Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Instead of waiting for the attorney to ask you to prepare for an upcoming deposition or a summary judgment filing, you could start working on those projects well in advance of being asked. For example, after reviewing the new pleadings filed each day, you know that there is a deposition of one of the parties coming up next month.

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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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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

can be deposed after the company's president stonewalled a personal injury plaintiff by answering "I have no idea" to virtually every question at his deposition, saying "exceptional circumstances" warrant the second deposition. A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that counsel for Yellow Cab Co.

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Sterno

JUNE 5, 2024

Every attorney knows that finding the deposition you need can be a pain. Whether it was taken months ago or you’re sure another attorney at your firm has deposed the witness before, the challenge of finding the required testimony often involves hours of footwork searching through your firm's repository.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 6, 2022

deposition of a high-ranking corporate executive or high-level government official who lacks personal, unique knowledge of facts relevant to the litigation. The plaintiffs sought to depose the current CEO of the company. The court’s 39-page opinion discusses the factors Georgia courts should consider in such cases.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

An Illinois magistrate judge on Tuesday said she was not buying arguments from Abbott Laboratories that a top executive there is too "busy" trying to solve the "nationwide infant formula shortage" to sit for a five-hour deposition in a patent case brought by the University of California.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 7, 2022

Noah's attorneys claim the comedian and late-night host has suffered permanent, serious, and debilitating injuries from a botched New York City surgery.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

“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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Law 360

JUNE 14, 2021

Buchanan, allowing a GM executive to be deposed in a wrongful death case over an alleged vehicle defect, defense attorneys should focus on narrowing the scope of depositions involving high-ranking executives, say Carol Michel and Michael Weathington at Weinberg Wheeler.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

urged North Carolina's Business Court not to let a Chubb unit depose the pork producer's legal chief, calling the insurer's motion from last week an "improper and untimely attempt to seek discovery that Ace could have pursued before the fact discovery deadline." Smithfield Foods Inc.

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The Fashion Law

JULY 19, 2021

Versace has relevant and unique information that Antonio Masciariello, Versace’s Company Heritage & Special Projects Senior Manager, did not provide in a recent deposition of his own. Versace to testify, the fashion brand argued in a letter of its own that, among other things, Fashion Nova’s attempt to compel Ms. Fashion Nova, Inc.,

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2024

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.

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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.

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Law 360

JUNE 16, 2021

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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Law 360

OCTOBER 20, 2021

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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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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LegalReader

APRIL 6, 2022

Jones later told his podcast followers that the Sandy Hook families are trying to "demonize" him.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A Florida state court judge Thursday ordered the founder of the company that makes Bang Energy drinks to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit over unpaid fees brought by counsel who formerly represented him in a bankruptcy case, overruling attorney-client privilege asserted in a previous attempt to depose him.

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Law 360

MARCH 17, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday asked a California federal court to sanction Volkswagen for refusing to let the agency depose a key employee in litigation over the automaker's so-called defeat devices, which allowed thousands of "Clean Diesel" vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

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Law 360

MARCH 24, 2023

and German law but that it can't force an employee to be deposed in a U.S. Volkswagen has argued that it has done everything it can under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over the automaker's so-called defeat devices, which allowed thousands of "Clean Diesel" vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

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Law 360

JANUARY 18, 2024

Microsoft is asking a Federal Trade Commission administrative judge for authority to join in on the FTC's upcoming deposition of executives from Sony and Ubisoft, saying its inclusion in the proceedings would help it defend its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

General Motors LLC has urged the Georgia Supreme Court to adopt what it calls a widely accepted discovery framework that would shield its CEO from being deposed in a widower's product liability case.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A Georgia widower has opposed a renewed motion by General Motors LLC to shield its CEO, Mary Barra, from being deposed in his product liability and wrongful death suit, after the Georgia Supreme Court denied GM's attempt to stop her deposition.

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The Paralegal Resource

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

When it comes to questions and potential issues that the receiving party may have about the discovery process of the producing party, one of the most common and direct methods for conducting "discovery about the discovery" is a deposition under Federal Rule 30(b)(6).

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

I knew he was lying, so I scheduled the deposition of the direct employer to be held at dinner time — at his personal residence. It’s amazing the results you get when you invite yourself over to someone’s house for dinner and a deposition! In the age of Covid-19, we are having a lot of depositions via Zoom.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Third, Columbia alleges that Ventex’s corporate witness made false statements under oath at his deposition by denying the existence of the later-produced Exclusive Manufacturing Agreement. First, Columbia filed (and the Board decided) motions for additional discovery without the benefit of all pertinent facts.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I am obsessed with depositions and, in particular, their importance to the outcome of cases. 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.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Defendant deposed Dr. Gunnerson as an adverse expert witness, then filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that there was “no causal connection between any alleged negligence by [defendant] and any injury, including death, to [the patient].” The patient was finally intubated, but she died approximately six hours later.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

When attorneys for the family deposed Deputy Nick Vega, one of two deputies accused in the lawsuit of sitting on Parsa prior to his death, they asked him about his disciplinary history. Deposition of Nick Vega, Sept. One of the deputies, who weighed more than 300 pounds, sat on him for at least nine minutes, according to the lawsuit.

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Law 360

MARCH 8, 2022

With people leaving the workforce in droves amid the “Great Resignation” and with younger workers less inclined to stay in one place for long, attorneys need to adjust their deposition strategies to minimize risks of losing crucial witnesses who may move on from a client or opponent company before a case goes to trial, say Anthony Argiropoulos and (..)

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The lawsuit, filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, claims that the Biden administration "colluded" with social media companies to restrict Americans' free speech by limiting the spread of COVID-related misinformation.

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Law 360

JUNE 15, 2023

has asked a New York federal judge not to depose CEO Jamie Dimon a second time in the U.S. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Virgin Islands' suit over the bank's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that discovery is over and Dimon has already testified that he was unaware of Epstein's crimes.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning rejected a request from three Texas lawmakers to put off their depositions in lawsuits seeking to block redistricting legislation in that state. There were no dissents noted from the brief order , which clears the way for the depositions to go forward next month.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Protective Order Stops Columbia Professor From Being Part Of Depositions: He did way more than just cold calling. The post Can’t Depose This Columbia Law Professor Anymore — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Can't Work Under These Conditions: Bar applicant wants money after poor proctoring. Will AI Make VIPs?:

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon denied a request from the leaders of the Arizona legislature to put on hold an order that would require them to be deposed about the legislature’s enactment of voting laws that make it more difficult to register to vote. Toma and Petersen came to the Supreme Court on Nov.

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The Cloud Court Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Your corporate witness is about to be deposed by a seasoned litigator on topics related to damages. Moreover, you’ve likely had access to it (in the unmined form of depositions) for years. Now, here’s the question: before you make your decision, do you want to open that envelope and find out which is which? Second hypothetical.

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