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A Wake Up Call Revisited: Read the Rules & Don’t Argue “Not Reasonably Calculated” in Federal Courts

E-Discovery LLC

19, 2025)(Emphasis added), the court wrote: Throughout his responses, Canales objects to OPWs requests on the ground that they are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. The phrase was deleted from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by the December 2015 amendments. Emphasis added].

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Rhymes and Crimes: Fourth Circuit Uses Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Drug Trafficking Case

Practice of Law

He pleaded not guilty and proceeded to a three-day trial. Watkins appealed the conviction to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He raised several objections on appeal, but we’ll focus on two: his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence and to the admission of his song lyrics as evidence.

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Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

Evidence at Trial

In pretrial litigation , judicial notice requests are used in pleadings to establish some needed fact without an attesting witness. Must-Know Rule #2: A Substitute for Evidence Cannot Bypass Relevance Like any rule of evidence, the details mustn't swallow the whole. Must-Know Rule #4: Judicial Notice's High Standard v.