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

Evidence at Trial

To make these showings, Crown relied on an affidavit from a Synchrony employee who attested to the following: She had "personal knowledge of the business records of Synchrony" and was "a qualified person authorized to declare and certify on behalf of Synchrony." The trial court sustained Ms. [The Chambers failed to do so). Chambers v.

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Best Evidence Rule Requires Post-Level Collection for Social Media Evidence

Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

The court cited an affidavit submitted by an eDiscovery expert witness who noted that when X1 Social Discovery was used to collect from the Plaintiff’s Facebook account, key evidence that existed prior to the litigation was missing because it had been deleted by the Plaintiff prior to the X1 Social Discovery collection.

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Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

Evidence at Trial

2009) wherein the district court judicially noticed several documents when doing its own research in a contract action. American Prairie involved an appeal of a district court ruling that found John Hoich personally liable for $2.5 Hoich , 560 F.3d 3d 780 (8th Cir. Each Zantac pill is fully effective for twelve-hour increments.