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Georgia Opinion Discusses Standards for Deposing High-Ranking Corporate Executives

Day on Torts

Georgia’s Supreme Court has weighed in the so-called “apex doctrine,” which provides courts with a framework for determining whether good cause exists to forbid or limit the. The court’s 39-page opinion discusses the factors Georgia courts should consider in such cases.

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4 Georgia Cases To Watch This Fall

Law 360

This fall, Georgia courts are contending with questions about whether the CEO of General Motors can be deposed in a civil case stemming from a car wreck and considering state duty-to-warn laws in a $200 million injury case. Here, Law360 breaks down four Georgia cases attorneys should be watching.

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Georgia's Biggest Appellate Rulings Of 2021 So Far

Law 360

Georgia appeals courts have upended decades of precedent on how attorneys can appeal trial rulings, freed employers and landowners from liability in high-dollar personal injury cases and refused to narrow the window for high ranking corporate executives to be deposed, in their most significant rulings of the year to date.

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CNN Losses Another Motion in Defamation Case as Court Orders Tapper to Appear

JonathanTurley

The litigation has not been going well for the network and it just lost another key motion to block an effort to depose Jake Tapper. Worse yet, the court appears to have questioned the veracity of the host in a sworn deposition on his lack of knowledge over the financial subject matter of the deposition. CNN’s lead counsel Deanna K.

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Ga. Justices To Review General Motors CEO Deposition Fight

Law 360

The Georgia Supreme Court will review whether the CEO of General Motors can be deposed in a Georgia widower's product liability suit, in a case that could change how top corporate brass are treated in state court.

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Shielding Corporate Execs From Depositions After GM Ruling

Law 360

A Georgia appeals court recently allowed a plaintiff to depose General Motors' CEO, in a blow to the apex doctrine's protections for high-ranking executives, but measures before and during discovery can reduce corporate leaders' exposure in such cases, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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After Ga. Ruling, Defense Must Aim To Limit Exec Depositions

Law 360

In the wake of the Georgia Court of Appeals' recent ruling in General Motors v.