Expert For Bankruptcy Fraud Defendant Cannot Testify, Federal Judge Rules

Mealey's (October 17, 2017, 12:31 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An expert witness for a man charged with criminal bankruptcy fraud was barred from testifying at trial on Oct. 14 by an Illinois federal judge, who found that the expert’s opinions are unreliable due to a lack of any methodology and amount to “legal conclusions that are not within the province of the expert” (United States of America v. Eric E. Neushwander, No. 15-cr-542, N.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170130)....