JURIST

MAY 31, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday rejected three Texas legislators’ emergency application to stay depositions that they are scheduled to give in redistricting lawsuits filed by multiple plaintiffs, including the US Department of Justice. However, depositions were set to begin on May 27, before any appeal resolution could occur.

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LawSites

MAY 23, 2023

Financing Deposition Costs As I wrote about Steno in 2020 , Los Angeles lawyer Dylan Ruga , a former Steptoe & Johnson partner who founded his own plaintiffs’ litigation firm in 2016, first conceived of the company as a vehicle for financing deposition costs.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 16, 2021

While much of the world stopped last year, depositions didn’t. Cases forged ahead and lawyers scrambled to establish new ways of taking depositions and handling proceedings that, for decades, had been routine. But if you follow these five tips, you’ll be ready to handle any deposition that comes your way in the post-pandemic world.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The post Lawyer Dresses As Hot Dog For Halloween Deposition, Gets Burned appeared first on Above the Law. A lawyerly Halloween fail that'll make you LOL.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2020

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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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2023

judge on Monday ordered the owners of the Washington Commanders NFL team to return $200,000 in deposits to its ticketholders as well as pay the District of Columbia $425,000 to settle a dispute that accuses the football organization of intentionally making it difficult for fans to get refunds.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As remote depositions will remain common for the foreseeable future, attorneys defending a deposition notice or subpoena to a corporation should implement certain strategies to mitigate unique challenges, such as less planning time and increased difficulty of establishing rapport with witnesses, say attorneys at Sidley.

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OneLegal

JULY 22, 2021

Master the deposition phase of case management with these tips to keep you solution-focused as you seek the best outcome for your client and maintain your caseload. The post 7 ways to upgrade your strategic approach to depositions appeared first on One Legal.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

There is no doubt that a deposition summary plays a key role not just for lawyers but everyone involved in the trial process.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2022

“Why GM’s Mary Barra got no special deposition treatment from Georgia Supreme Court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a ruling that the Supreme Court of Georgia issued yesterday.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

“Appeals court halts depositions of 3 Biden administration officials in social-media censorship suit; The 5th Circuit says judge failed to consider alternatives”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a per curiam decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

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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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Above The Law

MARCH 29, 2022

The post Alex Jones Calls For Fauci’s Execution, While Refusing To Sit For Deposition During Deadly Pandemic appeared first on Above the Law. CHUTZPAH, as the, um, globalists might say.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A Boston lawyer has been ordered to show cause why he shouldn’t face further sanctions for allegedly taking advantage of a Zoom deposition to secretly…

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ABA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

How do you take your own deposition? When I was struggling with my retirement strategy , I took a self-deposition to prioritize my goals and…

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A Florida lawyer has been suspended for 91 days for texting advice to a witness during a phone deposition and then failing to come clean…

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Day on Torts

JULY 13, 2022

A lawyer who surreptitiously helped his client during a remote deposition was sanctioned by the court. The lawyer was disqualified from the case and the plaintiff will be permitted to the right to play and highlight to the jury the recorded exchanges of [lawyer’s] witness-leading comments.”

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LawSites

MAY 25, 2021

Will remote depositions disappear as legal professionals emerge from the pandemic? Not according to a recent survey by the court reporting company Esquire Deposition Solutions , which found that 78% of attorneys plan to continue conducting up to half their depositions virtually in a post-pandemic world. A Purpose-Built Platform.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Widely anticipated depositions of Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and Tesla CEO Elon Musk never got off the ground on Monday, the latest twist in the run-up to a five-day trial in Delaware starting Oct. 17 on Twitter's attempt to force Musk to close on a $44 billion take-private deal.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A federal magistrate judge in Georgia ordered lawyers for an injured longshoreman to “not impugn Chinese culture” in future depositions in his lawsuit against a…

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Above The Law

MARCH 30, 2022

The post After Flipping Off Court By Ducking Deposition, Alex Jones Flips Off Sandy Hook Plaintiffs With Insulting Settlement Offer appeared first on Above the Law. When you're in a hole, keep digging.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 7, 2022

Where plaintiff’s deposition created a “dispute of material fact” as to whether defendant had actual notice of the alleged dangerous condition in this GTLA premises liability case, summary judgment for defendant was reversed. In Vaughn v. Coffee County, Tennessee , No. M2021-00653-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 1652552 (Tenn. internal citations omitted).

