Opioid Special Master Determines Walmart CEO Can Be Deposed
LegalReader
JUNE 24, 2021
Cohen will allow Walmart's top executive to be deposed in Cleveland's MDL.
When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
Law 360
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Tim Tryniecki and Thomas Mudd at MG+M offer a series of practice tips for successfully conducting remote depositions of often-inexperienced fact witnesses, as the virtual court proceedings sparked by COVID-19 look set to become a part of the legal landscape next year.
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Two dead, over 40 wounded in Myanmar port city after police and soldiers open fire on protesters
JURIST
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Protestors had gathered in support of transportation workers supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement created to oppose the February 1 military coup that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The dead included a 14-year old boy who was shot in the head.
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Proactive Litigation Paralegal Tip
Paralegal Bootcamp
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
By having all of the names and information in one place, you will also have a list ready when the attorney wants to decide who needs to be interviewed, deposed, or subpoenaed for trial. Then select only the blanks to get a filtered list of witnesses who have not been deposed yet. ” Step 3: Report on who has not been deposed.
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Myanmar authorities file new charge again Aung San Suu Kyi as military coup leaders tighten internet restrictions
JURIST
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Deposed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged by Myanmar police with failing to abide by COVID-19 restrictions under the country’s Natural Disaster Management Law, according to her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw on Tuesday. A crowd of protestors of all ages could be seen fleeing in terror from police prior to the beating.
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Myanmar dispatches: ‘Info on almost all members of the Yangon Underground is leaked now’
JURIST
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
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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Myanmar arrest warrant issued for Mandalay lawyer who condemned military coup as illegal
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students filing for JURIST in Myanmar reported Saturday that an arrest warrant has now been issued for U Tun Kyi, the outspoken Mandalay lawyer who publicly denounced the military coup as illegal in videos posted to the internet in early February, shortly after the army deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar
JURIST
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
She becomes the first protester to die at the hands of authorities since the military deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, and is likely to celebrated as a martyr for the cause of democracy in Myanmar. .
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Myanmar dispatch: military junta’s announcement of new currency printing celebrates Buddhism but reflects and promotes instability
JURIST
JULY 24, 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. Current wandering legal currency and coin continue as legal currency. The main points of the announcement were as follows.
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Myanmar dispatch: ‘Four more heroes have fallen’
JURIST
JULY 25, 2022
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. They’re now calling the murder case of 4 innocent civilians legal by labeling it as “death penalty.”
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Myanmar protests against military coup resume in defiance of stiffened penal laws after internet blackout lifted
JURIST
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
The post Myanmar protests against military coup resume in defiance of stiffened penal laws after internet blackout lifted appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. No one knows when they will shoot with the guns… People are afraid of the soldiers but they pretend like they are not afraid.
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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar
JURIST
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
With Myanmar now in darkness and isolation, JURIST is posting an English-language video that our law student correspondents made a week ago based on interviews they conducted on February 4 at Mandalay University, three days after the February 1 military coup that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar: concern grows for lawyers and law students arbitrarily detained after military coup
JURIST
MARCH 5, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – International concern grew Friday for Myanmar lawyers and law students arbitrarily detained in the wake of the February 1 military coup that deposed the civilian government and prompted mass pro-democracy street demonstrations that continue despite the killing of over 50 protestors by security forces in the last two weeks.
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India Supreme Court: Facebook must appear before panel probing Delhi riots
JURIST
JULY 11, 2021
The court rejected the argument and held that the members and non-members both can be called before the committee and depose an oath. The post India Supreme Court: Facebook must appear before panel probing Delhi riots appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
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Myanmar authorities terrorize pro-democracy protesters and city residents in Mandalay, Yangon and elsewhere
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2021
Across Myanmar there were reports of isolated killings of civilians and continued arrests of prominent opponents of the February 1 military coup that deposed the civilian government effectively led by Aung San Su Kyi. Troops also deployed at the University of Yangon late Saturday night.
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Myanmar pro-democracy protests against military coup draw hundreds of thousands into streets
JURIST
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
International pressure on the military junta that deposed the Myanmar civilian government in a coup on February 1 continues. The post Myanmar pro-democracy protests against military coup draw hundreds of thousands into streets appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Her trial began in secret last week.
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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar
JURIST
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
We need to promote the legitimacy of CRPH more and more [ Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw; this is the group of deposed National League of Democracy parliamentarians that is holding itself out as the locus of legitimate civilian authority in Myanmar, and which appointed Sa Sa as its UN representative].
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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar
JURIST
MARCH 15, 2021
The post Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Some sources said more than 15 more people were killed after a particularly bloody Sunday that saw over 5o deaths, most of them in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.
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Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalist detained since 2016
JURIST
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
After Morsi was deposed by the army after public protests, succeeding governments cracked down harshly on all Brotherhood supporters and members. ” The post Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalist detained since 2016 appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar
JURIST
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
I hope the CRPH, Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw [established by members of the deposed Myanmar Parliament from the Suu Kyi-led National League of Democracy] will gain recognition by the international community. But, I am sure for one thing. We will definitely win this time and time matters. They are stealing the Nation.
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Myanmar mass protests grow in defiance of Suu Kyi charges, military coup leaders’ claims
JURIST
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of Myanmar citizens took to the country’s streets on Wednesday, protesting the February 1 military coup that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and challenging the trivial charges military authorities have laid against her, the most recent of which (violating COVID-19 restrictions) were disclosed Tuesday.
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Why Depositions Matter More
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? The facts support it: Fewer than 0.6% Let’s take a step back.
