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When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022

Law 360

Tim Tryniecki and Thomas Mudd at MG+M offer a series of practice tips for successfully conducting remote depositions of often-inexperienced fact witnesses, as the virtual court proceedings sparked by COVID-19 look set to become a part of the legal landscape next year.

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General Abdourahamane Tiani installed as Niger leader following coup

JURIST

Niger’s national broadcaster identified Army General Abdourahamane Tiani as President of Niger’s new military government on Friday following a coup that deposed former President Mohamed Bazoum. Both countries recently underwent military coups with Burkina Faso’s occurring in October 2022 and Mali’s in May 2021.

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Myanmar dispatch: Supreme Court hears appeals by lawyers representing imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi

JURIST

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The courts have ordered her imprisonment for a maximum term of 33 years in connection with these 19 cases.

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Pro-coup protesters in Niger call on French military to leave country

JURIST

Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France, has been detained by members of his presidential guard since the coup. Successive coups as well as protests against French military presence have been carried out in Mali and Burkina Faso, two former French colonies, in 2020 and 2022.

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Court turns down request for relief in Arizona leadership’s voting law dispute

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon denied a request from the leaders of the Arizona legislature to put on hold an order that would require them to be deposed about the legislature’s enactment of voting laws that make it more difficult to register to vote. The laws at the center of the dispute were enacted in 2022.

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Myanmar dispatch: ‘we’ve time-traveled back to a dark past’

JURIST

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. This description of “A decade ago in Myanmar” exactly applies to “What it is like living in Myanmar in 2022.”

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Why Depositions Matter More

The Cloud Court Blog

of federal civil matters are resolved at trial[i] Litigators always depose witnesses before a trial – if there is a trial You will almost never depose a witness more than once – so you get one shot to take or defend that deposition well But why do depositions matter more? It’s not just an aphorism. Let’s take a step back.