Two years ago, Joshua Amburgy was accused of killing his mother in Miami township. Now, prosecutors are trying for a second ...

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

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

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

I was recently in court with a complex domestic litigation matter. My client was the “respondent” which, in family law ...

The district court concluded Ames failed to meet that additional burden of proof. On appeal, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit applied the background circumstances rule and affirmed ...

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?

In a bi-partisan effort, both Pennsylvania legislative houses and the Pennsylvania Governor have come together to lower the ...

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 ...

Donald Griffin co-discovered bat sonar, founded the field of echolocation, and opened the door for the study of awareness and ...

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