Mehjabeen Rahman | The Expert Institute | March 7, 2016 It’s less than a month before trial, and you’ve just learned that a Daubert challenge has been raised against your expert witness. Any attorney who has worked with an expert witness in litigation knows that a Daubert challenge presents the frightening possibility that an expert… Continue reading Surviving a Daubert Challenge: 6 Tips for Success
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Close Call on Daubert Question
Squire Patton Boggs | December 29, 2015 In an opinion filed on December 16, the Sixth Circuit discussed a Daubert question that the court declared to be a “close call,” but ultimately agreed with the district court’s finding that the expert testimony was admissible. The Daubert issue was on appeal as part of a complex case that involved a claim made… Continue reading Close Call on Daubert Question
Florida Bar Pushes Back Against Expert Testimony Law
Jim Saunders | Tampa Bay Business Journal | December 8, 2015 More than two years after the Legislature passed a controversial law aimed at tightening standards for expert testimony in lawsuits, Florida Bar leaders do not want the state Supreme Court to go along with the change. The issue stems from a 2013 legislative move… Continue reading Florida Bar Pushes Back Against Expert Testimony Law
What Exactly Was Excluded? Proffering Expert Opinions to Preserve Daubert/Frye Challenges
Dean Morande | Carlton Fields Jorden Burt | June 17, 2015 Most practitioners would agree that, if the court excludes an expert based on a Daubert challenge—and that is the only expert opining on a subject—then in most instances there should be no need to proffer the expert’s testimony in order to preserve any potential error… Continue reading What Exactly Was Excluded? Proffering Expert Opinions to Preserve Daubert/Frye Challenges
How Not To Cross-Examine An Expert
R. James Kravitz | Fox Rothschild LLP | December 22, 2014 I recently completed a trial in which my adversary’s cross-examination of my expert was like a deposition. The cross-examination took an entire day. The end result was that my adversary did very little to damage the credibility of my expert’s opinion, while my expert… Continue reading How Not To Cross-Examine An Expert