LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2020

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?

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Attorney at Work

MAY 28, 2022

It’s been said (often) that lawyers were genteel, professional, and respectful of their colleagues and opposing counsel in the past. Intimidation, shabby lawyering, “over-papering” and arrogance seem to run rampant. In some cases, judges have even ordered civility training for lawyers.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The government has contended that the information 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, and by the time the lawyer representing the detainee sat down on Wednesday the court seemed inclined to agree.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Where an HCLA plaintiff’s expert testified at his deposition that he was not very familiar with Kingsport and that he had only reviewed information about Kingsport the night before the deposition, rather than before forming his medical opinions, the trial court did not err by excluding the expert based on the locality rule. In Jackson v.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

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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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

That obsession extends to deposition data as well as to the psychology of the players involved: the attorneys taking and defending depositions; the witnesses being deposed; as well as the court reporters. One in-house lawyer I recently spoke with whistled low, then accused us of practicing witchcraft. Often their eyes get wide.

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Your friends at Cloud Court are obsessed with depositions. I can recall many, many times at depositions or at trials where lawyers and witnesses have removed their suit jackets or blazers during breaks only to reveal that they’ve sweat out their shirts around their armpits. And that has consequences for our cases and our clients.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in yet another legal battle arising from the government’s response to the attacks – specifically, the government’s efforts to block the disclosure of information about its torture program at CIA “black sites.”. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed. After the Sept.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The most recent incident highlighted is the controversy caused by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s criticism of immigration lawyers for representing migrants and their condemnation of the government’s plans to remove asylum seekers.

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The Cloud Court Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

It resonates because I know the same is true of both witnesses and lawyers. Your corporate witness is about to be deposed by a seasoned litigator on topics related to damages. Michael Lewis’s point--that you can’t tell the difference between the efficacy of players just by looking at them--resonates with me. Sometimes profoundly so.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). FEATURED CASE.

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