Welcome to “Burden of Proof,” a new column in the New York Law Journal focused on evidentiary and discovery issues litigators confront every day. Three goals inform the content. First, to provide you with timely, relevant updates in the law. Second, to alert you to, and perhaps help you avoid, some of the myriad pitfalls hidden just around the next corner in your case. Third, maybe, just maybe, to make your life as a litigator a little bit easier and, hopefully, more rewarding.

Readers may recognize “Burden of Proof” from its 14-year run in the NYSBA Journal, and to returning readers, a very warm welcome back. There is but one change, one you may have already noticed: the addition as co-author of Lukas M. Horowitz, fresh off his own two-year run writing the column he originated in the NYSBA Journal, “Becoming A Lawyer.” We are grateful for the expanded readership the New York Law Journal platform provides, and to new readers, we hope you will find this column a useful addition to your litigator’s toolbox.