While juries make decisions based on arguments by the prosecution and the defense, expert witnesses help them make more informed decisions. Expert witnesses are often central to the litigation process ...

Defendant as Plaintiff’s Expert Witness: Part 2 In Part 2 of his two-part series, Robert Genis explores how plaintiffs can examine defendants as expert witnesses, including the breadth of permissible ...

From Dec 31, psychiatrists must be admitted to a panel before they can testify as an expert in criminal proceedings. Read ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that defendants can use expert witnesses to explain the potential flaws in eyewitness identification. This decision reversed a Boone County man's conviction for indecent ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has terminated contracts with multiple expert witnesses it had hired in cases against companies accused of hurting consumers. The decision to suddenly cancel ...

If a person was serving a probationary sentence at the time they witnessed a crime, but their probation ended by the time they testified at trial, the defense does not have the right to let jurors ...

In Part I of his two-part series, Bob Genis reviews how the plaintiff s in negligence and malpractice cases can strategically require the defendant to appear at trial during the plaintiff’s direct ...