The federal rule of evidence governing expert testimony — Rule 702 — just saw its most significant change in almost 25 years. The new Rule 702, which went into effect Dec. 1, 2023, gives litigants ...

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From Turner v. State, decided Thursday by the Arkansas Supreme Court (in an opinion by Justice Shawn Womack): The evidence presented at trial establishes the following account of events. On April 26, ...

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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 ...

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The Federal Circuit will soon issue its first en banc decision in a utility patent case since 2018 in EcoFactor v. Google, No. 2023-1101. The case presents an opportunity for the Federal Circuit to ...

The Federal Circuit rarely decides cases en banc. For example, in 2024, the Court only heard one en banc case.[1] Stunningly, on September 25, 2024, the Federal Circuit granted Google’s petition for ...