Accidents that occur due to negligence often leave victims dealing with financial stress, physical pain, and emotional ...

The February issue of Boston College Law Review is now available. The issue features four articles by outside authors as well as three student Notes. Summaries of the seven pieces can be found below.

The presiding judge may not testify as a witness at the trial. A party need not object to preserve the issue. Courts have held that Rule 605 prohibits presiding judges both from testifying and giving ...

Federal Rule of Evidence 608(b) states the following: (b) Specific Instances of Conduct. Except for a criminal conviction under Rule 609, extrinsic evidence is not admissible to prove specific ...

Longtime readers will recall that every so often, I would go on a "rant" about how many federal judges were ignoring the text of Federal Rule of Evidence 702, as amended in 2000. Instead, they were ...

An expert Q&A on proposed Rule 707 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) and key issues when handling AI-generated evidence ...