Discovery, Corporate Officers

The Apex Doctrine in Florida Courts: Protecting Corporate Officers from Depositions

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/13/2024

The Florida Supreme Court on Aug. 26, 2021, amended the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to codify the apex doctrine and "protect high-level corporate officers from the risk of abusive discovery, while still honoring opposing...more

Georgia Supreme Court Finds “Apex Doctrine” Factors Are Entitled to Consideration

BCLP on 6/14/2022

The Supreme Court of Georgia recently issued a decision on whether the Apex Doctrine - a theory under which high-ranking corporate executives and government officials may not be compelled to sit for depositions if they lack...more

Georgia Supreme Court Rejects "Apex Doctrine"

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/7/2022

On June 1, 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling that has the potential to significantly impact discovery in Georgia courts. In Gen. Motors, LLC v. Buchanan, No. S21G1147, 2022 WL 1750716 (Ga. June 1, 2022), the...more

Corporate Designee Deposition: Elevated Duty Imposed on Corporate Designee Provides Reprieve from Oppressive Discovery Tactics

Sands Anderson PC on 8/31/2016

Virginia’s “ever-evolving discovery rules”[1] necessarily afford counsel wide latitude within which to maneuver in undertaking their duty to zealously advocate. The rules, however, also furnish aggrieved parties with...more

Discovery › Corporate Officers

The Apex Doctrine in Florida Courts: Protecting Corporate Officers from Depositions

Georgia Supreme Court Finds “Apex Doctrine” Factors Are Entitled to Consideration

Georgia Supreme Court Rejects "Apex Doctrine"

Corporate Designee Deposition: Elevated Duty Imposed on Corporate Designee Provides Reprieve from Oppressive Discovery Tactics

Business Litigation Reporter October 2015

What’s Mine is Not Yours: Former Officers and Directors and a Corporation’s Attorney–Client Privilege

No Directors, No Officers, No Employees And No Agents – Now What?

Discovery › Corporate Officers

The Apex Doctrine in Florida Courts: Protecting Corporate Officers from Depositions

Georgia Supreme Court Finds “Apex Doctrine” Factors Are Entitled to Consideration

Georgia Supreme Court Rejects "Apex Doctrine"

Corporate Designee Deposition: Elevated Duty Imposed on Corporate Designee Provides Reprieve from Oppressive Discovery Tactics

Business Litigation Reporter October 2015

What’s Mine is Not Yours: Former Officers and Directors and a Corporation’s Attorney–Client Privilege

No Directors, No Officers, No Employees And No Agents – Now What?

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