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Why Depositions Matter More

The Cloud Court Blog

“The deposition is the new trial.” – Jim Garrity, 10,000 Depositions Later podcast Jim Garrity, an employment attorney based in Florida, has produced scores of podcasts and published multiple books on the topic of depositions. And today, almost all testimony is in the form of deposition testimony for the reasons cited above.

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With Court Authorization, Litigators Discover Remote Depositions

LawTechnologyToday

She used it for the first time on April 1, 2020 when taking a remote deposition over Zoom. The COVID-19 pandemic compelled the shift to work-from-home for businesses that could do so, like law firms. Litigators are obliged to maintain a deposition schedule absent the familiar setting of a conference room. Remember early 2020?

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VW Pushes Back On SEC's Sanctions Bid Over Deposition

Law 360

and German law but that it can't force an employee to be deposed in a U.S. Volkswagen has argued that it has done everything it can under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over the automaker's so-called defeat devices, which allowed thousands of "Clean Diesel" vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

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Exclusion of HCLA expert based on locality rule affirmed.

Day on Torts

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.

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PTAB Finds Petitioner’s Failure to Disclose Relationship with Real Party in Interest Warrants Substantial Monetary Sanctions

The IP Law Blog

Third, Columbia alleges that Ventex’s corporate witness made false statements under oath at his deposition by denying the existence of the later-produced Exclusive Manufacturing Agreement. First, Columbia filed (and the Board decided) motions for additional discovery without the benefit of all pertinent facts.

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Rick DeMedeiros: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

Rick DeMedeiros of DeMedeiros Injury Law. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? What is the “backstory” that brought you to this particular career path in Law? Is success in the law dependent on going to a top-tier school? Absolutely not.

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Moneyballing Testimony: A Field Guide to Deposition Gorillas

The Cloud Court Blog

Over the years I’ve attended a lot of depositions. When the deposition is over, the people that were in the room often have a sort of inexplicable, Venn-type diagram of disparate recollections about what actually happened. But now, as my team has continued to study depositions, I've come to suspect that something else is at play here.