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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. Toma and Petersen came to the Supreme Court on Nov.

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Judge Refuses to Lift Discovery Stay in Penn State Hazing Death Lawsuit

The Crime Report

As a result of the decision, attorneys for Piazza’s parents cannot depose Brendan Young and Daniel Casey and prepare for trial. Young and Casey are still awaiting a ruling by the state Superior Court on an appeal of a 2018 ruling that suppressed certain cell phone evidence in the criminal hazing case.

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Former Gambia Minister faces trial in Switzerland for crimes against humanity

JURIST

TRIAL International informed on Thursday that Ousman Sonko, a former Gambian Minister of Interior, will be tried by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) in Bellinzona on January 8, 2024, and the trial will last till January 30. It ousted its long-time dictator, Jammeh, who had been ruling Gambia since 1994.

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Shielding Corporate Execs From Depositions After GM Ruling

Law 360

A Georgia appeals court recently allowed a plaintiff to depose General Motors' CEO, in a blow to the apex doctrine's protections for high-ranking executives, but measures before and during discovery can reduce corporate leaders' exposure in such cases, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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4 Georgia Cases To Watch This Fall

Law 360

This fall, Georgia courts are contending with questions about whether the CEO of General Motors can be deposed in a civil case stemming from a car wreck and considering state duty-to-warn laws in a $200 million injury case. Here, Law360 breaks down four Georgia cases attorneys should be watching.

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Georgia's Biggest Appellate Rulings Of 2021 So Far

Law 360

Georgia appeals courts have upended decades of precedent on how attorneys can appeal trial rulings, freed employers and landowners from liability in high-dollar personal injury cases and refused to narrow the window for high ranking corporate executives to be deposed, in their most significant rulings of the year to date.

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With Court Authorization, Litigators Discover Remote Depositions

LawTechnologyToday

Laurie Berg, a court reporter in New Hampshire, reminded me that in 2014 she received certification for a new software program for introducing exhibits electronically. Court orders allowing stenographers to swear in witnesses without being in their presence effectively disallow motions to postpone. Remember early 2020?