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Failure to Schedule Depositions Together Was Discovery Abuse

Recent amendments to the federal rules governing pretrial discovery encourage courts to be more aggressive in squelching wasteful discovery practices. Litigators should be mindful that judges are increasingly taking the rules...more

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What to Do After Asserting a Deposition Objection

The rule seems simple enough: Attorneys defending a witness during a deposition may instruct the witness not to answer questions only for the purpose of protecting privileged information. And yet, if the number of trial court...more

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Witness Coaching vs. Preparation

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The line between ethical witness preparation and unethical coaching is somewhere between ensuring a witness doesn’t show up unprepared for a legal proceeding and putting words in their mouth. Incorporating a solid trial...more

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Preventing Deposition Misconduct

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Given how critical depositions are to the legal process, it stands to reason that fair deposition practices are paramount to a legal team’s success. However, several forms of unethical and unfair conduct can emerge during...more

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Sanctioning Deposition No-Shows in 2025

The blog post Turning Deposition No-Shows to the Client’s Advantage proved popular with our readers when written (2021!) and for years afterward. The sustained readership of that article is gratifying but also disappointing...more

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How Not to Defend a Deposition

A fair reading of the facts set out in Phillips Auctioneers LLC v Grosso, 2024 NY Slip Op 33906 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cty., Oct. 31, 2024), a contract dispute, suggests that both the witness and his attorney were determined to...more

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The Power of Depositions

Dismissal of a lawsuit is a rare sanction for a discovery violation, but it happened recently in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, due in large part to two probing depositions that called into question one party’s assertion...more

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Sanctions for Attorney Misconduct at a Dep: Fact or Fiction?

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James Corey Goode, et al v. Roger Richards Ramsaur, et al, (D. Col. 2023) - Few litigation events cause tempers to flare as surely as depositions, but only once in a blue moon, it seems, will a Court take action against an...more

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The High Price of Failing to Appear for Deposition

The necessity to advance civil litigation during the COVID-19 pandemic remains a challenge for counsel, even as positivity and death rates are falling across the United States. Litigators are juggling client meetings, court...more

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New York Court Issues Sanctions For Overuse of “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Designations

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A recent decision from a New York state court should serve as a warning to parties litigating in New York: if you over-designate documents “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” in discovery, you face the risk of sanctions. The decision was...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2018

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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Bullet-Point Update: Electronic and Federal Court Discovery Issues for the Week of July 31, 2017

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Use this when the other side tries to dig up dirt on your expert. Collett v. GEICO Cas. Co., 2017 WL 3336614 (E.D. La. Aug. 3, 2017) (denying motion to compel expert witness to testify about fraud allegations that had been...more

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