Preliminary Sections

• Author: Ashley S. Lipson
• Pages: 1-24

HIGHLIGHTS

This update to Ashley Lipson’s popular book will help you to quickly determine admissibility. New case

law has been added throughout the book, and the following sections are either new or modified:

Overview

Objections

Chapter 11 Speculative Questions

§11.500 Experts and Existing Forms of Evidence

Chapter 21 Governmental Documents

§21.500 Disavowed Reports

Chapter 22 Private Sector Business Records

§22.436 Derived Records

§22.437 Document Drafts

Chapter 25 Legal Documents

§25.206 Contracts

Chapter 30 Basics of Real Evidence

§30.300 Care and Handling

Chapter 36 On-Site Recordings

§36.301 Surveillance Cameras

Chapter 44 Photographs, Slides, Films and Videos

§44.200 Major Types of Photographic Evidence

§44.301 Foundation Requirements

§44.400 Films and Videotapes

Chapter 45 Audiotapes

§45.200 Foundation Requirements

You continue to receive the following for each item of evidence discussed in the book:

• A quick explanation of the rule

• Strategies for admission and exclusion

• Pattern foundation questions

• Model objection language with responses

• State and federal statute and case citations

Is It Admissible?

by Ashley S. Lipson, Esq.

Don’t overlook the book’s dozens of novel arguments, proven strategies, memory aids, and successful

shortcuts. Is It Admissible? reveals:

• The four foundation buzzwords for the four major types of evidence. Page O-2

• The 12 universally-recognized objections and when to use them. Page O-5

• A simple guide for maneuvering through the most common admissibility problems. Page O-8

• Discussion of the Federal Rules of Evidence and individual state applications regarding hearsay

and hearsay exceptions. Chapter 5

• The 12 ways to oppose ordinary business records. Page 22-6

• For each of the 12 objections, model objection language, with potential responses. Appendix A

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