Michael Hoenig

November 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes that lamentably, the problems with "predatory" science journals seem to persist. Lawyers should prepare well in order to challenge experts relying on unreliable hearsay literature, and judges, too, have to be willing to let the gatekeeping task unfold with appropriate discovery directed to the testifier-expert and disclosure about the hearsay literature itself.

By Michael Hoenig

14 minute read

November 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes that lamentably, the problems with "predatory" science journals seem to persist. Lawyers should prepare well in order to challenge experts relying on unreliable hearsay literature, and judges, too, have to be willing to let the gatekeeping task unfold with appropriate discovery directed to the testifier-expert and disclosure about the hearsay literature itself.

By Michael Hoenig

14 minute read

September 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes: What starts out as a seemingly simple general rule—no contingency fees for experts—actually masks some subtleties and questions that warrant litigators' attention.

By Michael Hoenig

13 minute read

September 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes: What starts out as a seemingly simple general rule—no contingency fees for experts—actually masks some subtleties and questions that warrant litigators' attention.

By Michael Hoenig

13 minute read

August 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes: In a bombshell decision issued on July 30, Eastern District Judge Jack B. Weinstein found that use of "ethnicity-based statistics" to obtain a reduced damage award in calculating future economic loss violates due process and equal protection.

By Michael Hoenig

11 minute read

August 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes: In a bombshell decision issued on July 30, Eastern District Judge Jack B. Weinstein found that use of "ethnicity-based statistics" to obtain a reduced damage award in calculating future economic loss violates due process and equal protection.

By Michael Hoenig

11 minute read

July 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes that finding constitutional implications when jurors receive extrinsic prejudicial information within a criminal case context may not be so surprising. Is there also a constitutional dimension, however, when the jury considers extraneous prejudicial information in a civil case? A recent federal appellate decision suggests that the answer is "yes."

By Michael Hoenig

13 minute read

July 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes that finding constitutional implications when jurors receive extrinsic prejudicial information within a criminal case context may not be so surprising. Is there also a constitutional dimension, however, when the jury considers extraneous prejudicial information in a civil case? A recent federal appellate decision suggests that the answer is "yes."

By Michael Hoenig

13 minute read

May 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses asbestos litigation and the single-fiber theory, and a bombshell ruling that exposes the tensions between what experts claimed and what New York's legal standards require in order to admit reliable expert testimony.

By Michael Hoenig

13 minute read

May 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses asbestos litigation and the single-fiber theory, and a bombshell ruling that exposes the tensions between what experts claimed and what New York's legal standards require in order to admit reliable expert testimony.

By Michael Hoenig

13 minute read