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[citation needed] The examiner must also provide the witness with the opportunity to adopt or reject the previous statement. [1] In the majority of U.S. jurisdictions, prior inconsistent statements may not be introduced to prove the truth of the prior statement itself, as this constitutes hearsay, but only to impeach the credibility of the witness.
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
[35] [36] Actionable misrepresentations must be misstatements of fact or law: [37] [38] misstatements of opinion [39] or intention are not deemed statements of fact; [40] [33] but if one party appears to have specialist knowledge of the topic, his "opinions" may be considered actionable misstatements of fact.
A judge warned Monday he may move up the March 2026 trial date between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, as their attorneys accused each other of improperly seeking to sway public opinion. Judge ...
The intentional dissemination of misstatements (disinformation) is commonly termed as deception or lying, while unintentional inaccuracies may arise from misconceptions, misinformation, or mistakes. Although the word fallacy is sometimes used as a synonym for false statement , that is not how the word is used in most formal contexts.
Western Oregon University women's basketball coach Jessica Peatross and assistant coach DJ Marlow were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed Jan. 29, 2025, by former basketball players.
Two multibillion-dollar meatpacking companies will each pay $4 million after federal investigations revealed they had illicitly employed dozens of children through staffing agencies, the Labor ...
While legal conclusions can provide the framework of a complaint, they must be supported by factual allegations. When there are well-pleaded factual allegations, a court should assume their veracity and then determine whether they plausibly give rise to an entitlement to relief. Our decision in Twombly illustrates the two-pronged approach.