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US Supreme Court rules Texas legislators must give depositions in redistricting suit

JURIST

Therefore, the legislators requested the US Supreme Court to grant an emergency stay of the depositions, which will postpone the legislators’ depositions “pending the forthcoming clarification of the metes and bounds of redistricting” claims. Solicitor General Elizabeth B.

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How Cos. Can Prep For A 30(b)(6) Witness's Dual Deposition

Law 360

As recently noted by a New York federal court, Rule 30(b)(6) allows for testimony from someone deposed as both corporate representative and in their individual capacity on topics outside of personal knowledge but within a corporation's collective knowledge — and dual deposition notices create unique prep issues, say Jennifer Filippazzo and Lauren Evans (..)

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Fractured majority allows government to withhold information on torture at CIA black sites

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that information about the federal government’s post-9/11 torture program at CIA “black sites” is protected by the “state secrets privilege,” a doctrine that allows the government to withhold information in litigation when disclosing it would compromise national security.

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Expert affidavit created issues of fact to withstand summary judgment in HCLA case

Day on Torts

Defendant deposed Dr. Gunnerson as an adverse expert witness, then filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that there was “no causal connection between any alleged negligence by [defendant] and any injury, including death, to [the patient].” The Court of Appeals, however, disagreed with this interpretation.

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Exclusion of HCLA expert based on locality rule affirmed.

Day on Torts

After deposing Dr. Steege, defendants moved to exclude Dr. Steege on the basis that he was not competent to testify under Tenn. The trial court ruled that “Dr. Steege did not meet the locality rule outlined in Shipley v. In her initial expert disclosures, plaintiff identified Dr. Steege from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Balenciaga’s Bondage Bears: Company Sues Over the Inclusion of Supreme Court Opinion in Ad Campaign

JonathanTurley

The filing is particularly interesting because it focuses not as much on the BDSM or bondage bears being marketed by Balenciaga, but the inclusion the image of a child pornography court ruling. The company, however, could face some significant legal challenges over its own role in the campaign.

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Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules

SCOTUSBlog

But that power was changed, Alito stressed, after King James II was deposed in the revolution. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court. The post Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules appeared first on SCOTUSblog.