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With Court Authorization, Litigators Discover Remote Depositions

LawTechnologyToday

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. Although I could not move my existing litigation, new disputes were coming up every day. was fantasy no longer.

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Why Depositions Matter More

The Cloud Court Blog

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? The facts support it: Fewer than 0.6% But it happens.

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Myanmar dispatches: ‘lawyers are starting to think that there is no point searching for justice when it does not exist anymore’

JURIST

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. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation.

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John Tolley: How to Be a Top Trial Lawyer in Your Niche

Attorney at Work

JT Law Firm. After beginning his litigation career as an assistant state’s attorney and as an insurance defense attorney, in 2019 John Tolley decided to form his own firm, JT Law. JT Law is now a three-partner firm that handles insurance, civil litigation and immigration cases in Florida, New York and New Jersey.

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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

In response, Ventex argued that it put proper litigation holds in place starting in May 2017 and voluntarily produced documents in October 2018 that were not covered by Columbia’s requests and therefore did not conceal evidence.

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Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia

Conflict of Laws

The agreement was seemingly contrary to Chinese law, which may have contributed to the clandestine character of communications underlying the agreement; see [30]. As such, the court shall enter default judgment according to the law. … Here, the Chinese Judgment was assessed according to the common law principles.

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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.