Although hearsay evidence is generally prohibited, the definitional carve-outs and exceptions provide trial judges with the latitude to admit trustworthy evidence that would otherwise be excluded.

The landmark 1986 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case, Commonwealth v. Brady, placed Pennsylvania among a minority of states that allowed prior inconsistent statements to be presented as substantive ...

“There is a clear need for the PTO to take action to require applicants to disclose relevant statements they have made to other agencies relating to inventions discussed in their patent applications ...

“The Board should not allow Moderna to opportunistically embrace prior art before the FDA but now distance itself from the same prior art here.” – Pfizer’s brief to PTAB In a recent brief to the ...