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Lawyer is suspended for texting witness during phone deposition; how did opposing counsel find out?

ABA Journal

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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Fla. Firm Wants Debtors Penalized for Deposition Refusal

Law 360

A Florida law firm asked a federal court Thursday to penalize a group of student debtors and their attorney over refusing to attend scheduled depositions in a debt relief case, accusing them of bad faith and calling their conduct a delay tactic.

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Judge settles suit accusing lawyer of threatening to release her intimate photos in bid to scuttle deposition

ABA Journal

A Florida judge has settled her lawsuit against a lawyer she sued for allegedly trying to blackmail her with nude photos chronicling her pregnancy. Lawyers…

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Stonewalling Justifies Cab Co. Atty's Deposition, Court Rules

Law 360

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that counsel for Yellow Cab Co. 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.

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Litigation Paralegal Q & A

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My husband’s company is transferring him to another state and I’m worried it might be an issue finding a job in litigation because of the rules being different in Florida than they are in California. Doing some preliminary searching I saw some ads for litigation paralegals and they wanted someone with experience in Florida.

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SEC To Seek Sanctions For Musk Deposition 'Gamesmanship'

Law 360

Securities and Exchange Commission plans to seek sanctions against Elon Musk for not showing up to a scheduled deposition over his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and instead flying to Florida to oversee a SpaceX launch, telling a California federal judge Friday that his excuse "smacks of gamesmanship."

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

see “classic retainer” vs. “advance payment retainer” vs. “security retainer” in Illinois ), but in general, a lawyer is required to deposit flat fees and expenses paid into a client trust account in advance for representation. Other states that mention flat fees in their rules include California, Florida and Massachusetts.

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