A great deal of the evidence offered at a trial or hearing in the Surrogate’s Court is hearsay, or at least appears to be hearsay. What did the decedent say? What did his attorney hear from others?

It’s one of those words. I’ll bet you’ve heard it before; maybe even kicked the tires of it yourself. In television dramas and in the movies, if there’s a court scene, at some point someone is bound ...

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses the hearsay rule and some of its exceptions, particularly focusing on the newly revised revised Rule 807, which is now seemingly more ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. On Monday, by a vote of six to two (with Justice Kagan recused), the Court held that testimony by police officers at a murder ...

Matthew Johnson, Yang Li Ph.D. [co-authors: Robert Levent (Levent) Hergüner, Law Clerk and Jihong Lou Ph.D., Associate] On December 6, 2018, the PTAB hosted a Boardside Chat webinar on hearsay and ...