A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights ...

According to a former federal prosecutor who has tried a high-profile corruption case in Illinois, U.S. government attorneys ...

Since the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admission, we have observed an increase in “reverse” ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently delivered a significant judgment in the case of Goverdhan Vs Chief Municipal Officer, ...

The notion of burden of proof and its companion notion of presumption are central to argumentation studies. This book argues that we can learn a lot from how the courts have developed procedures over ...

So too, the burden of proof in a lawsuit can make or break the outcome. Scheduled for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 5 is one such case (E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v Carrera ...

With another Veteran’s Day commemoration upon us, let’s discuss veteran disability benefit claims. What are those, and how does the law deal with them?

A number of federal laws use a preponderance of evidence standard and so should the Fair Labor Standards Act, says the ...

This will prevent situations where the burden of proof rests with the prosecution, which often finds its hands tied for reasons beyond its control. It would also be necessary for a law to be ...

the Supreme Court agreed to hear Carrera to clarify the precise burden of proof that employers need to meet to satisfy that ...

However, when the accused invokes self-defense, the burden of proof is shifted from the prosecution to the defense, and it becomes incumbent upon the accused to prove, by clear and convincing evidence ...