Florida Case Over Whether Expert Required to Corroborate Request for Fees Gains Attention

A dispute over legal fees is gaining attention in Florida as its courts are examining whether attorneys need expert witnesses to corroborate their requests for legal fees. Underlying Dispute The case began as a fee dispute between the Law Offices of Granoff & Kessler and its client, Richard Randal Glass. Attorney Roy E. Granoff was […]

Expert Opinions Offered in Support of Challenges to Death Penalty Protocols

Expert Witness Report Alleges Negligence in Prison Death

Public opinion about the death penalty has been shifting since the mid-1990s, as DNA testing and other evidence has revealed the frequency with which innocent defendants are sent to death row. Opinions have also been swayed by the realization that the death penalty is administered arbitrarily, with race often proving to be a critical factor […]

False Confessions Expert Casts Doubt on Convictions of Four North Carolina Defendants

Relying on expert evidence, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission decided that four men from Winston-Salem have produced substantial evidence of their probable innocence. Rayshawn Banner, Christopher Bryant, Jermal Tolliver, and Nathaniel Cauthen had been convicted of causing the 2002 death of Nathaniel Jones, the grandfather of NBA player Chris Paul. Three of the four […]

Expert Admonished by Medical School for Allegedly Exposing Junk Science

Lab Analysts May Be Required to Testify in Person in Criminal Trials

The media often portray expert testimony as grounded in “junk science.” In some instances, particularly when discredited theories are dressed up as forensic science and offered as evidence against criminal defendants, “junk science” is an apt description. Yet most expert testimony is based on sound principles of science. The insurance industry and corporate lobbyists have […]

Lance Armstrong Doping Expert Banned for Doping

An expert on doping who was part of Lance Armstrong’s defense team has been banned from the sport of cycling for four years after testing positive for banned substances. Expert Witness John Gleaves John Gleaves is an associate professor of kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). Gleaves focuses his research on doping in sport, […]

Expert Silenced for Giving Truthful Testimony

Sexual predator laws hold defendants convicted of sex crimes in detention after they have served their sentences. The laws are premised on the popular belief that sexual predators have an uncontrollable compulsion to commit sex crimes, and that an indefinite civil commitment is an appropriate means of protecting society from the crimes they might commit […]

Recommendation That Expert Should Not Be Disqualified From Testifying Against Former Employer

A U.S. district court judge has received a recommendation that he should allow a former employee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to testify as an expert witness against it, in the agency’s suit against loan financier Navient. The Underlying Suit In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the State of Pennsylvania sued […]

Georgia Supreme Court Prohibits Automatic Exclusion of Expert Testimony as Sanction for Violating Scheduling Order

The failure to disclose an expert witness or to provide an expert report within the time limit set by a scheduling order is a recurring issue. Some courts enforce deadlines rigidly. Others are more flexible. Overruling several lower court precedents, the Georgia Supreme Court made clear that the late disclosure of an expert should not […]

Growing Trend of Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Court

An expert on hip-hop culture has noted an uptick in the trend of prosecutors using rap lyrics and videos as evidence of guilt. The Shooting Death On December 10, 2016, shots were fired at a “Naughty or Nice Pajama Jam” party being held in the warehouse district of Carson in the Los Angeles area. A […]

Are You Thinking About Becoming an Expert Witness?

In this time of economic uncertainty, a part-time gig as an expert witness might provide helpful supplementary income. Almost anyone who has knowledge or training in a specialized field that exceeds the knowledge of most people has the potential to be an expert witness. At the same time, some people are more suited for the […]

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