Federal Rule of Evidence 502 governs the treatment of inadvertent disclosures of privileged attorney-client communications or work-product materials. While Rule 502 is an evidence rule, the cases ...

Civil litigators often overlook character evidence, assuming it to be inadmissible. But the Federal Rules of Evidence and their state counterparts do not impose a categorical ban on character evidence ...

Unless Congress moves quickly, several amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence will take effect December 1, 2024. Below is a brief description of the amendments. Rules of ...

Evidence generated by artificial intelligence (“AI”) is making its way into courtrooms. As a result, the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee has proposed a new rule “to regulate the ...

Evidence must fulfill certain requirements before it is admissible at trial in a US federal court. When a trial involves a domestic dispute where parties have obtained discovery through standard ...

During the 2026 session, Utah's legislature amended Utah's rules of evidence, adding a new provision (subsection 404(d)). The new ...