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California's Secondary Evidence Rule: Helpful, Yes. But Not an End Run.

Evidence at Trial

Put another way, if documents are not available, a witness may testify about the documents' content so long as (1) the testimony is "otherwise admissible," and (2) allowing the testimony is not unfair. Crown move to compel arbitration, and it relied on an employee declaration from Ms. Id , §1521(a)(1), (2).

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The Rise of “Post-Truth” Litigation: ALM’s Isha Marathe on How Deep Fakes Threaten the Legal System (TGIR Ep. 209)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Will having to deal with the deep fakes further delay litigation, and you know, how much more pressure will litigants have to settle or arbitrate or mitigate? You know, what about the existing backlog? Isha Marathe 16:42 I personally do not know about the effect on settlements.