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How Courts Evaluate Demonstrative Evidence
During trial, parties may use visual aids or other materials to help explain testimony or illustrate complex information. These materials, known as demonstrative evidence, can...
How Courts Resolve Disputes Over Trial Exhibits
Documents, photographs, physical objects, and other materials are often offered as exhibits during litigation. Before these items may be considered during trial, questions sometimes arise...
When Courts Permit Consolidation of Related Actions
Litigation can sometimes involve multiple lawsuits that arise from similar facts, involve the same parties, or present overlapping legal issues. When separate cases share significant...
When Courts Permit Relief From a Default Judgment
Default judgments can occur when a party does not respond to a lawsuit or otherwise fails to participate in the litigation process within the required...
When Courts Consider Relief From Procedural Defaults
Procedural rules play an important role in civil litigation. Courts rely on filing deadlines, response requirements, scheduling orders, and other procedural obligations to help cases...
How Courts Handle Motions to Compel Discovery
Discovery allows parties in civil litigation to obtain information that may be relevant to the claims and defenses involved in a case. The discovery process...
When Courts Permit Remote Testimony in Civil Proceedings
Technology has changed many aspects of civil litigation, including how testimony may be presented in certain circumstances. While in-person testimony remains common, courts may sometimes...
Why Courts Cannot Communicate With Only One Party
Civil litigation is built on the principle that all parties must have an equal opportunity to participate in the legal process. Courts generally make decisions...
When Courts Consider Extending Enforcement Deadlines
A court judgment may remain enforceable for a period of time after it is entered. During that period, parties may pursue various post-judgment proceedings relating...