Law

A Change in Character: The Amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)

Of all the Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 404(b) may well be the most cited. Any lawyer who practices federal criminal law is very familiar with the rule. On Dec. 1, 2020, the Supreme Court adopted ...
JD Supra

Second Circuit OKs ‘Good Acts’ Evidence on Intent

On February 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a significant decision in United States v. Cardenas, vacating a drug conspiracy conviction and remanding the case for a ...
JD Supra

2nd Circ. Clarifies When Prior Good Acts May Be Admissible

Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence has long served as a gatekeeping mechanism in criminal and civil trials, barring parties from using evidence of prior conduct to argue that a person acted ...
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Trump v. Carroll

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. (1) Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 415 overrides Rule 403’s requirement to balance the probative value of temporally remote ...
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Motion to Compel Arbitration, Motion in Limine Under Rule 404(b) and Writ of Habeas Corpus

This column reports on several significant decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Hector Gonzalez denied a motion to compel arbitration. Judge Joanna ...