Category: Criminal Law Expert Witness
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Criminal Law Expert Witness’ Disclosure Fails to Comply with Rule 16 Requirements with Respect to Three Bullet Points
In a white-collar criminal case where Defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud in a pump-and-dump scheme through a publicly traded company, Defendants Paul Spivak and Olga Smirnova filed a motion to exclude the testimony of Peter Melley under Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Melley is…
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Court Refuses to Bar Expert Witnesses from Opining on Firearms Regulation
A district judge in Vermont refused to exclude the testimony assessing the impact of gun laws presented by the State’s expert witnesses. Plaintiffs, corporate entities affiliated with gun ownership and several Vermont residents, filed this action against Defendants, high-level Vermont state officials. Plaintiffs allege that 13 V.S.A. § 4021, which prohibits possession and sale of “large…
