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29 Apr 2011, 2:54 am by Bexis
  So we're happy to offer the New Jersey proposed standard instruction as something of a "best practice" that other courts might want to emulate. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 10:04 am by Stefanie Levine
The Court did not focus on Microsoft's principal argument that a preponderance of the evidence is the default standard of proof in civil cases. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 10:04 am by Stefanie Levine
The Court did not focus on Microsoft's principal argument that a preponderance of the evidence is the default standard of proof in civil cases. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 12:59 pm by Aaron Pelley
Finding that the absence of such an instruction may have affected the verdict, as the jury could not find that Mr. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 2:21 pm by Matthew Nelson
”[2] Despite these guidelines, the rules are not always bright line instructions so the conduct of the parties is typically evaluated based on “reasonableness” standards when a discovery dispute arises. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 6:12 am by Gideon
Some of you may be aware that in civil cases jurors are told that it’s only necessary to prove that a fact is more likely true than not true. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 7:41 am by Law Lady
GINN, III, Defendants-Appellees, GINN FINANCIAL SERVICES, et al., Defendants. 11th Circuit.Employer-employee relations -- Family and Medical Leave Act -- Interference with FMLA rights -- District court correctly found that employee's Department of Labor complaint did not bar her from filing civil action against employer for interfering with her statutory right to request medical leave and for firing her in retaliation for her protected leave request in violation of FMLA -- Agency… [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 1:38 am by Christa Culver
§ 2246 limit the admissibility of hearsay in a habeas corpus case challenging indefinite imprisonment, potentially for life; (2) whether a preponderance of the evidence standard, rather than a clear and convincing evidence standard, is sufficient under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution and 28 U.S.C. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 9:38 am by Jeff Gamso
  The jury instruction error is of no legal consequence. [read post]
16 Jan 2011, 2:50 pm by Gideon
Earlier this week, a Wikileaks volunteer was detained at an American airport, attempting to re-enter the country after a vacation. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 2:55 pm by Bexis
  Real violation claims aren’t particularly easy to plead, but they’re even harder to prove, so this is just the beginning. [read post]
24 Dec 2010, 3:28 pm
Under Rule 51 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party must timely object to a jury instruction "on the record, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds for the objection. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 7:08 am
Proof The standards of proof are very different in criminal and civil proceedings. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 11:02 am by Christa Culver
ThomasDocket: 10-180Issue(s): (1) Whether the lower court properly held that the issuance of a "no duplication of damages" instruction to the jury in a Section 1983 case cures any error resulting from incorrect adjoining instructions that invited the jury to assess damages "by defendant" and "by claim" and to decide the legal question of joint liability; and (2) whether the adjudication of constitutional tort claims against… [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 11:30 am by Jon Sands
This lead to a re-opening of the investigation. [read post]