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Law 360

MARCH 25, 2022

instead calling on the parties to conduct depositions in his courtroom. An Ohio federal judge has made it clear that he is not willing to play ball with a $180 million settlement of shareholder derivative litigation against FirstEnergy Corp.,

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Law 360

MARCH 30, 2023

A trustee for two bankrupt hydroelectric dam operators asked a Michigan federal judge to shield him from being deposed in the state's lawsuit over the dam's 2020 failure, saying he can't speak to the events leading up to the breach or the scientific and technical questions at issue.

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A People's Choice

AUGUST 12, 2020

When a loved one dies with a safe deposit box, it's important to check what's inside! Often, people store wills, trusts, or other important estate planning documents in their safe deposit boxes.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The District of Columbia's attorney general on Thursday sued the Washington Commanders for the second time in two weeks, this time accusing the NFL team of unlawfully holding onto at least $200,000 in security deposits paid by season ticket holders and overcomplicating the refund process.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A Florida lawyer has been suspended for two years for unfounded accusations of racial bias, including his assertion that appearing at a deposition with police…

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Day on Torts

MARCH 10, 2023

E2021-01308-COA-R10-CV (Tenn. 2, 2023), plaintiff filed a healthcare liability case against defendants based on injuries that occurred during plaintiff’s c-section.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Companies must take several steps to meet their duty to educate representatives for depositions in corporate and patent litigation, demonstrating to courts that good faith efforts were made to prepare — or else they may face monetary and evidentiary sanctions, say attorneys at Wolf Greenfield.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 7, 2022

Superior Court , the Supreme Court today holds a statutory hearsay-rule exception that makes admissible some “former testimony” normally doesn’t allow a deposition from an earlier lawsuit to be used against a party who was also a party in the prior action. ” Observing that “[a] discovery deposition.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, Indonesia deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands on 5 October 2021. The ceremony was a very special occasion because it coincided with the celebration of the 60 th anniversary of the Convention.

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Law 360

JUNE 21, 2021

As legal proceedings have moved online in light of the pandemic, lawyers may mistakenly believe that recorded Zoom video depositions can be entered as evidence, but without certain safeguards, the testimony is unlikely to be accepted by courts, says Phillip Zisook at Schoenberg Finkel.

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Mondaq

APRIL 8, 2022

When buying real property, purchasers typically submit a deposit with their offer to purchase. The deposit is considered part of the purchase price and is ultimately credited towards the purchase price on closing.

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NCBA

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Litigation Services Note from the Paralegal Division Technology Committee: Remote depositions have become increasingly common during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many paralegals and attorneys are still trying to find their way through this new remote frontier. By Huseby Inc. to get their […].

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Law 360

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As recently noted by a New York federal court, Rule 30(b)(6) allows for testimony from someone deposed as both corporate representative and in their individual capacity on topics outside of personal knowledge but within a corporation's collective knowledge — and dual deposition notices create unique prep issues, say Jennifer Filippazzo and Lauren Evans (..)

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ABA Journal

MARCH 3, 2021

Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter is seeking punitive damages against Chubb insurance for allegedly facilitating a DNA theft during a deposition. Perlmutter alleges an in-house…

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At the Lectern

MARCH 4, 2022

Berroteran raises the issue whether a party against whom former deposition testimony in a different case is sought to be admitted at trial under Evidence Code section 1291, subdivision (a)(2), has a similar interest and motive at both hearings to cross-examine a friendly witness. The court granted review in November 2019.

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