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Judge orders lawyer jailed, so he can be deposed behind bars

ABA Journal

A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, has found a lawyer in civil contempt and ordered him jailed to allow for a deposition behind bars. Judge…

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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. I’m reminded too of my column from 2014 about the end of the paper chase, thanks to electronic exhibits, which streamline depositions—whether remote or in-person. After the pandemic, whenever that is, remote depositions will not go away.

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

The Estrin Report

People aren’t used to this — especially from lawyers. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? Rick DeMedeiros of DeMedeiros Injury Law.

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Shutting Down Uncivil Opposing Counsel

Attorney at Work

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. During a Deposition.

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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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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.