Table of Contents

• Jurisdiction: United States

Chapter 1: Introduction......................................................1

Chapter 2: Emergence of the Standards Governing Expert Witnesses...............................................................7

A. Deference to the Scientific Community Under Frye.....................................8

B. Judicial Independence Under Daubert................................................................8

C. Judicial Empowerment Under Kumho Tire.....................................................11

D. Further Supreme Court Decisions...................................................................12

1. Joiner: Standard of Appellate Review......................................................................12

2. Weisgram: Few Opportunities for Fielding Substitute Experts..............................13

Chapter 3: Procedural Rules Preceding the Daubert Determination.................................................15

A. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure......................................................................16

B. Federal Rule 26...................................................................................................16

1. The Identification of Expert Witnesses....................................................................17

2. The Preparation and Exchange of Expert Witness Reports...................................17

C. Federal Rules of Evidence 104 and 702...........................................................20

1. Motions in Limine....................................................................................................20

2. Cross-Motions in Limine..........................................................................................22

3. Judicial Determinations on the Submission of the Motion Papers........................23

4. An Extended Voir Dire Incident to a Continued Motion in Limine....................24

5. Motions to Strike Reports and Testimony...............................................................25

6. Reduced Scope of the Expert Witness on Methodologies.......................................25

7. Limitations on the Substitution of Experts..............................................................26

D. Objections to Expert Witnesses on Grounds of Bias.....................................27

Chapter 4: Daubert Gatekeeper Determinations..................29

A. Burden Under Daubert ...................................................................................... 30

B. Objections for Lack of...