Evidence

Full investigation of the accident scene can reveal other responsible parties

When the primary defendant is underinsured, a thorough investigation of the accident scene can yield surprising evidence of negligence by other parties

Casey A. Kaufman

From Issue: 2017 May

Finding and using evidence to win your employment case

Evidence can be testimony about what someone saw or heard or smelled. Even someone’s opinion

Carmen Sabater

From Issue: 2023 March

Evidence preservation

An update to your evidence preservation demands and how to advise your clients of their own preservation obligations

Andrew Owen

From Issue: 2025 August

Don’t let the defense misuse social media to depict your client

How defendants misrepresent a plaintiff’s condition through social media

Eustace de Saint Phalle
Shana M. Nazarian

From Issue: 2024 January

Collecting the pieces of the premises-liability puzzle

Initiate a powerful plan of attack for investigation and discovery from the get-go

Alexis Domb
Ibiere N. Seck

From Issue: 2017 November

Building the record that survives summary judgment

How discovery, evidence, and expert opinions combine to create triable issues of fact on employer liability and related derivative claims

Brigitta Railla
Erika Contreras

From Issue: 2026 October

Four underutilized rules of evidence at trial

Dealing with experts’ wild scenarios of causation, the disappearing plaintiff, impeachment documents and publications referred to at trial

Khail A. Parris

From Issue: 2025 January

Excluding what the officer didn’t know at the time of the shooting

Effective use of motions in limine can ensure the jury sees only the relevant facts in an excessive-use-of-force case

Michael S. Carrillo

From Issue: 2026 June

Evidence Code mediation rules

Know the official rules for mediation and keep yourself out of avoidable predicaments

Rita Miller

From Issue: 2024 September

Common evidentiary issues in auto cases

What to get in and how to keep everything else out

Lauren Horwitz

From Issue: 2021 June

Caught on camera

How California’s speed cameras and AB Bill 645 are reshaping car-accident cases

Lem Garcia

From Issue: 2025 August

Appellate Reports

[[case]]In People v. Veamatahau[[/case]], Cal Supreme Court clarifies and restricts the meaning of “case-specific hearsay” that must be excluded under [[case]]People v. Sanchez[[/case]]

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2020 May