A current bill in the Maryland General Assembly would shift the burden of proof against school districts in disputes over student special education plans. That’s a bad idea. Such hearings typically ...

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 ...

The 6th Circuit has followed the clear and convincing evidence standard since at least 1993, but the actual rule is silent on this issue. I wrote about Chief Judge Sutton's decision dismissing the ...

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 ...

The Burden of Proof Studies from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation provide a new method for assessing the cumulative strength of available evidence for risk factors and associated health ...