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Federal Rules of Evidence with Cues and Signals for Good Objections
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Knowing the technical bases for objections is not so difficult. Law school covers that. What is much harder is recognizing a good objection very quickly when your opponent puts a question to a witness or starts using a document.
This handy guide identifies the "cues" to listen for when your opponent asks a question or the witness gives an answer. These words or phrases that are the "cues" that tell you instantly that you likely have a good objection. When you know the cues, you can object rapidly and successfully. For documents, this guide also provides the "signals" that support a useful objection. For example, many lawyers miss the objection to "lay opinion" when the writer of a document gives his own view of why something happened.
Cues and Signals gives you details on every objection that has been recognized in federal courts and sorts out the high-payoff objections from those of lower priority for both oral testimony and exhibits. Everything you need on objections is in one compact volume.
This handy guide identifies the "cues" to listen for when your opponent asks a question or the witness gives an answer. These words or phrases that are the "cues" that tell you instantly that you likely have a good objection. When you know the cues, you can object rapidly and successfully. For documents, this guide also provides the "signals" that support a useful objection. For example, many lawyers miss the objection to "lay opinion" when the writer of a document gives his own view of why something happened.
Cues and Signals gives you details on every objection that has been recognized in federal courts and sorts out the high-payoff objections from those of lower priority for both oral testimony and exhibits. Everything you need on objections is in one compact volume.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction: Basic Stuff-Read This
What This Book Covers
How the Material Is Organized
Four Important General Points that Apply Throughout
Part 1: Recognizing Good Objections to Oral Testimony
Higher Priority versus Lower Priority
Content versus Form
Listening to Questions
Listening to Answers
Generally Higher Priority Objections to Questions by Counsel
Four Important Objections to the Content of Questions
Four Important Objections to the Form of Questions
Four Important Objections to Subject Matter Excluded by the Rules
Five Important Objections to Lack of Foundation for the Question
Generally Lower Priority Objections to Questions by Opposing Counsel
Eleven Other Objections to the Content of Questions
Other Lower Priority Objections to the Form of Questions
Objections to Witnesses' Answers to Questions
Answers: Focusing on Higher Priority Objections
Answers: Lower Priority Objections
Part 2: Recognizing Good Objections to Exhibits
Objections to the Foundation for Exhibits
Objections to the Competence of the Witness
Objections to the Identification of the Exhibit
Objections to the Relevance or Materiality of the Exhibit
Objections to the Authentication of the Exhibit
Objections to the Content of Exhibits
Four Generally Higher Priority Objections to the Content of Exhibits
Four Objections to Excludable Content in an Exhibit
Twelve Generally Lower Priority Objections to the Content of Exhibits
Part Three: Recognizing Other Specialized Objections at Trial
Objections to Opening Statements
Objections to Judicial Notice
Objections to Presumptions
Objections to Closing Arguments, Summation
Appendix A: Federal Rules of Evidence, December 2014
