Burden of proof defines who must prove a point in legal cases. It determines the level of evidence required to win a case. The state has the burden of proof in criminal cases. You may have heard about ...

We all have issues with our parents, be them related to love, money, neglect or other grievances and wrongdoings, real or imagined. But the story of Stephen Pandos is more extreme than most. He spent ...

The parties in a case under consideration by the nation’s highest court — with implications for resolving the burden of proof in ERISA fiduciary breach litigation — have filed to dismiss the suit.

In a case with a potentially far-reaching impact on the administration of the nation’s main special education law, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether parents or school districts ...

A new HBO docuseries is trying to answer the decades-old question of what happened to Jennifer Pandos. The four-part series, “Burden of Proof,” explores what happened to Pandos, who went missing in ...

Bing Wu of Beijing East IP explains what factors courts take into account when deciding where to place the burden of proof in patent infringement cases A patent owner who wants to enforce his patent ...