News & Analysis as of

FRCP 30(b)(6) Depositions

McGuireWoods LLP

South Dakota Court Refreshingly Acknowledges Rule 30(b)(6) Confusion

McGuireWoods LLP on

As noted in several previous Privilege Points, courts have great difficulty assessing privilege protection for communications relating to a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition — in which a corporation or other institution designates a...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

30(B)(6) Preparation Tips

30(B)(6) Preparation Tips - If you have ever said “that rule may make sense in theory, but it does not work in real life,” you may also have spent weeks futilely attempting to prepare a witness to serve as a corporate...more

Jones & Keller, P.C.

Protecting an Entity in Litigation Part 1: Preparing 30(b)(6) Witnesses

Jones & Keller, P.C. on

The most daunting of measures attorneys face in protecting an entity in litigation is preparing witnesses for a Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) deposition. Whether taking or defending, the first dance is the scope...more

ArentFox Schiff

You Can(not) Say That Again: Using a 30(b)(6) Corporate Witness’s Deposition Testimony at Trial

ArentFox Schiff on

Can a corporate party affirmatively use deposition testimony from its own 30(b)(6) witness at trial? It depends. Corporate Witness Testimony at the Deposition Stage - A quick primer on corporate witnesses under Federal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Deposition of Corporate Witness Denied in Light of Contention Interrogatories

The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado recently denied a plaintiff’s bid to overturn a protective order preventing the plaintiff from taking 30(b)(6) deposition testimony on a...more

Rumberger | Kirk

30(b)(6) Discovery in the Age of COVID-19

Rumberger | Kirk on

Defending corporate representative depositions in the new reality. If there is one lesson all trial lawyers have learned over the last year, it’s that life and the practice of law must go on, even in the face of upheavals...more

Morris James LLP

Superior Court CCLD Awards Sanctions For Unprepared Rule 30(b)(6) Deponent

Morris James LLP on

Fortis Advisors, LLC v. Dematic Corp., C.A. No. N18C-12-104 AML [CCLD] (Del. Super. Nov. 18, 2020) - As this decision illustrates, Delaware trial courts have a variety of sanction options available when it comes to...more

Haug Partners LLP

Meet and Confer Requirements Added for Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions

Haug Partners LLP on

Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which concerns the use of a deposition notice or subpoena directed to an organization, was amended in December 2020 to require that parties meet-and-confer prior to...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Key Takeaways from the Amendment to Rule 30(b)(6)

This past year has brought lots of change, including an amendment to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 30(b)(6) governs the deposition of an organization (e.g., a corporation or a partnership) and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Conferral Requirement for Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions Effective December 1

The last month of the year brought changes to Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically Rule 30(b)(6), governing deposition notices to organizations. The rule was amended, effective December 1, 2020. ...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Recent Amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) Introduces Meet-and-Confer Obligation in Advance of Corporate...

Harris Beach PLLC on

An amendment to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) that took effect on December 1, 2020 requires attorneys to meet-and-confer regarding the subject matters of an organization’s oral deposition....more

Fish & Richardson

District of Minnesota Does Not Require Deposed Entity to Identify Topics on Which Each 30(b)(6) Witness Will Testify

Fish & Richardson on

On June 23, 2020, Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer denied plaintiffs’ motion to compel defendant to identify the topics on which each Rule 30(b)(6) witness would testify because the language used in Rule 30(b)(6) “reflects a...more

McGuireWoods LLP

A New Cost-Effective Approach To Class Action Discovery

McGuireWoods LLP on

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiffs continue to file class actions, shouldering defendants with potentially massive discovery costs. With the economic slowdown associated with the pandemic, businesses face...more

Epiq

Your Favorite Five Epiq Angle Blogs

Epiq on

The Angle wishes all our readers a wonderful holiday and happy new year! We want to thank all of you for your continued support and suggestions. As 2020 approaches, we wanted to make the last post of 2019 a review of our...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Deposing the Custodians of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) - Part II

Electronically stored information, a critical category of evidence in nearly all non-trivial legal disputes, is usable only to the extent that it can be located, authenticated, and described with foundational evidence that...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

The Five Types of Depositions That Flow from Obtaining ESI and E-Discovery - Part I

Litigation counsel today routinely engage with large quantities of digital evidence, often with case outcomes turning on the advocate’s success at unearthing or preserving relevant electronically stored information (ESI). As...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Corporate Deposition — Multiple Witnesses At the Same Time?

Pierce Atwood LLP on

A few years ago, I represented a process piping subcontractor in a claim against the general contractor and the owner of a coal fired power plant in Massachusetts. While the case was unique and interesting in a number of...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Common Mistakes in 30(b)(6) Witness Preparation

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 30(b)(6), a party may depose a public or private corporation, a partnership, an association, a governmental agency, or another entity. Of course, it is not actually possible to...more

Butler Snow LLP

Proposed Amendments to Rule 30(b)(6) May Create Problematic Consequences for Business Organizations

Butler Snow LLP on

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) is a critical part of litigation involving corporations and other business entities. Rule 30(b)(6) allows a litigant seeking information from an organization to serve a notice of...more

Baker Donelson

Civil Rules Committee Decides Companies Must Have Right to Choose 30(b)(6) Designees

Baker Donelson on

Last year, the Rule 30(b)(6) Subcommittee of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee began considering a proposed change to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6). ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Designation of Witnesses under Rule 30(b)(6) May Change

Cozen O'Connor on

In August of 2018, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules proposed a number of amendments to certain appellate, bankruptcy, civil, and evidence rules applicable to litigation in U.S. federal courts. It is beyond the scope of...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

US trade negotiations with China have stalled such that the anticipated meeting between the countries’ leaders is, according the White House, “highly unlikely” to occur before the March 1 deadline marking the end of a 90-day...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Proposed Amendment to Rule 30(b)(6) Would Require Parties to Confer on Witness Selection Before Deposition

A proposed amendment to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure raises the potential for problematic consequences that may lead to more discovery disputes, such as a new discovery obligation to discuss the...more

Carlton Fields

New York Federal Court Curbs 30(B)(6) Topics And Quashes Non-Party Seeking The Same Testimony

Carlton Fields on

Defendants wanted to examine GEICO’s Rule 30(b)(6) witness about GEICO’s special investigation unit practices, protocols and guidelines, as well as its resources and procedures devoted to claim verification and fraud...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw Submits Comments On Needed Reform To Rule 30(b)(6)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth Shaw submitted comments to the Federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules regarding needed reform to Rule 30(b)(6), the rule that governs depositions of organizations in federal litigation. ...more

29 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide