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

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

I've written about the rule and application of the business records exception here and here , and made a video explaining it here. Crown appealed the trial court's ruling, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. Crown first argued that (1) the Synchrony affidavit was admissible under the secondary evidence rule (Cal.

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Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

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MARCH 22, 2023

Must-Know Rule #3: Beware of Trojan Horse Hearsay Similar to relevance, judicial notice is not an exception to the hearsay rule. 2009) wherein the district court judicially noticed several documents when doing its own research in a contract action. This is best illustrated in American Prairie Const. Hoich , 560 F.3d

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Evidence Witnesses Hearsay Rule Admissibility

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

Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

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