputed facts. . . . We review the…
…apply to non-scientific expert testimony and will further reduce speculative and poorly reasoned expert testimony in federal courts. Following the Daubert decision, and the 1997 Supreme Court decision in GE…
…has now marshaled the resources of its Advisory Council, both scientific and legal, to ensure that sound science is applied in determining the admissibility of expert testimony in cases involving…
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By Ann G. Grimaldi In a significant victory for the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) and the regulated community at large, the Ninth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction prohibiting the…
Commentary by Lawrence Ebner, ALF Executive Vice President & General Counsel I am a steadfast advocate for keeping junk science out of courtrooms—for federal judges fulfilling their expert testimony gatekeeper…
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