A recent and significant amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 807, known as the residual exception, took effect on Dec. 1, 2019. Rule 807 has historically allowed an argument for the admissibility ...

I also can sadly attest to the court system being more interested in convictions than justice. I’d like to thank William Baker and Brice Brenneman for bringing these issues to light. I was part of the ...

In Pfizer Canada Inc. v. Teva Canada Limited, 2016 FCA 161, the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) recently overturned a substantial damages award in a pharmaceutical patented medicines action on the ...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) – Prosecutors relied on normally barred secondhand hearsay statements to convict former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Illinois ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A leading Republican critique of the House impeachment inquiry is that Democrats are relying on “hearsay” evidence. The word ‘hearsay’ is bandied about in legal circles all ...

The US Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins today, and there’s one term that’s already played an important part in the process: hearsay. WGBH News’ Morning Edition host Joe ...