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Myanmar law students resist military coup online and in the streets
JURIST
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Young law students in Myanmar are defending democracy online and in public demonstrations as they resist the February 1 military takeover that deposed civilian Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The post Myanmar law students resist military coup online and in the streets appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
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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
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
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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Myanmar dispatches: ‘in the courtroom there’s a guy with a rifle pointing his gun at me’
JURIST
DECEMBER 17, 2021
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. I don’t think any lawyers, judges and legal interns in other countries would have ever faced such thing.
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Myanmar dispatches: “the D-Day declaration was made out of necessity… we must save ourselves”
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – 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
JULY 27, 2022
It can help you with legal issues and arguments but also in business. I depose and cross-examine several experts in engineering. But you have to put that mindset aside and push through. That is what, in my opinion, separates a successful attorney from any other. “Thinking outside the box is probably the most important trait.
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Shutting Down Uncivil Opposing Counsel
Attorney at Work
MAY 28, 2022
Say that the attorney’s actions are inappropriate and if they persist you will seek intervention from the court with all available remedies after the deposition, including re-deposing the witness. Threatening to call the judge or head over to the courthouse is often enough to put an end to it.
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Rick DeMedeiros: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field
The Estrin Report
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
The legal field is known to be extremely competitive. Recently, defense counsel was deposing one of my clients, who was at home testifying on Zoom. How has the legal world changed since COVID? She is the Co-Founding Member and Vice-President of the Organization Legal Professionals providing online legal technology training.
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With Court Authorization, Litigators Discover Remote Depositions
LawTechnologyToday
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Attorneys observe that clients are overcoming reluctance for counsel to depose witnesses remotely. Plus, they appreciate the cost-savings realized when a legal team doesn’t need to fly cross-country. Travel and other deposition-related expenses can be eliminated to everyone’s benefit,” he said, citing clients and legal staff.
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How Does a Well-Prepared Deposition Help Win a Case?
LegalReader
OCTOBER 13, 2021
As a well-prepared deposition summary is easy to read and understand, and all the facts are double-checked and verified by the attorney.
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Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 11, 2023
The Chinese Judgment recorded that: ‘[t]he defendant [Yin] failed to attend despite having been legally summoned to attend. Efthrim AsJ considered that the statement in the Chinese Judgment that Yin had ‘been legally summoned to attend’ was enough to defeat the natural justice defence: [2022] VSC 729, [74]–[79].
Litigators with a Data Fetish: Moneyballing Testimony
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. If possessing asymmetric or advance data wasn’t an advantage, insider trading would be perfectly legal. NDAs would be worthless.
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Justices allow depositions of Texas lawmakers in Voting Rights Act lawsuit
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 31, 2022
As part of their case before a three-judge district court, the challengers want to depose Texas legislators about the process that led to the new maps and the legislators’ motives in adopting them. Prelogar told the justices in a May 26 filing that the challengers still intend to depose all three lawmakers after they file their new complaint.
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Myanmar dispatch: A red rose for Aung San Suu Kyi
JURIST
JUNE 19, 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. Similarly, she must influence many other young Myanmar women, especially Myanmar women pursuing legal education and political science.
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Biden’s Canned Hunt: The Punishment of the Border Agents is about Protecting a President, not Migrants
JonathanTurley
JULY 12, 2022
In previous legal cases, I have deposed mounted officers involved in crowd-control operations. After almost a year, the agents will face relatively light punishment — two weeks without pay — for such transgressions as speaking in a threatening matter or managing a horse too close to a child.
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Myanmar junta sacks UN envoy after anti-coup address as protesters prepare for pan-ASEAN marches after crackdowns
JURIST
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The post Myanmar junta sacks UN envoy after anti-coup address as protesters prepare for pan-ASEAN marches after crackdowns appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. One of JURIST’s law student correspondents described the situation Saturday in Mandalay as it unfolded: This morning, in Mandalay, many police forces.
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Myanmar dispatch: what is happening in Myanmar, or where do you stand on the Rohingya, NUG?
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
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. Myanmar’s legal team, led by the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, submitted preliminary objections to the court’s jurisdiction.
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Balenciaga’s Bondage Bears: Company Sues Over the Inclusion of Supreme Court Opinion in Ad Campaign
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
The company, however, could face some significant legal challenges over its own role in the campaign. There is a common legal maxim, Volenti non fit injuria, or “to a willing person, it is not a wrong.”. The campaign led to an immediate global backlash : Alison H.Centofante. AlisonHowardC. “The Balenciaga ad is disgusting.
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New York Prosecutors Publicly Declare A Criminal Investigation of the Trump Organization
JonathanTurley
MAY 19, 2021
While I have challenged claims of a long litany “slam dunk” crimes that legal experts declared regularly on outlets like CNN and MSNBC, I have long opposed Trump’s effort to withhold his tax records and viewed these tax and transactional crimes as the greatest threat for actual prosecution.
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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar
JURIST
MARCH 4, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar on Thursday said that fighter jets were seen flying over the city of Mandalay in an apparent show of force by the military junta while protests against the regime that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 continued in several major cities.
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International lawyers coalition condemns erosion of protection for legal advocates in letter to UN rights expert
JURIST
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A coalition of international legal advocates sent a joint letter Saturday to Professor Mary Lawlor , the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, condemning the growing trend of government officials intimidating and endangering the legal representatives of politically controversial clients.
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Justices will consider whether details on post-9/11 CIA black sites are state secrets
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.”. Share It has been just over 20 years since the Sept.
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Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2023
In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation. The justices had agreed to review three separate questions.
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