Paige McKirahan | Wit In a perfect world, an expert’s testimony wouldn’t change just because the courtroom does. But those who work in complex litigation know the reality: state rules can dramatically alter what experts must disclose before trial and what they’re allowed to say during it. While federal court offers a familiar playbook, the… Continue reading Why Jurisdiction Shapes What Testifying Experts Can Say Before And During Trial
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Subrogation Insight: Expert Testimony Admissible Despite Post-Loss Repairs
Gus Sara | White and Williams In Ghaznavi v. Arby Constr., Inc., No. 14-24-00213-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 839, the Court of Appeals of Texas (Court of Appeals) considered whether the trial court properly excluded the plaintiffs’, Kambiz Moavenzadeh Ghaznavi and Anahita Nokkonejad (collectively, the Ghaznavis), liability expert. The case arose from a fire at the Ghaznavis’… Continue reading Subrogation Insight: Expert Testimony Admissible Despite Post-Loss Repairs
Expert Evidence in Construction Disputes: Arbitrator Perspective
Katherine Bell | Global Arbitration Review Introduction The primary methods of presenting factual evidence in international arbitration are contemporaneous documents, testimony of fact witnesses and testimony of expert witnesses. Whereas contemporaneous documents tend to have the highest probative value when it comes to facts in general, expert witness testimony is the predominant means of evidence… Continue reading Expert Evidence in Construction Disputes: Arbitrator Perspective
No Expert Testimony for You: Maryland Federal Court Deems Expert Testimony Inadmissible
Katherine Q. Dempsey | The Subrogation Strategist In Rich v. Plumbing No. 1:23-cv-00705-SAG, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2263, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland considered two motions for summary judgment, each arguing that the court should exclude the testimony of the plaintiff’s expert. Although the court allowed the plaintiff to file a supplemental… Continue reading No Expert Testimony for You: Maryland Federal Court Deems Expert Testimony Inadmissible
Important Changes to Rule 702 and Expert Testimony
Gregory J. DuBoff, Brian D. Schmalzbach, John J. Woolard, Kate Carolyn Ashley and C. Matthew West | McGuireWoods 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 important new… Continue reading Important Changes to Rule 702 and Expert Testimony