Attorney at Work

MAY 28, 2022

It’s been said (often) that lawyers were genteel, professional, and respectful of their colleagues and opposing counsel in the past. Intimidation, shabby lawyering, “over-papering” and arrogance seem to run rampant. In some cases, judges have even ordered civility training for lawyers.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 15, 2025

Former Facebook Lawyer Goes The Way Of The Poke Feature: Mark Lemley fires his former client because "Zuckerberg is having a mid-life crisis." Love Has Its Consequences: Kirkland & Ellis partner deposed as part of a $23M DOJ disgorgement suit.

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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.

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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. There was a court hearing schedule and I carried a case file and a black lawyer coat. ” He was still not lowering his gun.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar say that they were taken to the notorious Yamathin Prison nearby but are now slated to be released after discussions with lawyers. Lawyers in Mandalay have said they will defend those charged at no cost. Lawyers in Mandalay have said they will defend those charged at no cost.

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JURIST

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jammeh, a lieutenant of the Gambian armed forces, led a coup in 1994 that deposed Dawda Jawara, the then-President of Gambia. In 2016, Gambia conducted its historic election that resulted in the victory of Adama Barrow, the current president of Gambia. It ousted its long-time dictator, Jammeh, who had been ruling Gambia since 1994.

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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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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.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The government has contended that the information 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, and by the time the lawyer representing the detainee sat down on Wednesday the court seemed inclined to agree.

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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? It’s not just an aphorism. Let’s take a step back.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Lawyers don’t like change,” Davidson remarked, not excluding himself. Attorneys observe that clients are overcoming reluctance for counsel to depose witnesses remotely. “Before the pandemic, I would have thought doing a deposition this way would be inferior to doing it in person.” Before, I would never work from home.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After deposing Dr. Steege, defendants moved to exclude Dr. Steege on the basis that he was not competent to testify under Tenn. Plaintiff, who was the administrator of the patient’s estate, brought this HCLA suit alleging negligence against a number of medical providers related to the patient’s care. Code Ann. § 26-26-115(b).

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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. One in-house lawyer I recently spoke with whistled low, then accused us of practicing witchcraft. How about a concrete example?

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

I can recall many, many times at depositions or at trials where lawyers and witnesses have removed their suit jackets or blazers during breaks only to reveal that they’ve sweat out their shirts around their armpits. The litigation community needs to lobby to have the IOC recognize depositions as a sport, too. Let’s get on that people! [ii]

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

“Anti-abortion lawyers target those funding the procedure for potential lawsuits under new Texas law; Attorneys who helped design Texas’ novel abortion ban have asked a judge to allow them to depose the leaders of two abortion funds, seeking information about anyone who may have ‘aided or abetted’ in a prohibited procedure”: (..)

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The most recent incident highlighted is the controversy caused by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s criticism of immigration lawyers for representing migrants and their condemnation of the government’s plans to remove asylum seekers.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 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. Her representatives and lawyers are currently applying for appeals and making preparations to challenge the orders issued by the lower courts.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 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. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice. Today, I am still a third-year law student.

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The Cloud Court Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

It resonates because I know the same is true of both witnesses and lawyers. Your corporate witness is about to be deposed by a seasoned litigator on topics related to damages. Michael Lewis’s point--that you can’t tell the difference between the efficacy of players just by looking at them--resonates with me. Sometimes profoundly so.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2017, Abu Zubaydah and his lawyers asked a federal judge in Washington state for an order allowing his lawyers to depose and seek documents from two former CIA contractors, James Elmer Mitchell and John Jessen, as part of a criminal investigation in Poland, where Zubaydah says Mitchell and Jessen had supervised his interrogation.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 6, 2024

After deposing Hunter Biden, the Committees obtained documents showing Hunter Biden represented that he was the corporate secretary of RSB.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account. The two officials were Todd Stern, the former Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Susan Biniaz, formerly the State Department’s lead climate lawyer. Competitive Enterprise Institute v.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

That may be true since no one has even deposed a witness. Yet, she declared “I feel like we’ve heard from enough witnesses.” ” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said “I think the case has been made. I don’t know what witnesses would add.” This is a case of ignorance being bliss when it comes to a desire for conviction.

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